Distillers Tanzania
A one-page guide to Tanzania for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Dodoma (official); Dar es Salaam (commercial centre)
- Official languages
- Swahili, English
- Currency
- Tanzanian shilling (TZS)
- Time zone
- UTC+3 (EAT)
- Area
- 947,303 km²
People
- Population
- 70.5 million (2025)
- Population growth
- 2.9% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 36.9%
- Aged under 15
- 42.3%
- Aged 65 and over
- 3.0%
- Life expectancy
- 67.2 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$89.6 billion (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$1,270 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 5.9% (2025)
- Inflation
- 3.3% (2025)
Climate
Mostly warm: the hot period is November-February (25-31 C) and the cool period May-August (15-20 C), with highlands 10-20 C. Rain is single-season (October-April) in the south, centre and west and twin-season (October-December and March-May) in the north and east.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal
- Legal drinking age
- 16 in statute (Intoxicating Liquors Act, Cap. 77, s.69 bars supplying liquor to anyone under the apparent age of 16); 18 is applied by industry self-regulation
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 1.4 litres of pure alcohol (2022)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia - Tanzania (basics, climate); IMF DataMapper WEO (GDP, population, growth, inflation; retrieved 26 Oct 2026); UN Comtrade (HS 2208); WHO Global Health Observatory; Wikipedia - Legal drinking age; Konyagi flavours - Food Business Africa; Food Business MEA (Nov 2025): TBL Q3 2025 results; PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries - Tanzania, other taxes (reviewed 9 Sep 2026). Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.