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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Tanzania fits inside Indonesia 2 times

Indonesia: 1,916,910 km² (2024) · Tanzania: 945,500 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Indonesia’s coastline is 38 times as long as Tanzania’s

Indonesia: 54,716 km (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Tanzania’s highest peak towers 1,011 m above Indonesia’s

Indonesia: 4,884 m (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 45% of Tanzania, versus 29% of Indonesia

Indonesia: 28.9% (2024) · Tanzania: 45.1% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Indonesia has 4.1 times as many people as Tanzania

Indonesia: 286 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Indonesia is 89% more densely populated than Tanzania

Indonesia: 151 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Tanzania and Indonesia are practically level

Indonesia: 166.3 cm (2019) · Tanzania: 167 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Tanzania are 2.5 cm taller than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 154.4 cm (2019) · Tanzania: 156.9 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Indonesia is 13 years older than in Tanzania

Indonesia: 29.8 years (2023) · Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Tanzania have 2.4 more children on average than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 2.12 children per woman (2024) · Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

7.5% of people in Indonesia are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania

Indonesia: 7.5% (2025) · Tanzania: 3% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Tanzania hosts 94 times as many refugees per resident as Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.026 per 1,000 (2025) · Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Indonesia has produced 0.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Tanzania none

Indonesia: 0.035 (2026) · Tanzania: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Tanzania has 2 official languages, Indonesia 1

Indonesia: 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?

Indonesia’s economy is 16 times the size of Tanzania’s

Indonesia: $1.45 trillion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Indonesia produces 3.9 times as much per person as Tanzania

Indonesia: Int$17,660 (2025) · Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Tanzania than in Indonesia (Gini 6.1 points higher)

Indonesia: 34.4 (2025) · 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 3.7% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 3.7% (2025) · Tanzania: 51.3% (2018)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 3.2% in Indonesia, versus 1.6% in Tanzania

Indonesia: 3.2% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Tanzania and Indonesia are practically level

Indonesia: 1% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Indonesia: no data · Tanzania: 12.3% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Tanzania’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Indonesia’s

Indonesia: 29% (2025) · Tanzania: 29% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Indonesia spends 3.6 times as much on health per person as Tanzania

Indonesia: $132 (2023) · Tanzania: $36 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Indonesia live 4.1 years longer than in Tanzania

Indonesia: 71.3 years (2024) · Tanzania: 67.2 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Tanzania is 89% more likely to die before turning one than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 15.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Indonesia has 3.9 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania

Indonesia: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Indonesia has 63% more hospital beds per person than Tanzania

Indonesia: 1.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Tanzania is 6.8 times that in Indonesia

Indonesia: 2.2 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

12% of adults in Indonesia are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania

Indonesia: 12% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

31% of adults in Indonesia smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania

Indonesia: 31% (2024) · Tanzania: 7.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Indonesia rate their lives 1.71 points higher than in Tanzania

Indonesia: 5.62 (2025) · Tanzania: 3.90 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Tanzania drink 15 times as much alcohol as in Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.1 litres (2023) · Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Indonesia has 64% more meat per person than Tanzania

Indonesia: 20 kg (2023) · Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Indonesia has 382 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania

Indonesia: 2,900 kcal (2023) · Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Tanzania put in 170 more hours a year than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 1,958 hours (2023) · Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Indonesia went to school 2.6 years longer than in Tanzania

Indonesia: 8.7 years (2023) · Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Indonesia welcomed 2.1 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019)

Indonesia: 0.05 (2024) · Tanzania: 0.02 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Indonesia has 3 more World Heritage sites than Tanzania (10 against 7)

Indonesia: 10 (2026) · Tanzania: 7 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Indonesia has won 40 Olympic medals, Tanzania 2

Indonesia: 40 (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

73% of people in Indonesia are online, versus 31% in Tanzania

Indonesia: 73% (2024) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Indonesia is 45% faster than in Tanzania

Indonesia: 82 Mbps (2026) · Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

Indonesia: 99.9% (2024) · Tanzania: 52.4% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

59% of people in Indonesia live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania

Indonesia: 59% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Tanzania has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Indonesia 123

Indonesia: 123 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Indonesia’s railway network is 2 times as long as Tanzania’s

Indonesia: 5,483 km (2019) · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Indonesia fly 13 times as many passengers per resident as those from Tanzania

Indonesia: 0.34 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.03 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 51% of Indonesia, but only 50% of Tanzania

Indonesia: 50.7% (2024) · Tanzania: 49.6% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Indonesia emits 9.8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Tanzania

Indonesia: 2.9 t (2024) · Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

33% of Tanzania’s electricity is renewable, versus 18% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 18.1% (2024) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Tanzania carries 33% more fine dust than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 18.5 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 12 times as likely to be murdered in Tanzania as in Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.3 per 100k (2022) · Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Tanzania are 16% deadlier than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 17.4 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Indonesia is on average 2.5 °C warmer than Tanzania

Indonesia: 25.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Indonesia gets 3.1 times as much rain as Tanzania

Indonesia: 3,437 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 Indonesia bigger than Tanzania?

Indonesia is larger. Tanzania fits inside Indonesia 2 times.

Which has more people, Indonesia or Tanzania?

Indonesia has 4.1 times as many people as Tanzania (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Indonesia or Tanzania?

People in Indonesia live 4.1 years longer than in Tanzania. Life expectancy at birth is 71.3 years in Indonesia and 67.2 in Tanzania.

Are people taller in Indonesia or Tanzania?

Tanzania and Indonesia are practically level (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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