Tanzania
United Republic of Tanzania
Tanzania (TZ, TZA) is a country in Eastern Africa, with Dodoma as its capital. The currency is the Tanzanian Shilling (TZS, TZS). The international dialling code is +255 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 0621 234 567. The time zone is Africa/Dar_es_Salaam. Official languages: Swahili and English.
CurrencyTZSTZS
Dial code+255e.g. 0621 234 567
Time zoneDar es SalaamUTC+03:00
LanguageSwahili+1 more
CapitalDodoma
Population67.5M945.1K km²
Overview
- Official name
- United Republic of Tanzania
- Native name
- Tanzania
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- TZ
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- TZA
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 834
- IOC code
- TAN
- Demonym
- Tanzanian
- Capital
- Dodoma
- Region
- Africa › Eastern Africa
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Eastern Africa
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .tz
- Coordinates
- -6, 35
- Area
- 945,087 km²
- Population
- 67,462,100
- GDP
- $234.1B ($3.5K per person)
- Literacy
- 67.8%
- Landlocked
- No
Currency
Tanzanian Shilling TZS
- Symbol
- TZS
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Cash rounding
- 0 decimals, increment 0
- Example
- TSh 1,234.50
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swahili sw | Official | 90% (60.7M) | |
| English en | Official | 69% (46.5M) | |
| Sukuma suk | 8.7% (5.9M) | ||
| Nyamwezi nym | 3.3% (2.2M) | ||
| Makonde kde | 2.5% (1.7M) | ||
| Bena bez | 1.7% (1.1M) | ||
| Shambala ksb | 1.7% (1.1M) | ||
| Masai mas | 1.5% (1M) | ||
| mgy mgy | 1.4% (944.5K) | ||
| Asu asa | 1.2% (809.5K) | ||
| Langi lag | 0.87% (586.9K) | ||
| Machame jmc | 0.74% (499.2K) | ||
| Rombo rof | 0.74% (499.2K) | ||
| Vunjo vun | 0.74% (499.2K) | ||
| Rwa rwk | 0.22% (148.4K) | ||
| Sangu sbp | 0.2% (134.9K) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa/Dar_es_Salaam | UTC+03:00 | none | East Africa Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +255
- Dial-out prefix
- 00[056]
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 9 digits
- Emergency number
- 110 pattern 11[0-245]|999
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 022 234 5678 | +255 22 234 5678 | XXX XXX XXXX | 9 |
| Mobile | 0621 234 567 | +255 621 234 567 | XXXX XXX XXX | 9 |
| Toll free | 0800 12 3456 | +255 800 12 3456 | XXXX XX XXXX | 9 |
| Premium rate | 0900 12 3456 | +255 900 12 3456 | XXXX XX XXXX | 9 |
| Shared cost | 0840 12 3456 | +255 840 12 3456 | XXXX XX XXXX | 9 |
| VoIP | 041 234 5678 | +255 41 234 5678 | XXX XXX XXXX | 9 |
Show the 4 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{3})(\d{2})(\d{4}) | [89] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{4}) | [24] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{2})(\d{7}) | 5 | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{3}) | [67] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{Postal code} {City}
No data.
Postal code
- Pattern
\d{4,5}- Examples
- 6090 · 34413
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 24-hour (0–23), also hB, hb, h
- Calendars
- gregorian
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
Number and date formats
As written by the Swahili (Tanzania) locale (sw-TZ), amounts in TZS.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (TZS)
- TSh 1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- -TSh 1,234,567.89
- Currency, name
- shilingi za Tanzania 1,234,567.89
- Compact short
- 1.2M
- Compact long
- milioni 1.2
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- kilomita 88 kwa saa
- Temperature
- 21.5°C
- Date, full
- Ijumaa, 27 Machi 2026
- Date, long
- 27 Machi 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 Mac 2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/2026
- Time, medium
- 15:04:05
- Time, short
- 15:04
- Date and time
- 27 Mac 2026, 15:04
- Month and year
- Machi 2026
- Weekday
- Ijumaa
- Relative time
- jana · baada ya siku 3 · saa 2 zilizopita
- List: and
- A, B na C
- List: or
- A, B au C