Tanzania - Republic of Tanzania

WOI - missions teams in Tanzania David & Lisa Finke

geography
Area 99,067 sq.km. Southern half of Korean peninsula. Forested mountain ranges; 22% arable.

population
2000    33,517,014
2010    49,975,564
2025    52,532,789

peoples
Bantu peoples 92.4%
Nilotic 2.9%
Cushitic 2%
Khoisan 0.4%
Other 2.3%

literacy
68%

Official language: Swahili and English
2% speak only Swahili and no local African language.
All languages: 135.
Languages with Scriptures: 17Bi 17NT 15por 10w.i.p.

religion
There is religious freedom, and equal rights and opportunities for both Muslims and Christians to worship and propagate their faiths.

Religions Christian Muslim Traditional ethnic Hindu Baha'i non-religious /other Sikh

Population % 51.42 31.80 15.15 0.90 0.40 0.30 0.03

Country profiles supplied courtesy of Operation World. http://www.gmi.org/ow/