Namibia vs Tanzania: Land area in square kilometres

Namibia
823,290 sq. km
in 2023
Tanzania
885,800 sq. km
in 2023
Namibia rank
33rd
Tanzania rank
31st

Land area in square kilometres over time

  • Namibia
  • Tanzania
0200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k196119922023

How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 885,800 sq. km against 823,290 sq. km in Namibia, a difference of 62,510 sq. km.

That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.1 times Namibia's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Tanzania has been ahead every year.

Namibia ranks 33rd and Tanzania ranks 31st of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land area in square kilometres
Unit
sq. km
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 12,288 data points, 1961–2023
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Total land area, measured in square kilometres (km²). Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.