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South Korea vs Tanzania
How South Korea and Tanzania compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, South Korea was higher: 84.3 years against 67 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, South Korea was higher: $37,470 against $1,153
- Population · In 2023, Tanzania was higher: 66.6 million people against 51.8 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, South Korea was higher: 2.6% of GDP against 1.16% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, South Korea was higher: 11.36 tonnes against 0.31 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancySouth Korea: 84.3 years in 2023Tanzania: 67 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySouth Korea: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Tanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySouth Korea: 2.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSouth Korea: 99.3% in 2022Tanzania: 11.3% in 2022
- DepressionSouth Korea: 3.17% in 2017Tanzania: 3.69% in 2017
- Suicide rateSouth Korea: 20.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Tanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSouth Korea: 51.8 million people in 2023Tanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthSouth Korea: -0.04% a year in 2023Tanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSouth Korea: 0.72 births per woman in 2023Tanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSouth Korea: 81.2% in 2025Tanzania: 36.9% in 2025
- Median ageSouth Korea: 44.5 years in 2023Tanzania: 17.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSouth Korea: 18.3% in 2023Tanzania: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateSouth Korea: 1.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Tanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSouth Korea: 2.6% of GDP in 2025Tanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSouth Korea: $48.9B in 2025Tanzania: $983M in 2025
- Military spending per personSouth Korea: $924 in 2025Tanzania: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSouth Korea: 10.8% of government spending in 2025Tanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSouth Korea: 569,000 people in 2020Tanzania: 28,000 people in 2020
- National powerSouth Korea: 2% of world capability in 2022Tanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSouth Korea: 2.01% of the labour force in 2020Tanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSouth Korea: 222 million TIV in 2025Tanzania: 4 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
Each country on its own
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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