Tanzania
Africa · Eastern Africa
Key facts
- Capital
- Dodoma
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Eastern Africa
- Population (2025)
- 70.5 million (70,545,865) · rank 21 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 945,500 km² · rank 30 of 193
- People per km²
- 75 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Tanzania, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Tanzania in the map data: 8.
- Burundi capitals 710 km apart
- DR Congo capitals 2,270 km apart
- Kenya capitals 560 km apart
- Malawi capitals 900 km apart
- Mozambique capitals 2,230 km apart
- Rwanda capitals 780 km apart
- Uganda capitals 800 km apart
- Zambia capitals 1,310 km apart
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, Zambia.
In the quizzes
The levels on which Tanzania is asked in each selection:
| Selection | Map | Flag | Capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| World | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium · Hard | Easy · Medium · Hard |
| Africa | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium |
| Giants by area | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard |
| Giants by population | Medium · Hard | Hard | Hard |
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Tanzania | Dodoma |
| Italiano | Tanzania | Dodoma |
| Magyar | Tanzánia | Dodoma |
| Suomi | Tansania | Dodoma |