Demographics

Capital:	Dar es Salaam (de facto administrative capital), Dodoma (national capital); note: Dodoma, designated the national capital in 1996, serves as the meeting place for the National Assembly and is thus the legislative capital; Dar es Salaam (the original national capital) remains the de facto capital, the country’s largest city and commercial center, and the site of the executive branch offices and diplomatic representation
Population:	67,462,121 (2024 est.)
Land Area:	885,800km2
Religions:	Christian 63.1%, Muslim 34.1%, folk religion 1.1%, Buddhist <1%, Hindu <1%, Jewish <1%, other <1%, unspecified 1.6% (2020 est.); note: Zanzibar is almost entirely Muslim
Languages:	Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguja (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic, many local languages

Projects

The Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith (2022) provided USD $217,017.41 funding for the under-listed projects:

• Ordinary Subsidy for the Archdiocese of Dodoma
• Catechetical Subsidy for Archdiocese of Dodoma
• Ordinary Subsidy – Ai Padri Cappuccini in the Archdiocese of Dodoma
• Completion of Priests’ Rectory at Kigwe Parish in the Archdiocese of Dodoma
• Renovation of a Priests’ Rectory at Lumuma Village in the Archdiocese
• Renovation of a Priests’ Rectory at Bahi Parish in the Archdiocese of Dodoma
• Ordinary Subsidy for the Diocese of Geita
• Catechetical Subsidy for the Diocese of Geita
• Ordinary Subsidy for the Diocese of Ifakara
• Catechetical Subsidy for the Diocese of Ifakara
• Ordinary Subsidy for the Diocese of Kondoa
• Catechetical Subsidy for the Diocese of Kondoa