Tanzania is 1.08× the size of Pakistan

Tanzania covers about 942,000 km² (364,000 mi²) and Pakistan about 873,000 km² (337,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

942,000km²Tanzania
873,000km²Pakistan

500 km

Tanzania
Pakistan

What fits

Pakistan is 93% of the size of Tanzania.
Tanzania is larger by 68,600 km² (26,500 mi²), which is 7.9% of the area of Pakistan.
Measured in Belgiums: Tanzania is about 30.7, Pakistan about 28.5.

How they differ

Tanzania is larger, but Pakistan has the larger population: 223.8 million against 57.3 million, 3.90× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 256 in Pakistan against 61 in Tanzania: Pakistan is 4.21× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,440 km apart.
On a standard web map Pakistan looks larger than Tanzania: Tanzania at 6°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Pakistan at 30°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Pakistan as 1.22× the size of Tanzania, when Tanzania is 1.08× the size of Pakistan.
Together Tanzania and Pakistan cover 1,814,000 km², close to the size of Sudan (1,856,000 km², 2.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 68,600 km², is about the size of Ireland (69,400 km²).
At Pakistan's density, Tanzania would have 241.4 million people (it has 57.3 million). At Tanzania's density, Pakistan would have 53.1 million (it has 223.8 million).
Pakistan's centre is 36.2° of latitude, about 4,020 km, farther north than Tanzania's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Tanzania	1.08×
More people	Pakistan	3.90×
More crowded	Pakistan	4.21×
Farther north	Pakistan	36.2° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Pakistan	1.3× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Tanzania	Pakistan
Belgium 30,700 km²	30.7×	28.5×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	3.86×	3.58×
Germany 358,000 km²	2.63×	2.44×
Japan 374,000 km²	2.52×	2.34×
France 548,000 km²	1.72×	1.59×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.30×	0.28×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.11×	0.10×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.10×	0.09×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.06×	0.05×

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

Side by side

	Tanzania	Pakistan
Area, main territory	942,000 km²364,000 mi²	873,000 km²337,000 mi²
Population	57.3 millionWikidata, 2017	223.8 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	61 per km²	256 per km²
Official area	947,000 km²Wikidata	882,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Dodoma	Islamabad
Latitude range	12°S to 1°S	24°N to 37°N
Continent	Africa	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2021, 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 882,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 873,000 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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