France’s coastline is 3.4 times as long as Tanzania’s

France: 4,853 km (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition)

Tanzania’s highest peak towers 1,085 m above France’s

France: 4,810 m (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 53% of France, versus 45% of Tanzania

France: 52.8% (2024) · Tanzania: 45.1% (2024)

Tanzania has 3% more people than France

France: 68.7 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)

France is 60% more densely populated than Tanzania

France: 128 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in France is 25 years older than in Tanzania

France: 41.8 years (2023) · Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023)

Women in Tanzania have 2.9 more children on average than in France

France: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024)

23% of people in France are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania

France: 22.5% (2025) · Tanzania: 3% (2025)

France hosts 4.7 times as many refugees per resident as Tanzania

France: 11.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025)

France has produced 9.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Tanzania none

France: 9.5 (2026) · Tanzania: 0 (2026)

Tanzania has 2 official languages, France 1

France: 1 (2026) · Tanzania: 2 (2026)

France’s economy is 37 times the size of Tanzania’s

France: $3.37 trillion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)

France produces 14 times as much per person as Tanzania

France: Int$63,975 (2025) · Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Tanzania than in France (Gini 8.7 points higher)

France: 31.8 (2023) · Tanzania: 40.5 (2018)

51% of people in Tanzania live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in France

France: 0.1% (2023) · Tanzania: 51.3% (2018)

Unemployment is 7.5% in France, versus 1.6% in Tanzania

France: 7.5% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.6% (2025)

France spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Tanzania 1.2%

France: 2% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2025)

France’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Tanzania’s 12%

France: 22.8% (2024) · Tanzania: 12.3% (2024)

France’s price level (US = 100) is 2.6× Tanzania’s

France: 77% (2025) · Tanzania: 29% (2025)

France spends 147 times as much on health per person as Tanzania

France: $5,327 (2024) · Tanzania: $36 (2023)

A baby in Tanzania is 8.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in France

France: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024)

France has 24 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania

France: 3.3 per 1,000 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022)

France has 6.7 times as many hospital beds per person as Tanzania

France: 5.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Tanzania is 7% higher than in France

France: 13.9 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023)

13% of adults in France are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania

France: 12.5% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)

34% of adults in France smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania

France: 33.6% (2024) · Tanzania: 7.7% (2024)

People in France rate their lives 2.68 points higher than in Tanzania

France: 6.59 (2025) · Tanzania: 3.90 (2025)

Adults in France drink 7.5 times as much alcohol as in Tanzania

France: 11.2 litres (2023) · Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023)

France has 6.6 times as much meat per person as Tanzania

France: 80.3 kg (2023) · Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023)

France has 971 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania

France: 3,490 kcal (2023) · Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023)

Workers in Tanzania put in 642 more hours a year than in France

France: 1,487 hours (2023) · Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023)

Adults in France went to school 5.7 years longer than in Tanzania

France: 11.8 years (2023) · Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023)

France welcomed 60 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019)

France: 1.35 (2019) · Tanzania: 0.02 (2022)

France has 49 more World Heritage sites than Tanzania (56 against 7)

France: 56 (2026) · Tanzania: 7 (2026)

France has won 985 Olympic medals, Tanzania 2

France: 985 (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition)

89% of people in France are online, versus 31% in Tanzania

France: 89% (2024) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)

Home internet in France is 8.2 times as fast as in Tanzania

France: 460 Mbps (2026) · Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026)

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

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

79% of people in France live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania

France: 79% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)

Tanzania has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, France 117

France: 117 (2023) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)

France’s railway network is 10 times as long as Tanzania’s

France: 27,716 km (2021) · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)

Airlines from France fly 35 times as many passengers per resident as those from Tanzania

France: 0.94 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.03 (2023)

Forest covers 50% of Tanzania, but only 33% of France

France: 32.9% (2024) · Tanzania: 49.6% (2024)

The average person in France emits 14 times as much CO₂ as someone in Tanzania

France: 4 t (2024) · Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024)

33% of Tanzania’s electricity is renewable, versus 26% in France

France: 26.1% (2025) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)

The air in Tanzania carries 2.8 times as much fine dust as in France

France: 8.9 µg/m³ (2024) · Tanzania: 24.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.8 times as likely to be murdered in Tanzania as in France

France: 1.3 per 100k (2024) · Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020)

Roads in Tanzania are 2.6 times as deadly as in France

France: 7.6 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023)

Tanzania is on average 9.0 °C warmer than France

France: 14.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

France gets 5% more rain than Tanzania

France: 1,158 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg)