Tanzania, United Republic of     [84]
(Independent in 1961-63 from United Kingdom)
ISO COUNTRY CODE: TZ
LAND AREA: 945264 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):

>17,000	>10,000	>1,000	>100	>10	>1	<1	Unknown	TOTAL
0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	3

DEMOGRAPHY
  POPULATION: 30799000 (1996)
  DENSITY: 33 persons/sq. km    GROWTH RATE: 3%/year
  POP AGR/FISH/MINING: 85%
  URBAN POP: 24% (1994), versus 5% (1960), Annual Growth: 5.9%
  LIFE EXPECTANCY: 50.3 years,  ADULT LITERACY: 66.8%
  INFANT MORTALITY: 85 per/1000 (1994), versus 147 (1960)
  HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: 0.357

ECONOMY, Annual GNP Growth Rate 1980-1993: 2.7%,  Annual Growth Rate GNP/Capita: 0.1%
  GDP/Capita: $153  GDP/Capita PPP: $656
  GDP/Capita: 1960 $123, 1970 $160, 1980 $165, 1990 $171
  OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE: $875 million

ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
  TOTAL FOREST AREA: 32510,000 ha, 36.8% of land area, 1.1 ha/capita
  NATURAL FOREST AREA: 32356,000 ha
  ARABLE LAND: 3.2% of land area
NATURE CONSERVATION INTEREST:

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
  ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION: 32 kw-hr/capita, versus 36 kw-hr/cap (1970)
  TRADITIONAL FUEL CONSUMPTION: 92% (1993), versus 79% (1973)
  INTERNAL RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES: 3.0,000 cu.m/cap/year
  SEAFOOD CONSUMPTION (1990-92): 15 kg/cap/year, CHANGE SINCE 1980-82: 27%
  CHANGE IN ANNUAL MARINE CATCH 1980-82 to 1990-92: 55%

INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:

TANZANIA: Wildlife Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, 
P.O. Box 1994, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania;                                 
Marine Parks and Reserves Unit.                                         
Parastatals: Tanzania National Parks; College of African Wildlife       
Management;                                                             
Serengeti Wildlife Research Institute; Tanzania Wildlife Corporation;   
Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority.                                 
ZANZIBAR has separate Department of Environment, Commission for Lands   
and                                                                     
Environment, P.O. Box 811, Zanzibar, Tanzania;                          
Forest Reserves managed by Sub-Commission for Forestry, of              
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Natural Resources.               
                                                                        

Marine Parks and Reserves Act, 1995.