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PAGE  PAGE 18 UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA TANZANIA PROGRESS REPORT REVIEW AND APPRAISAL OF THE MIPAA EXPERT GROUP MEETING ON AGING IN AFRICA ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA 19TH – 21ST, NOVEMBER, 2007 INTRODUCTION The 2002 Population and Housing Census showed that the Population of Tanzania increased from 23.1 million in 1988 to 34.4 million in 2002. This is the average population growth rate of 2.9 percent per annum. The male population was 49 percent and female population was 51 percent. The population aged below 15 years was 44 percent while those aged 60 years and above was 4 perce