Germany’s coastline is 68% longer than Tanzania’s

Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition)

Tanzania’s highest peak towers 2,932 m above Germany’s

Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 47% of Germany, versus 45% of Tanzania

Germany: 47.4% (2024) · Tanzania: 45.1% (2024)

Germany has 18% more people than Tanzania

Germany: 83.5 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)

Germany is 3 times as densely populated as Tanzania

Germany: 239 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Germany is 28 years older than in Tanzania

Germany: 45.1 years (2023) · Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023)

Women in Tanzania have 3.2 more children on average than in Germany

Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Germany are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania

Germany: 23.7% (2025) · Tanzania: 3% (2025)

Germany hosts 13 times as many refugees per resident as Tanzania

Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Tanzania none

Germany: 10.3 (2026) · Tanzania: 0 (2026)

Tanzania has 2 official languages, Germany 1

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

Germany’s economy is 56 times the size of Tanzania’s

Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)

Germany produces 17 times as much per person as Tanzania

Germany: Int$75,407 (2025) · Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Tanzania than in Germany (Gini 6.8 points higher)

Germany: 33.7 (2022) · Tanzania: 40.5 (2018)

51% of people in Tanzania live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.7% in Germany

Germany: 0.7% (2022) · Tanzania: 51.3% (2018)

Unemployment is 3.7% in Germany, versus 1.6% in Tanzania

Germany: 3.7% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.6% (2025)

Germany spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Tanzania 1.2%

Germany: 2.3% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2025)

Tanzania’s central government collects 12% of GDP in tax, Germany’s 11%

Germany: 10.9% (2024) · Tanzania: 12.3% (2024)

Germany’s price level (US = 100) is 2.7× Tanzania’s

Germany: 80% (2025) · Tanzania: 29% (2025)

Germany spends 189 times as much on health per person as Tanzania

Germany: $6,849 (2024) · Tanzania: $36 (2023)

A baby in Tanzania is 9.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Germany

Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Germany has 34 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania

Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Germany has 9 times as many hospital beds per person as Tanzania

Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Tanzania is 49% higher than in Germany

Germany: 10 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023)

24% of adults in Germany are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania

Germany: 24.5% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)

22% of adults in Germany smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania

Germany: 22% (2024) · Tanzania: 7.7% (2024)

People in Germany rate their lives 2.98 points higher than in Tanzania

Germany: 6.88 (2025) · Tanzania: 3.90 (2025)

Adults in Germany drink 7.3 times as much alcohol as in Tanzania

Germany: 10.9 litres (2023) · Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023)

Germany has 5.8 times as much meat per person as Tanzania

Germany: 70.7 kg (2023) · Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023)

Germany has 1,016 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania

Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023) · Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023)

Workers in Tanzania put in 793 more hours a year than in Germany

Germany: 1,335 hours (2023) · Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023)

Adults in Germany went to school 8.2 years longer than in Tanzania

Germany: 14.3 years (2023) · Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023)

Germany welcomed 20 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019)

Germany: 0.45 (2024) · Tanzania: 0.02 (2022)

Germany has 48 more World Heritage sites than Tanzania (55 against 7)

Germany: 55 (2026) · Tanzania: 7 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Tanzania 2

Germany: 980 (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Germany are online, versus 31% in Tanzania

Germany: 94% (2024) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)

Home internet in Germany is 3.3 times as fast as in Tanzania

Germany: 187 Mbps (2026) · Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026)

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

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

82% of people in Germany live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania

Germany: 82% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)

Germany has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Tanzania 127

Germany: 129 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)

Germany’s railway network is 12 times as long as Tanzania’s

Germany: 33,401 km (2021) · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)

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

Germany: 0.96 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.03 (2023)

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

Germany: 32.8% (2024) · Tanzania: 49.6% (2024)

The average person in Germany emits 23 times as much CO₂ as someone in Tanzania

Germany: 6.8 t (2024) · Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024)

59% of Germany’s electricity is renewable, versus 33% in Tanzania

Germany: 59.1% (2025) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)

The air in Tanzania carries 2.7 times as much fine dust as in Germany

Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Tanzania: 24.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 4.1 times as likely to be murdered in Tanzania as in Germany

Germany: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020)

Roads in Tanzania are 3.7 times as deadly as in Germany

Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023)

Tanzania is on average 12.9 °C warmer than Germany

Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Tanzania gets 27% more rain than Germany

Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg)