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Tanzania

Country

Member state of the United Nations. The UN lists it as "United Republic of Tanzania".[1]

Capital
Population
70,545,865 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 57,310,019in 2017[4]
Land area
884,000 km²[5]
Total area
947,303 km²[6] land and water
Official languages
Currency
Land borders
Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Zambia, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo[11]
Coast
Yes[11]
Continent
Official name
  • République unie de Tanzanie[12]

Parts of Tanzania

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Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202570.5M

9,901,419 in 1960, 70,545,865 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
19609,901,419
196110,187,886
196210,487,756
196310,799,528
196411,127,826
196511,470,728
196611,827,459
196712,200,109
196812,602,076
196913,036,700
197013,492,677
197113,971,451
197214,479,308
197315,010,101
197415,561,630
197516,138,361
197616,736,211
197717,352,929
197817,976,566
197918,592,038
198019,189,769
198119,784,703
198220,398,571
198321,079,874
198421,779,066
198522,501,693
198623,258,959
198724,030,378
198824,769,686
198925,438,759
199026,110,207
199126,780,436
199227,457,588
199328,332,692
199429,442,356
199530,383,497
199630,945,762
199731,578,089
199832,420,458
199933,300,330
200034,260,139
200135,198,299
200236,121,304
200337,089,555
200438,109,668
200539,182,076
200640,294,902
200741,435,512
200842,570,728
200943,633,982
201044,758,488
201146,029,367
201247,374,260
201348,824,128
201450,351,512
201552,020,962
201653,824,013
201755,652,890
201857,437,145
201959,174,891
202060,972,798
202162,830,412
202264,711,821
202366,617,606
202468,560,157
202570,545,865

Earlier capitals

  1. until February 1996 Dar es Salaam[13]

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
TZ[14]
ISO alpha-3
TZA[15]
ISO numeric
834[16]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Tanzania (Q924), capital: Dodoma (revision 2562953173) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Tanzania (Q924), population (revision 2562953173) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Tanzania (Q924), area (revision 2562953173) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: Tanzania (Q924), official language: Swahili (revision 2562953173) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  8. Wikidata: Tanzania (Q924), official language: English (revision 2562953173) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  9. Wikidata: Tanzania (Q924), currency: Tanzanian shilling (revision 2562953173) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  10. Wikidata: Tanzania (Q924), continent: Africa (revision 2562953173) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  11. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  12. Wikidata: Tanzania (Q924), official name (revision 2562953173) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  13. Wikidata: Tanzania (Q924), capital: Dar es Salaam (revision 2562953173) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Tanzania (Q924), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2562953173) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Tanzania (Q924), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2562953173) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: Tanzania (Q924), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2562953173) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

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