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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Tanzania is 20% bigger than Türkiye

Tanzania: 945,500 km² (2024) · Türkiye: 785,350 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Türkiye’s coastline is 5.1 times as long as Tanzania’s

Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 7,200 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Tanzania’s highest peak towers 758 m above Türkiye’s

Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 5,137 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 50% of Türkiye, versus 45% of Tanzania

Tanzania: 45.1% (2024) · Türkiye: 50.2% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Türkiye has 22% more people than Tanzania

Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025) · Türkiye: 85.9 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Türkiye is 40% more densely populated than Tanzania

Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025) · Türkiye: 112 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Türkiye are 9.4 cm taller than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 167 cm (2019) · Türkiye: 176.4 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Türkiye are 4.9 cm taller than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 156.9 cm (2019) · Türkiye: 161.8 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Türkiye is 15 years older than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023) · Türkiye: 32.5 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Tanzania have 3.1 more children on average than in Türkiye

Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024) · Türkiye: 1.48 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

11% of people in Türkiye are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania

Tanzania: 3% (2025) · Türkiye: 10.6% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Türkiye hosts 11 times as many refugees per resident as Tanzania

Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025) · Türkiye: 27.8 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Türkiye has produced 0.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Tanzania none

Tanzania: 0 (2026) · Türkiye: 0.5 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Tanzania has 2 official languages, Türkiye 1

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

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Türkiye’s economy is 18 times the size of Tanzania’s

Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025) · Türkiye: $1.6 trillion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Türkiye produces 10 times as much per person as Tanzania

Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025) · Türkiye: Int$45,289 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Türkiye than in Tanzania (Gini 3.2 points higher)

Tanzania: 40.5 (2018) · Türkiye: 43.7 (2023)

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 0.2% in Türkiye

Tanzania: 51.3% (2018) · Türkiye: 0.2% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 8.5% in Türkiye, versus 1.6% in Tanzania

Tanzania: 1.6% (2025) · Türkiye: 8.5% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Türkiye spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Tanzania 1.2%

Tanzania: 1.2% (2025) · Türkiye: 1.9% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Türkiye’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Tanzania’s 12%

Tanzania: 12.3% (2024) · Türkiye: 17.6% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Türkiye’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Tanzania’s

Tanzania: 29% (2025) · Türkiye: 41% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Türkiye spends 15 times as much on health per person as Tanzania

Tanzania: $36 (2023) · Türkiye: $548 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Türkiye live 10 years longer than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 67.2 years (2024) · Türkiye: 77.4 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Tanzania is 3.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Türkiye

Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Türkiye: 8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Türkiye has 17 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania

Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Türkiye: 2.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Türkiye has 3.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Tanzania

Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022) · Türkiye: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Tanzania is 4 times that in Türkiye

Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023) · Türkiye: 3.7 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

30% of adults in Türkiye are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania

Tanzania: 10.5% (2024) · Türkiye: 30.5% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

31% of adults in Türkiye smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania

Tanzania: 7.7% (2024) · Türkiye: 31.1% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Türkiye rate their lives 1.40 points higher than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 3.90 (2025) · Türkiye: 5.30 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Türkiye drink 48% more alcohol than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023) · Türkiye: 2.2 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Türkiye has 4.1 times as much meat per person as Tanzania

Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023) · Türkiye: 49.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Türkiye has 1,374 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania

Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023) · Türkiye: 3,892 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Tanzania put in 381 more hours a year than in Türkiye

Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023) · Türkiye: 1,747 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Türkiye went to school 2.9 years longer than in Tanzania

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

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Türkiye welcomed 26 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019)

Tanzania: 0.02 (2022) · Türkiye: 0.59 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Türkiye has 15 more World Heritage sites than Tanzania (22 against 7)

Tanzania: 7 (2026) · Türkiye: 22 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Türkiye has won 111 Olympic medals, Tanzania 2

Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 111 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

90% of people in Türkiye are online, versus 31% in Tanzania

Tanzania: 31% (2024) · Türkiye: 90% (2025)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Türkiye is 3.6 times as fast as in Tanzania

Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026) · Türkiye: 205 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

89% of people in Türkiye live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania

Tanzania: 37% (2025) · Türkiye: 89% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Tanzania has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Türkiye 108

Tanzania: 127 (2024) · Türkiye: 108 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Türkiye’s railway network is 3.9 times as long as Tanzania’s

Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017) · Türkiye: 10,546 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Türkiye fly 54 times as many passengers per resident as those from Tanzania

Tanzania: 0.03 (2023) · Türkiye: 1.47 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 50% of Tanzania, but only 29% of Türkiye

Tanzania: 49.6% (2024) · Türkiye: 29.5% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Türkiye emits 20 times as much CO₂ as someone in Tanzania

Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024) · Türkiye: 5.9 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

43% of Türkiye’s electricity is renewable, versus 33% in Tanzania

Tanzania: 32.9% (2024) · Türkiye: 43.3% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Türkiye carries 4% more fine dust than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 24.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Türkiye: 25.6 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 16% more likely to be murdered in Tanzania than in Türkiye

Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020) · Türkiye: 3.2 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Tanzania are 75% deadlier than in Türkiye

Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023) · Türkiye: 11.5 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Tanzania is on average 10.4 °C warmer than Türkiye

Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Türkiye: 12.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Tanzania gets 62% more rain than Türkiye

Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Türkiye: 680 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 Türkiye?

Tanzania is larger. Tanzania is 20% bigger than Türkiye.

Which has more people, Tanzania or Türkiye?

Türkiye has 22% more people than Tanzania (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Tanzania or Türkiye?

People in Türkiye live 10 years longer than in Tanzania. Life expectancy at birth is 67.2 years in Tanzania and 77.4 in Türkiye.

Are people taller in Tanzania or Türkiye?

Men in Türkiye are 9.4 cm taller than in Tanzania (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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