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Philippines vs Tanzania
How Philippines and Tanzania compare on 38 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Philippines was higher: 69.8 years against 67 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Philippines was higher: $4,066 against $1,153
- Population · In 2023, Philippines was higher: 115 million people against 66.6 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Philippines was higher: 1.3% of GDP against 1.16% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Philippines was higher: 1.5 tonnes against 0.31 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyPhilippines: 69.8 years in 2023Tanzania: 67 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPhilippines: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024Tanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPhilippines: 20.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPhilippines: 47.9% in 2022Tanzania: 11.3% in 2022
- DepressionPhilippines: 2.77% in 2017Tanzania: 3.69% in 2017
- Suicide ratePhilippines: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Tanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPhilippines: 115 million people in 2023Tanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthPhilippines: 0.84% a year in 2023Tanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePhilippines: 1.92 births per woman in 2023Tanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPhilippines: 55.8% in 2025Tanzania: 36.9% in 2025
- Median agePhilippines: 25.3 years in 2023Tanzania: 17.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPhilippines: 5.3% in 2023Tanzania: 3% in 2023
- Net migration ratePhilippines: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Tanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPhilippines: 1.3% of GDP in 2025Tanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPhilippines: $6.3B in 2025Tanzania: $983M in 2025
- Military spending per personPhilippines: $55 in 2025Tanzania: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPhilippines: 5.4% of government spending in 2025Tanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPhilippines: 157,000 people in 2020Tanzania: 28,000 people in 2020
- National powerPhilippines: 0.68% of world capability in 2022Tanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPhilippines: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020Tanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPhilippines: 846 million TIV in 2025Tanzania: 4 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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