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title: "Tanzania — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Tanzania: capital Dodoma, area 947,300 km², population 70,545,865 (2025), currency Tanzanian shilling. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/tanzania/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Tanzania

**Tanzania: Capital Dodoma**

947,300 km² · 70,545,865 people (2025) · Tanzanian shilling

Kilimanjaro at 5,895 m is the highest point in Africa and the tallest free-standing mountain in the world, rising about 4,900 m from the surrounding plain. Tanzania also has a shore on Lake Victoria, the largest tropical lake, and on Lake Tanganyika, the second-deepest lake on Earth at 1,470 m. The Ngorongoro Crater is the largest intact volcanic caldera anywhere.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Dodoma
- **Largest city:** Dar es Salaam
- **Area:** 947,300 km² — 365,754 sq mi
- **Population:** 70,545,865 (2025)
- **Density:** 74.5 people per km²
- **Currency:** Tanzanian shilling (TZS, Sh)
- **Official languages:** English, Swahili
- **Time zone:** UTC+03:00
- **Calling code:** +255
- **Drives on the:** left
- **ISO codes:** TZ · TZA
- **Continent:** Africa

## How it compares

- **By area:** 31 of 200
- **By population:** 21 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mauritania | 1,030,700 | 5,315,065 |
| Egypt | 1,001,450 | 118,365,995 |
| Tanzania ← | 947,300 | 70,545,865 |
| Nigeria | 923,768 | 237,527,782 |
| Venezuela | 912,050 | 28,516,896 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Tanzania?

Dodoma

### What currency does Tanzania use?

The Tanzanian shilling (TZS).

### How big is Tanzania?

947,300 km², or 365,754 square miles — 31 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Tanzania drive on?

The left.

## Related pages

- [Mauritania](https://atoneplace.net/country/mauritania/)
- [Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country/egypt/)
- [Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/nigeria/)
- [Venezuela](https://atoneplace.net/country/venezuela/)
- [Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/nigeria/)
- [Ethiopia](https://atoneplace.net/country/ethiopia/)
- [Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country/egypt/)
- [Democratic Republic of the Congo](https://atoneplace.net/country/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/)
- [South Africa](https://atoneplace.net/country/south-africa/)
- [Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country/kenya/)
- [Sudan](https://atoneplace.net/country/sudan/)
- [Uganda](https://atoneplace.net/country/uganda/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]