The latest officially reported population of Tanzania was 68,560,157 in 2024 vs 7,494,498 people in Turkmenistan in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Tanzania's population is 72,586,079 people compared to 7,737,847 in Turkmenistan.
Population statistics:
- Tanzania's population is 9.38 times bigger than Turkmenistan's.
- Tanzania is ranked the 20th most populous country in the world, while Turkmenistan is the 104th.
- The countries together account for 0.97% of the world: 0.88% for Tanzania vs 0.09% for Turkmenistan.
- For the last 10 years, Tanzania has had an average growth rate of +3.13% per year vs +2.14% in Turkmenistan.
- Since 2006, the population of Tanzania has increased from 40.3M people to 72.6M (80.1% growth), while Turkmenistan has grown from 5.15M to 7.74M (50.3% growth).
- Tanzania is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 263M people compared to the peak of 10.3M people in 2079 for Turkmenistan.
Tanzania vs Turkmenistan: live population counter
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| Current population |
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| Population rank | 20/197 | 104/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.88% | 0.09% |
| One net population change |
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4.04 minutes
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| One birth every |
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| One death every |
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| One migration net change every |
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| Annual migration change | -29,865 | +14,646 |
| Daily growth/decline | +5,322 | +356 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,942,551 | +130,060 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.92% | +1.77% |
| Population growth rate rank | 18/197 | 61/197 |
Tanzania and Turkmenistan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,901,419 | 1,643,457 | - | - |
| 1961 | 10,187,886 | 1,695,400 | 2.89% | 3.16% |
| 1962 | 10,487,756 | 1,749,214 | 2.94% | 3.17% |
| 1963 | 10,799,528 | 1,804,272 | 2.97% | 3.15% |
| 1964 | 11,127,826 | 1,859,997 | 3.04% | 3.09% |
| 1965 | 11,470,728 | 1,915,916 | 3.08% | 3.01% |
| 1966 | 11,827,459 | 1,971,737 | 3.11% | 2.91% |
| 1967 | 12,200,109 | 2,027,403 | 3.15% | 2.82% |
| 1968 | 12,602,076 | 2,083,069 | 3.29% | 2.75% |
| 1969 | 13,036,700 | 2,139,024 | 3.45% | 2.69% |
| 1970 | 13,492,677 | 2,195,616 | 3.5% | 2.65% |
| 1971 | 13,971,451 | 2,253,119 | 3.55% | 2.62% |
| 1972 | 14,479,308 | 2,311,430 | 3.63% | 2.59% |
| 1973 | 15,010,101 | 2,370,919 | 3.67% | 2.57% |
| 1974 | 15,561,630 | 2,432,028 | 3.67% | 2.58% |
| 1975 | 16,138,361 | 2,494,570 | 3.71% | 2.57% |
| 1976 | 16,736,211 | 2,558,521 | 3.7% | 2.56% |
| 1977 | 17,352,929 | 2,623,948 | 3.68% | 2.56% |
| 1978 | 17,976,566 | 2,691,088 | 3.59% | 2.56% |
| 1979 | 18,592,038 | 2,760,358 | 3.42% | 2.57% |
| 1980 | 19,189,769 | 2,832,203 | 3.21% | 2.6% |
| 1981 | 19,784,703 | 2,907,187 | 3.1% | 2.65% |
| 1982 | 20,398,571 | 2,985,557 | 3.1% | 2.7% |
| 1983 | 21,079,874 | 3,067,534 | 3.34% | 2.75% |
| 1984 | 21,779,066 | 3,154,079 | 3.32% | 2.82% |
| 1985 | 22,501,693 | 3,247,534 | 3.32% | 2.96% |
| 1986 | 23,258,959 | 3,347,809 | 3.37% | 3.09% |
| 1987 | 24,030,378 | 3,452,731 | 3.32% | 3.13% |
| 1988 | 24,769,686 | 3,559,363 | 3.08% | 3.09% |
| 1989 | 25,438,759 | 3,662,459 | 2.7% | 2.9% |
| 1990 | 26,110,207 | 3,760,562 | 2.64% | 2.68% |
| 1991 | 26,780,436 | 3,855,894 | 2.57% | 2.54% |
| 1992 | 27,457,588 | 3,944,689 | 2.53% | 2.3% |
| 1993 | 28,332,692 | 4,032,407 | 3.19% | 2.22% |
| 1994 | 29,442,356 | 4,116,662 | 3.92% | 2.09% |
| 1995 | 30,383,497 | 4,191,203 | 3.2% | 1.81% |
| 1996 | 30,945,762 | 4,263,819 | 1.85% | 1.73% |
| 1997 | 31,578,089 | 4,336,730 | 2.04% | 1.71% |
| 1998 | 32,420,458 | 4,410,507 | 2.67% | 1.7% |
| 1999 | 33,300,330 | 4,492,170 | 2.71% | 1.85% |
| 2000 | 34,260,139 | 4,582,677 | 2.88% | 2.01% |
| 2001 | 35,198,299 | 4,675,409 | 2.74% | 2.02% |
| 2002 | 36,121,304 | 4,769,465 | 2.62% | 2.01% |
| 2003 | 37,089,555 | 4,863,865 | 2.68% | 1.98% |
| 2004 | 38,109,668 | 4,958,093 | 2.75% | 1.94% |
| 2005 | 39,182,076 | 5,052,257 | 2.81% | 1.9% |
| 2006 | 40,294,902 | 5,147,105 | 2.84% | 1.88% |
| 2007 | 41,435,512 | 5,244,046 | 2.83% | 1.88% |
| 2008 | 42,570,728 | 5,345,029 | 2.74% | 1.93% |
| 2009 | 43,633,982 | 5,451,592 | 2.5% | 1.99% |
| 2010 | 44,758,488 | 5,564,356 | 2.58% | 2.07% |
| 2011 | 46,029,367 | 5,683,417 | 2.84% | 2.14% |
| 2012 | 47,374,260 | 5,808,546 | 2.92% | 2.2% |
| 2013 | 48,824,128 | 5,939,341 | 3.06% | 2.25% |
| 2014 | 50,351,512 | 6,075,283 | 3.13% | 2.29% |
| 2015 | 52,020,962 | 6,215,770 | 3.32% | 2.31% |
| 2016 | 53,824,013 | 6,360,041 | 3.47% | 2.32% |
| 2017 | 55,652,890 | 6,507,061 | 3.4% | 2.31% |
| 2018 | 57,437,145 | 6,655,524 | 3.21% | 2.28% |
| 2019 | 59,174,891 | 6,803,944 | 3.03% | 2.23% |
| 2020 | 60,972,798 | 6,949,912 | 3.04% | 2.15% |
| 2021 | 62,830,412 | 7,092,043 | 3.05% | 2.05% |
| 2022 | 64,711,821 | 7,230,193 | 2.99% | 1.95% |
| 2023 | 66,617,606 | 7,364,438 | 2.95% | 1.86% |
| 2024 | 68,560,157 | 7,494,498 | 2.92% | 1.77% |
| 2025 | 70,545,858 | 7,618,855 | 2.9% | 1.66% |
| 2026 | 72,563,773 | 7,736,635 | 2.86% | 1.55% |
| 2027 | 74,604,804 | 7,847,563 | 2.81% | 1.43% |
| 2028 | 76,670,483 | 7,951,300 | 2.77% | 1.32% |
| 2029 | 78,773,192 | 8,047,445 | 2.74% | 1.21% |
| 2030 | 80,913,118 | 8,135,732 | 2.72% | 1.1% |
| 2031 | 83,087,927 | 8,218,959 | 2.69% | 1.02% |
| 2032 | 85,293,126 | 8,300,260 | 2.65% | 0.99% |
| 2033 | 87,520,491 | 8,380,356 | 2.61% | 0.96% |
| 2034 | 89,788,673 | 8,459,731 | 2.59% | 0.95% |
| 2035 | 92,091,418 | 8,538,678 | 2.56% | 0.93% |
| 2036 | 94,420,808 | 8,617,567 | 2.53% | 0.92% |
| 2037 | 96,775,766 | 8,696,458 | 2.49% | 0.92% |
| 2038 | 99,156,465 | 8,775,204 | 2.46% | 0.91% |
| 2039 | 101,567,525 | 8,853,842 | 2.43% | 0.9% |
| 2040 | 103,999,350 | 8,932,237 | 2.39% | 0.89% |
| 2041 | 106,448,475 | 9,010,272 | 2.35% | 0.87% |
| 2042 | 108,926,272 | 9,087,668 | 2.33% | 0.86% |
| 2043 | 111,433,788 | 9,164,056 | 2.3% | 0.84% |
| 2044 | 113,966,263 | 9,239,278 | 2.27% | 0.82% |
| 2045 | 116,525,463 | 9,312,825 | 2.25% | 0.8% |
| 2046 | 119,109,670 | 9,384,188 | 2.22% | 0.77% |
| 2047 | 121,721,018 | 9,452,893 | 2.19% | 0.73% |
| 2048 | 124,351,294 | 9,518,558 | 2.16% | 0.69% |
| 2049 | 126,981,394 | 9,580,906 | 2.12% | 0.66% |
| 2050 | 129,621,083 | 9,639,711 | 2.08% | 0.61% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Tanzania increased by 13,529,111 people (a 33.6% growth), while Turkmenistan gained 1,212,936 people (a 23.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Tanzania gained 18,762,066 (a 34.9% growth), while Turkmenistan's population increased by 1,377,806 (a 21.7% growth).
Tanzania was ranked 30th most populous country in 2006 and is 20th in 2026. Turkmenistan was ranked 113th in 2006 and ranked 104th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Tanzania's population will grow by 78.6% to 129,621,083 people with a rank change from 20th to 15th. The population of Turkmenistan will increase by 24.6% to 9,639,711 people and rank change from 104th to 101st.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Dar es Salaam | 4.72M |
| Zanzibar | 710K |
| Mwanza | 706K |
| Mbeya | 542K |
| Arusha | 416K |
| Tanga | 221K |
| Dodoma | 214K |
| Morogoro | 207K |
| Moshi | 145K |
| Stone Town | 18K |
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| City | Population |
| Ashgabat | 1.03M |
| Turkmenabat | 231K |
| Dasoguz | 227K |
| Mary | 126K |
| Anau | 29.6K |
| Baherden | 24.7K |
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Population differences between Tanzania and Turkmenistan
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| Life expectancy | 67.6 years | 70.5 years |
| Average age | 22.7 years | 29.1 years |
| Median age | 18.4 years | 27.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 4.61 births per woman | 2.69 births per woman |
| Population density | 200.5 ppl/mi² | 41.3 ppl/mi² |
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