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

Somalia
73 years
in 2022
Tanzania
73 years
in 2022
Somalia rank
80th
Tanzania rank
80th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Somalia
  • Tanzania
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How they compare

Somalia currently reports 73 years against 73 years in Tanzania, a difference of 0 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 561 shared years of data; in 1462 it was Tanzania ahead.

Somalia ranks 80th and Tanzania ranks 80th of 159 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Somalia 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 0.3 years 0 years 0.3 years Somalia
1890s 7.5 years 4.5 years 3 years Somalia
1900s 17.5 years 14.5 years 3 years Somalia
1910s 27.5 years 24.5 years 3 years Somalia
1920s 37.5 years 34.5 years 3 years Somalia
1930s 47.5 years 44.5 years 3 years Somalia
1940s 57.5 years 54.5 years 3 years Somalia
1950s 67.5 years 64.5 years 3 years Somalia
1960s 73 years 72.4 years 0.6 years Somalia
1970s 73 years 73 years 0 years —
1980s 73 years 73 years 0 years —
1990s 73 years 73 years 0 years —
2000s 73 years 73 years 0 years —
2010s 73 years 73 years 0 years —
2020s 73 years 73 years 0 years —

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher years a country was a european overseas colony, Somalia or Tanzania?
Somalia, at 73 years against 73 years in Tanzania as of 2022.
What is the difference in years a country was a european overseas colony between Somalia and Tanzania?
0 years, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Tanzania?
561 years are reported by both, from 1462 to 2022.
How do Somalia and Tanzania rank globally for years a country was a european overseas colony?
Somalia ranks 80th 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.