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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Romania fits inside Tanzania 4 times

Romania: 238,397 km² (2024) · Tanzania: 945,500 km² (2024)

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Coastline

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)

Highest point

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)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 55% of Romania, versus 45% of Tanzania

Romania: 55.2% (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 3.7 times as many people as Romania

Romania: 19 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Romania is 4% more densely populated than Tanzania

Romania: 83 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)

Height of men

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)

Height of women

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)

Median age

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)

Fertility rate

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)

Aged 65 and over

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)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Romania hosts 4.5 times as many refugees per resident as Tanzania

Romania: 10.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Romania has produced 2.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Tanzania none

Romania: 2.1 (2026) · Tanzania: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Tanzania has 2 official languages, Romania 1

Romania: 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?

Romania’s economy is 4.8 times the size of Tanzania’s

Romania: $429 billion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

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)

Income inequality (Gini)

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)

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 0.7% in Romania

Romania: 0.7% (2023) · Tanzania: 51.3% (2018)

Unemployment

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)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Romania spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Tanzania 1.2%

Romania: 2.3% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Romania’s central government collects 16% of GDP in tax, Tanzania’s 12%

Romania: 16.2% (2024) · Tanzania: 12.3% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

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

Health spending per person

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)

Life expectancy

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)

Infant mortality

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)

Doctors

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)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Romania has 8.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Tanzania

Romania: 7.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Tanzania is 82% higher than in Romania

Romania: 8.2 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania

Romania: 37.7% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)

Smoking

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

Life satisfaction

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)

Alcohol consumption

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)

Meat supply

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)

Daily calories

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)

Working hours

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)

Years of schooling

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)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Romania welcomed 31 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019)

Romania: 0.7 (2024) · Tanzania: 0.02 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Romania has 4 more World Heritage sites than Tanzania (11 against 7)

Romania: 11 (2026) · Tanzania: 7 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Romania has won 318 Olympic medals, Tanzania 2

Romania: 318 (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

91% of people in Romania are online, versus 31% in Tanzania

Romania: 91% (2024) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Romania is 5.6 times as fast as in Tanzania

Romania: 316 Mbps (2026) · Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

52% of people in Romania live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania

Romania: 52% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Tanzania has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Romania 120

Romania: 120 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)

Railway network

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)

Air passengers per resident

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

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 50% of Tanzania, but only 30% of Romania

Romania: 30.2% (2024) · Tanzania: 49.6% (2024)

CO₂ per person

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)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

47% of Romania’s electricity is renewable, versus 33% in Tanzania

Romania: 47% (2025) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

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)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

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)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Tanzania are 48% deadlier than in Romania

Romania: 13.6 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

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)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Tanzania gets 45% more rain than Romania

Romania: 758 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 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).

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