The current population of Tanzania is 72,166,806 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 68,560,157 in 2024.
Population facts:
- For the last 20 years, Tanzania has had an average growth rate of 4.21% per year.
- Tanzania accounts for 0.87% of the world's population.
- Tanzania is projected to reach 263M people in 2100.
- Tanzania is ranked 20/197 by population and was ranked 31st in 2005.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 39.2M people to 72.2M (84.2% growth in 20 years).
Tanzania population clock
Tanzania
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World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
72166806
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 20/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.87% | N/A |
| One net population change |
16.2 seconds
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
13.4 seconds
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
1.36 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +5,322 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,942,551 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.92% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 19/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
17.6 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -29,865 | N/A |
Tanzania population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 9,901,419 | - |
| 1961 | 10,187,886 | 2.89% |
| 1962 | 10,487,756 | 2.94% |
| 1963 | 10,799,528 | 2.97% |
| 1964 | 11,127,826 | 3.04% |
| 1965 | 11,470,728 | 3.08% |
| 1966 | 11,827,459 | 3.11% |
| 1967 | 12,200,109 | 3.15% |
| 1968 | 12,602,076 | 3.29% |
| 1969 | 13,036,700 | 3.45% |
| 1970 | 13,492,677 | 3.5% |
| 1971 | 13,971,451 | 3.55% |
| 1972 | 14,479,308 | 3.63% |
| 1973 | 15,010,101 | 3.67% |
| 1974 | 15,561,630 | 3.67% |
| 1975 | 16,138,361 | 3.71% |
| 1976 | 16,736,211 | 3.7% |
| 1977 | 17,352,929 | 3.68% |
| 1978 | 17,976,566 | 3.59% |
| 1979 | 18,592,038 | 3.42% |
| 1980 | 19,189,769 | 3.21% |
| 1981 | 19,784,703 | 3.1% |
| 1982 | 20,398,571 | 3.1% |
| 1983 | 21,079,874 | 3.34% |
| 1984 | 21,779,066 | 3.32% |
| 1985 | 22,501,693 | 3.32% |
| 1986 | 23,258,959 | 3.37% |
| 1987 | 24,030,378 | 3.32% |
| 1988 | 24,769,686 | 3.08% |
| 1989 | 25,438,759 | 2.7% |
| 1990 | 26,110,207 | 2.64% |
| 1991 | 26,780,436 | 2.57% |
| 1992 | 27,457,588 | 2.53% |
| 1993 | 28,332,692 | 3.19% |
| 1994 | 29,442,356 | 3.92% |
| 1995 | 30,383,497 | 3.2% |
| 1996 | 30,945,762 | 1.85% |
| 1997 | 31,578,089 | 2.04% |
| 1998 | 32,420,458 | 2.67% |
| 1999 | 33,300,330 | 2.71% |
| 2000 | 34,260,139 | 2.88% |
| 2001 | 35,198,299 | 2.74% |
| 2002 | 36,121,304 | 2.62% |
| 2003 | 37,089,555 | 2.68% |
| 2004 | 38,109,668 | 2.75% |
| 2005 | 39,182,076 | 2.81% |
| 2006 | 40,294,902 | 2.84% |
| 2007 | 41,435,512 | 2.83% |
| 2008 | 42,570,728 | 2.74% |
| 2009 | 43,633,982 | 2.5% |
| 2010 | 44,758,488 | 2.58% |
| 2011 | 46,029,367 | 2.84% |
| 2012 | 47,374,260 | 2.92% |
| 2013 | 48,824,128 | 3.06% |
| 2014 | 50,351,512 | 3.13% |
| 2015 | 52,020,962 | 3.32% |
| 2016 | 53,824,013 | 3.47% |
| 2017 | 55,652,890 | 3.4% |
| 2018 | 57,437,145 | 3.21% |
| 2019 | 59,174,891 | 3.03% |
| 2020 | 60,972,798 | 3.04% |
| 2021 | 62,830,412 | 3.05% |
| 2022 | 64,711,821 | 2.99% |
| 2023 | 66,617,606 | 2.95% |
| 2024 | 68,560,157 | 2.92% |
| 2025 | 70,545,858 | 2.9% |
| 2026 | 72,563,773 | 2.86% |
| 2027 | 74,604,804 | 2.81% |
| 2028 | 76,670,483 | 2.77% |
| 2029 | 78,773,192 | 2.74% |
| 2030 | 80,913,118 | 2.72% |
| 2031 | 83,087,927 | 2.69% |
| 2032 | 85,293,126 | 2.65% |
| 2033 | 87,520,491 | 2.61% |
| 2034 | 89,788,673 | 2.59% |
| 2035 | 92,091,418 | 2.56% |
| 2036 | 94,420,808 | 2.53% |
| 2037 | 96,775,766 | 2.49% |
| 2038 | 99,156,465 | 2.46% |
| 2039 | 101,567,525 | 2.43% |
| 2040 | 103,999,350 | 2.39% |
| 2041 | 106,448,475 | 2.35% |
| 2042 | 108,926,272 | 2.33% |
| 2043 | 111,433,788 | 2.3% |
| 2044 | 113,966,263 | 2.27% |
| 2045 | 116,525,463 | 2.25% |
| 2046 | 119,109,670 | 2.22% |
| 2047 | 121,721,018 | 2.19% |
| 2048 | 124,351,294 | 2.16% |
| 2049 | 126,981,394 | 2.12% |
| 2050 | 129,621,083 | 2.08% |
Tanzania has a population of 72.2M as of 2025, compared to 52M in 2015, 39.2M in 2005, and 30.4M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 3.87% per year. Tanzania is ranked 8th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Tanzania will have 116,525,463 people (61.5% growth) with a rank change from 20th to 15th.
By the year 2100, Tanzania's population is projected to grow by 264.2% to 263M people.
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Tanzania population statistics
|
Tanzania
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 67.4 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 22.7 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 18.4 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 4.61 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 200.5 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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