Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Denmark fits inside Tanzania 22 times.
Denmark: 42,920 km² (2023) · Tanzania: 947,300 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Denmark’s coastline is 5.1 times as long as Tanzania’s.
Denmark: 7,314 km (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Tanzania’s highest peak towers 5,724 m above Denmark’s.
Denmark: 171 m (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Tanzania has 12 times as many people as Denmark.
Denmark: 6.01 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Denmark is 89% more densely populated than Tanzania.
Denmark: 150 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Denmark are 14.9 cm taller than in Tanzania.
Denmark: 181.9 cm (2019) · Tanzania: 167 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Denmark are 12.6 cm taller than in Tanzania.
Denmark: 169.5 cm (2019) · Tanzania: 156.9 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Denmark is 24 years older than in Tanzania.
Denmark: 41.2 years (2023) · Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Tanzania have 3.1 more children on average than in Denmark.
Denmark: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
21% of people in Denmark are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania.
Denmark: 21.1% (2025) · Tanzania: 3% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Denmark has produced 20.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Tanzania 0.0.
Denmark: 20 (2025) · Tanzania: 0 (2025)
How many official languages?
Tanzania has 2 official languages, Denmark 1.
Denmark: 1 (2026) · Tanzania: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Denmark’s economy is 5.1 times the size of Tanzania’s.
Denmark: $463 billion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Denmark produces 19 times as much per person as Tanzania.
Denmark: Int$83,218 (2025) · Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Tanzania than in Denmark (Gini 10.6 points higher).
Denmark: 29.9 (2023) · Tanzania: 40.5 (2018)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 5.5% in Denmark, versus 1.6% in Tanzania.
Denmark: 5.5% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.6% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Denmark spends 2.4% of its GDP on the military, Tanzania 1.2%.
Denmark: 2.4% (2024) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Denmark’s price level (US = 100) is 3.1× Tanzania’s.
Denmark: 92% (2025) · Tanzania: 29% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Denmark spends 186 times as much on health per person as Tanzania.
Denmark: $6,745 (2024) · Tanzania: $36 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Denmark live 15 years longer than in Tanzania.
Denmark: 82.3 years (2024) · Tanzania: 67.2 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Tanzania is 8.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Denmark.
Denmark: 3.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Denmark has 34 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania.
Denmark: 4.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is obesity?
15% of adults in Denmark are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania.
Denmark: 15.2% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
16% of adults in Denmark smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania.
Denmark: 15.7% (2024) · Tanzania: 7.7% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Denmark rate their lives 3.64 points higher than in Tanzania.
Denmark: 7.54 (2025) · Tanzania: 3.90 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Denmark drink 6.4 times as much alcohol as in Tanzania.
Denmark: 9.5 litres (2023) · Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Denmark has 8.3 times as much meat per person as Tanzania.
Denmark: 101.3 kg (2023) · Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Denmark has 1,216 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania.
Denmark: 3,734 kcal (2023) · Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Tanzania put in 749 more hours a year than in Denmark.
Denmark: 1,380 hours (2023) · Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Denmark went to school 7 years longer than in Tanzania.
Denmark: 13 years (2023) · Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Denmark welcomed 107 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019).
Denmark: 2.4 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.02 (2022)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
100% of people in Denmark are online, versus 31% in Tanzania.
Denmark: 100% (2024) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Denmark have electricity, versus 52% in Tanzania.
Denmark: 100% (2024) · Tanzania: 52.4% (2024)
How many live in cities?
89% of people in Denmark live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania.
Denmark: 89% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Denmark and Tanzania are practically level.
Denmark: 127 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Tanzania and Denmark are nearly identical here.
Denmark: 2,682 km (2020) · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)
How much do they fly?
Denmark: no data · Tanzania: 0.03 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 50% of Tanzania, but only 16% of Denmark.
Denmark: 15.8% (2023) · Tanzania: 50.1% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Denmark emits 16 times as much CO₂ as someone in Tanzania.
Denmark: 4.7 t (2024) · Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
91% of Denmark’s electricity is renewable, versus 33% in Tanzania.
Denmark: 91.2% (2025) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Tanzania carries 2.7 times as much fine dust as in Denmark.
Denmark: 9 µg/m³ (2024) · Tanzania: 24.6 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 4.5 times as likely to be murdered in Tanzania as in Denmark.
Denmark: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Tanzania are 6.9 times as deadly as in Denmark.
Denmark: 2.3 per 100k (2021) · Tanzania: 15.8 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Tanzania is on average 13.6 °C warmer than Denmark.
Denmark: 9.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Tanzania gets 30% more rain than Denmark.
Denmark: 845 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Denmark bigger than Tanzania?
Tanzania is larger. Denmark fits inside Tanzania 22 times.
Which has more people, Denmark or Tanzania?
Tanzania has 12 times as many people as Denmark (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Denmark or Tanzania?
People in Denmark live 15 years longer than in Tanzania. Life expectancy at birth is 82.3 years in Denmark and 67.2 in Tanzania.
Are people taller in Denmark or Tanzania?
Men in Denmark are 14.9 cm taller than in Tanzania (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).