Editing Dodoma (section)

==Demographics==
[[File:Central Dodoma.JPG|thumb|Central Dodoma in March 2015]]
Out of the total population, 199,487 people (48.5 percent) are male while 211,469 people (51.5 percent) are female. The average household size is 4.4 people.<ref name="2022 census" /> The [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]] reports that 19.2% of the population are [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/ddodo.html|title=Dodoma (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]|first=David M.|last=Cheney|access-date=22 August 2016}}</ref> Dodoma is populated by different ethnic groups because it is a government administrative centre, although the indigenous ethnic groups are the [[Gogo people|Gogo]], [[Rangi people|Rangi]], and [[Sandawe people|Sandawe]]. There are also small [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|Indian]] minorities.{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}}

The population count as of 2022 was recorded as 3,085,625 in Dodoma region of 41,311&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, while Dodoma city increased from 410,956 in 2012 to 765,179 in 2022, covering 2,607&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, or annual rate of 6.4% in ten years.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://citypopulation.de/en/tanzania/admin/ | title=Tanzania: Administrative Division (Regions and Districts) – Population Statistics, Charts and Map }}</ref>