Africa · Eastern Africa
Capital: Dodoma
Tanzania
Explore the facts and rankings that shape Tanzania in Country Blitz, from its population and economy to its military, innovation, manufacturing, and neighboring countries.
Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #65
Tanzania's Country Blitz power profile compares population, GDP, military expenditure, research-and-development spending, and manufacturing output across every playable country. A lower numerical rank represents a stronger position in that category.
Population
70.5M
#21 of 196
90th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
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$90.14B
#82 of 196
58th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
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$920.8M
#91 of 196
54th percentile
2024 · SIPRI via World Bank WDI
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$234.9M
#77 of 196
61st percentile
2013 · UNESCO UIS and World Bank WDI
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$6.64B
#89 of 196
55th percentile
2023 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Quick facts
- Capital
- Dodoma
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Eastern Africa
- Country code
- TZA
Three interesting facts
Tanzania shares land borders with 8 countries: Burundi, DR Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia.
Tanzania spans roughly 945,087 square kilometers, placing it around 30th by area in this factbook.
Its 8 land neighbors give Tanzania one of the most connected positions on its regional map.
Geography
Tanzania on the map
Tanzania is located in Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique. Its terrain is plains along coast, central plateau, highlands in north, south. The climate varies from tropical along coast to temperate in highlands. In area, the country is more than six times the size of Georgia, slightly larger than twice the size of California.
Economy
Economic profile
Tanzania's economy is characterized by emerging lower middle-income East African economy, resource-rich and growing tourism, strong post-pandemic recovery from hospitality, electricity, mining, and transit sectors, declining poverty, stable inflation, gender-based violence economic and labor force disruptions. Major industries include agricultural processing (sugar, beer, cigarettes, sisal twine), mining (diamonds, gold, and iron), salt, soda ash, cement, oil refining, shoes, apparel, wood products, fertilizer. Important agricultural products include maize, cassava, sweet potatoes, bananas, milk, sugarcane, rice, vegetables, beans, sunflower seeds (2023). Notable exports include gold, refined petroleum, dried legumes, refined copper, coal (2023).
Demographics
People and population
Tanzania has an estimated population of 68,153,004. Language and cultural traditions vary across Tanzania. The population includes mainland - African 99% (of which 95% are Bantu consisting of more than 130 tribes), other 1% (consisting of Asian, European, and Arab), Zanzibar - Arab, African, mixed Arab and African. The urban population represents 37.4% of total population (2023).
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