Country scorecard
Tanzania
Africa · 67M people
ALPS
1.29
languages per person
#163 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
9%
globally connected
Moderately multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.3 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Tanzania is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇰🇪 Kenya98%
- 🇺🇬 Uganda65%
- 🇷🇼 Rwanda35%
- 🇨🇩 DR Congo31%
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica30%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Swahili99%
- English30%
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