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These ethnic groups are of Bantu origin, with large Nilotic-speaking, moderate indigenous, and small non-African minorities. The country lacks a clear dominant ethnic majority: the largest ethnic group in Tanzania, the Sukuma people, comprises about 16 percent of the country's total population, followed by the Wanyakyusa and the Chagga.
Population density (2022) Demographics of Tanzania, Data of Our World in Data, year 2022; Number of inhabitants in millions. The Bantu Sukuma are Tanzania's largest ethnic group. According to the 2012 census, the total population was 44,928,923 compared to 12,313,469 in 1967, [2]: 1 resulting in an annual growth rate of 2.9 percent. The under ...
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Tanzania's literary culture is primarily oral. Major oral literary forms include folktales, poems, riddles, proverbs, and songs. [8]: page 69 The greatest part of Tanzania's recorded oral literature is in Swahili, even though each of the country's languages has its own oral tradition. The country's oral literature has been declining because of ...
Tanzania's population comprises about 120 ethnic, [22] linguistic, and religious groups. Christianity is the largest religion in Tanzania , with substantial Muslim and Animist minorities. [ 23 ] Over 100 languages are spoken in Tanzania , making it the most linguistically diverse country in East Africa; [ 24 ] the country does not have a de ...
The Ha, also called Abaha (Waha in Swahili), are a Bantu ethnic group found in Kigoma Region in northwestern Tanzania bordering Lake Tanganyika. [1] [2] In 2001, the Ha population was estimated to number between 1 and 1.5 million, making them one of the largest ethnic groups in ethnically diverse Tanzania. [1] [3] [4]
Dague is from Peru and Rodrigez is from Guatemala. While Fasihi was born in the United States, his ethnicity is Tanzania, an African country in East Africa. "My dad is from Tanzania. He lived ...
The Zaramo people, also referred to as Dzalamo or Saramo (Wazaramo, in Swahili), are a Bantu ethnic group native to the central eastern coast of Tanzania, particularly Dar es Salaam Region and Pwani Region. [1] [2] They are the largest ethnic group in and around Dar es Salaam, the former capital of Tanzania and the 7th largest city in Africa. [3]