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Italy vs Tanzania

Flag of Italy

Italy

58,915,656#25 · −0.06%/yr
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Flag of Tanzania

Tanzania

70,545,865#21 · +2.86%/yr

Tanzania has 1.2× the population of Italy: 70,545,865 vs 58,915,656, a gap of 11.6 million. Tanzania is growing faster (+2.86% vs −0.06% a year), adding about 2,014,190 people a year against −37,036. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Italy is the older society: 25.1% aged 65+ against 3.0% in Tanzania, while Tanzania has more children (42.3% under 15 vs 11.7%). Italy is 2.7× as densely populated (199.5 vs 75.2 people per km²). People in Italy live 16.7 years longer on average (84.0 vs 67.2). GDP per capita is 32.8× higher in Italy ($43,309 vs $1,319).

Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Italy) and 2025 (Tanzania); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.

Italy vs Tanzania — side by side

Flag of Italy ItalyFlag of Tanzania Tanzania
Population58,915,656202570,545,8652025
Growth rate / yr−0.06%2025+2.86%2025
Births per 1,0006.3202434.82024
Deaths per 1,00011.020245.72024
Children per woman1.1820244.542024
Life expectancy84.0 yrs202467.2 yrs2024
Aged 0–1411.7%202542.3%2025
Aged 65+25.1%20253.0%2025
Density199.5 /km²202375.2 /km²2023
Area302,070 km²2023947,300 km²2023
Urban population69.7%202536.9%2025
Net migration / yr+75,4482025-12,7302025
GDP per capita$43,3092025$1,3192025
Country population rank (available records)#25#21
Base / world population (World Bank 2025)0.72%0.86%

Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.

Population since 1960

World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Italy: 1.2× from 1960 to 2025; Tanzania: 7.1× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.

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