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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Tanzania is 4% bigger than Venezuela

Tanzania: 945,500 km² (2024) · Venezuela: 912,050 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

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

Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition) · Venezuela: 2,800 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Tanzania’s highest peak towers 917 m above Venezuela’s

Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition) · Venezuela: 4,978 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 45% of Tanzania, versus 24% of Venezuela

Tanzania: 45.1% (2024) · Venezuela: 24.4% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Tanzania has 2.5 times as many people as Venezuela

Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025) · Venezuela: 28.5 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Tanzania is 2.5 times as densely populated as Venezuela

Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025) · Venezuela: 32 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Venezuela are 6.6 cm taller than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 167 cm (2019) · Venezuela: 173.5 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Venezuela are 3.2 cm taller than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 156.9 cm (2019) · Venezuela: 160 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Venezuela is 12 years older than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023) · Venezuela: 29 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Tanzania have 2.5 more children on average than in Venezuela

Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024) · Venezuela: 2.08 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

10% of people in Venezuela are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania

Tanzania: 3% (2025) · Venezuela: 10% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Tanzania hosts 4.8 times as many refugees per resident as Venezuela

Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025) · Venezuela: 0.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Venezuela has produced 0.7 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Tanzania none

Tanzania: 0 (2026) · Venezuela: 0.7 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Tanzania has 2 official languages, Venezuela 1

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

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Venezuela’s economy is 11% larger than Tanzania’s

Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025) · Venezuela: $99.7 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025) · Venezuela: no data

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Tanzania: 40.5 (2018) · Venezuela: no data

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

Tanzania: 51.3% (2018) · Venezuela: no data

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 5.3% in Venezuela, versus 1.6% in Tanzania

Tanzania: 1.6% (2025) · Venezuela: 5.3% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Venezuela spends 2.2% of its GDP on the military, Tanzania 1.2%

Tanzania: 1.2% (2025) · Venezuela: 2.2% (2017)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Tanzania: 12.3% (2024) · Venezuela: no data

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Tanzania: 29% (2025) · Venezuela: no data

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Venezuela spends 5.1 times as much on health per person as Tanzania

Tanzania: $36 (2023) · Venezuela: $186 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Venezuela live 5.5 years longer than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 67.2 years (2024) · Venezuela: 72.7 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Tanzania is 35% more likely to die before turning one than in Venezuela

Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Venezuela: 21.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Venezuela has 12 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania

Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Venezuela: 1.7 per 1,000 (2017)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Venezuela has 18% more hospital beds per person than Tanzania

Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022) · Venezuela: 1 per 1,000 (2020)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Tanzania is 86% higher than in Venezuela

Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023) · Venezuela: 8 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

23% of adults in Venezuela are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania

Tanzania: 10.5% (2024) · Venezuela: 23% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

Tanzania: 7.7% (2024) · Venezuela: no data

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Venezuela rate their lives 1.85 points higher than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 3.90 (2025) · Venezuela: 5.76 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Venezuela drink 75% more alcohol than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023) · Venezuela: 2.6 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Venezuela has 3.1 times as much meat per person as Tanzania

Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023) · Venezuela: 38 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Venezuela has 282 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania

Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023) · Venezuela: 2,800 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Tanzania put in 300 more hours a year than in Venezuela

Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023) · Venezuela: 1,829 hours (2014)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Venezuela went to school 3.6 years longer than in Tanzania

Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023) · Venezuela: 9.7 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Tanzania welcomed 61% more tourists per resident than Venezuela (2019)

Tanzania: 0.02 (2022) · Venezuela: 0.01 (2017)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Tanzania has 4 more World Heritage sites than Venezuela (7 against 3)

Tanzania: 7 (2026) · Venezuela: 3 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Venezuela has won 19 Olympic medals, Tanzania 2

Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition) · Venezuela: 19 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

77% of people in Venezuela are online, versus 31% in Tanzania

Tanzania: 31% (2024) · Venezuela: 77% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Venezuela is 3.1 times as fast as in Tanzania

Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026) · Venezuela: 176 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

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

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

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Tanzania has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Venezuela 71

Tanzania: 127 (2024) · Venezuela: 71 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Tanzania’s railway network is 6 times as long as Venezuela’s

Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017) · Venezuela: 447 km (2014)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

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

Tanzania: 0.03 (2023) · Venezuela: 0.06 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 53% of Venezuela, but only 50% of Tanzania

Tanzania: 49.6% (2024) · Venezuela: 53.4% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Venezuela emits 14 times as much CO₂ as someone in Tanzania

Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024) · Venezuela: 4.1 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

91% of Venezuela’s electricity is renewable, versus 33% in Tanzania

Tanzania: 32.9% (2024) · Venezuela: 91.1% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Tanzania carries 56% more fine dust than in Venezuela

Tanzania: 24.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Venezuela: 15.8 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 3.4 times as likely to be murdered in Venezuela as in Tanzania

Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020) · Venezuela: 12.6 per 100k (2022)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Tanzania are 36% deadlier than in Venezuela

Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023) · Venezuela: 14.8 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Venezuela is on average 2.7 °C warmer than Tanzania

Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Venezuela: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Venezuela gets 92% more rain than Tanzania

Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Venezuela: 2,117 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 Venezuela?

Tanzania is larger. Tanzania is 4% bigger than Venezuela.

Which has more people, Tanzania or Venezuela?

Tanzania has 2.5 times as many people as Venezuela (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Tanzania or Venezuela?

People in Venezuela live 5.5 years longer than in Tanzania. Life expectancy at birth is 67.2 years in Tanzania and 72.7 in Venezuela.

Are people taller in Tanzania or Venezuela?

Men in Venezuela are 6.6 cm taller than in Tanzania (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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