| Location: | Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique |
| Population: | 35,922,454
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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2003 est.) |
| Capital: | Dar es Salaam; note - legislative offices have been transferred to Dodoma, which is planned as the new national capital; the National Assembly now meets there on regular basis |
| GDP per capita: | purchasing power parity - $630 (2002 est.) |
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