Tanzania: Introducció

Capital: Dodoma

Population

Total Population: 68,560,157

Natural Increase: 2.9%

Density: 73 Inhabitants/km²

Urban Population: 38.1%

Ethnic Origins: Africans make up the vast majority of the population with over 130 tribes, mainly Bantu. Other ethnic groups (notably Asians, Europeans and Arabs) make up a very small part of the population.

Official Language: Kiswahili (Swahili) (de jure), English (de facto)

Other Languages Spoken: Bantu (Bemba, Safwa, Digo, Hehe, Makonde, Nyamwezi, Yao, and Luguru) and Nilotic languages (Maasai, Datooga, Ngasa, Ogiek, Kisankasa, and Pare). Arabic in Zanzibar.

Business Language(s): English and Swahili

Literacy Rate: 69.4%

Local Time:

It is %T:%M %A In Dar es Salaam

Exchange Rate on :

National Currency: Tanzanian Shilling (TZS)

Country Overview

Area: 947,300 km²

Type of State: Presidential republic.

Type of Economy: Lower middle income, agricultural and manufacturing economy..
Tanzania is experiencing robust growth, mainly driven by domestic demand and infrastructure investment, which is contributing to the diversification of the economy.

HDI*: 0.555/1

HDI (World Rank): 165/192

Note: (*) The HDI, Human Development Index, measures a country's development in terms of quality of life. It mainly takes into account life expectancy, level of education and GDP per capita.

Telecommunication

Telephone Code:
To call from Tanzania, dial 00
To call Tanzania, dial +255

Internet Suffix: .tz

Households with a computer: 3.1 per 100 Inhabitants

Telephone Lines: 0.4 per 100 Inhabitants

Internet Users: 29.1 per 100 Inhabitants

Access to Electricity: 48.3% of the Population

Foreign Trade in Figures

Foreign Trade Indicators	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Imports of Goods (million USD)	8,439	10,024	14,219	13,729	14,302
Exports of Goods (million USD)	6,061	6,391	6,825	7,275	8,767
Imports of Services (million USD)	1,204	1,440	2,353	2,248	2,442
Exports of Services (million USD)	2,180	3,105	4,748	6,247	6,898

Source: WTO – World Trade Organisation, Latest data available.

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