Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Greece fits inside Tanzania 7.2 times.
Greece: 131,960 km² (2023) · Tanzania: 947,300 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Greece’s coastline is 9.6 times as long as Tanzania’s.
Greece: 13,676 km (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Tanzania’s highest peak towers 2,978 m above Greece’s.
Greece: 2,917 m (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Tanzania has 6.8 times as many people as Greece.
Greece: 10.4 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Greece is 1% more densely populated than Tanzania.
Greece: 81 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Greece are 12.3 cm taller than in Tanzania.
Greece: 179.3 cm (2019) · Tanzania: 167 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Greece are 8.9 cm taller than in Tanzania.
Greece: 165.8 cm (2019) · Tanzania: 156.9 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Greece is 29 years older than in Tanzania.
Greece: 45.7 years (2023) · Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Tanzania have 3.3 more children on average than in Greece.
Greece: 1.24 children per woman (2024) · Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
24% of people in Greece are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania.
Greece: 24.4% (2025) · Tanzania: 3% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Greece has produced 1.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Tanzania 0.0.
Greece: 1 (2025) · Tanzania: 0 (2025)
How many official languages?
Tanzania has 2 official languages, Greece 1.
Greece: 1 (2026) · Tanzania: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Greece’s economy is 3.1 times the size of Tanzania’s.
Greece: $281 billion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Greece produces 10 times as much per person as Tanzania.
Greece: Int$45,264 (2025) · Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Tanzania than in Greece (Gini 7.1 points higher).
Greece: 33.4 (2023) · Tanzania: 40.5 (2018)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 8.5% in Greece, versus 1.6% in Tanzania.
Greece: 8.5% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.6% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Greece spends 3.1% of its GDP on the military, Tanzania 1.2%.
Greece: 3.1% (2024) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Greece’s price level (US = 100) is 2× Tanzania’s.
Greece: 60% (2025) · Tanzania: 29% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Greece spends 54 times as much on health per person as Tanzania.
Greece: $1,963 (2023) · Tanzania: $36 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Greece live 15 years longer than in Tanzania.
Greece: 81.8 years (2024) · Tanzania: 67.2 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Tanzania is 9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Greece.
Greece: 3.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Greece has 49 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania.
Greece: 6.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is obesity?
34% of adults in Greece are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania.
Greece: 33.7% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
30% of adults in Greece smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania.
Greece: 30.2% (2024) · Tanzania: 7.7% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Greece rate their lives 1.79 points higher than in Tanzania.
Greece: 5.70 (2025) · Tanzania: 3.90 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Greece drink 5.7 times as much alcohol as in Tanzania.
Greece: 8.6 litres (2023) · Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Greece has 6.7 times as much meat per person as Tanzania.
Greece: 82 kg (2023) · Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Greece has 863 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania.
Greece: 3,382 kcal (2023) · Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Tanzania put in 236 more hours a year than in Greece.
Greece: 1,893 hours (2023) · Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Greece went to school 5.5 years longer than in Tanzania.
Greece: 11.6 years (2023) · Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Greece welcomed 119 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019).
Greece: 2.67 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.02 (2022)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
86% of people in Greece are online, versus 31% in Tanzania.
Greece: 86% (2024) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Greece have electricity, versus 52% in Tanzania.
Greece: 100% (2024) · Tanzania: 52.4% (2024)
How many live in cities?
79% of people in Greece live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania.
Greece: 79% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Tanzania has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Greece 114.
Greece: 114 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Tanzania’s railway network is 15% longer than Greece’s.
Greece: 2,339 km (2021) · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Greece fly 68 times as many passengers per resident as those from Tanzania.
Greece: 1.83 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.03 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 50% of Tanzania, but only 30% of Greece.
Greece: 30.3% (2023) · Tanzania: 50.1% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Greece emits 18 times as much CO₂ as someone in Tanzania.
Greece: 5.3 t (2024) · Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
50% of Greece’s electricity is renewable, versus 33% in Tanzania.
Greece: 49.7% (2025) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Tanzania carries 63% more fine dust than in Greece.
Greece: 15.1 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 Greece.
Greece: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Tanzania are 2.2 times as deadly as in Greece.
Greece: 7.3 per 100k (2021) · Tanzania: 15.8 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Tanzania is on average 7.4 °C warmer than Greece.
Greece: 15.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Tanzania gets 38% more rain than Greece.
Greece: 800 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Greece bigger than Tanzania?
Tanzania is larger. Greece fits inside Tanzania 7.2 times.
Which has more people, Greece or Tanzania?
Tanzania has 6.8 times as many people as Greece (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Greece or Tanzania?
People in Greece live 15 years longer than in Tanzania. Life expectancy at birth is 81.8 years in Greece and 67.2 in Tanzania.
Are people taller in Greece or Tanzania?
Men in Greece are 12.3 cm taller than in Tanzania (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
