CountryDuel

Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Tanzania is 18% bigger than Mozambique

Mozambique: 799,380 km² (2024) · Tanzania: 945,500 km² (2024)

Drag it across the map
Coastline

How much coast is there?

Mozambique’s coastline is 73% longer than Tanzania’s

Mozambique: 2,470 km (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Tanzania’s highest peak towers 3,459 m above Mozambique’s

Mozambique: 2,436 m (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 56% of Mozambique, versus 45% of Tanzania

Mozambique: 56.1% (2024) · Tanzania: 45.1% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Tanzania has 2 times as many people as Mozambique

Mozambique: 35.6 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Tanzania is 76% more densely populated than Mozambique

Mozambique: 45 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Tanzania are 2.7 cm taller than in Mozambique

Mozambique: 164.3 cm (2019) · Tanzania: 167 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Tanzania are 1.5 cm taller than in Mozambique

Mozambique: 155.4 cm (2019) · Tanzania: 156.9 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Tanzania is 0.92 years older than in Mozambique

Mozambique: 16.3 years (2023) · Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Mozambique have 0.1 more children on average than in Tanzania

Mozambique: 4.69 children per woman (2024) · Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

Tanzania and Mozambique are practically level

Mozambique: 2.7% (2025) · Tanzania: 3% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Tanzania hosts 17 times as many refugees per resident as Mozambique

Mozambique: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Mozambique and Tanzania are practically level

Mozambique: 0 (2026) · Tanzania: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Tanzania has 2 official languages, Mozambique 1

Mozambique: 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?

Tanzania’s economy is 4 times the size of Mozambique’s

Mozambique: $22.3 billion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Tanzania produces 2.6 times as much per person as Mozambique

Mozambique: Int$1,698 (2025) · Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Mozambique than in Tanzania (Gini 9.1 points higher)

Mozambique: 49.6 (2022) · Tanzania: 40.5 (2018)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

81% of people in Mozambique live on less than $3 a day, versus 51% in Tanzania

Mozambique: 81.4% (2022) · Tanzania: 51.3% (2018)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 6.6% in Mozambique, versus 1.6% in Tanzania

Mozambique: 6.6% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Mozambique spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Tanzania 1.2%

Mozambique: 1.9% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Mozambique’s central government collects 22% of GDP in tax, Tanzania’s 12%

Mozambique: 21.8% (2024) · Tanzania: 12.3% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Mozambique’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Tanzania’s

Mozambique: 37% (2025) · Tanzania: 29% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Mozambique spends 46% more on health per person than Tanzania

Mozambique: $53 (2023) · Tanzania: $36 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Tanzania live 3.4 years longer than in Mozambique

Mozambique: 63.8 years (2024) · Tanzania: 67.2 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Mozambique is 52% more likely to die before turning one than in Tanzania

Mozambique: 43.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Mozambique has 31% more doctors per person than Tanzania

Mozambique: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Tanzania has 14% more hospital beds per person than Mozambique

Mozambique: 0.7 per 1,000 (2021) · Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Mozambique is 12% higher than in Tanzania

Mozambique: 16.7 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

10% of adults in Tanzania are obese, versus 9.4% in Mozambique

Mozambique: 9.4% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

11% of adults in Mozambique smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania

Mozambique: 10.5% (2024) · Tanzania: 7.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Mozambique rate their lives 1.43 points higher than in Tanzania

Mozambique: 5.34 (2025) · Tanzania: 3.90 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Mozambique drink 33% more alcohol than in Tanzania

Mozambique: 2 litres (2023) · Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Tanzania has 18% more meat per person than Mozambique

Mozambique: 10.4 kg (2023) · Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Tanzania has 332 kcal more food per person per day than Mozambique

Mozambique: 2,186 kcal (2023) · Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Tanzania put in 622 more hours a year than in Mozambique

Mozambique: 1,507 hours (2023) · Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Tanzania went to school 1.5 years longer than in Mozambique

Mozambique: 4.6 years (2023) · Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Mozambique welcomed 3 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019)

Mozambique: 0.07 (2019) · Tanzania: 0.02 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Tanzania has 5 more World Heritage sites than Mozambique (7 against 2)

Mozambique: 2 (2026) · Tanzania: 7 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Mozambique and Tanzania are practically level

Mozambique: 2 (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

31% of people in Tanzania are online, versus 21% in Mozambique

Mozambique: 21% (2024) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Mozambique is 28% faster than in Tanzania

Mozambique: 72 Mbps (2026) · Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

52% of people in Tanzania have electricity, versus 37% in Mozambique

Mozambique: 36.9% (2024) · Tanzania: 52.4% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

Mozambique and Tanzania are practically level

Mozambique: 37% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Tanzania has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Mozambique 50

Mozambique: 50 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Mozambique’s railway network is 15% longer than Tanzania’s

Mozambique: 3,116 km (2011) · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Tanzania fly 42% more passengers per resident than those from Mozambique

Mozambique: 0.02 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.03 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 50% of Tanzania, but only 41% of Mozambique

Mozambique: 41.3% (2024) · Tanzania: 49.6% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Tanzania emits 17% more CO₂ than someone in Mozambique

Mozambique: 0.2 t (2024) · Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

83% of Mozambique’s electricity is renewable, versus 33% in Tanzania

Mozambique: 83.4% (2024) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Tanzania carries 45% more fine dust than in Mozambique

Mozambique: 17 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?

Mozambique: no data · Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Mozambique are 33% deadlier than in Tanzania

Mozambique: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Mozambique is on average 1.2 °C warmer than Tanzania

Mozambique: 24.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Tanzania gets 20% more rain than Mozambique

Mozambique: 918 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?
Time machine

Quick answers

Is Mozambique bigger than Tanzania?

Tanzania is larger. Tanzania is 18% bigger than Mozambique.

Which has more people, Mozambique or Tanzania?

Tanzania has 2 times as many people as Mozambique (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Mozambique or Tanzania?

People in Tanzania live 3.4 years longer than in Mozambique. Life expectancy at birth is 63.8 years in Mozambique and 67.2 in Tanzania.

Are people taller in Mozambique or Tanzania?

Men in Tanzania are 2.7 cm taller than in Mozambique (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

Keep duelling