Age structure:
0-14 years: 47% (female 6,724,575; male 6,676,652)
15-64 years: 50% (female 7,462,615; male 7,027,551)
65 years and over: 3% (female 425,211; male 384,473) (July 1995 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.55% (1995 est.)
Birth rate: 45.25 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Death rate: 19.81 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) note: in February 1995, a fresh influx of refugees from civil strife in Burundi brought the total number of Burundian refugees in Tanzania to about 60,000; in addition, since April 1994 more than a half million refugees from Rwanda have taken refuge in Tanzania to escape civil strife in Rwanda
Infant mortality rate: 109 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 42.53 years male: 40.88 years female: 44.22 years (1995 est.)
Total fertility rate: 6.15 children born/woman (1995 est.)
Nationality: noun: Tanzanian(s) adjective: Tanzanian
Ethnic divisions:
mainland: native African 99% (consisting of well over 100 tribes),
Asian, European, and Arab 1%
Zanzibar: NA