What is the population of Tanzania?
Population | 58,552,845 |
Population - note | note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected |
Population Growth Rate | 2.82% |
Urban Population | 26.7% |
Population in Major Urban Areas | DAR ES SALAAM (capital) 3.588 million |
Nationality Noun | Tanzanian(s) |
Nationality Adjective | Tanzanian |
Ethnic Groups | mainland - native African 99% (of which 95% are Bantu consisting of more than 130 tribes), other 1% (consisting of Asian, European, and Arab); Zanzibar - Arab, native African, mixed Arab and native African |
Languages | Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguju, English (official, Arabic, many local languages |
Rate of Urbanization- annual rate of change | 4.77% |