Total & land area: Mozambique vs Tanzania size comparison

Tanzania is 1.18 times bigger by total area compared to Mozambique: 365,756 sq mi vs 309,496 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Tanzania is 342,009 sq mi vs 303,623 sq mi for Mozambique — a 1.13 times difference in territory size.

Mozambique ranks 35/197 by total surface area vs 30/197 for Tanzania.
Mozambique occupies 0.53% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.59% for Tanzania.
52.8% of Mozambique's area is agricultural land vs 44.6% in Tanzania.
Mozambique has 0.87% of the world's agricultural land area — Tanzania has 0.83%.
45.8% of Mozambique is covered by forests, compared to 50.1% in Tanzania.
0.89% of the world's forests are in Mozambique, and 1.1% are in Tanzania.

True size map comparison: Mozambique vs Tanzania

See how Mozambique and Tanzania compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Mozambique	Tanzania
Total area	309,496 sq mi	365,756 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.18
Total area rank	35/197	30/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.16%	0.19%
Land area	303,623 sq mi	342,009 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.13
Land area rank	34/197	31/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.53%	0.59%
Population	34,631,766	68,560,157
Population density	120.7 ppl/mi²	212.2 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Mozambique	Tanzania
Forest area	139,099 sq mi	171,190 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	45.8%	50.1%
Forest area rank	18/196	16/196
World's forests share	0.89%	1.1%
Agricultural land area	160,280 sq mi	152,592 sq mi
Agricultural land share	52.8%	44.6%
Agricultural land area rank	23/194	30/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.87%	0.83%
Arable land	21,815 sq mi	52,133 sq mi
Arable land share	7.18%	15.2%
Arable land area rank	43/191	23/191
Permanent cropland	1,539 sq mi	7,794 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.51%	2.28%
Permanent cropland area rank	59/192	22/192
Water area	5,873 sq mi	23,746 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.9%	6.49%
Water area rank	32/197	11/197
Roads length	19,314 mi	90,225 mi
Land borders length	2,972 mi	2,586 mi
Coastline length	1,535 mi	885 mi
Share of marine protected waters	2.2%	2.3%

Mozambique vs Tanzania size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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The map above outlines the borders of Mozambique and Tanzania but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.