Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Egypt is 6% bigger than Tanzania.
Egypt: 1,001,450 km² (2023) · Tanzania: 947,300 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Egypt’s coastline is 72% longer than Tanzania’s.
Egypt: 2,450 km (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Tanzania’s highest peak towers 3,266 m above Egypt’s.
Egypt: 2,629 m (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Egypt has 68% more people than Tanzania.
Egypt: 118 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Egypt is 49% more densely populated than Tanzania.
Egypt: 119 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Egypt are 7.6 cm taller than in Tanzania.
Egypt: 174.6 cm (2019) · Tanzania: 167 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Egypt are 4.0 cm taller than in Tanzania.
Egypt: 160.9 cm (2019) · Tanzania: 156.9 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Egypt is 6.8 years older than in Tanzania.
Egypt: 24 years (2023) · Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Tanzania have 1.8 more children on average than in Egypt.
Egypt: 2.74 children per woman (2024) · Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
5.3% of people in Egypt are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania.
Egypt: 5.3% (2025) · Tanzania: 3% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Egypt has produced 0.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Tanzania 0.0.
Egypt: 0.5 (2025) · Tanzania: 0 (2025)
How many official languages?
Tanzania has 2 official languages, Egypt 1.
Egypt: 1 (2026) · Tanzania: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Egypt’s economy is 4.1 times the size of Tanzania’s.
Egypt: $365 billion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Egypt produces 4.5 times as much per person as Tanzania.
Egypt: Int$20,204 (2025) · Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Tanzania than in Egypt (Gini 12 points higher).
Egypt: 28.5 (2021) · Tanzania: 40.5 (2018)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 6.8% in Egypt, versus 1.6% in Tanzania.
Egypt: 6.8% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.6% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Tanzania and Egypt are practically level.
Egypt: 0.7% (2024) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Tanzania’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Egypt’s.
Egypt: 15% (2025) · Tanzania: 29% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Egypt spends 3.9 times as much on health per person as Tanzania.
Egypt: $141 (2023) · Tanzania: $36 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Egypt live 4.6 years longer than in Tanzania.
Egypt: 71.8 years (2024) · Tanzania: 67.2 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Tanzania is 38% more likely to die before turning one than in Egypt.
Egypt: 20.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Egypt has 5 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania.
Egypt: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is obesity?
43% of adults in Egypt are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania.
Egypt: 42.8% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
25% of adults in Egypt smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania.
Egypt: 25% (2024) · Tanzania: 7.7% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Tanzania rate their lives 0.04 points higher than in Egypt.
Egypt: 3.86 (2025) · Tanzania: 3.90 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Tanzania drink 14 times as much alcohol as in Egypt.
Egypt: 0.1 litres (2023) · Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Egypt has 2.3 times as much meat per person as Tanzania.
Egypt: 27.6 kg (2023) · Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Egypt has 576 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania.
Egypt: 3,094 kcal (2023) · Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Egypt put in 240 more hours a year than in Tanzania.
Egypt: 2,369 hours (2023) · Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Egypt went to school 4.1 years longer than in Tanzania.
Egypt: 10.1 years (2023) · Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Egypt welcomed 4.6 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019).
Egypt: 0.1 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.02 (2022)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
75% of people in Egypt are online, versus 31% in Tanzania.
Egypt: 75% (2024) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Egypt have electricity, versus 52% in Tanzania.
Egypt: 100% (2024) · Tanzania: 52.4% (2024)
How many live in cities?
43% of people in Egypt live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania.
Egypt: 43% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Tanzania has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Egypt 97.
Egypt: 97 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Egypt’s railway network is 91% longer than Tanzania’s.
Egypt: 5,153 km (2016) · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Egypt fly 5.2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Tanzania.
Egypt: 0.14 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.03 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 50% of Tanzania, but only 0.0% of Egypt.
Egypt: 0% (2023) · Tanzania: 50.1% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Egypt emits 7.6 times as much CO₂ as someone in Tanzania.
Egypt: 2.2 t (2024) · Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
33% of Tanzania’s electricity is renewable, versus 13% in Egypt.
Egypt: 13% (2025) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Egypt carries 68% more fine dust than in Tanzania.
Egypt: 41.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Tanzania: 24.6 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 2.9 times as likely to be murdered in Tanzania as in Egypt.
Egypt: 1.3 per 100k (2017) · Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Tanzania are 68% deadlier than in Egypt.
Egypt: 9.4 per 100k (2021) · Tanzania: 15.8 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Egypt is on average 0.4 °C warmer than Tanzania.
Egypt: 23.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Tanzania gets 90 times as much rain as Egypt.
Egypt: 12 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Egypt bigger than Tanzania?
Egypt is larger. Egypt is 6% bigger than Tanzania.
Which has more people, Egypt or Tanzania?
Egypt has 68% more people than Tanzania (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Egypt or Tanzania?
People in Egypt live 4.6 years longer than in Tanzania. Life expectancy at birth is 71.8 years in Egypt and 67.2 in Tanzania.
Are people taller in Egypt or Tanzania?
Men in Egypt are 7.6 cm taller than in Tanzania (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
