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Botswana vs Tanzania: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Botswana
72 years
in 2022
Tanzania
73 years
in 2022
Botswana rank
82nd
Tanzania rank
80th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Botswana
  • Tanzania
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How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 73 years against 72 years in Botswana, a difference of 1 years.

Across all 561 years both countries report, Tanzania has been ahead every year.

Botswana ranks 82nd and Tanzania ranks 80th of 159 countries.

Tanzania has averaged higher in every one of the 57 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Tanzania Difference Ahead
1460s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1470s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1480s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1490s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1500s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1510s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1520s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1530s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1540s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1550s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1560s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1570s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1580s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1590s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1600s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1610s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1620s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1630s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1640s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1650s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1660s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1670s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1680s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1690s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1700s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1710s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1720s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1730s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1740s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1750s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1760s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1770s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1780s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1790s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1800s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1810s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1820s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1830s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1840s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1850s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1860s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1870s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1880s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1890s 1.5 years 4.5 years 3 years Tanzania
1900s 10.5 years 14.5 years 4 years Tanzania
1910s 20.5 years 24.5 years 4 years Tanzania
1920s 30.5 years 34.5 years 4 years Tanzania
1930s 40.5 years 44.5 years 4 years Tanzania
1940s 50.5 years 54.5 years 4 years Tanzania
1950s 60.5 years 64.5 years 4 years Tanzania
1960s 69.9 years 72.4 years 2.5 years Tanzania
1970s 72 years 73 years 1 years Tanzania
1980s 72 years 73 years 1 years Tanzania
1990s 72 years 73 years 1 years Tanzania
2000s 72 years 73 years 1 years Tanzania
2010s 72 years 73 years 1 years Tanzania
2020s 72 years 73 years 1 years Tanzania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher years a country was a european overseas colony, Botswana or Tanzania?
Tanzania, at 73 years against 72 years in Botswana as of 2022.
What is the difference in years a country was a european overseas colony between Botswana and Tanzania?
1 years, with Tanzania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Tanzania?
561 years are reported by both, from 1462 to 2022.
How do Botswana and Tanzania rank globally for years a country was a european overseas colony?
Botswana ranks 82nd and Tanzania ranks 80th of 159 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Bastian Becker (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Years a country was a European overseas colony. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Years a country was a European overseas colony
Unit
years
Source
Bastian Becker (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
159 places, 88,747 data points, 1462–2022
Last refreshed

Number of years the country has been colonized from overseas by the European colonial power(s) in a specific year, between Belgium, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Italy, or a combination of them.