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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Norway was 5,572,272 in 2024 vs 68,560,157 people in Tanzania in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Norway's population is 5,642,662 people compared to 72,166,806 in Tanzania.

Population statistics:

  • Tanzania's population is 12.8 times bigger than Norway's.
  • Norway is ranked the 119th most populous country in the world, while Tanzania is the 20th.
  • The countries together account for 0.94% of the world: 0.07% for Norway vs 0.87% for Tanzania.
  • For the last 10 years, Norway has had an average growth rate of +0.85% per year vs +3.13% in Tanzania.
  • Since 2005, the population of Norway has increased from 4.62M people to 5.64M (22% growth), while Tanzania has grown from 39.2M to 72.2M (84.2% growth).
  • Norway is projected to reach its peak in 2050 at 5.9M people compared to the peak of 263M people in 2100 for Tanzania.

Norway vs Tanzania: live population counter

Norway Tanzania
Current population
5642662
72166806
Population rank 119/197 20/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.87%
One net population change
9.98 minutes
16.2 seconds
One birth every
10.1 minutes
13.4 seconds
One death every
12.1 minutes
1.36 minutes
One migration net change every
11.8 minutes
17.6 minutes
Annual migration change +44,356 -29,865
Daily growth/decline +144 +5,322
Annual growth/decline +52,678 +1,942,551
Annual growth/decline rate +0.95% +2.92%
Population growth rate rank 107/197 19/197

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

Norway
Population

Growth rate
Tanzania
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Norway Tanzania Norway Tanzania
1960 3,581,239 9,901,419 - -
1961 3,609,800 10,187,886 0.8% 2.89%
1962 3,638,918 10,487,756 0.81% 2.94%
1963 3,666,537 10,799,528 0.76% 2.97%
1964 3,694,339 11,127,826 0.76% 3.04%
1965 3,723,168 11,470,728 0.78% 3.08%
1966 3,753,012 11,827,459 0.8% 3.11%
1967 3,784,539 12,200,109 0.84% 3.15%
1968 3,816,486 12,602,076 0.84% 3.29%
1969 3,847,707 13,036,700 0.82% 3.45%
1970 3,875,763 13,492,677 0.73% 3.5%
1971 3,903,039 13,971,451 0.7% 3.55%
1972 3,933,004 14,479,308 0.77% 3.63%
1973 3,960,612 15,010,101 0.7% 3.67%
1974 3,985,258 15,561,630 0.62% 3.67%
1975 4,007,313 16,138,361 0.55% 3.71%
1976 4,026,152 16,736,211 0.47% 3.7%
1977 4,043,205 17,352,929 0.42% 3.68%
1978 4,058,671 17,976,566 0.38% 3.59%
1979 4,072,517 18,592,038 0.34% 3.42%
1980 4,085,620 19,189,769 0.32% 3.21%
1981 4,099,702 19,784,703 0.34% 3.1%
1982 4,114,787 20,398,571 0.37% 3.1%
1983 4,128,432 21,079,874 0.33% 3.34%
1984 4,140,099 21,779,066 0.28% 3.32%
1985 4,152,516 22,501,693 0.3% 3.32%
1986 4,167,354 23,258,959 0.36% 3.37%
1987 4,186,905 24,030,378 0.47% 3.32%
1988 4,209,488 24,769,686 0.54% 3.08%
1989 4,226,901 25,438,759 0.41% 2.7%
1990 4,241,473 26,110,207 0.34% 2.64%
1991 4,261,732 26,780,436 0.48% 2.57%
1992 4,286,401 27,457,588 0.58% 2.53%
1993 4,311,991 28,332,692 0.6% 3.19%
1994 4,336,613 29,442,356 0.57% 3.92%
1995 4,359,184 30,383,497 0.52% 3.2%
1996 4,381,336 30,945,762 0.51% 1.85%
1997 4,405,157 31,578,089 0.54% 2.04%
1998 4,431,464 32,420,458 0.6% 2.67%
1999 4,461,913 33,300,330 0.69% 2.71%
2000 4,490,967 34,260,139 0.65% 2.88%
2001 4,513,751 35,198,299 0.51% 2.74%
2002 4,538,159 36,121,304 0.54% 2.62%
2003 4,564,855 37,089,555 0.59% 2.68%
2004 4,591,910 38,109,668 0.59% 2.75%
2005 4,623,291 39,182,076 0.68% 2.81%
2006 4,660,677 40,294,902 0.81% 2.84%
2007 4,709,153 41,435,512 1.04% 2.83%
2008 4,768,212 42,570,728 1.25% 2.74%
2009 4,828,726 43,633,982 1.27% 2.5%
2010 4,889,252 44,758,488 1.25% 2.58%
2011 4,953,088 46,029,367 1.31% 2.84%
2012 5,018,573 47,374,260 1.32% 2.92%
2013 5,079,623 48,824,128 1.22% 3.06%
2014 5,137,232 50,351,512 1.13% 3.13%
2015 5,188,607 52,020,962 1% 3.32%
2016 5,234,519 53,824,013 0.88% 3.47%
2017 5,276,968 55,652,890 0.81% 3.4%
2018 5,311,916 57,437,145 0.66% 3.21%
2019 5,347,896 59,174,891 0.68% 3.03%
2020 5,379,475 60,972,798 0.59% 3.04%
2021 5,408,320 62,830,412 0.54% 3.05%
2022 5,457,127 64,711,821 0.9% 2.99%
2023 5,519,594 66,617,606 1.14% 2.95%
2024 5,572,272 68,560,157 0.95% 2.92%
2025 5,618,653 70,545,858 0.83% 2.9%
2026 5,648,542 72,563,773 0.53% 2.86%
2027 5,669,085 74,604,804 0.36% 2.81%
2028 5,688,775 76,670,483 0.35% 2.77%
2029 5,707,206 78,773,192 0.32% 2.74%
2030 5,724,586 80,913,118 0.3% 2.72%
2031 5,741,140 83,087,927 0.29% 2.69%
2032 5,756,663 85,293,126 0.27% 2.65%
2033 5,771,048 87,520,491 0.25% 2.61%
2034 5,784,408 89,788,673 0.23% 2.59%
2035 5,796,851 92,091,418 0.22% 2.56%
2036 5,808,721 94,420,808 0.2% 2.53%
2037 5,819,995 96,775,766 0.19% 2.49%
2038 5,830,604 99,156,465 0.18% 2.46%
2039 5,840,493 101,567,525 0.17% 2.43%
2040 5,849,273 103,999,350 0.15% 2.39%
2041 5,857,345 106,448,475 0.14% 2.35%
2042 5,864,766 108,926,272 0.13% 2.33%
2043 5,870,957 111,433,788 0.11% 2.3%
2044 5,876,291 113,966,263 0.09% 2.27%
2045 5,881,391 116,525,463 0.09% 2.25%
2046 5,885,772 119,109,670 0.07% 2.22%
2047 5,889,156 121,721,018 0.06% 2.19%
2048 5,892,131 124,351,294 0.05% 2.16%
2049 5,894,300 126,981,394 0.04% 2.12%
2050 5,895,192 129,621,083 0.02% 2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Norway increased by 565,316 people (a 12.2% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Norway gained 454,055 (a 8.75% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).

Norway was ranked 116th most populous country in 2005 and is 119th in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Norway's population will grow by 4.48% to 5,895,192 people with a rank change from 119th to 121st. The population of Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.

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