Official name
United Republic of Tanzania
Name in local language
Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania (sw)
Continent
Africa
Subcontinent
East Africa
Population (ranking: 23e )
59,441,988 inhabitants (2021)
Population growth
3.13 % / year
Area
945,088 km²
Density
62.90 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 79e )62.410 billions $USD (2020)
GDP/capita (ranking )
1,077 $USD (2020)
GDP growth
2.00 % / year (2020)
Life expectancy (ranking )
66.70 years (2021)
Birth rate
36.00 ‰ (2021)
Fertility rate
4.91 children / woman (2021)
Death rate (ranking )
5.90 ‰ (2021)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
27.70 ‰ (2021)
Literacy rate
87.31 % (2015)
Official languages
None. Kiswahili (swahili) and English de facto
Currency
Tanzanian shilling (TZS)
HDI (ranking: 198e )0.529 / 1 (2019)
EPI (ranking )50.83 (2018)
Government
Unitary presidential republic
Head of State
President Samia Suluhu
National Day
26 April (Tanganyika and Zanzibar merger in 1964)
ISO Codes TZ, TZA
Demonym
Tanzanian
Tourists (ranking )
1,275,000 people (2017)
Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordering the Indian Ocean. It is bordered to the north by Kenya and Uganda , to the west by Rwanda , Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo , to the southwest by Zambia and Malawi and to the south by Mozambique .
Mount Lengai, Tanzania. Photo: Clem23, Wikipedia Kilimanjaro, highest summit in Tanzania and Africa (5,892 meters) Dar es Salam, economic capital of Tanzania Urban areas (2016)
Urban areas
Population
Dar es Salam
5,572,776 inhabitants
Mwanza
830,342 inhabitants
Zanzibar
796,903 inhabitants
Dodoma
571,629 inhabitants
Arusha
466,892 inhabitants
Mbeya
445,544 inhabitants
Morogoro
359,670 inhabitants
Tanga
286,690 inhabitants
Kigoma
252,055 inhabitants
Moshi
203,424 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
Regions
Population
Area
Arusha
2,104,074 inhabitants
37,576 km²
Dar es Salam
5,401,814 inhabitants
1,393 km²
Dodoma
2,647,410 inhabitants
41,311 km²
Geita
2,434,800 inhabitants
20,054 km²
Iringa
1,149,481 inhabitants
35,503 km²
Kagera
3,238,347 inhabitants
25,265 km²
Katavi
805,887 inhabitants
45,843 km²
Kigoma
2,800,919 inhabitants
37,040 km²
Kilimanjaro
1,951,252 inhabitants
13,250 km²
Lindi
1,025,800 inhabitants
66,040 km²
Manyara
1,873,105 inhabitants
44,522 km²
Mara
2,391,845 inhabitants
21,760 km²
Mbeya
2,204,543 inhabitants
35,954 km²
Mjini Magharibi (Zanzibar Urban West)
733,914 inhabitants
230 km²
Morogoro
2,730,058 inhabitants
70,624 km²
Mtwara
1,478,874 inhabitants
16,710 km²
Mwanza
3,826,573 inhabitants
9,467 km²
Njombe
837,557 inhabitants
21,347 km²
Pemba North
294,267 inhabitants
574 km²
Pemba South
272,348 inhabitants
332 km²
Pwani
1,325,852 inhabitants
32,547 km²
Rukwa
1,270,049 inhabitants
22,792 km²
Ruvuma
1,655,443 inhabitants
63,669 km²
Shinyanga
1,993,589 inhabitants
18,901 km²
Simiyu
2,304,228 inhabitants
25,212 km²
See also
