Tanzania
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Did you know
At 5,895 m, Kilimanjaro is the tallest free-standing mountain on Earth's land surface. (source)
Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 3%
- people aged 65 or older
- 2.1M
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 4.5%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 17.6 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 10.7%
- women 13.3%, men 7.6%
- of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like
- 0.1%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2022; UN, 2002 census
Languages
131 languages, 50 of them endangered
- ZaramoCritically endangered
- KamiSeverely endangered
- OgiekSeverely endangered
- AkieDefinitely endangered
- AlagwaDefinitely endangered
- BembeDefinitely endangered
- BendeDefinitely endangered
- BurungeDefinitely endangered
- DhaisoDefinitely endangered
- GwenoDefinitely endangered
- HadzaDefinitely endangered
- KabwaDefinitely endangered
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- KaraDefinitely endangered
- MbuguDefinitely endangered
- NdengerekoDefinitely endangered
- NindiDefinitely endangered
- SegejuDefinitely endangered
- VidundaDefinitely endangered
- BiyanjiidaVulnerable
- BondeiVulnerable
- Cutchi-SwahiliVulnerable
- DoeVulnerable
- GorowaVulnerable
- IkomaVulnerable
- IsanzuVulnerable
- KaheVulnerable
- KimbuVulnerable
- KisiVulnerable
- Konongo–RuwilaVulnerable
- KutuVulnerable
- KwereVulnerable
- LuguruVulnerable
- MakweVulnerable
- MandaVulnerable
- Mbamba BayVulnerable
- MbugweVulnerable
- MbungaVulnerable
- NdambaVulnerable
- NdweweVulnerable
- PimbweVulnerable
- RungwaVulnerable
- SagaraVulnerable
- SandaweVulnerable
- SanguVulnerable
- ShinyihaVulnerable
- Suba-SimbitiVulnerable
- VinzaVulnerable
- WandaVulnerable
- ZigulaVulnerable
- ZinzaVulnerable
- Bena
- Bungu
- Buraadiga
- Chewa
- Datooga
- Dholuo
- Digo
- Fipa
- Gogo
- Gusii
- Ha
- Hangaza
- Haya
- Hehe
- Ikizu
- Iramba
- Iraqw
- Isenye
- Isimjeega-Rootigaanga
- Jita
- Kagulu
- Kerewe
- Kiduruma
- Kinga
- Kinyarwanda
- Kirundi
- Kiswahili
- Kuria
- Kwaya
- Lambya
- Logooli
- Maasai
- Machame
- Machinga
- Magoma
- Makhuwa-Meetto
- Makonde
- Malila
- Mambwe-Lungu
- Matengo
- Matumbi
- Mochi
- Mpoto
- Mwanga
- Mwera
- Ndali
- Ndendeule
- Ngindo
- Ngoreme
- Ngulu
- Nyakyusa
- Nyambo
- Nyamwezi
- Nyiha
- Nyika, Tanzania
- Pangwa
- Pare
- Pogolo
- Rangi
- Rombo
- Runyankole
- Rwa
- Safwa
- Shambala
- Shubi
- Sonjo
- Standard Arabic
- Suba
- Sukuma
- Sumbwa
- Taita
- Tanzanian Ngoni
- Tanzanian Sign Language
- Taveta
- Tongwe
- Turu
- Vunjo
- Vwanji
- Yao
- Zanaki
- Omaio
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
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