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Tanzania:
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Other pages in this profile of Tanzania:
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Population |
Definition - World rank and map 40,213,162 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 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density |
Definition - World rank and map 45.4 people per sq. km (July 2008 est.) |
Age structure |
Definition - World rank and map 0-14 years: 43.5% (male 8,763,471/female 8,719,198) 15-64 years: 53.7% (male 10,638,666/female 10,947,190) 65 years and over: 2.8% (male 502,368/female 642,269) (2008 est.) |
Median Age |
Definition - World rank and map total: 17.8 years male: 17.6 years female: 18.1 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 2.072% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 35.12 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate |
Definition - World rank and map 12.92 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate |
Definition - World rank and map -1.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio |
Definition at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate |
Definition - World rank and map total: 70.46 deaths/1,000 live births male: 77.51 deaths/1,000 live births female: 63.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth |
Definition - World rank and map total population: 51.45 years male: 50.06 years female: 52.88 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
Definition - World rank and map 4.62 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
Definition - World rank and map 8.8% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
Definition - World rank and map 1.6 million (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths |
Definition 160,000 (2003 est.) |
Major infectious diseases |
Definition degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria and plague water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2008) |
Nationality |
Definition noun: Tanzanian(s) adjective: Tanzanian |
Ethnic groups |
Definition mainland - African 99% (of which 95% are Bantu consisting of more than 130 tribes), other 1% (consisting of Asian, European, and Arab); Zanzibar - Arab, African, mixed Arab and African |
Religions |
Definition mainland - Christian 30%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 35%; Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim |
Languages |
Definition 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 |
Literacy |
Definition definition: age 15 and over can read and write Kiswahili (Swahili), English, or Arabic total population: 69.4% male: 77.5% female: 62.2% (2002 census) |
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