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Tanzania: area, population and density
Tanzania has 885,800 sq km of land and a 2025 population estimate of 70,545,865; calculated population density is 80 people/km².
Sources: World Bank — Land area · 2023 · World Bank — Population, total · 2025.
Tanzania ranks 31st of 196 by land area, 21st by population and 108th by calculated population density among the the supported country set. Density uses the displayed population divided by land area converted to square kilometres.
- Land area
- 885,800 sq kmWorld Bank — Land area · 2023
- Population
- 70,545,865World Bank — Population, total · 2025
- Calculated density
- 80 people/km²Population ÷ land area in km²
Reading the figures
Tanzania in the country comparison set
Tanzania has 885,800 sq km of land area and a population value of 70,545,865 for 2025. In the 196-profile supported country set, it is 31st by land area, 21st by population, and 108th by calculated density.
Density is calculated from the two values above; it is not presented as an independent statistic. World Bank population and land-area series can refer to different years, so both years remain visible.
Country outline: Natural Earth Admin 0 at 1:10m. The drawing is fitted to this profile panel; use a comparison page for a shared-area scale.
Browse a separate Tanzania first-level divisions map and list. It includes generalized reference boundaries and approximate outline-area comparisons, not official regional population or land-area statistics.
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