The latest officially reported population of Pakistan was 251,269,164 in 2024 vs 68,560,157 people in Tanzania in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Pakistan's population is 258,497,127 people compared to 72,166,806 in Tanzania.
Population statistics:
- Pakistan's population is 3.58 times bigger than Tanzania's.
- Pakistan is ranked the 5th most populous country in the world, while Tanzania is the 20th.
- The countries together account for 4% of the world: 3.13% for Pakistan vs 0.87% for Tanzania.
- For the last 10 years, Pakistan has had an average growth rate of +1.6% per year vs +3.13% in Tanzania.
- Since 2005, the population of Pakistan has increased from 175M people to 258M (47.3% growth), while Tanzania has grown from 39.2M to 72.2M (84.2% growth).
- Pakistan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 511M people compared to the peak of 263M people in 2100 for Tanzania.
Pakistan vs Tanzania: live population counter
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| Current population |
258497127
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72166806
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| Population rank | 5/197 | 20/197 |
| Percent of world population | 3.13% | 0.87% |
| One net population change |
8.38 seconds
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16.2 seconds
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| One birth every |
4.58 seconds
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13.4 seconds
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| One death every |
19.7 seconds
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1.36 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
22.5 seconds
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17.6 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -1,401,173 | -29,865 |
| Daily growth/decline | +10,314 | +5,322 |
| Annual growth/decline | +3,764,669 | +1,942,551 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.52% | +2.92% |
| Population growth rate rank | 73/197 | 19/197 |
Pakistan and Tanzania: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 45,709,310 | 9,901,419 | - | - |
| 1961 | 46,921,277 | 10,187,886 | 2.65% | 2.89% |
| 1962 | 48,156,128 | 10,487,756 | 2.63% | 2.94% |
| 1963 | 49,447,776 | 10,799,528 | 2.68% | 2.97% |
| 1964 | 50,799,999 | 11,127,826 | 2.73% | 3.04% |
| 1965 | 52,209,010 | 11,470,728 | 2.77% | 3.08% |
| 1966 | 53,678,667 | 11,827,459 | 2.81% | 3.11% |
| 1967 | 55,214,768 | 12,200,109 | 2.86% | 3.15% |
| 1968 | 56,810,507 | 12,602,076 | 2.89% | 3.29% |
| 1969 | 58,460,939 | 13,036,700 | 2.91% | 3.45% |
| 1970 | 60,166,719 | 13,492,677 | 2.92% | 3.5% |
| 1971 | 61,847,899 | 13,971,451 | 2.79% | 3.55% |
| 1972 | 63,583,194 | 14,479,308 | 2.81% | 3.63% |
| 1973 | 65,461,912 | 15,010,101 | 2.95% | 3.67% |
| 1974 | 67,415,487 | 15,561,630 | 2.98% | 3.67% |
| 1975 | 69,461,175 | 16,138,361 | 3.03% | 3.71% |
| 1976 | 71,620,254 | 16,736,211 | 3.11% | 3.7% |
| 1977 | 73,901,827 | 17,352,929 | 3.19% | 3.68% |
| 1978 | 76,307,379 | 17,976,566 | 3.26% | 3.59% |
| 1979 | 78,997,039 | 18,592,038 | 3.52% | 3.42% |
| 1980 | 82,291,010 | 19,189,769 | 4.17% | 3.21% |
| 1981 | 85,802,049 | 19,784,703 | 4.27% | 3.1% |
| 1982 | 89,089,246 | 20,398,571 | 3.83% | 3.1% |
| 1983 | 92,227,711 | 21,079,874 | 3.52% | 3.34% |
| 1984 | 95,164,936 | 21,779,066 | 3.18% | 3.32% |
| 1985 | 98,229,285 | 22,501,693 | 3.22% | 3.32% |
| 1986 | 101,606,764 | 23,258,959 | 3.44% | 3.37% |
| 1987 | 105,130,717 | 24,030,378 | 3.47% | 3.32% |
| 1988 | 108,724,739 | 24,769,686 | 3.42% | 3.08% |
| 1989 | 112,336,629 | 25,438,759 | 3.32% | 2.7% |
| 1990 | 116,155,576 | 26,110,207 | 3.4% | 2.64% |
| 1991 | 120,060,406 | 26,780,436 | 3.36% | 2.57% |
| 1992 | 123,546,848 | 27,457,588 | 2.9% | 2.53% |
| 1993 | 127,020,117 | 28,332,692 | 2.81% | 3.19% |
| 1994 | 130,748,083 | 29,442,356 | 2.93% | 3.92% |
| 1995 | 134,582,253 | 30,383,497 | 2.93% | 3.2% |
| 1996 | 138,557,092 | 30,945,762 | 2.95% | 1.85% |
| 1997 | 142,531,804 | 31,578,089 | 2.87% | 2.04% |
| 1998 | 146,522,356 | 32,420,458 | 2.8% | 2.67% |
| 1999 | 150,565,377 | 33,300,330 | 2.76% | 2.71% |
| 2000 | 154,879,127 | 34,260,139 | 2.87% | 2.88% |
| 2001 | 159,270,907 | 35,198,299 | 2.84% | 2.74% |
| 2002 | 163,222,549 | 36,121,304 | 2.48% | 2.62% |
| 2003 | 167,110,248 | 37,089,555 | 2.38% | 2.68% |
| 2004 | 171,286,000 | 38,109,668 | 2.5% | 2.75% |
| 2005 | 175,453,212 | 39,182,076 | 2.43% | 2.81% |
| 2006 | 179,682,690 | 40,294,902 | 2.41% | 2.84% |
| 2007 | 184,493,231 | 41,435,512 | 2.68% | 2.83% |
| 2008 | 189,499,113 | 42,570,728 | 2.71% | 2.74% |
| 2009 | 194,376,534 | 43,633,982 | 2.57% | 2.5% |
| 2010 | 199,239,047 | 44,758,488 | 2.5% | 2.58% |
| 2011 | 203,746,065 | 46,029,367 | 2.26% | 2.84% |
| 2012 | 207,667,125 | 47,374,260 | 1.92% | 2.92% |
| 2013 | 211,073,978 | 48,824,128 | 1.64% | 3.06% |
| 2014 | 214,264,647 | 50,351,512 | 1.51% | 3.13% |
| 2015 | 217,290,883 | 52,020,962 | 1.41% | 3.32% |
| 2016 | 220,138,869 | 53,824,013 | 1.31% | 3.47% |
| 2017 | 223,273,967 | 55,652,890 | 1.42% | 3.4% |
| 2018 | 226,928,892 | 57,437,145 | 1.64% | 3.21% |
| 2019 | 230,800,899 | 59,174,891 | 1.71% | 3.03% |
| 2020 | 235,001,746 | 60,972,798 | 1.82% | 3.04% |
| 2021 | 239,477,801 | 62,830,412 | 1.9% | 3.05% |
| 2022 | 243,700,667 | 64,711,821 | 1.76% | 2.99% |
| 2023 | 247,504,495 | 66,617,606 | 1.56% | 2.95% |
| 2024 | 251,269,164 | 68,560,157 | 1.52% | 2.92% |
| 2025 | 255,219,564 | 70,545,858 | 1.57% | 2.9% |
| 2026 | 259,299,796 | 72,563,773 | 1.6% | 2.86% |
| 2027 | 263,515,827 | 74,604,804 | 1.63% | 2.81% |
| 2028 | 267,881,923 | 76,670,483 | 1.66% | 2.77% |
| 2029 | 272,337,520 | 78,773,192 | 1.66% | 2.74% |
| 2030 | 276,883,261 | 80,913,118 | 1.67% | 2.72% |
| 2031 | 281,528,070 | 83,087,927 | 1.68% | 2.69% |
| 2032 | 286,241,141 | 85,293,126 | 1.67% | 2.65% |
| 2033 | 291,012,268 | 87,520,491 | 1.67% | 2.61% |
| 2034 | 295,820,153 | 89,788,673 | 1.65% | 2.59% |
| 2035 | 300,643,518 | 92,091,418 | 1.63% | 2.56% |
| 2036 | 305,491,504 | 94,420,808 | 1.61% | 2.53% |
| 2037 | 310,353,293 | 96,775,766 | 1.59% | 2.49% |
| 2038 | 315,227,709 | 99,156,465 | 1.57% | 2.46% |
| 2039 | 320,105,882 | 101,567,525 | 1.55% | 2.43% |
| 2040 | 324,937,703 | 103,999,350 | 1.51% | 2.39% |
| 2041 | 329,746,478 | 106,448,475 | 1.48% | 2.35% |
| 2042 | 334,551,874 | 108,926,272 | 1.46% | 2.33% |
| 2043 | 339,334,851 | 111,433,788 | 1.43% | 2.3% |
| 2044 | 344,095,467 | 113,966,263 | 1.4% | 2.27% |
| 2045 | 348,837,732 | 116,525,463 | 1.38% | 2.25% |
| 2046 | 353,552,859 | 119,109,670 | 1.35% | 2.22% |
| 2047 | 358,207,159 | 121,721,018 | 1.32% | 2.19% |
| 2048 | 362,796,532 | 124,351,294 | 1.28% | 2.16% |
| 2049 | 367,344,429 | 126,981,394 | 1.25% | 2.12% |
| 2050 | 371,863,804 | 129,621,083 | 1.23% | 2.08% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Pakistan increased by 41,837,671 people (a 23.8% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Pakistan gained 41,206,244 (a 19% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).
Pakistan was ranked 6th most populous country in 2005 and is 5th 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) Pakistan's population will grow by 43.9% to 371,863,804 people with a rank change from 5th to 4th. The population of Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Karachi | 14.9M |
| Lahore | 11.1M |
| Faisalabad | 3.2M |
| Rawalpindi | 2.1M |
| Gujranwala | 2.03M |
| Peshawar | 1.97M |
| Multan | 1.87M |
| Hyderabad | 1.73M |
| Islamabad | 1.01M |
| Quetta | 1M |
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Population differences between Pakistan and Tanzania
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| Life expectancy | 67.9 years | 67.4 years |
| Average age | 25.6 years | 22.7 years |
| Median age | 21.5 years | 18.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.7:49.3 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 3.61 births per woman | 4.61 births per woman |
| Population density | 844 ppl/mi² | 200.5 ppl/mi² |
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