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Tanzania vs Tonga statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Tanzania has a population of 68.6M (ranked 22/197), compared with 104K in Tonga (ranked 183/197). Tanzania's land area is 342,009 sq mi versus 278 sq mi for Tonga (ranked 31st vs. 176th).

By GDP, Tanzania ranks 82/197 ($78.8B) and Tonga ranks 191/197 ($509M). By GDP per capita, Tanzania ranks 170/197 ($1,149), while Tonga ranks 121/197 ($4,864).

Main facts and rankings

Tanzania Tonga
Population
72166806
103744
Population rank 20/197 183/197
GDP
$78.8B
2024
$509M
2023
GDP rank 82/197 191/197
GDP per capita
$1,149
2024
$4,864
2023
GDP per capita rank 170/197 121/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$4,221
2024
$7,853
2023
Government debt
$38B
2024
$224M
2023
Debt-to-GDP ratio
47.1%
2025
44.1%
2025
Government debt per person
$554
2024
$2,138
2023
Government debt per person rank 163/185 117/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,745
2025
$4,126
2025
Land area
342,009 sq mi
2025
278 sq mi
2025
Population density
200.5 ppl/mi²
2024
375 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.61
2023
3.13
2023
Median age
18.4 years
2024
21.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
67.4 years
2025
73.2 years
2025

Tanzania and Tonga: Comparison Charts

Tanzania and Tonga economies compared

GDP
Tanzania

Tonga
Year GDP
Tanzania Tonga
1960 $2,651,729,807 -
1961 $2,826,179,031 -
1962 $3,101,589,993 -
1963 $3,456,579,293 -
1964 $3,748,840,925 -
1965 $3,817,226,546 -
1966 $4,377,998,825 -
1967 $4,565,132,048 -
1968 $4,895,251,824 -
1969 $5,142,066,811 -
1970 $2,851,419,386 -
1971 $3,050,673,517 -
1972 $3,472,787,266 -
1973 $4,144,104,535 -
1974 $4,977,337,978 -
1975 $5,729,917,840 $32,506,742
1976 $6,472,511,988 $30,036,417
1977 $7,732,598,995 $34,139,388
1978 $9,261,675,710 $41,567,472
1979 $9,804,637,491 $44,667,002
1980 $11,409,228,087 $53,260,077
1981 $13,161,540,378 $62,242,013
1982 $13,927,383,240 $62,068,161
1983 $14,049,883,809 $60,863,964
1984 $12,906,635,133 $64,248,355
1985 $15,328,295,175 $60,058,663
1986 $10,840,864,521 $68,195,856
1987 $7,824,193,222 $81,667,133
1988 $7,406,614,407 $106,657,267
1989 $6,418,799,007 $106,344,855
1990 $6,184,384,225 $113,563,822
1991 $7,197,768,159 $132,201,141
1992 $6,681,997,469 $137,066,291
1993 $6,182,872,708 $138,489,884
1994 $6,550,480,484 $195,990,986
1995 $7,631,431,840 $208,871,666
1996 $9,433,528,150 $222,100,576
1997 $11,158,197,942 $214,991,452
1998 $12,172,790,056 $191,504,893
1999 $12,704,334,196 $199,208,718
2000 $13,371,767,082 $204,848,488
2001 $13,563,990,022 $181,117,230
2002 $14,129,651,896 $182,764,281
2003 $15,211,487,709 $202,246,591
2004 $16,673,062,473 $230,678,011
2005 $18,395,383,647 $261,823,805
2006 $18,619,859,795 $292,232,703
2007 $21,860,434,823 $298,519,623
2008 $27,947,821,398 $344,438,844
2009 $29,400,573,554 $312,415,028
2010 $32,012,892,919 $366,887,375
2011 $34,657,140,096 $414,143,828
2012 $39,650,394,363 $471,122,971
2013 $45,648,857,242 $451,788,498
2014 $49,986,726,461 $440,997,735
2015 $47,413,919,817 $437,525,539
2016 $49,774,409,374 $420,828,255
2017 $53,274,884,533 $459,976,847
2018 $57,003,712,892 $489,714,530
2019 $61,026,731,926 $494,197,854
2020 $66,068,737,786 $496,856,304
2021 $70,655,628,148 $518,228,029
2022 $75,769,974,505 $518,180,029
2023 $79,062,403,837 $508,735,107
2024 $78,779,864,877 -

Tanzania and Tonga economies compared

GDP per capita
Tanzania

Tonga
Year GDP per capita
Tanzania Tonga
1960 $267.8 -
1961 $277.4 -
1962 $295.7 -
1963 $320 -
1964 $337 -
1965 $333 -
1966 $370 -
1967 $374 -
1968 $388 -
1969 $394 -
1970 $211.3 -
1971 $218.4 -
1972 $239.8 -
1973 $276.1 -
1974 $320 -
1975 $355 $349
1976 $387 $315
1977 $446 $353
1978 $515 $428
1979 $527 $458
1980 $595 $545
1981 $665 $636
1982 $683 $633
1983 $667 $621
1984 $593 $656
1985 $681 $613
1986 $466 $696
1987 $326 $830
1988 $299 $1,078
1989 $252.3 $1,070
1990 $236.9 $1,139
1991 $268.8 $1,323
1992 $243.4 $1,370
1993 $218.2 $1,383
1994 $222.5 $1,957
1995 $251.2 $2,084
1996 $305 $2,215
1997 $353 $2,136
1998 $375 $1,889
1999 $382 $1,952
2000 $390 $1,995
2001 $385 $1,754
2002 $391 $1,759
2003 $410 $1,936
2004 $438 $2,195
2005 $469 $2,478
2006 $462 $2,750
2007 $528 $2,797
2008 $657 $3,218
2009 $674 $2,914
2010 $715 $3,416
2011 $753 $3,850
2012 $837 $4,384
2013 $935 $4,219
2014 $993 $4,137
2015 $911 $4,124
2016 $925 $3,988
2017 $957 $4,366
2018 $992 $4,639
2019 $1,031 $4,677
2020 $1,084 $4,700
2021 $1,125 $4,913
2022 $1,171 $4,933
2023 $1,187 $4,864
2024 $1,149 -

Tanzania vs. Tonga life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Tanzania

Tonga
Year Life expectancy, years
Tanzania Tonga
1950 41 48.4
1951 41.2 49.8
1952 41.4 51.2
1953 41.5 52.4
1954 41.7 53.6
1955 41.8 54.7
1956 42 55.7
1957 42.1 56.5
1958 42.3 57.2
1959 42.5 57.8
1960 42.6 58.3
1961 42.8 58.8
1962 43.2 59.3
1963 43.6 59.8
1964 44.1 60.3
1965 44.5 60.7
1966 44.9 61.2
1967 45.2 61.7
1968 45.6 62.2
1969 46 62.7
1970 46.5 63.2
1971 47 63.6
1972 47.4 64.1
1973 47.9 64.4
1974 48.4 64.8
1975 48.9 65.1
1976 49.5 65.4
1977 50 65.6
1978 50.4 65.9
1979 50.8 66
1980 51.3 66.2
1981 51.7 66.4
1982 52 66.3
1983 52.2 66.7
1984 52.2 66.8
1985 52.2 66.9
1986 52.2 67.1
1987 52.2 67.2
1988 52.2 67.3
1989 52.1 67.4
1990 52 67.5
1991 51.8 67.7
1992 51.4 67.9
1993 51.2 68.2
1994 51.1 68.4
1995 51 68.6
1996 51.1 68.8
1997 51.2 69
1998 51.8 69.2
1999 52.4 69.4
2000 53.2 69.6
2001 54.1 69.8
2002 54.9 70
2003 55.9 70.2
2004 56.8 70.4
2005 57.7 70.6
2006 58.5 70.7
2007 59.3 70.9
2008 59.9 71
2009 60.5 70.9
2010 61.1 71.3
2011 61.6 71.4
2012 62.3 71.5
2013 62.8 71.6
2014 63.4 71.7
2015 63.9 71.9
2016 64.4 72
2017 65 72.1
2018 65.5 72.2
2019 66 72.3
2020 66.8 72.4
2021 66.1 72.1
2022 66.9 72.6
2023 67 72.9
2024 67.2 73.1
2025 67.4 73.2

Tanzania and Tonga population clocks and comparison

Population
Tanzania

Tonga
Year Population
Tanzania Tonga
1960 9,901,419 66,170
1961 10,187,886 68,037
1962 10,487,756 69,940
1963 10,799,528 71,885
1964 11,127,826 73,879
1965 11,470,728 75,924
1966 11,827,459 78,002
1967 12,200,109 79,814
1968 12,602,076 81,353
1969 13,036,700 82,885
1970 13,492,677 84,401
1971 13,971,451 85,896
1972 14,479,308 87,356
1973 15,010,101 88,805
1974 15,561,630 90,683
1975 16,138,361 93,017
1976 16,736,211 95,325
1977 17,352,929 96,725
1978 17,976,566 97,204
1979 18,592,038 97,544
1980 19,189,769 97,769
1981 19,784,703 97,909
1982 20,398,571 97,980
1983 21,079,874 97,998
1984 21,779,066 97,990
1985 22,501,693 97,984
1986 23,258,959 98,010
1987 24,030,378 98,376
1988 24,769,686 98,969
1989 25,438,759 99,403
1990 26,110,207 99,700
1991 26,780,436 99,895
1992 27,457,588 100,022
1993 28,332,692 100,103
1994 29,442,356 100,166
1995 30,383,497 100,225
1996 30,945,762 100,275
1997 31,578,089 100,674
1998 32,420,458 101,388
1999 33,300,330 102,046
2000 34,260,139 102,677
2001 35,198,299 103,288
2002 36,121,304 103,874
2003 37,089,555 104,464
2004 38,109,668 105,071
2005 39,182,076 105,671
2006 40,294,902 106,253
2007 41,435,512 106,726
2008 42,570,728 107,020
2009 43,633,982 107,203
2010 44,758,488 107,400
2011 46,029,367 107,570
2012 47,374,260 107,460
2013 48,824,128 107,078
2014 50,351,512 106,609
2015 52,020,962 106,095
2016 53,824,013 105,524
2017 55,652,890 105,356
2018 57,437,145 105,567
2019 59,174,891 105,669
2020 60,972,798 105,704
2021 62,830,412 105,490
2022 64,711,821 105,042
2023 66,617,606 104,597
2024 68,560,157 104,175

Fertility rates in Tanzania and Tonga

Fertility rate
Tanzania

Tonga
Year Fertility rate
Tanzania Tonga
1960 6.54 6.65
1961 6.56 6.61
1962 6.61 6.57
1963 6.65 6.52
1964 6.68 6.46
1965 6.73 6.41
1966 6.8 6.35
1967 6.86 6.29
1968 6.9 6.23
1969 6.95 6.17
1970 7 6.07
1971 7.04 5.96
1972 7.05 5.86
1973 7.06 5.8
1974 7.12 5.77
1975 7.1 5.75
1976 7.09 5.73
1977 7.07 5.7
1978 7.06 5.68
1979 7.04 5.65
1980 6.99 5.6
1981 6.93 5.55
1982 6.87 5.5
1983 6.81 5.45
1984 6.72 5.41
1985 6.6 5.34
1986 6.49 5.27
1987 6.41 5.19
1988 6.38 5.1
1989 6.3 5.01
1990 6.2 4.93
1991 6.14 4.85
1992 6.08 4.79
1993 6 4.73
1994 5.89 4.66
1995 5.82 4.56
1996 5.83 4.46
1997 5.84 4.38
1998 5.81 4.31
1999 5.75 4.23
2000 5.67 4.16
2001 5.62 4.13
2002 5.57 4.14
2003 5.58 4.18
2004 5.6 4.19
2005 5.58 4.2
2006 5.51 4.14
2007 5.4 4.09
2008 5.32 4.01
2009 5.26 3.95
2010 5.23 3.88
2011 5.14 3.83
2012 5.14 3.77
2013 5.16 3.7
2014 5.12 3.62
2015 5.03 3.54
2016 5.01 3.46
2017 4.99 3.39
2018 4.93 3.33
2019 4.87 3.27
2020 4.8 3.23
2021 4.73 3.2
2022 4.67 3.17
2023 4.61 3.13

Tanzania and Tonga demographics compared

Median age
Tanzania

Tonga
Year Median age, years
Tanzania Tonga
1960 17.4 17.1
1961 17.4 17.1
1962 17.4 17.1
1963 17.4 17
1964 17.4 17
1965 17.3 17
1966 17.2 17
1967 17.2 17
1968 17.1 16.9
1969 17.1 16.8
1970 17.1 16.8
1971 17 16.7
1972 17 16.7
1973 17 16.8
1974 16.9 16.8
1975 16.9 16.7
1976 16.8 16.7
1977 16.8 16.8
1978 16.7 17.1
1979 16.6 17.3
1980 16.5 17.4
1981 16.4 17.6
1982 16.3 17.8
1983 16.2 17.9
1984 16.2 18
1985 16.3 18.1
1986 16.4 18.2
1987 16.5 18.3
1988 16.6 18.6
1989 16.6 18.9
1990 16.7 19.1
1991 16.7 19.3
1992 16.8 19.5
1993 17 19.6
1994 17.3 19.6
1995 17.4 19.6
1996 17.4 19.6
1997 17.3 19.7
1998 17.3 19.9
1999 17.4 20.1
2000 17.4 20.3
2001 17.5 20.5
2002 17.5 20.7
2003 17.4 20.8
2004 17.4 20.8
2005 17.4 20.8
2006 17.4 20.8
2007 17.3 20.9
2008 17.3 21
2009 17.2 21.1
2010 17.2 21.2
2011 17.2 21.2
2012 17.3 21.4
2013 17.3 21.6
2014 17.4 21.7
2015 17.5 21.8
2016 17.6 21.9
2017 17.8 21.9
2018 17.9 22
2019 17.9 22
2020 18 22.1
2021 18.1 22.1
2022 18.2 22
2023 18.3 21.9
2024 18.4 21.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Tanzania Tonga
GNI, Atlas method
$80B
2024
$578M
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
19.2%
2025
49.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.16%
2024
5.15%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.15%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
28,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.89%
2025
-7.9%
2025
Unemployment rate
1.79%
2020
1.65%
2023
Services, % of GDP
28.4%
2024
50.2%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
28.7%
2024
13.5%
2023
Economic freedom index
59.3
2025
58.5
2025
Income share by richest 10%
33.1%
2018
22%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2018
4%
2021
Number of billionaires
1
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.000003%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
22
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$7.32B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$5.05B
2018
$377M
2024
Personal remittances received
$750M
2024
$257M
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,527,000
2019
94,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
27.2%
2019
47.8%
2020
Banked people share
59.8%
2024
n/a

Energy

Tanzania Tonga
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
405 kg
2022
543 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$9.09
2022
$7.94
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
19.4 megatons
2023
0.22 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.29 tons
2023
2.1 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
23.1%
2022
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
78.3%
2021
2.3%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.93%
2022
n/a
Net energy imports use share
12.9%
2022
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
123.5 kWh
2022
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
39.4%
2021
14.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
29.3%
2022
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
48.3%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Tanzania Tonga
% of world population
0.84%
2024
0.001%
2024
Annual migration change
-29,865
2024
-2,149
2024
Urban population
38.1%
2024
23.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.48 ft
2025
5.74 ft
2025
Average female height
5.15 ft
2025
5.45 ft
2025
Quality of life index
37.5
2025
42.6
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
41
2024
50
2025
Higher education index
50
2025
n/a
Homicides per 100K people
3.71
2020
0.95
2019
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
31.1
2019
33
2019
Visa free countries
76
2025
127
2025
Adult literacy rate
78.2%
2022
99.4%
2021
English speaking
9.89%
2023
30%
2023
People using the Internet
29.1%
2023
58.5%
2023

Health

Tanzania Tonga
Government health expenditure per capita
$35.6
2022
$378
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$10.2
2022
$11.1
2022
Life expectancy
67.4 years
2025
73.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
38.7%
2022
45.7%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.13
2022
1.01
2021
Age at first childbirth
19.9 years
2025
24.9 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
276
2023
67
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
38.9
2023
9.9
2023
Obesity rate
13%
2022
72.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
9.8%
2024
19.6%
2024
Air quality index
37
2025
91
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
9.3%
2022
31.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
11 liters
2020
0.36 liters
2020

Territory

Tanzania Tonga
% of world land
0.59%
2025
0.0005%
2025
Land area per capita
4,988 sq mi
2024
2,669 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
152,592 sq mi
2025
135.1 sq mi
2025
Forest area
171,190 sq mi
2025
34.6 sq mi
2025
Roads length
90,225 mi
2022
423 mi
2011

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