Indians in Tanzania
Indian Tanzanians constitute a significant minority within the demographic landscape of Tanzania, with a population exceeding 60,000 individuals of Indian descent residing in the country. Many among them are traders and entrepreneurs, and despite forming only 0.2% of the population, who of which came control over the majority of the economy. Indians also have a long history in Tanzania, starting with the arrival of Gujarati traders, and they gradually came to control the trade in Zanzibar. Several buildings from that period still stand in Stone Town, the primary trading center on the island.
Watanzania wenye asili ya Kihindi (Swahili) | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| c. 60,000 (2015)[a] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar | |
| Languages | |
| Odia, Punjabi, Sindhi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Kutchi, Kiswahili, English, Hindi | |
| Religion | |
| Islam, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Sikhism; significant minorities Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| PIO, NRI and Desi | |
a.^ includes about 10,000 expatriates |
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