Official Languages

Languages spoken here

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“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Tanzania

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Sukuma	12228000	Sukuma	Christianity
Gogo	3094000	Gogo	Christianity
Haya, Ziba	2762000	Haya	Christianity
Ha	2326000	Ha	Christianity
Makonde	2180000	Makonde	Islam
Nyamwezi, Nyanyembe	2128000	Nyamwezi	Islam
Nyakyusa, Ngonde	1744000	Nyakyusa-Ngonde	Christianity
Hehe	1731000	Hehe	Christianity
Luguru, Ruguru	1586000	Luguru	Christianity
Zaramo	1517000	Zaramo	Islam
Bena	1516000	Bena (Tanzania)	Christianity
Shambala	1502000	Shambala	Islam
Chagga	1404000	Mochi	Christianity
Turu, Nyaturu	1284000	Nyaturu	Christianity
Pare, Asu	1155000	Asu (Tanzania)	Islam
Mwera	1061000	Mwera (Tanzania, Lindi Region)	Islam
Iraqw, Mbulu	1059000	Iraqw	Ethnic Religions
Iramba, Nyilamba	983000	Nilamba	Christianity
Zigua	980000	Zigula	Islam
Kuria	883000	Kuria	Christianity
Maasai, Baraguyu	875000	Maasai	Ethnic Religions
Nyambo, Ragwe	870000	Nyambo	Ethnic Religions
Yao	858000	Yao	Islam
Machambe	857000	Machame	Christianity
Vunjo	826000	Vunjo	Christianity
Rangi	826000	Rangi	Islam
Swahili, Zanzibari	826000	Swahili	Islam
Makhuwa-Meetto	787000	Makhuwa-Meetto	Islam
Hutu, Rundi	784000	Rundi	Christianity
Shirazi	781000	Swahili	Islam
Ngindo	743000	Ngindo	Islam
Rufiji	676000	Rufiji	Islam
Mambwe-Lungu	672000	Mambwe-Lungu	Ethnic Religions
Sumbwa	644000	Sumbwa	Ethnic Religions
Pogoro	624000	Pogolo	Christianity
Gujarati	604000	Gujarati	Hinduism
Safwa	533000	Safwa	Ethnic Religions
Nyiha, Tanzania	522000	Nyiha, Tanzania	Ethnic Religions
Ndali	506000	Ndali	Christianity
Hangaza	506000	Hangaza	Christianity
Matengo	506000	Matengo	Christianity
Kagulu, Northern Sagara	482000	Kagulu	Christianity
Maasai, Arusha	476000	Maasai	Ethnic Religions
Maasai	476000	Maasai	Ethnic Religions
Zinza	466000	Zinza	Ethnic Religions
Nguu	446000	Ngulu	Islam
Fipa	435000	Fipa	Christianity
Jita	426000	Jita	Ethnic Religions
Kwere	339000	Kwere	Ethnic Religions
Kerewe	337000	Kerewe	Christianity

Languages

140 languages recorded here.

Alagwa

Asu (Tanzania)

Bemba

Bembe

Bena (Tanzania)

Benamanga

Bende

Bondei

Bungu

Burunge

Chichewa

Chidigo

Chinese, Mandarin

Chingoni

Cutchi-Swahili

Datooga

Dawida

Dhaiso

Dholuo

Doe

English

Fipa

Ganda

German, Standard

Gikuyu

Gogo

Gorwaa

Greek

Gujarati

Gweno

Hadza

Hangaza

Haya

Hehe

Hindi

Ikizu

Ikoma-Nata-Isenye

Iraqw

Isanzu

Jita

Kabwa

Kacchi

Kagulu

Kahe

Kalanga

Kamba

Kami (Tanzania)

Kara (Tanzania)

Kerewe

Kimbu

Kinga

Kinyarwanda

Kisankasa

Kisi

Kiviila

Konongo

Kuria

Kutu

Kwaya

Kwere

Lambya

Luguru

Maasai

Machame

Machinga

Magoma

Makhuwa-Meetto

Makonde

Makwe

Malila

Mambwe-Lungu

Manda (Tanzania)

Matambwe

Matengo

Matumbi

Mbugu

Mbugwe

Mbunga

Mochi

Mpoto

Mwera

Mwera (Tanzania, Lindi Region)

Ndali

Ndamba

Ndendeule

Ndengereko

Ndonde Hamba

Ndwewe

Ngindo

Ngoreme

Ngulu

Nilamba

Nindi

Nyakyusa-Ngonde

Nyambo

Nyamwanga

Nyamwezi

Nyankore

Nyaturu

Nyiha, Tanzania

Nyika, Tanzania

Pangwa

Pimbwe

Pogolo

Punjabi, Eastern

Rangi

Rombo

Rufiji

Rundi

Rungwa

Ruwila

Rwa

Safwa

Sagala

Sandawe

Sangu (Tanzania)

Shambala

Shubi

Soga

Somali

Suba-Simbiti

Subi

Sukuma

Sumbwa

Swahili

Tanzanian Sign Language

Taveta

Temi

Tongwe

Vidunda

Vinza

Vunjo

Vwanji

Wanda

Yao

Zanaki

Zaramo

Zigula

Zinza

All catalogue fields

157 fields recorded

rog3: TZ
iso3: TZA
iso2: TZ
ctry: Tanzania
poplpeoples: 72276000
cntpeoples: 154
cntpeopleslr: 24
poplpeopleslr: 6521000
jpscalectry: 5
rol3officiallanguage: swh
officiallang: Swahili
rlg3primary: 1
religionprimary: Christianity
percentchristianity: 50.429213654541
percentevangelical: 11.036906044424
c_10_40window: N
rog2: AFR
continent: Africa
regioncode: 7
regionname: Africa, East and Southern
workersneeded: 135
harvest_rog3: TZ
harvest_iso3: TZA
harvest_iso2: TZ
harvest_owcountrycode: TANZ
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: TZ
harvest_countrynumber: 208
harvest_ctry: Tanzania
harvest_ctryshort: Tanzania
harvest_altname: Zanzibar
harvest_countrynamechinese: 坦桑尼亚
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 坦桑尼亚
harvest_countrynamedutch: Tanzanië
harvest_countrynamefrench: Tanzanie
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Tanzanie
harvest_countrynamegerman: Tansania
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Tansania
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Tanzania
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Tanzania
harvest_countrynameitalian: Tanzania
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Tanzania
harvest_countrynamekorean: 탄자니아
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 탄자니아
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Tanzania
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Tanzania
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Tanzânia
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Tanzânia
harvest_countrynamerussian: Танзания
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Танзания
harvest_countrynamespanish: Tanzania
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Tanzania
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Tanzania
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Tanzania
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: de
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: na
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
harvest_rog2: AFR
harvest_regioncode2414: 2
harvest_regioncode: 7
harvest_unsr: 014
harvest_worldabc: B
harvest_maniregioncode: EA
harvest_capital: Dodoma
harvest_population: 70546000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/tanzania.html
harvest_prayercastvimeourl: 22994616
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-tz.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/united-republic-tanzania
harvest_jpscale: 5
harvest_c_10_40window: N
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: N
harvest_biblerestrictionsrank: 63
harvest_bibleshortagerank: 6
harvest_bibleaccessurl: https://www.bibleaccesslist.org/profiles/TZ_2025_profile.pdf
harvest_owpctevang: 17.9
harvest_owpctcharismatic: 11.486671
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 2.4000001
harvest_owcountrypage: tanzania
harvest_literacyrate: 80
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 34
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: swh
harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: eng
harvest_rlg3primary: 1
harvest_rlg4primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 12.97
harvest_pctbahai: 0.43
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0.9
harvest_pctislam: 31.2
harvest_pctsikh: 0.03
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
harvest_pctnonreligious: 0.4
harvest_pctother: 0
harvest_pctchristian: 54.07
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 17.43
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 2.22
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 7.33
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 27.1
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0.06
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0.09000000000000001
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 4.17
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: -4.329999998001758
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A013
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.531
harvest_hdirank: 151
harvest_internetusers: 13
harvest_flashmapzoom: 300
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -114
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -147
harvest_googlemapzoom: 5
harvest_googlemaplat: -6
harvest_googlemaplng: 35
harvest_ctrylatitude: -6.369028
harvest_ctrylongitude: 34.888822
harvest_securitylevel: 1
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/tanzania/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 101
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 3.123923488351011
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=tz&joshua=tz
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-tanzania
harvest_internetusage: 25
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl: https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/tanzania/
harvest_biblesocietyurl: http://biblesociety-tanzania.org/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 364900
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 945037
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 102
harvest_countryphonecode: 255
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 47.7
harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 9
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 36.6
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 9.699999999999999
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 51.42
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 17
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .tz
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/tanzania
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00