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Key facts

  • Currency: Tanzanian shilling
  • Capital city: Dodoma
  • Region: Eastern Africa
  • Continent: Africa
  • Land area: 885,800 km²
  • Population: 65,497,748
  • Political Leader: John Magufuli (President)

Latest news

When inequality is more than 'skin-deep': Social status leaves traces in the epigenome of spotted hyenas in Tanzania

Read: Phys

2024-03-28

A lost opportunity to reform Tanzania

Read: The Economist

2024-03-07

Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Former President of Tanzania, Dies at 98

Read: The New York Times

2024-03-02

Tanzania's Ramadhani Brothers win AGT: Fantasy League

Read: BBC

2024-02-20

Zanzibar beer: Alcohol shortage hits Tanzania's spice islands

Read: BBC

2024-02-05

Packed Tanzania protests offer hope but reforms remain a distant dream

Read: Al Jazeera

2024-01-27

Afcon 2023: Tanzania 0-0 DR Congo - Leopards through to last 16

Read: BBC

2024-01-24

Metrics

Business

Expense 14.57 % of GDP
GDP 75,732,300,000.00 current US$
Inflation 4.35 annual %
Self-employed 85.58 % of total employment
Tax revenue 11.70 % of GDP
Unemployment 2.60 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 83.92 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 395,212.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 0.72 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 14,435.50 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 43.91 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 33.49 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 21.94 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 0.67 % of total
Net energy imports 10.73 % of energy use
Fertility rate 4.73 births per woman
Forest area 452,760 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 14.38 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 1,758.44 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 13.00 years
Methane emissions 46,487.40 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 27,293.20 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 33,126,817
Male Population 32,370,931
Renewable energy consumption 83.95 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 880,726.00 km²
Rural population 41,471,864
Urban land area 5,282.87 km²
Urban population 24,025,884
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 0.10 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 36.21 per 1,000 people
Death rate 6.22 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 39.31 current US$
Health expenditure 3.75 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 0.96 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 0.70 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 66 years
Suicide mortality rate 4.30 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 42.74 % of population
Individuals using the Internet 31.63 % of population
Net migration -39,997
Press freedom 2.16


Politics

Armed forces personnel 28,000
Democracy score 5.41
Democracy type Hybrid regime
Military expenditure 1.09 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 36.86 %


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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 1 day ago

License

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