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Tanzania vs Türkiye
How Tanzania and Türkiye compare on 37 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Türkiye was higher: 77.2 years against 67 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Türkiye was higher: $15,880 against $1,153
- Population · In 2023, Türkiye was higher: 87.3 million people against 66.6 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Türkiye was higher: 1.91% of GDP against 1.16% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Türkiye was higher: 5.38 tonnes against 0.31 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyTanzania: 67 years in 2023Türkiye: 77.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityTanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024Türkiye: 1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityTanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Türkiye: 9.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionTanzania: 3.69% in 2017Türkiye: 3.72% in 2017
- Suicide rateTanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Türkiye: 3.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationTanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023Türkiye: 87.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthTanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023Türkiye: 0.23% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateTanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023Türkiye: 1.63 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationTanzania: 36.9% in 2025Türkiye: 89.5% in 2025
- Median ageTanzania: 17.2 years in 2023Türkiye: 32.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overTanzania: 3% in 2023Türkiye: 10% in 2023
- Net migration rateTanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Türkiye: -3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingTanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025Türkiye: 1.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsTanzania: $983M in 2025Türkiye: $26.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personTanzania: $15 in 2025Türkiye: $342 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingTanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025Türkiye: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelTanzania: 28,000 people in 2020Türkiye: 512,000 people in 2020
- National powerTanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022Türkiye: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersTanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020Türkiye: 1.61% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsTanzania: 4 million TIV in 2025Türkiye: 381 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, 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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