Tanzania is 1.72× the size of France

Tanzania covers about 942,000 km² (364,000 mi²) and France about 548,000 km² (212,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

942,000km²Tanzania
548,000km²France

200 km

Tanzania
France

Outlines show main territory. France also has about 88,900 km² of overseas territory. These are not drawn, and not counted in the comparison.

What fits

France is 58% of the size of Tanzania.
Tanzania is larger by 394,000 km² (152,000 mi²), which is 72% of the area of France.
Measured in Belgiums: Tanzania is about 30.7, France about 17.9.

How they differ

Tanzania is larger, but France has the larger population: 68.6 million against 57.3 million, 1.20× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 108 in France against 61 in Tanzania: France is 1.77× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,680 km apart.
On a standard web map France looks larger than Tanzania: Tanzania at 6°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and France at 47°N about 2.1×, so the map shows France as 1.21× the size of Tanzania, when Tanzania is 1.72× the size of France.
Together Tanzania and France cover 1,489,000 km², close to the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km², 5.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 394,000 km², is about the size of Zimbabwe (389,000 km²).
At France's density, Tanzania would have 101.4 million people (it has 57.3 million). At Tanzania's density, France would have 38.8 million (it has 68.6 million).
France's centre is 52.8° of latitude, about 5,870 km, farther north than Tanzania's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Tanzania	1.72×
More people	France	1.20×
More crowded	France	1.77×
Farther north	France	52.8° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	France	2.1× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Tanzania	France
Belgium 30,700 km²	30.7×	17.9×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	3.86×	2.25×
Germany 358,000 km²	2.63×	1.53×
Japan 374,000 km²	2.52×	1.47×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.30×	0.17×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.11×	0.06×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.10×	0.06×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.06×	0.03×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Tanzania	France
Area, main territory	942,000 km²364,000 mi²	548,000 km²212,000 mi²
Area with overseas territory	942,000 km²	637,000 km²
Population	57.3 millionWikidata, 2017	68.6 millionWikidata, 2025
Density	61 per km²	108 per km²
Official area	947,000 km²Wikidata	644,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Dodoma	Paris
Latitude range	12°S to 1°S	41°N to 51°N
Continent	Africa	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2025, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 947,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 942,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 644,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 637,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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