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Tanzania: map and facts
Tanzania is in Eastern Africa. It has about 70.5 million people (2025), the 21st largest population. It covers 945,500 km², the 30th largest by area. That is about 75 people per km². Its highest point is Mount Kilimanjaro, at 5,895 m. The longest river on its map is the Ruvuma, 800 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 70,545,865 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 945,500 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Dodoma
- Highest point: Mount Kilimanjaro, 5,895 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 49.6% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Tanzania, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Ruvuma: 800 km
- Rufiji: 600 km
- Wami: 545 km
- Great Ruaha: 480 km
- Malagarasi: 475 km
- Pangani: 420 km
- Kagera: 400 km
Also on the map: Luwegu, Ugalla, Shama, Rungwa, Igombe and Gombe.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Mount Kilimanjaro: 5,895 m (its highest point)
- Loolmalasin: 3,682 m
- Mtorwi: 2,961 m
- Kimhandu: 2,653 m
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Great Rift Valley, Iwembere Steppe, Masai Steppe and Serengeti Plains.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): grassland 40.8%, savanna 40.4%, water 6.3%, mixed forest 3.2%, deciduous broadleaf forest 2.9%, evergreen broadleaf forest 2.2%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plateaus 44.2%, hills 37.7%, mountains 10.2%, plains 7.6%.
Forests covered 49.6% of its land in 2024, down from 65.7% in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #3 in graphite among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
Tanzania shares land borders with Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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