The duel
Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
The United Arab Emirates fits inside Tanzania 9.6 times
Tanzania: 945,500 km² (2024) · United Arab Emirates: 98,648 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Tanzania’s coastline is 8% longer than the United Arab Emirates’
Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition) · United Arab Emirates: 1,318 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Tanzania’s highest peak towers 3,990 m above the United Arab Emirates’
Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition) · United Arab Emirates: 1,905 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 45% of Tanzania, versus 5.6% of the United Arab Emirates
Tanzania: 45.1% (2024) · United Arab Emirates: 5.6% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Tanzania has 6.1 times as many people as the United Arab Emirates
Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025) · United Arab Emirates: 11.5 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
The United Arab Emirates is 2 times as densely populated as Tanzania
Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025) · United Arab Emirates: 162 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in the United Arab Emirates are 7.1 cm taller than in Tanzania
Tanzania: 167 cm (2019) · United Arab Emirates: 174.1 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in the United Arab Emirates are 3.6 cm taller than in Tanzania
Tanzania: 156.9 cm (2019) · United Arab Emirates: 160.5 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in the United Arab Emirates is 14 years older than in Tanzania
Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023) · United Arab Emirates: 31.2 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Tanzania have 3.3 more children on average than in the United Arab Emirates
Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024) · United Arab Emirates: 1.21 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
3.0% of people in Tanzania are 65 or older, versus 1.8% in the United Arab Emirates
Tanzania: 3% (2025) · United Arab Emirates: 1.8% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Tanzania hosts 20 times as many refugees per resident as the United Arab Emirates
Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025) · United Arab Emirates: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Tanzania and the United Arab Emirates are practically level
Tanzania: 0 (2026) · United Arab Emirates: 0 (2026)
How many official languages?
Tanzania has 2 official languages, the United Arab Emirates 1
Tanzania: 2 (2026) · United Arab Emirates: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
The United Arab Emirates’ economy is 6.1 times the size of Tanzania’s
Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025) · United Arab Emirates: $552 billion (2024)
How much is produced per person?
The United Arab Emirates produces 18 times as much per person as Tanzania
Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025) · United Arab Emirates: Int$79,344 (2024)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Tanzania than in the United Arab Emirates (Gini 14.1 points higher)
Tanzania: 40.5 (2018) · United Arab Emirates: 26.4 (2018)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
51% of people in Tanzania live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in the United Arab Emirates
Tanzania: 51.3% (2018) · United Arab Emirates: 0% (2018)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 2.2% in the United Arab Emirates, versus 1.6% in Tanzania
Tanzania: 1.6% (2025) · United Arab Emirates: 2.2% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
The United Arab Emirates spends 5.6% of its GDP on the military, Tanzania 1.2%
Tanzania: 1.2% (2025) · United Arab Emirates: 5.6% (2014)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Tanzania’s central government collects 12% of GDP in tax, the United Arab Emirates’ 0.6%
Tanzania: 12.3% (2024) · United Arab Emirates: 0.6% (2024)
How expensive is it?
The United Arab Emirates’ price level (US = 100) is 2.1× Tanzania’s
Tanzania: 29% (2025) · United Arab Emirates: 63% (2024)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
The United Arab Emirates spends 66 times as much on health per person as Tanzania
Tanzania: $36 (2023) · United Arab Emirates: $2,402 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in the United Arab Emirates live 16 years longer than in Tanzania
Tanzania: 67.2 years (2024) · United Arab Emirates: 83.1 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Tanzania is 7.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in the United Arab Emirates
Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024) · United Arab Emirates: 3.8 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
The United Arab Emirates has 22 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania
Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022) · United Arab Emirates: 3 per 1,000 (2023)
How many hospital beds are there?
The United Arab Emirates has 2.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Tanzania
Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022) · United Arab Emirates: 1.9 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Tanzania is 5.3 times that in the United Arab Emirates
Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023) · United Arab Emirates: 2.8 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
30% of adults in the United Arab Emirates are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania
Tanzania: 10.5% (2024) · United Arab Emirates: 30.3% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
9.0% of adults in the United Arab Emirates smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania
Tanzania: 7.7% (2024) · United Arab Emirates: 9% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in the United Arab Emirates rate their lives 2.92 points higher than in Tanzania
Tanzania: 3.90 (2025) · United Arab Emirates: 6.82 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Tanzania drink 2.3 times as much alcohol as in the United Arab Emirates
Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023) · United Arab Emirates: 0.6 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
The United Arab Emirates has 5.6 times as much meat per person as Tanzania
Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023) · United Arab Emirates: 67.8 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
The United Arab Emirates has 607 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania
Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023) · United Arab Emirates: 3,125 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in the United Arab Emirates put in 386 more hours a year than in Tanzania
Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023) · United Arab Emirates: 2,514 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in the United Arab Emirates went to school 6.9 years longer than in Tanzania
Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023) · United Arab Emirates: 13 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
The United Arab Emirates welcomed 102 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019)
Tanzania: 0.02 (2022) · United Arab Emirates: 2.28 (2019)
How many World Heritage sites?
Tanzania has 4 more World Heritage sites than the United Arab Emirates (7 against 3)
Tanzania: 7 (2026) · United Arab Emirates: 3 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Tanzania and the United Arab Emirates are practically level
Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition) · United Arab Emirates: 2 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
100% of people in the United Arab Emirates are online, versus 31% in Tanzania
Tanzania: 31% (2024) · United Arab Emirates: 100% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in the United Arab Emirates is 6.4 times as fast as in Tanzania
Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026) · United Arab Emirates: 358 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in the United Arab Emirates have electricity, versus 52% in Tanzania
Tanzania: 52.4% (2024) · United Arab Emirates: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
86% of people in the United Arab Emirates live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania
Tanzania: 37% (2025) · United Arab Emirates: 86% (2025)
How many phones per person?
The United Arab Emirates has 203 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Tanzania 127
Tanzania: 127 (2024) · United Arab Emirates: 203 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Tanzania’s railway network is 9.7 times as long as the United Arab Emirates’
Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017) · United Arab Emirates: 279 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from the United Arab Emirates fly 292 times as many passengers per resident as those from Tanzania
Tanzania: 0.03 (2023) · United Arab Emirates: 7.91 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 50% of Tanzania, but only 4.6% of the United Arab Emirates
Tanzania: 49.6% (2024) · United Arab Emirates: 4.6% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in the United Arab Emirates emits 69 times as much CO₂ as someone in Tanzania
Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024) · United Arab Emirates: 20.1 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
33% of Tanzania’s electricity is renewable, versus 8.8% in the United Arab Emirates
Tanzania: 32.9% (2024) · United Arab Emirates: 8.8% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in the United Arab Emirates carries 2.3 times as much fine dust as in Tanzania
Tanzania: 24.6 µg/m³ (2024) · United Arab Emirates: 55.7 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 5.4 times as likely to be murdered in Tanzania as in the United Arab Emirates
Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020) · United Arab Emirates: 0.7 per 100k (2022)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Tanzania are 2.9 times as deadly as in the United Arab Emirates
Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023) · United Arab Emirates: 6.9 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
The United Arab Emirates is on average 5.7 °C warmer than Tanzania
Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · United Arab Emirates: 28.8°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Tanzania gets 23 times as much rain as the United Arab Emirates
Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg) · United Arab Emirates: 47 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Tanzania bigger than the United Arab Emirates?
Tanzania is larger. The United Arab Emirates fits inside Tanzania 9.6 times.
Which has more people, Tanzania or the United Arab Emirates?
Tanzania has 6.1 times as many people as the United Arab Emirates (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Tanzania or the United Arab Emirates?
People in the United Arab Emirates live 16 years longer than in Tanzania. Life expectancy at birth is 67.2 years in Tanzania and 83.1 in the United Arab Emirates.
Are people taller in Tanzania or the United Arab Emirates?
Men in the United Arab Emirates are 7.1 cm taller than in Tanzania (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
