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🇹🇿 Tanzania

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3TZA
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2TZ
UN M49 numeric834
IOC codeTAN
Official nameUnited Republic of Tanzania
Native name(s)eng: official: United Republic of Tanzania; common: Tanzania; swa: official: Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania; common: Tanzania
Alt spellingsTZ, Tanzania, United Republic of, United Republic of Tanzania, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionEastern Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalDodoma
Area (km²)945,087
Lat / Lng-6.0000, 35.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)BDI, COD, KEN, MWI, MOZ, RWA, UGA, ZMB
Top-level domain.tz
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 55

Demographics

Population (World Bank)70,545,865 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)67.212 (2024)
Languageseng: English; swa: Swahili
Demonymseng: f: Tanzanian; m: Tanzanian; fra: f: Tanzanienne; m: Tanzanien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)90,143,496,090.441 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)1,318.819 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)1.572 (2025)
CurrenciesTZS: name: Tanzanian shilling; symbol: Sh

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19507,625,155
19517,812,975
19528,009,079
19538,213,113
19548,424,785
19558,644,862
19568,874,780
19579,115,790
19589,367,594
19599,629,264
19609,901,419
196110,187,886
196210,487,756
196310,799,528
196411,127,826
196511,470,728
196611,827,459
196712,200,109
196812,602,076
196913,036,700
197013,492,677
197113,971,451
197214,479,308
197315,010,101
197415,561,630
197516,138,361
197616,736,211
197717,352,929
197817,976,566
197918,592,038
198019,189,769
198119,784,703
198220,398,571
198321,079,874
198421,779,066
198522,501,693
198623,258,959
198724,030,378
198824,769,686
198925,438,759
199026,110,207
199126,780,436
199227,457,588
199328,332,692
199429,442,356
199530,383,497
199630,945,762
199731,578,089
199832,420,458
199933,300,330
200034,260,139
200135,198,299
200236,121,304
200337,089,555
200438,109,668
200539,182,076
200640,294,902
200741,435,512
200842,570,728
200943,633,982
201044,758,488
201146,029,367
201247,374,260
201348,824,128
201450,351,512
201552,020,962
201653,824,013
201755,652,890
201857,437,145
201959,174,891
202060,972,798
202162,830,412
202264,711,821
202366,617,606

Full raw record (JSON)

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