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COUNTRY PROFILE / TZA

Tanzania

Tanzania / TZ

01 / BASIC INFORMATION

Tanzania in numbers.

Area947,300 kmยฒWorld # 30 โ†’Population70.5MWorld # 21 โ†’Population density74.5 people/kmยฒWorld # 128 โ†’Life expectancy67.2 yearsWorld # 174 โ†’GDP per capitaUS$ 1,319World # 185 โ†’

02 / ALL RANKINGS

Tanzania across 51 rankings.

Essentials

Area947,300 kmยฒWorld # 30 / 2023 โ†’Population70.5MWorld # 21 / 2025 โ†’Population density74.5 people/kmยฒWorld # 128 / Population 2025 ยท area 2023 โ†’Independence / founding reference year1,964World # 67 / CIA World Factbook 2025 archive โ†’

People & society

Population growth2.9%World # 16 / 2025 โ†’Total fertility rate4.5World # 12 / 2024 โ†’Birth rate34.8 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 10 / 2024 โ†’Death rate5.7 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 169 / 2024 โ†’Median age17.2 yearsWorld # 223 / 2023 โ†’Population aged 65+3%World # 194 / 2025 โ†’Population aged 0โ€“1442.3%World # 13 / 2025 โ†’Urban population36.9%World # 179 / 2025 โ†’Net migration-12.7KWorld # 158 / 2025 โ†’Net migration rate-0.2 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 98 / 2025 โ†’International migrant share0.7%World # 182 / 2024 โ†’

Health

Life expectancy67.2 yearsWorld # 174 / 2024 โ†’Healthy life expectancy58.1 yearsWorld # 137 / 2021 โ†’Physicians per 1,000 people0.1 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 179 / 2022 โ†’Smoking rate7.7%World # 150 / 2024 โ†’

Economy & work

GDP per capitaUS$ 1,319World # 185 / 2025 โ†’Nominal GDPUS$ 90.1BWorld # 84 / 2025 โ†’GDP per capita (PPP)US$ 4,471World # 172 / 2025 โ†’Real GDP growth5.9%World # 37 / 2025 โ†’Inflation3.3%World # 87 / 2025 โ†’Unemployment1.6%World # 175 / 2025 โ†’Youth unemployment2.4%World # 180 / 2025 โ†’Average annual working hours2,129 hours/yearWorld # 42 / 2023 โ†’Average sleep timeNo dataNo rank โ†’Income inequality (Gini index)40.5World # 39 / 2018 โ†’

Education & science

Education spending (% of GDP)3.2%World # 140 / 2024 โ†’Researchers per million people19.3 per million peopleWorld # 131 / 2013 โ†’R&D spending (% of GDP)0.5%World # 67 / 2013 โ†’Patent applications per million people0 per million peopleWorld # 149 / 2015 โ†’

Food & agriculture

Calorie supply per person2,518 kcal/dayWorld # 156 / 2023 โ†’Meat supply per person12.2 kg/person/yearWorld # 172 / 2023 โ†’Rice production4.1M tWorld # 20 / 2024 โ†’Wheat production119K tWorld # 78 / 2024 โ†’Coffee production77.4K tWorld # 17 / 2024 โ†’Coffee consumption per personNo dataNo rank โ†’

Environment & digital

Forest area50.1%World # 52 / 2023 โ†’Electricity use per person135 kWh/personWorld # 136 / 2023 โ†’COโ‚‚ emissions per person0.3 tWorld # 189 / 2024 โ†’Internet use31.2%World # 183 / 2024 โ†’Mobile subscriptions126.6 per 100 peopleWorld # 69 / 2024 โ†’

Safety & politics

Homicide rate3.7 per 100,000 peopleWorld # 80 / 2020 โ†’Road traffic death rate31.1 per 100,000 peopleWorld # 20 / 2019 โ†’Military spending (% of GDP)1.2%World # 110 / 2024 โ†’Women in parliament39.5%World # 32 / 2025 โ†’

Travel & culture

International tourist arrivals1.5MWorld # 79 / 2019 โ†’International tourism receiptsUS$ 2.6BWorld # 47 / 2019 โ†’World Heritage sites7 sitesWorld # 50 / 2026-07 โ†’

03 / CULTURE & INDUSTRY

Society, culture and industry.

Largest religious groupChristianity2020 / 63.1%Main languageSwahiliMain functional languageLeading electricity sourceNatural gas2024Top export categoryGems, precious metals and glass2023Most mapped OSM sportFootball and futsal2,924 facilities countedWriting directionLeft to rightSwahiliLargest staple-food calorie sourceMaize2023Current currencyTanzanian ShillingTZSDriving sideLeft-hand trafficSide of the road used by trafficCountry-name originPlaces and landformsTanganyika, Zanzibar Islands