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Tanzania

6.0S 35.0E · 28 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE OF TANGANYIKA FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM · 9 DECEMBER 1961
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1985 – present · Modern Tanzania
4 EVENTS
1985 · Nyerere steps down 2 REFS
1992 · Return to multiparty politics 2 REFS
1954 – 1967 · Independence, Revolution and the Union
6 EVENTS
26 April 1964 · Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar 3 REFS
5 February 1967 · The Arusha Declaration 3 REFS
1884 – 1961 · German East Africa and the British Mandate
4 EVENTS
1885 · Germany establishes German East Africa 2 REFS
1905–1907 · Maji Maji rebellion 3 REFS
1498 – 1884 · The Portuguese and Omani Zanzibar
5 EVENTS
1498 · Vasco da Gama reaches the coast 2 REFS
mid-19th century · Clove plantations and the caravan trade 3 REFS
c. 1000 BCE – 1498 CE · Bantu Settlers and the Swahili Coast
5 EVENTS
late 1st millennium BCE · Bantu farmers reach the coast 2 REFS
13th–15th centuries · Kilwa dominates the gold trade 3 REFS
c. 3.7 million years ago – c. 1000 BCE · Cradle of Humankind: Olduvai and Laetoli
4 EVENTS
c. 3.6 million years ago · Hominins leave footprints at Laetoli 3 REFS
1976–1978 · Discovery of the Laetoli footprints 3 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Dodoma
Population
54 m
Area
945,087 km²
Region
Eastern Africa
Languages
English, Swahili
Currency
Tanzanian shilling (Sh)
Demonym
Tanzanian
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$90 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$1,319’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
5.9%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
3.3%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
39.0%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
71 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
67.2 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
36.9%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
4.5’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
78.2%’22 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
45.6’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
59.2’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
45.7’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
46.4’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
48.0’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
41.9’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
3.1%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
0.13’22 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
37.0’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
84.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
31.3%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
78.2%’22 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
3.2%’24 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
92.7%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
28.2%’21 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
4.0%’24 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.5%’13 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
19’13 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
31.2%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
127’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
3.0%’24 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
885,800 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
50.1%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
44.6%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
0.3’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
78.3%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
6.7%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
4.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
2.4%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
52.4%’24 WB-WDI

Military

Military burden
1.2%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$921 M’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
28,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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