Norway’s coastline is 18 times as long as Tanzania’s

Norway: 25,148 km (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition)

Tanzania’s highest peak towers 3,426 m above Norway’s

Norway: 2,469 m (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 45% of Tanzania, versus 2.7% of Norway

Norway: 2.7% (2024) · Tanzania: 45.1% (2024)

Tanzania has 13 times as many people as Norway

Norway: 5.61 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)

Tanzania is 5.2 times as densely populated as Norway

Norway: 15 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Norway is 22 years older than in Tanzania

Norway: 39.5 years (2023) · Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023)

Women in Tanzania have 3.1 more children on average than in Norway

Norway: 1.45 children per woman (2024) · Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024)

19% of people in Norway are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania

Norway: 19.1% (2025) · Tanzania: 3% (2025)

Norway hosts 9.1 times as many refugees per resident as Tanzania

Norway: 22.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Norway has produced 23.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Tanzania none

Norway: 23.2 (2026) · Tanzania: 0 (2026)

Norway has 3 official languages, Tanzania 2

Norway: 3 (2026) · Tanzania: 2 (2026)

Norway’s economy is 5.9 times the size of Tanzania’s

Norway: $531 billion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)

Norway produces 23 times as much per person as Tanzania

Norway: Int$104,044 (2025) · Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Tanzania than in Norway (Gini 14 points higher)

Norway: 26.5 (2023) · Tanzania: 40.5 (2018)

51% of people in Tanzania live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Norway

Norway: 0.2% (2023) · Tanzania: 51.3% (2018)

Unemployment is 4.6% in Norway, versus 1.6% in Tanzania

Norway: 4.6% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.6% (2025)

Norway spends 3.3% of its GDP on the military, Tanzania 1.2%

Norway: 3.3% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2025)

Norway’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Tanzania’s 12%

Norway: 24.5% (2024) · Tanzania: 12.3% (2024)

Norway’s price level (US = 100) is 3.1× Tanzania’s

Norway: 91% (2025) · Tanzania: 29% (2025)

Norway spends 229 times as much on health per person as Tanzania

Norway: $8,296 (2023) · Tanzania: $36 (2023)

A baby in Tanzania is 14 times as likely to die before turning one as in Norway

Norway: 2 per 1,000 (2024) · Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Norway has 37 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania

Norway: 5 per 1,000 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Norway has 3.9 times as many hospital beds per person as Tanzania

Norway: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Tanzania is 28% higher than in Norway

Norway: 11.6 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023)

21% of adults in Norway are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania

Norway: 20.7% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)

13% of adults in Norway smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania

Norway: 12.9% (2024) · Tanzania: 7.7% (2024)

People in Norway rate their lives 3.34 points higher than in Tanzania

Norway: 7.24 (2025) · Tanzania: 3.90 (2025)

Adults in Norway drink 4.7 times as much alcohol as in Tanzania

Norway: 7 litres (2023) · Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023)

Norway has 5.8 times as much meat per person as Tanzania

Norway: 70.4 kg (2023) · Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023)

Norway has 957 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania

Norway: 3,476 kcal (2023) · Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023)

Workers in Tanzania put in 717 more hours a year than in Norway

Norway: 1,412 hours (2023) · Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023)

Adults in Norway went to school 7.1 years longer than in Tanzania

Norway: 13.1 years (2023) · Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023)

Norway welcomed 41 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019)

Norway: 0.91 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.02 (2022)

Norway has 1 more World Heritage site than Tanzania (8 against 7)

Norway: 8 (2026) · Tanzania: 7 (2026)

Norway has won 616 Olympic medals, Tanzania 2

Norway: 616 (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition)

99% of people in Norway are online, versus 31% in Tanzania

Norway: 99% (2024) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)

Home internet in Norway is 4.1 times as fast as in Tanzania

Norway: 228 Mbps (2026) · Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026)

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

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

84% of people in Norway live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania

Norway: 84% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)

Tanzania has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Norway 109

Norway: 109 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)

Norway’s railway network is 44% longer than Tanzania’s

Norway: 3,885 km (2021) · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)

Norway: no data · Tanzania: 0.03 (2023)

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

Norway: 33.2% (2024) · Tanzania: 49.6% (2024)

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

Norway: 6.7 t (2024) · Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024)

99% of Norway’s electricity is renewable, versus 33% in Tanzania

Norway: 99% (2025) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)

The air in Tanzania carries 3.7 times as much fine dust as in Norway

Norway: 6.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Tanzania: 24.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 5.2 times as likely to be murdered in Tanzania as in Norway

Norway: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020)

Roads in Tanzania are 6.9 times as deadly as in Norway

Norway: 2.9 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023)

Tanzania is on average 21.5 °C warmer than Norway

Norway: 1.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Norway gets 14% more rain than Tanzania

Norway: 1,259 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg)