Chairman of the General National Congress: Mohamed al-Magarief (resigned)
Population
48,261,942
6,002,347
Life Expectancy
60.760 years
75.830 years
Capital City
Tripoli (Tarabulus)
Largest city
Dar es Salaam (population: 2,698,650)
Tripoli (population: 1,150,990)
Human Development Index
0.503
0.84
GDP per capita
$13,300 US
Literacy Rate
69.4%
82.6%
Corruption Perception Index
3
2.6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
30.4%
7.7%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
30.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished in practice
Legal
Political System
republic
Jamahiriya (a state of the masses) in theory, governed by the populace through local councils; in practice, an authoritarian state
Independence date
24 December 1951 (from UN trusteeship)
Religions
mainland - Christian 30%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 35%; Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim
Sunni Muslim 97%, other 3%
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
Arabic, Italian, English, all are widely understood in the major cities
