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Tanzania
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Rwanda
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Geography
Area (km²)947,30026,338
ContinentAfricaAfrica
Land area (km²)885,80024,668
Water area (km²)61,5001,670
Land boundaries (km)4,161930
Border countries
  • Burundi
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Kenya
  • Malawi
  • Mozambique
  • Rwanda
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Burundi
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
Coastline (km)1,4240
Mean elevation (m)1,0181,598
Lowest point (m)0950
Highest point (m)5,8954,519
People
Population58,552,84512,712,431
Official languages
  • English
  • Kiswahili or Swahili
  • English
  • French
  • Kinyarwanda
  • Swahili/Kiswahili
ReligionChristianProtestant
Government
Long country nameUnited Republic of TanzaniaRepublic of Rwanda
Short country nameTanzaniaRwanda
Long local nameJamhuri ya Muungano wa TanzaniaRepublika y'u Rwanda
Short local nameTanzaniaRwanda
Former name
  • German East Africa
  • Trust Territory of Tanganyika
  • United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
  • German East Africa
  • Ruanda
Government typePresidential republicPresidential republic
CapitalDar es SalaamKigali
Economy
GDP (PPP) (USD)162,500,000,00024,680,000,000
GDP (OER) (USD)51,760,000,0009,136,000,000
GDP (real growth rate) (%)66.1
GDP - per capita (PPP) (USD)3,2002,100
Gross national saving (% of GDP)2512.5
Labor force24,890,0006,227,000
Unemployment rate (%)10.32.7
Population below poverty line (%)22.839.1
Budget revenues (USD)7,873,000,0001,943,000,000
Budget expenditures (USD)8,818,000,0002,337,000,000
Military expenditures (% of GDP)1.211.23
Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP)15.221.3
Budget surplus or deficit (% of GDP)-1.8-4.3
Public debt (% of GDP)3740.5
Inflation rate (%)5.34.8
Central bank discount rate (%)8.257.75
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)17.6217.17
Stock of narrow money (USD)5,002,000,000963,900,000
Stock of broad money (USD)5,002,000,000963,900,000
Stock of domestic credit (USD)9,045,000,0001,861,000,000
Market value of publicly traded shares (USD)1,803,000,000-
Current account balance (USD)-1,464,000,000-622,000,000
Exports (USD)4,971,000,0001,050,000,000
Imports (USD)7,869,000,0001,922,000,000
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (USD)5,301,000,000997,600,000
External debt (USD)17,660,000,0003,258,000,000
National currencyTanzanian shillingsRwandan francs
National currency (code)TZSRWF
National currency (symbol)-ر.س
National currency rate to USD2839.1



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