President: Dr Nicholas Liverpool Prime minister: Roosevelt Skerrit
Population
46,912,768
73,126
Life Expectancy
53.140 years
76.180 years
Capital City
Largest city
Dar es Salaam (population: 2,698,650)
Roseau (population: 16,571)
Human Development Index
0.503
0.797
GDP per capita
Literacy Rate
69.4%
94%
Corruption Perception Index
3
6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
30.4%
19.4%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
Death Penalty
Abolished in practice
Legal
Political System
republic
parliamentary democracy
Independence date
Religions
mainland - Christian 30%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 35%; Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim
Roman Catholic 61.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 6%, Pentecostal 5.6%, Baptist 4.1%, Methodist 3.7%, Church of God 1.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.2%, other Christian 7.7%, Rastafarian 1.3%, other or unspecified 1.6%, none 6.1% (2001 census)
Languages
Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguja (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar), many local languages note: Kiswahili (Swahili) is the mother tongue of the Bantu people living in Zanzibar and nearby coastal Tanzania; although Kiswahili is Bantu in structure and origin, its vocabulary draws on a variety of sources including Arabic and English; it has become the lingua franca of central and eastern Africa; the first language of most people is one of the local languages
English (official), French patois
Exports
External Debt
Exchange Rate
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
Location
Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique
Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about half way between Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago
Area
947,300 km sq
751 km sq
Coastline
1,424 km
148 km
Climate
varies from tropical along coast to temperate in highlands
tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall
