ACOG - United Republic of Tanzania - IBM

Geography

Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique

Area:
total area: 945,090 sq km
land area: 886,040 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than twice the size of California

Land boundaries: total 3,402 km, Burundi 451 km, Kenya 769 km, Malawi 475 km, Mozambique756 km, Rwanda 217 km, Uganda 396 km, Zambia 338 km

Coastline: 1,424 km


People

Population: 28,701,077 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 47% (female 6,724,575; male 6,676,652)
15-64 years: 50% (female 7,462,615; male 7,027,551)
65 years and over: 3% (female 425,211; male 384,473)

Population growth rate: 2.55% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 45.25 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 19.81 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 109 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 42.53 years
male: 40.88 years
female: 44.22 years

Total fertility rate: 6.15 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions:

Religions:

Languages: Swahili (official; widely understood and generally used for communication between ethnic groups and is used in primary education), English (official; primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education)

Literacy: age 15 and over has ability to read and write a letter or message in Kisahili (1988)
total population: 59%
male: 71%
female: 48%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: United Republic of Tanzania
conventional short form: Tanzania

Type: republic

Capital: Dar es Salaam

Independence: 26 April 1964; Tanganyika became independent 9 December 1961 (fromUN trusteeship under British administration); Zanzibar became independent19 December 1963 (from UK); Tanganyika united with Zanzibar 26 April 1964to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar; renamed United Republicof Tanzania 29 October 1964

Constitution: 25 April 1977; major revisions October 1984


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $21 billion

National product real growth rate: 3%

National product per capita: $750

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 25%

Unemployment rate:

Electricity:
capacity: 440,000 kW
production: 880 million kWh
consumption per capita: 30 kWh



Olympic Factoid
The volunteer staff of the 1996 Olympic Games totaled 50,152. They worked an estimated 850,000 shifts.