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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Poland was 36,559,233 in 2024 vs 68,560,157 people in Tanzania in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Poland's population is 35,898,979 people compared to 72,586,079 in Tanzania.

Population statistics:

  • Tanzania's population is 2.02 times bigger than Poland's.
  • Poland is ranked the 46th most populous country in the world, while Tanzania is the 20th.
  • The countries together account for 1.31% of the world: 0.43% for Poland vs 0.88% for Tanzania.
  • For the last 10 years, Poland has had an average growth rate of -0.36% per year vs +3.13% in Tanzania.
  • Since 2006, the population of Poland has decreased from 38.1M people to 35.9M (5.88% decline), while Tanzania has grown from 40.3M to 72.6M (80.1% growth).
  • Tanzania is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 263M people, while Poland's population already peaked in 1998 at 38.7M people and is projected to decrease to 18.3M people by 2100.

Poland vs Tanzania: live population counter

Poland Tanzania
Current population
35898979
72586079
Population rank 46/197 20/197
Percent of world population 0.43% 0.88%
One net population change
4.1 minutes
16.2 seconds
One birth every
1.94 minutes
13.4 seconds
One death every
1.29 minutes
1.36 minutes
One migration net change every
2.21 minutes
17.6 minutes
Annual migration change -238,062 -29,865
Daily growth/decline -351 +5,322
Annual growth/decline -128,120 +1,942,551
Annual growth/decline rate -0.35% +2.92%
Population growth rate rank 181/197 18/197

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

Poland
Population

Growth rate
Tanzania
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Poland Tanzania Poland Tanzania
1960 29,637,450 9,901,419 - -
1961 29,964,000 10,187,886 1.1% 2.89%
1962 30,308,500 10,487,756 1.15% 2.94%
1963 30,712,000 10,799,528 1.33% 2.97%
1964 31,139,450 11,127,826 1.39% 3.04%
1965 31,444,950 11,470,728 0.98% 3.08%
1966 31,681,000 11,827,459 0.75% 3.11%
1967 31,987,155 12,200,109 0.97% 3.15%
1968 32,294,655 12,602,076 0.96% 3.29%
1969 32,548,300 13,036,700 0.79% 3.45%
1970 32,664,300 13,492,677 0.36% 3.5%
1971 32,783,500 13,971,451 0.36% 3.55%
1972 33,055,650 14,479,308 0.83% 3.63%
1973 33,357,200 15,010,101 0.91% 3.67%
1974 33,678,899 15,561,630 0.96% 3.67%
1975 34,015,199 16,138,361 1% 3.71%
1976 34,356,300 16,736,211 1% 3.7%
1977 34,689,050 17,352,929 0.97% 3.68%
1978 34,965,600 17,976,566 0.8% 3.59%
1979 35,247,217 18,592,038 0.81% 3.42%
1980 35,574,150 19,189,769 0.93% 3.21%
1981 35,898,587 19,784,703 0.91% 3.1%
1982 36,230,481 20,398,571 0.92% 3.1%
1983 36,571,808 21,079,874 0.94% 3.34%
1984 36,904,134 21,779,066 0.91% 3.32%
1985 37,201,885 22,501,693 0.81% 3.32%
1986 37,456,119 23,258,959 0.68% 3.37%
1987 37,668,045 24,030,378 0.57% 3.32%
1988 37,824,487 24,769,686 0.42% 3.08%
1989 37,961,529 25,438,759 0.36% 2.7%
1990 38,110,782 26,110,207 0.39% 2.64%
1991 38,246,193 26,780,436 0.36% 2.57%
1992 38,363,667 27,457,588 0.31% 2.53%
1993 38,461,408 28,332,692 0.25% 3.19%
1994 38,542,652 29,442,356 0.21% 3.92%
1995 38,594,998 30,383,497 0.14% 3.2%
1996 38,624,370 30,945,762 0.08% 1.85%
1997 38,649,660 31,578,089 0.07% 2.04%
1998 38,663,481 32,420,458 0.04% 2.67%
1999 38,660,271 33,300,330 -0.008% 2.71%
2000 38,258,629 34,260,139 -1.04% 2.88%
2001 38,248,076 35,198,299 -0.03% 2.74%
2002 38,230,364 36,121,304 -0.05% 2.62%
2003 38,204,570 37,089,555 -0.07% 2.68%
2004 38,182,222 38,109,668 -0.06% 2.75%
2005 38,165,445 39,182,076 -0.04% 2.81%
2006 38,141,267 40,294,902 -0.06% 2.84%
2007 38,120,560 41,435,512 -0.05% 2.83%
2008 38,125,759 42,570,728 0.01% 2.74%
2009 38,151,603 43,633,982 0.07% 2.5%
2010 38,042,794 44,758,488 -0.29% 2.58%
2011 38,063,255 46,029,367 0.05% 2.84%
2012 38,063,164 47,374,260 -0% 2.92%
2013 38,040,196 48,824,128 -0.06% 3.06%
2014 38,011,735 50,351,512 -0.07% 3.13%
2015 37,986,412 52,020,962 -0.07% 3.32%
2016 37,970,087 53,824,013 -0.04% 3.47%
2017 37,974,826 55,652,890 0.01% 3.4%
2018 37,974,750 57,437,145 -0% 3.21%
2019 37,965,475 59,174,891 -0.02% 3.03%
2020 37,515,748 60,972,798 -1.18% 3.04%
2021 36,981,559 62,830,412 -1.42% 3.05%
2022 36,821,749 64,711,821 -0.43% 2.99%
2023 36,687,353 66,617,606 -0.36% 2.95%
2024 36,559,233 68,560,157 -0.35% 2.92%
2025 36,181,399 70,545,858 -1.03% 2.9%
2026 35,898,979 72,563,773 -0.78% 2.86%
2027 35,758,415 74,604,804 -0.39% 2.81%
2028 35,609,703 76,670,483 -0.42% 2.77%
2029 35,452,249 78,773,192 -0.44% 2.74%
2030 35,287,436 80,913,118 -0.46% 2.72%
2031 35,116,185 83,087,927 -0.49% 2.69%
2032 34,938,952 85,293,126 -0.5% 2.65%
2033 34,757,421 87,520,491 -0.52% 2.61%
2034 34,571,572 89,788,673 -0.53% 2.59%
2035 34,381,734 92,091,418 -0.55% 2.56%
2036 34,187,419 94,420,808 -0.57% 2.53%
2037 33,988,985 96,775,766 -0.58% 2.49%
2038 33,787,175 99,156,465 -0.59% 2.46%
2039 33,581,427 101,567,525 -0.61% 2.43%
2040 33,372,181 103,999,350 -0.62% 2.39%
2041 33,160,435 106,448,475 -0.63% 2.35%
2042 32,945,446 108,926,272 -0.65% 2.33%
2043 32,726,827 111,433,788 -0.66% 2.3%
2044 32,506,015 113,966,263 -0.67% 2.27%
2045 32,282,692 116,525,463 -0.69% 2.25%
2046 32,056,740 119,109,670 -0.7% 2.22%
2047 31,828,421 121,721,018 -0.71% 2.19%
2048 31,597,823 124,351,294 -0.72% 2.16%
2049 31,364,596 126,981,394 -0.74% 2.12%
2050 31,128,250 129,621,083 -0.75% 2.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Poland decreased by 171,180 people (a 0.45% decline), while Tanzania gained 13,529,111 people (a 33.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Poland lost -2,071,108 (a 5.45% decline), while Tanzania's population increased by 18,762,066 (a 34.9% growth).

Poland was ranked 32nd most populous country in 2006 and is 46th 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) Poland's population will shrink by 13.3% to 31,128,250 people with a rank change from 46th to 61st. The population of Tanzania will increase by 78.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.

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