THE Five largest cities in Tanzania ARE:
Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, Zanzibar, Arusha, and Mbeya
POPULATION OF THE LARGEST CITY:
3,589,470
RANK SIZE RULE TEST:
ESTIMATED POP.Mwanza1,794,735
Zanzibar1,196,490
Arusha897,368
Mbeya717,894
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ACTUAL POP.Mwanza671,616
Zanzibar562,985
Arusha533,883
Mbeya351,713
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The rank size rule is not valid in Tanzania. This is because in all of the cities the difference between the estimated population and the actual population is far to large to be of any help. Adding too many people to a countries population that are not actually there can be devastating to the city itself because it can cause other people to choose not to move there because they think there is overcrowding, or other issues, thus causing a decline in development for major cities within a certain country.
population47,656,000
population density49
% urban population27%
% urban population living in slums66%
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average % change in urban population4.2%
% with improved urban sanitation32%
% with improved water supply80%
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