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🇹🇿 Tanzania vs 🇺🇬 Uganda

Tanzania has 19.2M more people — 70,545,865 against 51,384,894. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇹🇿 Tanzania
70,545,865
Africa · rank #21 · +2.86%
World Bank, 2025
🇺🇬 Uganda
51,384,894
Africa · rank #31 · +2.70%
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.
IndicatorTanzaniaUganda
Population70,545,86521st of 24051,384,89431st of 240
Annual Growth Rate+2.86%17th of 240+2.70%22nd of 240
Population Density/km²75/km²140th of 240243/km²61st of 240
Land Areakm²885,800 km²31st of 240200,520 km²86th of 240
Urban Population36.9%198th of 24031.9%210th of 240
GDP per Capita$1,319213th of 240$1,206216th of 240
GDP Growth+5.9%37th of 210+6.3%29th of 210
Life Expectancyyears67.2 years198th of 24068.5 years188th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman4.54 births per woman12th of 2404.17 births per woman19th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00034.8 per 1,00010th of 21334.4 per 1,00011th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0005.7 per 1,000167th of 2134.8 per 1,000195th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births28.7 per 1,000 live births50th of 19435.9 per 1,000 live births31st of 194
Unemployment Rate1.6%175th of 1862.7%156th of 186
Inflation Rate3.3%86th of 1913.6%77th of 191
Poverty Rate26.4%61st of 16416.1%113th of 164
Gini Index40.543rd of 17042.730th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP3.1% of GDP176th of 1924.2% of GDP149th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.13 per 1,000191st of 2060.19 per 1,000178th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.84 per 1,000166th of 1990.50 per 1,000182nd of 199
Literacy Rate78.2%128th of 17577.0%130th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP3.2% of GDP146th of 2022.6% of GDP166th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary28.2% gross, secondary199th of 20724.1% gross, secondary200th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption78.3% of final consumption20th of 21190.9% of final consumption5th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area50.1% of land area52nd of 21111.0% of land area159th of 211
Internet Penetration31.2%182nd of 2119.0%205th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people126.6 per 100 people69th of 21283.2 per 100 people165th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births276 per 100,000 live births25th of 193170 per 100,000 live births44th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP1.16% of GDP113th of 1631.88% of GDP76th of 163
Protected Areasof land area39.9% of land area13th of 21116.1% of land area114th of 211
Median Ageyears17.5 years227th of 24016.9 years231st of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears6.9 years114th of 1486.7 years119th of 148
Human Development Index0.555164th of 1920.582156th of 192
Happiness Index/ 103.90/ 10148th of 1644.49/ 10126th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita0.29 tonnes per capita188th of 2120.13 tonnes per capita206th of 212
Obesity Rate10.5%167th of 1988.2%179th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

TanzaniaUganda
050M100M150M200M250M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Tanzania and Uganda population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Tanzania19507.63M
Tanzania197516.1M
Tanzania200034.3M
Tanzania202570.5M
Tanzania2050129.6M
Tanzania2075198.8M
Tanzania2100262.8M
Uganda19505.75M
Uganda197511.7M
Uganda200024M
Uganda202551.4M
Uganda205085.4M
Uganda2075111.5M
Uganda2100120.8M

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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