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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Denmark fits inside Tanzania 22 times

Denmark: 42,920 km² (2024) · Tanzania: 945,500 km² (2024)

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Coastline

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)

Highest point

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)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 65% of Denmark, versus 45% of Tanzania

Denmark: 65.1% (2024) · Tanzania: 45.1% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Tanzania has 12 times as many people as Denmark

Denmark: 6.01 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Denmark is 88% more densely populated than Tanzania

Denmark: 150 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)

Height of men

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)

Height of women

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)

Median age

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)

Fertility rate

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)

Aged 65 and over

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)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Denmark hosts 6.5 times as many refugees per resident as Tanzania

Denmark: 15.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Denmark has produced 20.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Tanzania none

Denmark: 20 (2026) · Tanzania: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Tanzania has 2 official languages, Denmark 1

Denmark: 1 (2026) · Tanzania: 2 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

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)

GDP per person (PPP)

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)

Income inequality (Gini)

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)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

51% of people in Tanzania live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Denmark

Denmark: 0.4% (2023) · Tanzania: 51.3% (2018)

Unemployment

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)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Denmark spends 3.3% of its GDP on the military, Tanzania 1.2%

Denmark: 3.3% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Denmark’s central government collects 33% of GDP in tax, Tanzania’s 12%

Denmark: 33.4% (2024) · Tanzania: 12.3% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

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

Health spending per person

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)

Life expectancy

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)

Infant mortality

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)

Doctors

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)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Denmark has 2.9 times as many hospital beds per person as Tanzania

Denmark: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Tanzania is 73% higher than in Denmark

Denmark: 8.6 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

15% of adults in Denmark are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania

Denmark: 15.2% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)

Smoking

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

Life satisfaction

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)

Alcohol consumption

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)

Meat supply

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)

Daily calories

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)

Working hours

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)

Years of schooling

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)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Denmark welcomed 107 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019)

Denmark: 2.4 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.02 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Denmark has 6 more World Heritage sites than Tanzania (13 against 7)

Denmark: 13 (2026) · Tanzania: 7 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Denmark has won 216 Olympic medals, Tanzania 2

Denmark: 216 (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

100% of people in Denmark are online, versus 31% in Tanzania

Denmark: 100% (2024) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Denmark is 5.6 times as fast as in Tanzania

Denmark: 314 Mbps (2026) · Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Denmark have electricity, versus 52% in Tanzania

Denmark: 100% (2024) · Tanzania: 52.4% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

89% of people in Denmark live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania

Denmark: 89% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Denmark and Tanzania are practically level

Denmark: 127 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Tanzania and Denmark are nearly identical here

Denmark: 2,682 km (2020) · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Denmark: no data · Tanzania: 0.03 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 50% of Tanzania, but only 16% of Denmark

Denmark: 16% (2024) · Tanzania: 49.6% (2024)

CO₂ per person

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)

Renewable electricity

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)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

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)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

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)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Tanzania are 4.8 times as deadly as in Denmark

Denmark: 4.2 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

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)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Tanzania gets 30% more rain than Denmark

Denmark: 845 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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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).

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