| Population : |
36,588,225 (July 2004 est.) |
| Age Structure : |
0-14 years: 44.2% (male 8,102,692; female 8,055,370)
15-64 years: 53.2% (male 9,646,342; female 9,834,925)
65 years and over: 2.6% (male 410,477; female 538,419) (2004 est.) |
| Population Growth Rate : |
1.95% (2004 est.) |
| Birth Rate / 1000 : |
39 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death Rate / 1000 : |
17.45 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net Migration Rate : |
-2.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Sex Ratio : |
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
| Infant Mortality Rate / 1,000 Live Births : |
total: 102.13 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy At Birth : |
total population: 44.39 years
male: 43.2 years
female: 45.61 years (2004 est.) |
| Fertility Rate - Children Born/Woman : |
5.15 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate : |
8.8% (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Infected People Living : |
1.6 million (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Deaths : |
160,000 (2003 est.) |
| Nationality : |
noun: Tanzanian(s)
adjective: Tanzanian |
| Ethnic Groups : |
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 |
| Religions : |
mainland - Christian 30%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 35%; Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim |
| Languages : |
Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguju (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 |
| Literacy : |
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.) |
