Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Western Sahara instead of Tanzania, you would:
Health
live 5.7 years less
In Tanzania, the average life expectancy is 70 years (68 years for men, 72 years for women) as of 2022. In Western Sahara, that number is 64 years (62 years for men, 67 years for women) as of 2020.
Life
be 31.6% more likely to die during infancy
In Tanzania, approximately 36.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Western Sahara, on the other hand, 47.9 children do as of 2020.
have 15.9% fewer children
In Tanzania, there are approximately 33.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Western Sahara, there are 28.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020.
Geography
see 22.1% less coastline
Tanzania has a total of 1,424 km of coastline. In Western Sahara, that number is 1,110 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Western Sahara: At a glance
How big is Western Sahara compared to Tanzania? See an in-depth size comparison.