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Tanzania

At a glance

  • Tanzania has a population of about 70.5M; its total GDP of $90.1B ranks #82 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 936,833 km² is about 4.9× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Fixed broadband stands out most against the median: 0.2 per 100 — rank #148 of 168 countries with data.

Tanzania: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 70.5M (2025) #21 / 169 median 11.5M · 6.1×
Population growth 2.9% (2025) #16 / 169 median 1.1% · 2.6×
Urban population share 36.9% (2025) #142 / 169 median 63.8% · 58%
Population aged 65+ 3.0% (2025) #149 / 169 median 7.4% · 41%
Fertility rate 4.5 (2024) #12 / 169 median 2.1 · 2.2×
Birth rate 34.8‰ (2024) #10 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 2.2×
Death rate 5.7‰ (2024) #131 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 80%
Net migration -12.7K (2025) #112 / 169 N/A
Surface area 936,833 km² #32 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 4.9×
Population density derived 75.3/km² (2025) #84 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 1.0×
Economy
GDP (total) $90.1B (2025) #82 / 168 median $80.7B · 1.1×
GDP per capita $1,278 (2025) #142 / 168 median $6,834 · 19%
GNI per capita $1,270 (2025) #143 / 168 median $6,350 · 20%
GDP growth (annual) 5.9% (2025) #31 / 168 median 3.1% · 1.9×
Inflation rate 3.3% (2025) #80 / 162 median 3.3% · 1.0×
Unemployment rate 1.6% (2025) #158 / 168 median 5.1% · 31%
Gini index 40.5 (2018) #39 / 153 median 35.3 · 1.1×
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 51.3% (2018) #12 / 153 median 2.5% · 21×
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 19.0% (2025) #131 / 163 median 35.0% · 54%
Imports share of GDP 20.0% (2025) #148 / 163 median 40.2% · 50%
Agriculture share of GDP 22.9% (2025) #29 / 168 median 7.2% · 3.2×
Manufacturing share of GDP 8.4% (2023) #113 / 165 median 11.2% · 75%
International tourist arrivals 1.5M (2019) #70 / 162 median 1.1M · 1.4×
Tourism receipts $2.6B (2019) #47 / 165 median $705M · 3.7×
Health & education
Life expectancy 67.2 years (2024) #132 / 169 median 73.8 years · 91%
Infant mortality 28.7‰ (2024) #47 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 2.2×
Under-five mortality 37.0‰ (2024) #45 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 2.3×
DPT immunization 83.0% (2024) #114 / 166 median 90.5% · 92%
Hospital beds 0.8 per 1,000 (2022) #134 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 42%
Health spending share of GDP 3.1% (2023) #149 / 165 median 6.5% · 47%
Secondary school enrollment 28.2% (2021) #159 / 167 median 90.5% · 31%
Education spending share of GDP 3.2% (2024) #120 / 165 median 4.1% · 76%
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.555 (2023) #137 / 165 median 0.754 · 74%
Internet users 31.2% (2024) #144 / 169 median 81.5% · 38%
Mobile subscriptions 126.6 per 100 (2024) #55 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 1.1×
Fixed broadband 0.2 per 100 (2024) #148 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 2%
Electricity access 52.4% (2024) #153 / 169 median 99.9% · 52%
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 0.3 t (2024) #143 / 165 median 2.6 t · 12%
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 21.3 Mt (2024) #83 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 1.0×
Renewable electricity share 37.2% (2021) #78 / 169 median 34.1% · 1.1×
Renewable energy consumption 78.3% (2021) #20 / 169 median 26.9% · 2.9×
Forest area 50.1% (2023) #38 / 169 median 32.4% · 1.5×
Agricultural land 44.6% (2023) #73 / 169 median 41.7% · 1.1×
Arable land 15.2% (2023) #61 / 168 median 11.0% · 1.4×
PM2.5 exposure 20.2 µg/m³ (2023) #81 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 1.0×
Military spending 1.2% (2024) #110 / 157 median 1.8% · 64%

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Tanzania's true-shape outline

Tanzania's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 936,833 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).