Attribute | Value |
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Geography | |
Area | 947,300 km² |
Continent | Africa |
Land area | 885,800 km² |
Water area | 61,500 km² |
Land boundaries | 4,161 km |
Border countries |
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Coastline | 1,424 km |
Mean elevation | 1,018 m |
Lowest point | 0 m |
Highest point | 5,895 m |
People | |
Population | 58,552,845 |
Official languages |
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Religion | Christian |
Government | |
Long country name | United Republic of Tanzania |
Short country name | Tanzania |
Long local name | Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania |
Short local name | Tanzania |
Former name |
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Government type | Presidential republic |
Capital | Dar es Salaam |
Economy | |
GDP (PPP) | 162,500,000,000 USD |
GDP (OER) | 51,760,000,000 USD |
GDP (real growth rate) | 6 % |
GDP - per capita (PPP) | 3,200 USD |
Gross national saving | 25 % of GDP |
Labor force | 24,890,000 |
Unemployment rate | 10.3 % |
Population below poverty line | 22.8 % |
Budget revenues | 7,873,000,000 USD |
Budget expenditures | 8,818,000,000 USD |
Military expenditures | 1.21 % of GDP |
Taxes and other revenues | 15.2 % of GDP |
Budget surplus or deficit | -1.8 % of GDP |
Public debt | 37 % of GDP |
Inflation rate | 5.3 % |
Central bank discount rate | 8.25 % |
Commercial bank prime lending rate | 17.62 % |
Stock of narrow money | 5,002,000,000 USD |
Stock of broad money | 5,002,000,000 USD |
Stock of domestic credit | 9,045,000,000 USD |
Market value of publicly traded shares | 1,803,000,000 USD |
Current account balance | -1,464,000,000 USD |
Exports | 4,971,000,000 USD |
Imports | 7,869,000,000 USD |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold | 5,301,000,000 USD |
External debt | 17,660,000,000 USD |
National currency | Tanzanian shillings |
National currency (code) | TZS |
National currency (symbol) | Add |
National currency rate to USD | 2 |
Shortly after achieving independence from Britain in the early 1960s, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the United Republic of Tanzania in 1964. In 1995, the country held its first democratic elections since the 1970s. Zanzibar maintains semi-autonomy and participates in national elections; popular political opposition on the isles led to four contentious elections since 1995, in which the ruling party claimed victory despite international observers' claims of voting irregularities.