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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Tanzania is 57% bigger than Ukraine

Tanzania: 945,500 km² (2024) · Ukraine: 603,550 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Ukraine’s coastline is 2 times as long as Tanzania’s

Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,782 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Tanzania’s highest peak towers 3,834 m above Ukraine’s

Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,061 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 71% of Ukraine, versus 45% of Tanzania

Tanzania: 45.1% (2024) · Ukraine: 71.3% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Tanzania has 81% more people than Ukraine

Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025) · Ukraine: 39 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Tanzania is 19% more densely populated than Ukraine

Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025) · Ukraine: 67 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Ukraine are 14.0 cm taller than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 167 cm (2019) · Ukraine: 181 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Ukraine are 9.7 cm taller than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 156.9 cm (2019) · Ukraine: 166.6 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Ukraine is 25 years older than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023) · Ukraine: 42 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Tanzania have 3.6 more children on average than in Ukraine

Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024) · Ukraine: 0.99 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

19% of people in Ukraine are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania

Tanzania: 3% (2025) · Ukraine: 19% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Tanzania hosts 40 times as many refugees per resident as Ukraine

Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025) · Ukraine: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Ukraine has produced 1.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Tanzania none

Tanzania: 0 (2026) · Ukraine: 1.3 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Tanzania has 2 official languages, Ukraine 1

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

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Ukraine’s economy is 2.4 times the size of Tanzania’s

Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025) · Ukraine: $214 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Ukraine produces 4.2 times as much per person as Tanzania

Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025) · Ukraine: Int$18,905 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Tanzania than in Ukraine (Gini 14.9 points higher)

Tanzania: 40.5 (2018) · Ukraine: 25.6 (2020)

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 Ukraine

Tanzania: 51.3% (2018) · Ukraine: 0% (2020)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 9.8% in Ukraine, versus 1.6% in Tanzania

Tanzania: 1.6% (2025) · Ukraine: 9.8% (2021)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Ukraine spends 40% of its GDP on the military, Tanzania 1.2%

Tanzania: 1.2% (2025) · Ukraine: 39.6% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Ukraine’s central government collects 21% of GDP in tax, Tanzania’s 12%

Tanzania: 12.3% (2024) · Ukraine: 21% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Ukraine’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Tanzania’s

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

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Ukraine spends 10 times as much on health per person as Tanzania

Tanzania: $36 (2023) · Ukraine: $370 (2021)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Ukraine live 7.5 years longer than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 67.2 years (2024) · Ukraine: 74.7 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Tanzania is 3.8 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ukraine

Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Ukraine: 7.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Ukraine has 26 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania

Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Ukraine: 3.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Ukraine has 7.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Tanzania

Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022) · Ukraine: 6.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Ukraine is 27% higher than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.9 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

28% of adults in Ukraine are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania

Tanzania: 10.5% (2024) · Ukraine: 27.8% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

24% of adults in Ukraine smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania

Tanzania: 7.7% (2024) · Ukraine: 23.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Ukraine rate their lives 0.76 points higher than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 3.90 (2025) · Ukraine: 4.66 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Ukraine drink 2.6 times as much alcohol as in Tanzania

Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023) · Ukraine: 3.9 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Ukraine has 4.1 times as much meat per person as Tanzania

Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023) · Ukraine: 49.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Ukraine has 267 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania

Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023) · Ukraine: 2,786 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Tanzania put in 84 more hours a year than in Ukraine

Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023) · Ukraine: 2,045 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Ukraine went to school 5.1 years longer than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023) · Ukraine: 11.1 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Ukraine welcomed 2.9 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019)

Tanzania: 0.02 (2022) · Ukraine: 0.07 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Ukraine has 1 more World Heritage site than Tanzania (8 against 7)

Tanzania: 7 (2026) · Ukraine: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Ukraine has won 160 Olympic medals, Tanzania 2

Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 160 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

82% of people in Ukraine are online, versus 31% in Tanzania

Tanzania: 31% (2024) · Ukraine: 82% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Ukraine is 3.2 times as fast as in Tanzania

Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026) · Ukraine: 178 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

70% of people in Ukraine live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania

Tanzania: 37% (2025) · Ukraine: 70% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Ukraine has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Tanzania 127

Tanzania: 127 (2024) · Ukraine: 133 (2023)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Ukraine’s railway network is 8 times as long as Tanzania’s

Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017) · Ukraine: 21,626 km (2020)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Tanzania fly 2.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ukraine

Tanzania: 0.03 (2023) · Ukraine: 0.01 (2022)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 50% of Tanzania, but only 17% of Ukraine

Tanzania: 49.6% (2024) · Ukraine: 17.3% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

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

Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024) · Ukraine: 3.8 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

33% of Tanzania’s electricity is renewable, versus 16% in Ukraine

Tanzania: 32.9% (2024) · Ukraine: 16.4% (2022)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Tanzania carries 73% more fine dust than in Ukraine

Tanzania: 24.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Ukraine: 14.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

Ukraine and Tanzania are nearly identical here

Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020) · Ukraine: 3.8 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Tanzania are 7% deadlier than in Ukraine

Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.7 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Tanzania is on average 12.9 °C warmer than Ukraine

Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Tanzania gets 78% more rain than Ukraine

Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 619 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 Ukraine?

Tanzania is larger. Tanzania is 57% bigger than Ukraine.

Which has more people, Tanzania or Ukraine?

Tanzania has 81% more people than Ukraine (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Tanzania or Ukraine?

People in Ukraine live 7.5 years longer than in Tanzania. Life expectancy at birth is 67.2 years in Tanzania and 74.7 in Ukraine.

Are people taller in Tanzania or Ukraine?

Men in Ukraine are 14.0 cm taller than in Tanzania (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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