Tanzania
United Republic of Tanzania
- Region
- Africa · Eastern Africa
- Capital
- Dodoma
- Population
- 70,545,865 (2025)
- Government
- presidential republic
- Currency
- Tanzanian shilling (TZS)
- Official languages
- English, Swahili
- Spoken languages
- Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguja (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic, many local languages
- Written scripts
- Latin
- Area
- 945,087 km²
- Coastline
- Coastal
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- African Union, EAC, IMF, SADC, WCO, WTO
- Borders
- Burundi , DR Congo , Kenya , Malawi , Mozambique , Rwanda , Uganda , Zambia
Political stability
59 / 100
Economic stability
51 / 100
Population stability
52 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- gold, refined petroleum, dried legumes, refined copper, coal (2023)
- Key imports
- refined petroleum, plastics, garments, fertilizers, wheat (2023)
- Natural resources
- hydropower, tin, phosphates, iron ore, coal, diamonds, gemstones (including tanzanite, found only in Tanzania), gold, natural gas, nickel
- Primary route
- Indian Ocean gateways (Mombasa, Dar es Salaam, Djibouti) to Asia and the Gulf
- Secondary route
- Suez corridor to Europe
The xin.bz view
- Tanzania’s ~$42B LNG project (~47 tcf) gains commercial justification as buyers diversify away from constrained Gulf supply, while Dar es Salaam transit cargo rose ~17% to 14.61M t on Central African mineral trade.
xin.bz coverage
El Niño Is Splitting Africa's Water Map — Just as the World Turns to the Continent for Food, Fertilizer, Fuel and Critical Minerals
A wetter Horn and a drier south, Southern Africa's grain and Kariba buffers, cocoa's port squeeze, Moroccan phosphate and Nigerian fuel as global substitutes, and the corridors that turn African resources into accessible supply.
Africa Is Building a Continental Trade System in Real Time: AfCFTA Moves From Treaty to Customs Gates, Payment Rails and Freight Corridors
AfCFTA's implementation era in 2026 — customs modernization, PAPSS payment expansion, the Abidjan-Lagos and Lobito corridors, and the regional manufacturing buildout reshaping intra-African trade.
Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.