Tanzania vs Zimbabwe statistics compared

Tanzania has a population of 68.6M (ranked 22/197), compared with 16.6M in Zimbabwe (ranked 74/197). Tanzania's land area is 342,009 sq mi versus 149,364 sq mi for Zimbabwe (ranked 31st vs. 60th).

By GDP, Tanzania ranks 82/197 ($78.8B) and Zimbabwe ranks 102/197 ($41.5B). By GDP per capita, Tanzania ranks 170/197 ($1,150), while Zimbabwe ranks 148/197 ($2,497).

Tanzania and Zimbabwe: Comparison Charts

Tanzania and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP

Tanzania

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP
	Tanzania	Zimbabwe
1960	$2,651,729,807	$1,053,528,036
1961	$2,826,179,031	$1,097,206,526
1962	$3,101,589,993	$1,118,172,226
1963	$3,456,579,293	$1,160,103,724
1964	$3,748,840,925	$1,217,759,447
1965	$3,817,226,546	$1,312,105,394
1966	$4,377,998,825	$1,282,403,936
1967	$4,565,132,048	$1,397,715,282
1968	$4,895,251,824	$1,480,355,355
1969	$5,142,066,811	$1,748,891,294
1970	$2,851,419,386	$1,885,168,339
1971	$3,050,673,517	$2,179,828,710
1972	$3,472,787,266	$2,679,096,597
1973	$4,144,104,535	$3,311,043,292
1974	$4,977,337,978	$3,984,194,614
1975	$5,729,917,840	$4,373,532,601
1976	$6,472,511,988	$4,320,576,877
1977	$7,732,598,995	$4,366,610,469
1978	$9,261,675,710	$4,353,822,343
1979	$9,804,637,491	$5,180,102,910
1980	$11,409,228,087	$6,682,278,300
1981	$13,161,540,378	$8,015,464,252
1982	$13,927,383,240	$8,544,060,905
1983	$14,049,883,809	$7,768,031,182
1984	$12,906,635,133	$6,355,369,172
1985	$15,328,295,175	$5,640,137,575
1986	$10,840,864,521	$6,220,698,247
1987	$7,824,193,222	$6,744,657,033
1988	$7,406,614,407	$7,818,774,177
1989	$6,418,799,007	$8,290,553,535
1990	$6,184,384,225	$8,788,301,546
1991	$7,197,768,159	$8,646,000,000
1992	$6,681,997,469	$6,755,000,000
1993	$6,182,872,708	$6,567,250,000
1994	$6,550,480,484	$6,894,250,000
1995	$7,631,431,840	$7,115,000,000
1996	$9,433,528,150	$8,557,500,000
1997	$11,158,197,942	$8,534,000,000
1998	$12,172,790,056	$6,405,250,000
1999	$12,704,334,196	$6,861,500,000
2000	$13,371,767,082	$6,693,250,000
2001	$13,563,990,022	$6,780,750,000
2002	$14,129,651,896	$6,345,250,000
2003	$15,211,487,709	$5,730,500,000
2004	$16,673,062,473	$5,808,500,000
2005	$18,395,383,647	$5,758,250,000
2006	$18,619,859,795	$5,446,750,000
2007	$21,860,434,823	$5,294,750,000
2008	$27,947,821,398	$4,418,000,000
2009	$29,400,573,554	$9,670,750,000
2010	$32,012,892,919	$12,047,750,000
2011	$34,657,140,096	$14,109,000,000
2012	$39,650,394,363	$17,123,500,000
2013	$45,648,857,242	$19,100,750,000
2014	$49,986,726,461	$19,505,500,000
2015	$47,413,919,817	$19,973,250,000
2016	$49,774,409,374	$20,559,250,000
2017	$53,274,884,533	$51,035,657,371
2018	$57,003,712,892	$34,141,666,667
2019	$61,026,731,926	$33,357,695,635
2020	$66,068,737,786	$31,980,334,561
2021	$70,655,628,148	$41,287,673,690
2022	$75,749,121,843	$40,757,561,709
2023	$79,030,935,627	$35,871,779,681
2024	$78,844,405,385	$41,539,411,516

Tanzania and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP per capita

Tanzania

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Tanzania	Zimbabwe
1960	$267.8	$276.6
1961	$277.4	$279.2
1962	$295.7	$275.7
1963	$320	$277.1
1964	$337	$281.9
1965	$333	$294.3
1966	$370	$278.7
1967	$374	$294.4
1968	$388	$302
1969	$394	$346
1970	$211.3	$361
1971	$218.4	$406
1972	$239.8	$483
1973	$276.1	$579
1974	$320	$674
1975	$355	$717
1976	$387	$687
1977	$446	$677
1978	$515	$665
1979	$527	$779
1980	$595	$949
1981	$665	$1,069
1982	$683	$1,096
1983	$667	$959
1984	$593	$757
1985	$681	$649
1986	$466	$693
1987	$326	$726
1988	$299	$816
1989	$252.3	$840
1990	$236.9	$867
1991	$268.8	$831
1992	$243.4	$631
1993	$218.2	$605
1994	$222.5	$634
1995	$251.2	$648
1996	$305	$767
1997	$353	$751
1998	$375	$552
1999	$382	$582
2000	$390	$563
2001	$385	$566
2002	$391	$525
2003	$410	$468
2004	$438	$470
2005	$469	$461
2006	$462	$431
2007	$528	$414
2008	$657	$341
2009	$674	$736
2010	$715	$902
2011	$753	$1,038
2012	$837	$1,239
2013	$935	$1,363
2014	$993	$1,373
2015	$911	$1,387
2016	$925	$1,408
2017	$957	$3,445
2018	$992	$2,271
2019	$1,031	$2,184
2020	$1,084	$2,060
2021	$1,125	$2,614
2022	$1,171	$2,536
2023	$1,186	$2,195
2024	$1,150	$2,497

Tanzania vs. Zimbabwe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Tanzania

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Tanzania	Zimbabwe
1950	41	49.4
1951	41.2	49.8
1952	41.4	50.2
1953	41.5	50.6
1954	41.7	51
1955	41.8	51.4
1956	42	51.8
1957	42.1	52.2
1958	42.3	52.6
1959	42.5	53
1960	42.6	53.5
1961	42.8	54
1962	43.2	54.5
1963	43.6	54.9
1964	44.1	55.4
1965	44.5	55.9
1966	44.9	56.4
1967	45.2	56.8
1968	45.6	57.1
1969	46	57.5
1970	46.5	57.8
1971	47	58
1972	47.4	58.2
1973	47.9	58.1
1974	48.4	58.2
1975	48.9	58.2
1976	49.5	57.6
1977	50	57
1978	50.4	54.7
1979	50.8	54.9
1980	51.3	59.1
1981	51.7	59.4
1982	52	59.9
1983	52.2	60
1984	52.2	60.6
1985	52.2	60.9
1986	52.2	61
1987	52.2	60.7
1988	52.2	60.2
1989	52.1	59.4
1990	52	58.3
1991	51.8	57
1992	51.4	55.6
1993	51.2	54
1994	51.1	52.5
1995	51	51.1
1996	51.1	49
1997	51.2	48.5
1998	51.8	47.6
1999	52.4	46.4
2000	53.2	46
2001	54.1	44.5
2002	54.9	45.9
2003	55.9	45.4
2004	56.8	46
2005	57.7	46.6
2006	58.5	47.1
2007	59.3	47.6
2008	59.9	48.5
2009	60.5	49.7
2010	61.1	51.9
2011	61.6	53.9
2012	62.3	55.4
2013	62.8	56.8
2014	63.4	58.1
2015	63.9	59
2016	64.4	59.8
2017	65	60.3
2018	65.5	60.9
2019	66	61.1
2020	66.8	61.5
2021	66.1	60.1
2022	66.9	62.4
2023	67	62.8
2024	67.2	63.1
2025	67.4	63.3
2026	67.6	63.6

Tanzania and Zimbabwe population clocks and comparison

Population

Tanzania

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Population
	Tanzania	Zimbabwe
1960	9,901,419	3,809,389
1961	10,187,886	3,930,401
1962	10,487,756	4,055,959
1963	10,799,528	4,185,877
1964	11,127,826	4,320,006
1965	11,470,728	4,458,462
1966	11,827,459	4,601,217
1967	12,200,109	4,748,307
1968	12,602,076	4,900,440
1969	13,036,700	5,058,181
1970	13,492,677	5,215,918
1971	13,971,451	5,374,712
1972	14,479,308	5,542,445
1973	15,010,101	5,720,404
1974	15,561,630	5,908,328
1975	16,138,361	6,098,658
1976	16,736,211	6,287,105
1977	17,352,929	6,449,512
1978	17,976,566	6,543,575
1979	18,592,038	6,647,556
1980	19,189,769	7,041,303
1981	19,784,703	7,498,635
1982	20,398,571	7,796,496
1983	21,079,874	8,098,404
1984	21,779,066	8,391,488
1985	22,501,693	8,686,813
1986	23,258,959	8,982,578
1987	24,030,378	9,284,644
1988	24,769,686	9,583,094
1989	25,438,759	9,864,798
1990	26,110,207	10,137,281
1991	26,780,436	10,404,816
1992	27,457,588	10,702,700
1993	28,332,692	10,860,288
1994	29,442,356	10,873,148
1995	30,383,497	10,974,599
1996	30,945,762	11,158,360
1997	31,578,089	11,369,827
1998	32,420,458	11,594,297
1999	33,300,330	11,783,458
2000	34,260,139	11,892,055
2001	35,198,299	11,971,901
2002	36,121,304	12,087,653
2003	37,089,555	12,232,323
2004	38,109,668	12,365,896
2005	39,182,076	12,483,432
2006	40,294,902	12,636,445
2007	41,435,512	12,804,058
2008	42,570,728	12,959,149
2009	43,633,982	13,142,790
2010	44,758,488	13,356,548
2011	46,029,367	13,595,424
2012	47,374,260	13,817,887
2013	48,824,128	14,013,808
2014	50,351,512	14,207,359
2015	52,020,962	14,399,013
2016	53,824,013	14,600,294
2017	55,652,890	14,812,482
2018	57,437,145	15,034,452
2019	59,174,891	15,271,368
2020	60,972,798	15,526,888
2021	62,830,412	15,797,210
2022	64,711,821	16,069,056
2023	66,617,606	16,340,822
2024	68,560,157	16,634,373

Fertility rates in Tanzania and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate

Tanzania

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Tanzania	Zimbabwe
1960	6.54	7.2
1961	6.56	7.21
1962	6.61	7.23
1963	6.65	7.23
1964	6.68	7.23
1965	6.73	7.23
1966	6.8	7.2
1967	6.86	7.16
1968	6.9	7.11
1969	6.95	7.04
1970	7	6.98
1971	7.04	6.94
1972	7.05	6.94
1973	7.06	6.94
1974	7.12	6.88
1975	7.1	6.83
1976	7.09	6.77
1977	7.07	6.71
1978	7.06	6.66
1979	7.04	6.59
1980	6.99	6.52
1981	6.93	6.45
1982	6.87	6.33
1983	6.81	6.2
1984	6.72	6.04
1985	6.6	5.87
1986	6.49	5.69
1987	6.41	5.5
1988	6.38	5.28
1989	6.3	5.07
1990	6.2	4.88
1991	6.14	4.72
1992	6.08	4.57
1993	6	4.39
1994	5.89	4.28
1995	5.82	4.15
1996	5.83	4.11
1997	5.84	4.08
1998	5.81	4.07
1999	5.75	4.06
2000	5.67	4.01
2001	5.62	3.98
2002	5.57	3.93
2003	5.58	3.86
2004	5.6	3.78
2005	5.58	3.69
2006	5.51	3.64
2007	5.4	3.68
2008	5.32	3.78
2009	5.26	3.95
2010	5.23	4.04
2011	5.14	4.13
2012	5.14	4.13
2013	5.16	4.11
2014	5.12	4.01
2015	5.03	3.91
2016	5.01	3.83
2017	4.99	3.77
2018	4.93	3.74
2019	4.87	3.75
2020	4.8	3.75
2021	4.73	3.77
2022	4.67	3.77
2023	4.61	3.72

Tanzania and Zimbabwe demographics compared

Median age

Tanzania

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Tanzania	Zimbabwe
1960	17.4	16.4
1961	17.4	16.2
1962	17.4	16
1963	17.4	15.8
1964	17.4	15.7
1965	17.3	15.7
1966	17.2	15.7
1967	17.2	15.7
1968	17.1	15.7
1969	17.1	15.7
1970	17.1	15.7
1971	17	15.8
1972	17	15.8
1973	17	15.8
1974	16.9	15.9
1975	16.9	15.9
1976	16.8	15.8
1977	16.8	15.8
1978	16.7	15.7
1979	16.6	15.6
1980	16.5	15.6
1981	16.4	15.7
1982	16.3	15.8
1983	16.2	15.8
1984	16.2	15.8
1985	16.3	15.9
1986	16.4	15.9
1987	16.5	15.9
1988	16.6	15.9
1989	16.6	16.1
1990	16.7	16.3
1991	16.7	16.5
1992	16.8	16.4
1993	17	16.3
1994	17.3	16.4
1995	17.4	16.6
1996	17.4	16.9
1997	17.3	17.2
1998	17.3	17.5
1999	17.4	17.7
2000	17.4	17.8
2001	17.5	18
2002	17.5	18.1
2003	17.4	18.2
2004	17.4	18.3
2005	17.4	18.3
2006	17.4	18.5
2007	17.3	18.5
2008	17.3	18.5
2009	17.2	18.4
2010	17.2	18.3
2011	17.2	18.2
2012	17.3	18.1
2013	17.3	18
2014	17.4	18
2015	17.5	18
2016	17.6	18
2017	17.8	18.1
2018	17.9	18.2
2019	17.9	18.3
2020	18	18.5
2021	18.1	18.6
2022	18.2	18.7
2023	18.3	18.9
2024	18.4	19

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