Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Switzerland fits inside Tanzania 23 times.
Switzerland: 41,291 km² (2023) · Tanzania: 947,300 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Tanzania’s highest peak towers 1,261 m above Switzerland’s.
Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Tanzania has 7.8 times as many people as Switzerland.
Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Switzerland is 2.9 times as densely populated as Tanzania.
Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Switzerland are 11.8 cm taller than in Tanzania.
Switzerland: 178.7 cm (2019) · Tanzania: 167 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Switzerland are 7.4 cm taller than in Tanzania.
Switzerland: 164.3 cm (2019) · Tanzania: 156.9 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Switzerland is 25 years older than in Tanzania.
Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023) · Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Tanzania have 3.3 more children on average than in Switzerland.
Switzerland: 1.29 children per woman (2024) · Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
20% of people in Switzerland are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania.
Switzerland: 20.4% (2025) · Tanzania: 3% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Switzerland has produced 20.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Tanzania none.
Switzerland: 20.9 (2025) · Tanzania: 0 (2025)
How many official languages?
Switzerland has 4 official languages, Tanzania 2.
Switzerland: 4 (2026) · Tanzania: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Switzerland’s economy is 12 times the size of Tanzania’s.
Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Switzerland produces 23 times as much per person as Tanzania.
Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025) · Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Tanzania than in Switzerland (Gini 6.7 points higher).
Switzerland: 33.8 (2022) · Tanzania: 40.5 (2018)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 4.9% in Switzerland, versus 1.6% in Tanzania.
Switzerland: 4.9% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.6% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Tanzania and Switzerland are practically level.
Switzerland: 0.7% (2024) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Switzerland’s price level (US = 100) is 3.8× Tanzania’s.
Switzerland: 112% (2025) · Tanzania: 29% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Switzerland spends 325 times as much on health per person as Tanzania.
Switzerland: $11,784 (2023) · Tanzania: $36 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Switzerland live 17 years longer than in Tanzania.
Switzerland: 84.4 years (2024) · Tanzania: 67.2 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Tanzania is 8.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Switzerland.
Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Switzerland has 33 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania.
Switzerland: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is obesity?
13% of adults in Switzerland are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania.
Switzerland: 12.9% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
23% of adults in Switzerland smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania.
Switzerland: 23.1% (2024) · Tanzania: 7.7% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Switzerland rate their lives 3.12 points higher than in Tanzania.
Switzerland: 7.02 (2025) · Tanzania: 3.90 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Switzerland drink 5.9 times as much alcohol as in Tanzania.
Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023) · Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Switzerland has 5.3 times as much meat per person as Tanzania.
Switzerland: 64 kg (2023) · Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Switzerland has 884 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania.
Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023) · Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Tanzania put in 600 more hours a year than in Switzerland.
Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023) · Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Switzerland went to school 7.9 years longer than in Tanzania.
Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023) · Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Switzerland welcomed 46 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019).
Switzerland: 1.04 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.02 (2022)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
97% of people in Switzerland are online, versus 31% in Tanzania.
Switzerland: 97% (2025) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Switzerland have electricity, versus 52% in Tanzania.
Switzerland: 100% (2024) · Tanzania: 52.4% (2024)
How many live in cities?
86% of people in Switzerland live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania.
Switzerland: 86% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Switzerland has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Tanzania 127.
Switzerland: 129 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Switzerland’s railway network is 53% longer than Tanzania’s.
Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021) · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Switzerland fly 113 times as many passengers per resident as those from Tanzania.
Switzerland: 3.05 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.03 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 50% of Tanzania, but only 32% of Switzerland.
Switzerland: 32.4% (2023) · Tanzania: 50.1% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Switzerland emits 12 times as much CO₂ as someone in Tanzania.
Switzerland: 3.6 t (2024) · Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
68% of Switzerland’s electricity is renewable, versus 33% in Tanzania.
Switzerland: 67.8% (2025) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Tanzania carries 2.7 times as much fine dust as in Switzerland.
Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024) · Tanzania: 24.6 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 6.3 times as likely to be murdered in Tanzania as in Switzerland.
Switzerland: 0.6 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Tanzania are 6.6 times as deadly as in Switzerland.
Switzerland: 2.4 per 100k (2021) · Tanzania: 15.8 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Tanzania is on average 16.6 °C warmer than Switzerland.
Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Switzerland gets 47% more rain than Tanzania.
Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Switzerland bigger than Tanzania?
Tanzania is larger. Switzerland fits inside Tanzania 23 times.
Which has more people, Switzerland or Tanzania?
Tanzania has 7.8 times as many people as Switzerland (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Switzerland or Tanzania?
People in Switzerland live 17 years longer than in Tanzania. Life expectancy at birth is 84.4 years in Switzerland and 67.2 in Tanzania.
Are people taller in Switzerland or Tanzania?
Men in Switzerland are 11.8 cm taller than in Tanzania (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
