Population
67.5M
Unitary dominant-party Presidential system
GDP per capita, PPP
$6,512
in 2031
Passport power
#128
42 visa-free destinations
Top-rated city
Zanzibar City
of 18 cities rated
Country overview
- Official name
- United Republic of Tanzania
- Capital
- Dodoma
- Continent
- Africa / Eastern Africa
- Area
- 947,303 km²
- Population
- 67.5M
- Density
- 60.5/km²
- Government
- Unitary dominant-party Presidential system
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Driving side
- Left
- TLD
- .tz
- Calling code
- +255
- Timezone
- UTC+03:00
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #128 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 42
- Total accessible
- 66
Culture and society
- Languages
- English, Swahili (Kiswahili)
- Religions
- Christianity 63.1%, Islam 34.1%, No religion 1.5%, Traditional faiths 1.2%
- Currencies
- Sh TZS — Tanzanian shilling
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.555
- GDP per capita (2031)
- $6,512
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 67.2 yrs
- Internet users (2024)
- 31.2%
- Gini index (2017)
- 40.5
- Inflation (2031)
- 4.0%
- Unemployment (2025)
- 1.6%
- Urban population (2025)
- 36.9%
- Life satisfaction (2025)
- 3.9/10
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 24.6 µg/m³
- Homicide rate (2020)
- 3.8/100k
- Human capital (2020)
- 0.39