Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Tanzania is 79% bigger than Sweden.
Sweden: 528,660 km² (2023) · Tanzania: 947,300 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Sweden’s coastline is 2.3 times as long as Tanzania’s.
Sweden: 3,218 km (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Tanzania’s highest peak towers 3,795 m above Sweden’s.
Sweden: 2,100 m (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Tanzania has 6.7 times as many people as Sweden.
Sweden: 10.6 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Tanzania is 3.1 times as densely populated as Sweden.
Sweden: 26 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Sweden are 13.5 cm taller than in Tanzania.
Sweden: 180.5 cm (2019) · Tanzania: 167 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Sweden are 9.8 cm taller than in Tanzania.
Sweden: 166.7 cm (2019) · Tanzania: 156.9 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Sweden is 23 years older than in Tanzania.
Sweden: 39.9 years (2023) · Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Tanzania have 3.1 more children on average than in Sweden.
Sweden: 1.43 children per woman (2024) · Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
21% of people in Sweden are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania.
Sweden: 20.9% (2025) · Tanzania: 3% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Sweden has produced 28.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Tanzania none.
Sweden: 28.3 (2025) · Tanzania: 0 (2025)
How many official languages?
Tanzania has 2 official languages, Sweden 1.
Sweden: 1 (2026) · Tanzania: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Sweden’s economy is 7.4 times the size of Tanzania’s.
Sweden: $669 billion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Sweden produces 16 times as much per person as Tanzania.
Sweden: Int$72,529 (2025) · Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Tanzania than in Sweden (Gini 11.2 points higher).
Sweden: 29.3 (2023) · Tanzania: 40.5 (2018)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 8.7% in Sweden, versus 1.6% in Tanzania.
Sweden: 8.7% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.6% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Sweden spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Tanzania 1.2%.
Sweden: 2% (2024) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Sweden’s price level (US = 100) is 3× Tanzania’s.
Sweden: 87% (2025) · Tanzania: 29% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Sweden spends 179 times as much on health per person as Tanzania.
Sweden: $6,485 (2024) · Tanzania: $36 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Sweden live 17 years longer than in Tanzania.
Sweden: 84.1 years (2024) · Tanzania: 67.2 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Tanzania is 14 times as likely to die before turning one as in Sweden.
Sweden: 2 per 1,000 (2024) · Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Sweden has 33 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania.
Sweden: 4.4 per 1,000 (2021) · Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is obesity?
19% of adults in Sweden are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania.
Sweden: 18.7% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
20% of adults in Sweden smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania.
Sweden: 20.3% (2024) · Tanzania: 7.7% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Sweden rate their lives 3.35 points higher than in Tanzania.
Sweden: 7.26 (2025) · Tanzania: 3.90 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Sweden drink 5.8 times as much alcohol as in Tanzania.
Sweden: 8.7 litres (2023) · Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Sweden has 5.6 times as much meat per person as Tanzania.
Sweden: 68.4 kg (2023) · Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Sweden has 848 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania.
Sweden: 3,367 kcal (2023) · Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Tanzania put in 697 more hours a year than in Sweden.
Sweden: 1,432 hours (2023) · Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Sweden went to school 6.7 years longer than in Tanzania.
Sweden: 12.7 years (2023) · Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Sweden welcomed 28 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019).
Sweden: 0.63 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.02 (2022)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
96% of people in Sweden are online, versus 31% in Tanzania.
Sweden: 96% (2025) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Sweden have electricity, versus 52% in Tanzania.
Sweden: 100% (2024) · Tanzania: 52.4% (2024)
How many live in cities?
89% of people in Sweden live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania.
Sweden: 89% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Sweden has 141 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Tanzania 127.
Sweden: 141 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Sweden’s railway network is 3.6 times as long as Tanzania’s.
Sweden: 9,714 km (2021) · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Sweden fly 68 times as many passengers per resident as those from Tanzania.
Sweden: 1.85 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.03 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 69% of Sweden, but only 50% of Tanzania.
Sweden: 68.7% (2023) · Tanzania: 50.1% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Sweden emits 12 times as much CO₂ as someone in Tanzania.
Sweden: 3.6 t (2024) · Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
71% of Sweden’s electricity is renewable, versus 33% in Tanzania.
Sweden: 71.2% (2025) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Tanzania carries 4.3 times as much fine dust as in Sweden.
Sweden: 5.7 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 Sweden.
Sweden: 1.1 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Tanzania are 7.5 times as deadly as in Sweden.
Sweden: 2.1 per 100k (2021) · Tanzania: 15.8 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Tanzania is on average 18.8 °C warmer than Sweden.
Sweden: 4.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Tanzania gets 38% more rain than Sweden.
Sweden: 801 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Sweden bigger than Tanzania?
Tanzania is larger. Tanzania is 79% bigger than Sweden.
Which has more people, Sweden or Tanzania?
Tanzania has 6.7 times as many people as Sweden (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Sweden or Tanzania?
People in Sweden live 17 years longer than in Tanzania. Life expectancy at birth is 84.1 years in Sweden and 67.2 in Tanzania.
Are people taller in Sweden or Tanzania?
Men in Sweden are 13.5 cm taller than in Tanzania (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
