Tanzania

United Republic of Tanzania Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania (Swahili)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Uhuru na Umoja" (Swahili) "Freedom and Unity"
Anthem: "Mungu ibariki Afrika" ("God Bless Africa")
Location of Tanzania (dark green) in eastern Africa
Map of Tanzania
Capital	Dodoma
Largest city	Dar es Salaam
Official languages	Swahili English^[1]
National language	Swahili^[1]
Regional languages	Arabic Bemba Bena Chaga Datooga Digo Gogo Haya Makonde Sumbwa Others
Religion (2020)^[2]	63.1% Christianity 34.1% Islam 1.5% No religion 1.2% Traditional faiths 0.1% Others
Demonym(s)	Tanzanian
Government	Unitary dominant party presidential Democratic-Socialist republic^[3]^[4]^[5]

• President	Samia Suluhu
• Vice-President	Philip Mpango
• Prime Minister	Kassim Majaliwa
• Speaker	Job Ndugai
• Chief Justice	Ibrahim Hamis Juma

Legislature	National Assembly
Independence from the United Kingdom

• Tanganyika	9 December 1961
• Zanzibar and Pemba	10 December 1963
• Merger	26 April 1964
• Current constitution	25 April 1977

Area
• Total	947,303 km² (365,756 sq mi) (31st)
• Water (%)	6.4^[6]
Population
• 2021 estimate	61,193,226^[7] (24th)
• 2012 census	44,928,923^[8]
• Density	47.5/km² (123.0/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2019 estimate
• Total	$200.144 billion
• Per capita	$3,574^[9]
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	$65.632 billion
• Per capita	$1,172^[9]
Gini (2017)	40.5^[10] medium
HDI (2019)	0.529^[11] low · 163rd
Currency	Tanzanian shilling (TSH)
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
Driving side	left
Calling code	+255^[a]
ISO 3166 code	TZ
Internet TLD	.tz
Revised to $41.33 billion^[12] Swahili and English are de facto official languages

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