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Facts on the
People of Tanzania |
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Population of
Tanzania:
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37,445,392
note: estimates for this country explicitly
take into account the effects of excess mortality
due to AIDS; this can result in lower life
expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates,
lower population and growth rates, and changes in
the distribution of population by age and sex than
would otherwise be expected (July 2006 est.)
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Age structure in
Tanzania:
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0-14 years: 43.7%
(male 8,204,593/female 8,176,489)
15-64 years: 53.6% (male 9,906,446/female
10,178,066)
65 years and over: 2.6% (male 422,674/female
557,124) (2006 est.) |
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Median age in
Tanzania:
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total: 17.7 years
male: 17.5 years
female: 18 years (2006 est.) |
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Population growth
rate:
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1.83% (2006 est.)
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Birth rate:
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37.71 births/1,000
population (2006 est.) |
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Death rate:
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16.39 deaths/1,000
population (2006 est.) |
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Net migration
rate of Tanzania:
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-3.05 migrant(s)/1,000
population (2006 est.) |
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Sex ratio in
Tanzania:
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at birth: 1.03
male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2006
est.) |
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Infant mortality
rate in Tanzania:
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total: 96.48
deaths/1,000 live births
male: 105.64 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 87.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2006
est.) |
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Life expectancy
at birth in Tanzania:
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total population:
45.64 years
male: 44.93 years
female: 46.37 years (2006 est.) |
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Total fertility
rate:
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4.97 children born/woman
(2006 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - adult
prevalence rate:
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8.8% (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people
living with HIV/AIDS:
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1.6 million (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS -
deaths:
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160,000 (2003 est.)
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Major infectious
diseases in Tanzania:
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degree of risk:
very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial
diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria, Rift Valley
fever and plague are high risks in some locations
water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2005)
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Nationality:
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noun: Tanzanian(s)
adjective: Tanzanian |
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Ethnic groups in
Tanzania:
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mainland - native
African 99% (of which 95% are Bantu consisting of
more than 130 tribes), other 1% (consisting of
Asian, European, and Arab); Zanzibar - Arab, native
African, mixed Arab and native African |
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Religions in
Tanzania:
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mainland - Christian
30%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 35%; Zanzibar -
more than 99% Muslim |
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Languages spoken
in Tanzani:
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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,
and it has become the lingua franca of central and
eastern Africa; the first language of most people is
one of the local languages |
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Literacy rate in
Tanzania:
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definition: age
15 and over can read and write Kiswahili (Swahili),
English, or Arabic
total population: 78.2%
male: 85.9%
female: 70.7% (2003 est.) |
