TANZANIA IN BRIEF

Basic National Data

 Based on the Tanzania Investment Guide: 2002

LOCATION:

Tanzania is located in Eastern Africa between longitude 29° and 41° East and latitudes 1° and 12° South

LAND AREA:

883,749 sq km (Zanzibar: 2460 sq km)

LAKE AREA: - Total 59,100 sq km

POPULATION:

32.9 mill. (Zanzibar 825,100)

CLIMATE:

Tropical on the coast, semi temperate inland

LANGUAGES:

• Swahili and 
• English

MAIN RELIGIONS:

• Christianity and
• Islam

CURRENCY:

The Tanzania Shilling (T.Shs.) Average exchange rate, January 2003 T.sh.____/US $ 1

TIME:

Three hours ahead of GMT/.

Emphasis GDP Snapshot, 1999:

GDP	US $ 8.8 bn
GDP per capital	USD $ 240
GDP growth	4.3%
Agriculture Value Added	47.6%
Industry Value Added	14.3%
Services Value Added	38.0%

Source: The World Bank

Social-economic snapshot 1999 

Population Density	32.9 mill
Population Growth	33.6 per sq km 1995
Urban Population	31.7 – % of total
Labour Force (%)	2.7
Illiteracy Rare, Male	16 - % of Male 15+
Illiteracy Rare, Female	34.4 - % of Female 15+
Mortality Rale	85 – per 1000 live births, 1998
Life expectancy at Birth	47.2 – years, 1998

Source: The World Bank

 FDR Inflows 1994 - 1999

1994	50.2 US $ mm
1995	150.86
1996	148.64
1997	157.63
1998	172.22
1999	183.83 – higher in SSA

Source: Tanzania Investment Guide, 2002