Tanzania: flag, capital & map
Get to know Tanzania, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Dodoma
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Eastern Africa
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 70,545,865
- Area
- 947,303 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- English, Swahili
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Tanzanian Shilling (TZS)
- Land neighbours
- Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia
Dodoma is Tanzania’s capital. Dar es Salaam is its largest city and a major port.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Tanzania
The flag of Tanzania features a yellow-edged black diagonal band that extends from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner of the field. Above and beneath this band are a green and light blue triangle respectively.
Where it is
Tanzania is grouped in Eastern Africa, within Roam’s Africa region. Its land-border list includes 8 countries in this atlas: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Tanzania has a recorded area of 947,303 square kilometres. Among the 16 countries assigned to Eastern Africa in this dataset, it ranks 2 by area, from largest to smallest. Ethiopia is immediately above it in that ordering, at 1,104,300 km². Mozambique is immediately below it, at 801,590 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 70,545,865 people for Tanzania in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 74 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are English and Swahili. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Tanzanian Shilling (TZS). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Tanzania?
Reveal answer
Dodoma. Dodoma is Tanzania’s capital. Dar es Salaam is its largest city and a major port.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Tanzania?
Reveal answer
The flag of Tanzania features a yellow-edged black diagonal band that extends from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner of the field. Above and beneath this band are a green and light blue triangle respectively.
Which land neighbours of Tanzania are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia. The source classifies Tanzania as not landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Tanzania?
Reveal answer
English and Swahili. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Tanzania.
Which currency codes are listed for Tanzania?
Reveal answer
Tanzanian Shilling (TZS). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
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