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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Tanzania is 84% bigger than Thailand

Tanzania: 945,500 km² (2024) · Thailand: 513,115 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Thailand’s coastline is 2.3 times as long as Tanzania’s

Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Tanzania’s highest peak towers 3,330 m above Thailand’s

Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 45% of Tanzania, versus 43% of Thailand

Tanzania: 45.1% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Thailand has 2% more people than Tanzania

Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Thailand is 76% more densely populated than Tanzania

Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Thailand are 4.6 cm taller than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 167 cm (2019) · Thailand: 171.6 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Thailand are 2.5 cm taller than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 156.9 cm (2019) · Thailand: 159.4 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

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

Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Tanzania have 3.3 more children on average than in Thailand

Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

16% of people in Thailand are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania

Tanzania: 3% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Tanzania hosts 2.1 times as many refugees per resident as Thailand

Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025) · Thailand: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Tanzania and Thailand are practically level

Tanzania: 0 (2026) · Thailand: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Tanzania has 2 official languages, Thailand 1

Tanzania: 2 (2026) · Thailand: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Thailand’s economy is 6.4 times the size of Tanzania’s

Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Thailand produces 5.9 times as much per person as Tanzania

Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Tanzania than in Thailand (Gini 7.2 points higher)

Tanzania: 40.5 (2018) · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

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% in Thailand

Tanzania: 51.3% (2018) · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 1.6% in Tanzania, versus 0.8% in Thailand

Tanzania: 1.6% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Tanzania and Thailand are practically level

Tanzania: 1.2% (2025) · Thailand: 1% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Thailand’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Tanzania’s 12%

Tanzania: 12.3% (2024) · Thailand: 15.2% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Thailand’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Tanzania’s

Tanzania: 29% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Thailand spends 9 times as much on health per person as Tanzania

Tanzania: $36 (2023) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Thailand live 9.4 years longer than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 67.2 years (2024) · Thailand: 76.6 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Tanzania is 3.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Thailand

Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Thailand has 4 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania

Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Thailand has 2.8 times as many hospital beds per person as Tanzania

Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022) · Thailand: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Tanzania is 55% higher than in Thailand

Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

16% of adults in Thailand are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania

Tanzania: 10.5% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

18% of adults in Thailand smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania

Tanzania: 7.7% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Thailand rate their lives 2.39 points higher than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 3.90 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Thailand drink 5.3 times as much alcohol as in Tanzania

Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023) · Thailand: 7.9 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Thailand has 2 times as much meat per person as Tanzania

Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Thailand has 337 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania

Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Thailand put in 48 more hours a year than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Thailand went to school 3 years longer than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Thailand welcomed 25 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019)

Tanzania: 0.02 (2022) · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Thailand has 2 more World Heritage sites than Tanzania (9 against 7)

Tanzania: 7 (2026) · Thailand: 9 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Thailand has won 41 Olympic medals, Tanzania 2

Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

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

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

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Thailand is 6.4 times as fast as in Tanzania

Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

63% of people in Thailand live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania

Tanzania: 37% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Thailand has 161 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Tanzania 127

Tanzania: 127 (2024) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Thailand’s railway network is 51% longer than Tanzania’s

Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017) · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Thailand fly 27 times as many passengers per resident as those from Tanzania

Tanzania: 0.03 (2023) · Thailand: 0.72 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 50% of Tanzania, but only 39% of Thailand

Tanzania: 49.6% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Thailand emits 13 times as much CO₂ as someone in Tanzania

Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

33% of Tanzania’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Thailand

Tanzania: 32.9% (2024) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Tanzania carries 6% more fine dust than in Thailand

Tanzania: 24.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Thailand: 23.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020) · Thailand: no data

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Thailand are 77% deadlier than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 35.6 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Thailand is on average 3.6 °C warmer than Tanzania

Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Thailand gets 50% more rain than Tanzania

Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 1,657 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 Tanzania bigger than Thailand?

Tanzania is larger. Tanzania is 84% bigger than Thailand.

Which has more people, Tanzania or Thailand?

Thailand has 2% more people than Tanzania (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Tanzania or Thailand?

People in Thailand live 9.4 years longer than in Tanzania. Life expectancy at birth is 67.2 years in Tanzania and 76.6 in Thailand.

Are people taller in Tanzania or Thailand?

Men in Thailand are 4.6 cm taller than in Tanzania (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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