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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">The <u>preliminary</u> results of the
Tanzania 2012 National Census were released in January 2013, see
official Press Release below:<br>
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"The preliminary results of the national Census that took place in
October 2012 has been released. The official population of
Tanzania is now 44,929,002 people. Out of these, 43,625,434 and
1,303,568 people reside in Tanzania Mainland and Tanzania Zanzibar
respectively.<b><br>
</b><b>The analysis of the census data is still ongoing, with
further reports expected in February and April, 2013. The final
report will come out in June 2013.</b><br>
This is a fifth Census to be conducted in Tanzania. Previous
census with the population numbers are as follows: 1967
(12,313,469); 1978 (17,512,610); 1988 (23,095,885); 2002
(34,443,603)".<br>
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Previous census data has been put online at the NBS website: <a
href="http://nbs.go.tz/tnada/index.php/catalog">http://nbs.go.tz/tnada/index.php/catalog</a><br>
Census 2002 can be downloaded at Ward level from: ILRI (<a
href="http://192.156.137.110/gis/">http://192.156.137.110/gis/</a>)
click on <a
href="http://192.156.137.110/gis/search.asp?opCountry=LIKE&tbCountry=Tanzania&opTheme=LIKE&tbtheme=&opBoolean=AND&display=Brief&submit1=Submit">Search</a><br>
Census 2002 can be downloaded at Village (Street) level from: <a
href="http://openmicrodata.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/tanzania-shapefiles-for-eas-villages-districts-and-regions/">Openmicrodata</a>
note- the EA file are the same data as the Village (73Mb zipped)<br>
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We all eagerly await the release of the 2012 census data and its
associated GIS shapefiles.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Mike<br>
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