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<text id=93CT1439>
<title>
Tanzania--People
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Tanzania
People</hdr><body>
<p>Population: 27,286,363 (July 1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Population growth rate: 2.56% (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Birth rate: 45.66 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Death rate: 19.02 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Net migration rate: -1.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993
est.)
</p>
<p>Infant mortality rate: 110.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1993
est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
<l> total population: 44 years</l>
<l> male: 42.19 years</l>
<l> female: 45.87 years (1993 est.)</l>
</list>
<p>Total fertility rate: 6.25 children born/woman (1993 est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Nationality:</l>
<l> noun: Tanzanian(s)</l>
<l> adjective: Tanzanian</l>
</list>
<list>
<l>Ethnic divisions:</l>
<l> mainland: native African 99% (consisting of well over 100
tribes) Asian, European, and Arab 1%</l>
<l> Zanzibar: NA</l>
</list>
<list>
<l>Religions:</l>
<l> mainland: Christian 40%, Muslim 33%, indigenous beliefs
25%</l>
<l> Zanzibar: Muslim</l>
</list>
<p>Languages: Swahili (official; widely understood and generally
used for communication between ethnic groups and is used in
primary education), English (official; primary language of
commerce, administration, and higher education)
</p>
<p>note: first language of most people is one of the local
languages
</p>
<list>
<l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1978)</l>
<l> total population: 46%</l>
<l> male: 62%</l>
<l> female: 31%</l>
</list>
<p>Labor force: 732,200 wage earners
</p>
<p> by occupation: agriculture 90%, industry and commerce 10%
(1986 est.)
</p></body></article></text>