Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Romania fits inside Tanzania 4 times.
Romania: 238,400 km² (2023) · Tanzania: 947,300 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Tanzania’s coastline is 6.3 times as long as Romania’s.
Romania: 225 km (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Tanzania’s highest peak towers 3,351 m above Romania’s.
Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Tanzania has 3.7 times as many people as Romania.
Romania: 19 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Romania is 4% more densely populated than Tanzania.
Romania: 83 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Romania are 10.8 cm taller than in Tanzania.
Romania: 177.8 cm (2019) · Tanzania: 167 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Romania are 7.8 cm taller than in Tanzania.
Romania: 164.7 cm (2019) · Tanzania: 156.9 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Romania is 25 years older than in Tanzania.
Romania: 42.6 years (2023) · Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Tanzania have 3.2 more children on average than in Romania.
Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024) · Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
20% of people in Romania are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania.
Romania: 20.1% (2025) · Tanzania: 3% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Romania has produced 2.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Tanzania 0.0.
Romania: 2.1 (2025) · Tanzania: 0 (2025)
How many official languages?
Tanzania has 2 official languages, Romania 1.
Romania: 1 (2026) · Tanzania: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Romania’s economy is 4.8 times the size of Tanzania’s.
Romania: $429 billion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Romania produces 11 times as much per person as Tanzania.
Romania: Int$50,895 (2025) · Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Tanzania than in Romania (Gini 10.7 points higher).
Romania: 29.8 (2023) · Tanzania: 40.5 (2018)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 6.0% in Romania, versus 1.6% in Tanzania.
Romania: 6% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.6% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Romania spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Tanzania 1.2%.
Romania: 2.3% (2024) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Romania’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Tanzania’s.
Romania: 44% (2025) · Tanzania: 29% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Romania spends 29 times as much on health per person as Tanzania.
Romania: $1,051 (2023) · Tanzania: $36 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Romania live 9.2 years longer than in Tanzania.
Romania: 76.5 years (2024) · Tanzania: 67.2 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Tanzania is 4.8 times as likely to die before turning one as in Romania.
Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024) · Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Romania has 27 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania.
Romania: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is obesity?
38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania.
Romania: 37.7% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
30% of adults in Romania smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania.
Romania: 29.7% (2024) · Tanzania: 7.7% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Romania rate their lives 2.73 points higher than in Tanzania.
Romania: 6.63 (2025) · Tanzania: 3.90 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Romania drink 11 times as much alcohol as in Tanzania.
Romania: 17.1 litres (2023) · Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Romania has 6 times as much meat per person as Tanzania.
Romania: 72.5 kg (2023) · Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Romania has 1,131 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania.
Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023) · Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Tanzania put in 303 more hours a year than in Romania.
Romania: 1,826 hours (2023) · Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Romania went to school 5.5 years longer than in Tanzania.
Romania: 11.6 years (2023) · Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Romania welcomed 31 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019).
Romania: 0.7 (2024) · Tanzania: 0.02 (2022)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
91% of people in Romania are online, versus 31% in Tanzania.
Romania: 91% (2024) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Romania have electricity, versus 52% in Tanzania.
Romania: 100% (2024) · Tanzania: 52.4% (2024)
How many live in cities?
52% of people in Romania live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania.
Romania: 52% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Tanzania has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Romania 120.
Romania: 120 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Romania’s railway network is 4 times as long as Tanzania’s.
Romania: 10,769 km (2021) · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Romania fly 5.4 times as many passengers per resident as those from Tanzania.
Romania: 0.15 (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 Romania.
Romania: 30.1% (2023) · Tanzania: 50.1% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Romania emits 12 times as much CO₂ as someone in Tanzania.
Romania: 3.6 t (2024) · Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
47% of Romania’s electricity is renewable, versus 33% in Tanzania.
Romania: 47% (2025) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Tanzania carries 72% more fine dust than in Romania.
Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Tanzania: 24.6 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 3.3 times as likely to be murdered in Tanzania as in Romania.
Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024) · Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Tanzania are 65% deadlier than in Romania.
Romania: 9.6 per 100k (2021) · Tanzania: 15.8 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Tanzania is on average 12.2 °C warmer than Romania.
Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Tanzania gets 45% more rain than Romania.
Romania: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Romania bigger than Tanzania?
Tanzania is larger. Romania fits inside Tanzania 4 times.
Which has more people, Romania or Tanzania?
Tanzania has 3.7 times as many people as Romania (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Romania or Tanzania?
People in Romania live 9.2 years longer than in Tanzania. Life expectancy at birth is 76.5 years in Romania and 67.2 in Tanzania.
Are people taller in Romania or Tanzania?
Men in Romania are 10.8 cm taller than in Tanzania (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
