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United Republic of Tanzania

  • President:Samia Suluhu Hassan
  • Prime Minister:Kassim Majaliwa
  • Capital city:Dodoma
  • Languages:Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguja (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar), many local languages note: Kiswahili (Swahili) is the mother tongue of the Bantu people living in Zanzibar and nearby coastal Tanzania; although Kiswahili is Bantu in structure and origin, its vocabulary draws on a variety of sources including Arabic and English; it has become the lingua franca of central and eastern Africa; the first language of most people is one of the local languages
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  • National statistics office
  • Population, persons:69,542,105 (2025)
  • Area, sq km:885,800
  • GDP per capita, US$:1,186 (2024)
  • GDP, billion current US$:78.8 (2024)
  • GINI index:40.5 (2018)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:141
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    • Global Innovation Index, 2025
      September 2025
      Source: Global Innovation Index
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 25 September, 2025
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      The Global Innovation Index 2023 captures the innovation ecosystem performance of 132 economies and tracks the most recent global innovation trends.  The GII 2023 tracks global innovation trends against a background of uncertainty caused by slow economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, high-interest rates, and geopolitical conflict, but with the promise of the Digital Age and Deep Science innovation waves and technological progress.  
    • Global Knowledge Index-Full Version
      November 2024
      Source: Knowledge4All
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 04 December, 2024
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      Data cited at:  Knowledge4All, United Nations Development Program & Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation.
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    • World Development Indicators (WDI)
      November 2025
      Source: World Bank
      Uploaded by: Alex Kulikov
      Accessed On: 01 December, 2025
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      The primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially-recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates