Population in Mozambique compared to Tanzania: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Mozambique and Tanzania: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mozambique	Tanzania	Mozambique	Tanzania
1960	6,713,695	9,901,419	-	-
1961	6,834,936	10,187,886	1.81%	2.89%
1962	6,969,364	10,487,756	1.97%	2.94%
1963	7,109,828	10,799,528	2.02%	2.97%
1964	7,255,061	11,127,826	2.04%	3.04%
1965	7,406,421	11,470,728	2.09%	3.08%
1966	7,562,990	11,827,459	2.11%	3.11%
1967	7,724,550	12,200,109	2.14%	3.15%
1968	7,892,613	12,602,076	2.18%	3.29%
1969	8,066,951	13,036,700	2.21%	3.45%
1970	8,250,506	13,492,677	2.28%	3.5%
1971	8,456,317	13,971,451	2.49%	3.55%
1972	8,692,935	14,479,308	2.8%	3.63%
1973	8,954,242	15,010,101	3.01%	3.67%
1974	9,236,093	15,561,630	3.15%	3.67%
1975	9,540,817	16,138,361	3.3%	3.71%
1976	9,867,209	16,736,211	3.42%	3.7%
1977	10,224,975	17,352,929	3.63%	3.68%
1978	10,618,250	17,976,566	3.85%	3.59%
1979	11,028,809	18,592,038	3.87%	3.42%
1980	11,336,221	19,189,769	2.79%	3.21%
1981	11,568,127	19,784,703	2.05%	3.1%
1982	11,824,370	20,398,571	2.22%	3.1%
1983	12,073,822	21,079,874	2.11%	3.34%
1984	12,315,954	21,779,066	2.01%	3.32%
1985	12,548,949	22,501,693	1.89%	3.32%
1986	12,770,578	23,258,959	1.77%	3.37%
1987	12,822,574	24,030,378	0.41%	3.32%
1988	12,800,558	24,769,686	-0.17%	3.08%
1989	12,906,842	25,438,759	0.83%	2.7%
1990	13,094,537	26,110,207	1.45%	2.64%
1991	13,352,090	26,780,436	1.97%	2.57%
1992	13,613,316	27,457,588	1.96%	2.53%
1993	14,051,192	28,332,692	3.22%	3.19%
1994	15,033,853	29,442,356	6.99%	3.92%
1995	15,960,530	30,383,497	6.16%	3.2%
1996	16,492,480	30,945,762	3.33%	1.85%
1997	16,949,982	31,578,089	2.77%	2.04%
1998	17,340,464	32,420,458	2.3%	2.67%
1999	17,734,506	33,300,330	2.27%	2.71%
2000	18,129,653	34,260,139	2.23%	2.88%
2001	18,537,729	35,198,299	2.25%	2.74%
2002	18,958,338	36,121,304	2.27%	2.62%
2003	19,392,475	37,089,555	2.29%	2.68%
2004	19,840,313	38,109,668	2.31%	2.75%
2005	20,304,569	39,182,076	2.34%	2.81%
2006	20,787,087	40,294,902	2.38%	2.84%
2007	21,287,635	41,435,512	2.41%	2.83%
2008	21,819,036	42,570,728	2.5%	2.74%
2009	22,391,745	43,633,982	2.62%	2.5%
2010	22,999,235	44,758,488	2.71%	2.58%
2011	23,649,039	46,029,367	2.83%	2.84%
2012	24,337,846	47,374,260	2.91%	2.92%
2013	25,051,611	48,824,128	2.93%	3.06%
2014	25,788,475	50,351,512	2.94%	3.13%
2015	26,547,572	52,020,962	2.94%	3.32%
2016	27,337,105	53,824,013	2.97%	3.47%
2017	28,166,393	55,652,890	3.03%	3.4%
2018	29,018,644	57,437,145	3.03%	3.21%
2019	29,884,380	59,174,891	2.98%	3.03%
2020	30,783,688	60,972,798	3.01%	3.04%
2021	31,707,800	62,830,412	3%	3.05%
2022	32,656,246	64,711,821	2.99%	2.99%
2023	33,635,160	66,617,606	3%	2.95%
2024	34,631,766	68,560,157	2.96%	2.92%
2025	35,631,656	70,545,858	2.89%	2.9%
2026	36,639,853	72,563,773	2.83%	2.86%
2027	37,668,656	74,604,804	2.81%	2.81%
2028	38,714,097	76,670,483	2.78%	2.77%
2029	39,774,947	78,773,192	2.74%	2.74%
2030	40,846,749	80,913,118	2.69%	2.72%
2031	41,931,250	83,087,927	2.66%	2.69%
2032	43,032,887	85,293,126	2.63%	2.65%
2033	44,144,533	87,520,491	2.58%	2.61%
2034	45,273,522	89,788,673	2.56%	2.59%
2035	46,411,774	92,091,418	2.51%	2.56%
2036	47,548,671	94,420,808	2.45%	2.53%
2037	48,684,563	96,775,766	2.39%	2.49%
2038	49,822,039	99,156,465	2.34%	2.46%
2039	50,971,124	101,567,525	2.31%	2.43%
2040	52,124,215	103,999,350	2.26%	2.39%
2041	53,271,004	106,448,475	2.2%	2.35%
2042	54,423,407	108,926,272	2.16%	2.33%
2043	55,574,711	111,433,788	2.12%	2.3%
2044	56,716,585	113,966,263	2.05%	2.27%
2045	57,851,787	116,525,463	2%	2.25%
2046	58,981,102	119,109,670	1.95%	2.22%
2047	60,117,587	121,721,018	1.93%	2.19%
2048	61,254,584	124,351,294	1.89%	2.16%
2049	62,397,018	126,981,394	1.87%	2.12%
2050	63,530,955	129,621,083	1.82%	2.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mozambique increased by 6,550,018 people (a 31.5% growth), while Tanzania gained 13,529,111 people (a 33.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mozambique gained 9,313,991 (a 34.1% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 18,762,066 (a 34.9% growth).

Mozambique was ranked 52nd most populous country in 2006 and is 43rd in 2026. Tanzania was ranked 30th in 2006 and ranked 20th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Mozambique's population will grow by 73.3% to 63,530,955 people with a rank change from 43rd to 32nd. The population of Tanzania will increase by 78.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.