Tansania - Daten & Fakten

Daten & Fakten
Flagge:    Tansania Tansania
Capital
name: Dodoma; note - Dodoma was designated the national capital in 1996; Dar es Salaam, the original national capital, is the country's largest city and commercial center 

geographic coordinates: 6 48 S, 39 17 E

time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

etymology: Dodoma, in the native Gogo language, means "it has sunk"; supposedly, one day during the rainy season, an elephant drowned in the area; the villagers in that place were so struck by what had occurred, that ever since the locale has been referred to as the place where "it (the elephant) sunk"
Citizenship
citizenship by birth: no

citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Tanzania; if a child is born abroad, the father must be a citizen of Tanzania

dual citizenship recognized: no

residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years
Legal system
English common law; judicial review of legislative acts limited to matters of interpretation
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal
Area
total: 947,300 sq km

land: 885,800 sq km

water: 61,500 sq km

note: includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar
Land use
agricultural land: 43.7% (2018 est.)

arable land: 14.3% (2018 est.)

permanent crops: 2.3% (2018 est.)

permanent pasture: 27.1% (2018 est.)

forest: 37.3% (2018 est.)

other: 19% (2018 est.)
Location
Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique
Age structure
0-14 years: 41.5% (male 13,765,789/female 13,475,555)

15-64 years: 55.15% (male 18,076,988/female 18,123,677)

65 years and over: 3.35% (2023 est.) (male 933,786/female 1,266,887)
Birth rate
32.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Death rate
5.02 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
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

major-language sample(s):
The World Factbook, Chanzo cha Lazima Kuhusu Habari ya Msingi. (Kiswahili)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 70.48 years

male: 68.72 years

female: 72.29 years (2023 est.)
Major urban areas - population
262,000 Dodoma (legislative capital) (2018), 7.776 million DAR ES SALAAM (administrative capital), 1.311 million Mwanza, 800,000 Zanzibar (2023)
Median age
total: 18.2 years

male: 17.9 years

female: 18.4 years (2020 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
19.8 years (2015/16 est.)

note: data represents median age at first birth among women 20-49
Net migration rate
-0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Population distribution
the largest and most populous East African country; population distribution is extremely uneven, but greater population clusters occur in the northern half of country and along the east coast as shown in this population distribution map
Population growth rate
2.75% (2023 est.)
Total fertility rate
4.33 children born/woman (2023 est.)
Urbanization
urban population: 37.4% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 4.89% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Education expenditures
3.3% of GDP (2021 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 9 years

male: 9 years

female: 9 years (2021)
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)
-1.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
Industrial production growth rate
6.5% (2021 est.)
Labor force
29.863 million (2021 est.)
Population below poverty line
26.4% (2017 est.)
Unemployment rate
2.65% (2021 est.)

2.53% (2020 est.)

2.22% (2019 est.)
Public debt
37% of GDP (2017 est.)

38% of GDP (2016 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
3.69% (2021 est.)

3.29% (2020 est.)

3.46% (2019 est.)
Exports
$8.555 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$9.659 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$8.307 billion (2018 est.)
Exports - partners
India 15%, United Arab Emirates 15%, Switzerland 14%, Uganda 12%, China 7% (2020)
Imports
$9.181 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$10.576 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$10.399 billion (2018 est.)
Imports - partners
China 34%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 14%, India 12%, United Arab Emirates 6%, South Africa 3% (2020)
Airports
166 (2021)
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
total: 1,135,608 (2020 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2 (2020 est.)
Internet users
total: 20.48 million (2021 est.)

percent of population: 32% (2021 est.)
Railways
total: 4,097 km (2022)

standard gauge: 421 km (2022)

narrow gauge: 969 km (2022) 1.067 m gauge

broad gauge: 2,707 km (2022) 1.000 m guage
Roadways
total: 145,203 km (2022)

paved: 11,201 km (2022)

unpaved: 134,002 km (2022)
Telephones - fixed lines
total subscriptions: 72,000 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: (2021 est.) less than 1
Telephones - mobile cellular
total subscriptions: 54 million (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 85 (2021 est.)
Waterways
1,594 km (2022) (Lake Tanganyika 673 km, Lake Victoria 337 km, and Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) 584 km are the principal avenues of commerce with neighboring countries; the rivers are not navigable)
Disputes - international

Tanzania-Burundi: none identified

Tanzania-Democratic Republic of the Congo: none identified

Tanzania-Kenya: none identified

Tanzania-Malawi: dispute with Malawi over the boundary in Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) and the meandering Songwe River; Malawi contends that the entire lake up to the Tanzanian shoreline is its territory, while Tanzania claims the border is in the center of the lake

Tanzania-Mozambique: none identified

Tanzania-Rwanda: none identified

Tanzania-Uganda: none identified


Länderstatistik

Branche
Land
Unterschied in %
gesamt
Tansania
141 028 000 EUR
204 312 000 EUR
44.87 %
Bekleidung
Tansania
966 000 EUR
754 000 EUR
-21.95 %
Chemische Erzeugnisse
Tansania
24 145 000 EUR
34 935 000 EUR
44.69 %
Datenverarbeitungsgeräte, elektr. u. opt. Erzeugn.
Tansania
17 091 000 EUR
21 604 000 EUR
26.41 %
Elektrische Ausrüstungen
Tansania
5 210 000 EUR
5 743 000 EUR
10.23 %
Energieversorgung
Tansania
0 EUR
0 EUR
0.00 %
Erdöl und Erdgas
Tansania
0 EUR
0 EUR
0.00 %
Erze
Tansania
0 EUR
0 EUR
0.00 %
Erzeugnisse der Landwirtschaft und Jagd
Tansania
1 451 000 EUR
18 166 000 EUR
1 151.96 %
Fische und Fischereierzeugnisse
Tansania
0 EUR
0 EUR
0.00 %
Forstwirtschaftliche Erzeugnisse
Tansania
0 EUR
0 EUR
0.00 %
Getränke
Tansania
1 089 000 EUR
913 000 EUR
-16.16 %
Glas und -waren, Keramik, Steine und Erden
Tansania
1 721 000 EUR
1 568 000 EUR
-8.89 %
Gummi- und Kunststoffwaren
Tansania
4 072 000 EUR
4 393 000 EUR
7.88 %
Holz und Holz- Kork- Korb- Flechtwaren ohne Möbel
Tansania
418 000 EUR
719 000 EUR
72.01 %
Kohle
Tansania
0 EUR
0 EUR
0.00 %
Kokereierzeugnisse und Mineralölerzeugnisse
Tansania
76 000 EUR
288 000 EUR
278.95 %
Kraftwagen und Kraftwagenteile
Tansania
9 246 000 EUR
7 226 000 EUR
-21.85 %
Leder und Lederwaren
Tansania
52 000 EUR
38 000 EUR
-26.92 %
Maschinen
Tansania
35 775 000 EUR
65 747 000 EUR
83.78 %
Metalle
Tansania
1 164 000 EUR
317 000 EUR
-72.77 %
Metallerzeugnisse
Tansania
3 102 000 EUR
4 714 000 EUR
51.97 %
Möbel
Tansania
780 000 EUR
1 034 000 EUR
32.56 %
Nahrungsmittel und Futtermittel
Tansania
16 217 000 EUR
12 554 000 EUR
-22.59 %
Papier, Pappe und Waren daraus
Tansania
4 899 000 EUR
8 384 000 EUR
71.14 %
Pharmazeutische und ähnliche Erzeugnisse
Tansania
5 555 000 EUR
6 533 000 EUR
17.61 %
Sonstige Fahrzeuge
Tansania
1 371 000 EUR
2 030 000 EUR
48.07 %
Sonstige Waren
Tansania
5 563 000 EUR
5 833 000 EUR
4.85 %
Steine und Erden, sonstige Bergbauerzeugnisse
Tansania
72 000 EUR
115 000 EUR
59.72 %
Tabakerzeugnisse
Tansania
338 000 EUR
142 000 EUR
-57.99 %
Textilien
Tansania
655 000 EUR
562 000 EUR
-14.20 %