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🇲🇿 Mozambique vs 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Tanzania has 34.9M more people — 70,545,865 against 35,631,653. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇲🇿 Mozambique
35,631,653
Africa · rank #46 · +2.85%
World Bank, 2025
🇹🇿 Tanzania
70,545,865
Africa · rank #21 · +2.86%
World Bank, 2025

Every Shared Indicator

35 indicators published for both countries. Ranks are out of the countries that report each indicator.

Values are each country's most recent published observation, so the two sides of a row may be from different years — the country pages show the year for each.
IndicatorMozambiqueTanzania
Population35,631,65346th of 24070,545,86521st of 240
Annual Growth Rate+2.85%18th of 240+2.86%17th of 240
Population Density/km²43/km²173rd of 24075/km²140th of 240
Land Areakm²786,380 km²34th of 240885,800 km²31st of 240
Urban Population37.2%196th of 24036.9%198th of 240
GDP per Capita$627236th of 240$1,319213th of 240
GDP Growth−0.5%194th of 210+5.9%37th of 210
Life Expectancyyears63.8 years222nd of 24067.2 years198th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman4.69 births per woman10th of 2404.54 births per woman12th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00037.0 per 1,0008th of 21334.8 per 1,00010th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0006.9 per 1,000123rd of 2135.7 per 1,000167th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births43.7 per 1,000 live births19th of 19428.7 per 1,000 live births50th of 194
Unemployment Rate6.6%67th of 1861.6%175th of 186
Inflation Rate4.4%55th of 1913.3%86th of 191
Poverty Rate65.0%4th of 16426.4%61st of 164
Gini Index49.611th of 17040.543rd of 170
Health Spendingof GDP8.5% of GDP52nd of 1923.1% of GDP176th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.18 per 1,000181st of 2060.13 per 1,000191st of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.74 per 1,000171st of 1990.84 per 1,000166th of 199
Literacy Rate61.7%154th of 17578.2%128th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP6.0% of GDP30th of 2023.2% of GDP146th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary37.2% gross, secondary192nd of 20728.2% gross, secondary199th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption76.9% of final consumption21st of 21178.3% of final consumption20th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area45.8% of land area61st of 21150.1% of land area52nd of 211
Internet Penetration20.5%191st of 21131.2%182nd of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people49.5 per 100 people202nd of 212126.6 per 100 people69th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births99 per 100,000 live births67th of 193276 per 100,000 live births25th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP1.99% of GDP69th of 1631.16% of GDP113th of 163
Protected Areasof land area29.5% of land area40th of 21139.9% of land area13th of 211
Median Ageyears16.5 years233rd of 24017.5 years227th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears4.2 years145th of 1486.9 years114th of 148
Human Development Index0.493181st of 1920.555164th of 192
Happiness Index/ 105.34/ 1099th of 1643.90/ 10148th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita0.25 tonnes per capita195th of 2120.29 tonnes per capita188th of 212
Obesity Rate9.4%173rd of 19810.5%167th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

Observed to 2024, then the UN medium-variant projection.

MozambiqueTanzania
050M100M150M200M250M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Mozambique and Tanzania population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Mozambique19505.91M
Mozambique19759.54M
Mozambique200018.1M
Mozambique202535.6M
Mozambique205063.5M
Mozambique207589M
Mozambique2100104.3M
Tanzania19507.63M
Tanzania197516.1M
Tanzania200034.3M
Tanzania202570.5M
Tanzania2050129.6M
Tanzania2075198.8M
Tanzania2100262.8M

Reading This Comparison

Size is not the same as rate

Totals and per-capita measures answer different questions. A country can have a far larger economy and a far lower GDP per capita at the same time — both facts are in the table.

Mind the vintages

Each value is the latest available for that country, which is not always the same year on both sides. For indicators that move slowly this rarely matters; for inflation or GDP growth it can.

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