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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Tanzania	Uganda	Tanzania	Uganda
1960	9,901,419	7,640,973	-	-
1961	10,187,886	7,862,217	2.89%	2.9%
1962	10,487,756	8,092,231	2.94%	2.93%
1963	10,799,528	8,333,663	2.97%	2.98%
1964	11,127,826	8,586,363	3.04%	3.03%
1965	11,470,728	8,849,203	3.08%	3.06%
1966	11,827,459	9,122,864	3.11%	3.09%
1967	12,200,109	9,408,924	3.15%	3.14%
1968	12,602,076	9,708,632	3.29%	3.19%
1969	13,036,700	10,014,858	3.45%	3.15%
1970	13,492,677	10,321,603	3.5%	3.06%
1971	13,971,451	10,618,206	3.55%	2.87%
1972	14,479,308	10,885,796	3.63%	2.52%
1973	15,010,101	11,144,236	3.67%	2.37%
1974	15,561,630	11,424,846	3.67%	2.52%
1975	16,138,361	11,725,240	3.71%	2.63%
1976	16,736,211	12,037,294	3.7%	2.66%
1977	17,352,929	12,359,669	3.68%	2.68%
1978	17,976,566	12,692,113	3.59%	2.69%
1979	18,592,038	13,002,163	3.42%	2.44%
1980	19,189,769	13,275,741	3.21%	2.1%
1981	19,784,703	13,556,452	3.1%	2.11%
1982	20,398,571	13,873,631	3.1%	2.34%
1983	21,079,874	14,221,881	3.34%	2.51%
1984	21,779,066	14,607,677	3.32%	2.71%
1985	22,501,693	15,023,681	3.32%	2.85%
1986	23,258,959	15,467,579	3.37%	2.95%
1987	24,030,378	15,954,170	3.32%	3.15%
1988	24,769,686	16,470,483	3.08%	3.24%
1989	25,438,759	17,010,698	2.7%	3.28%
1990	26,110,207	17,569,897	2.64%	3.29%
1991	26,780,436	18,155,901	2.57%	3.34%
1992	27,457,588	18,785,032	2.53%	3.47%
1993	28,332,692	19,445,161	3.19%	3.51%
1994	29,442,356	20,108,801	3.92%	3.41%
1995	30,383,497	20,665,667	3.2%	2.77%
1996	30,945,762	21,231,550	1.85%	2.74%
1997	31,578,089	21,856,046	2.04%	2.94%
1998	32,420,458	22,515,806	2.67%	3.02%
1999	33,300,330	23,257,281	2.71%	3.29%
2000	34,260,139	24,000,150	2.88%	3.19%
2001	35,198,299	24,745,676	2.74%	3.11%
2002	36,121,304	25,532,870	2.62%	3.18%
2003	37,089,555	26,352,124	2.68%	3.21%
2004	38,109,668	27,154,515	2.75%	3.04%
2005	39,182,076	27,963,289	2.81%	2.98%
2006	40,294,902	28,794,003	2.84%	2.97%
2007	41,435,512	29,653,430	2.83%	2.98%
2008	42,570,728	30,539,553	2.74%	2.99%
2009	43,633,982	31,451,151	2.5%	2.98%
2010	44,758,488	32,390,802	2.58%	2.99%
2011	46,029,367	33,354,543	2.84%	2.98%
2012	47,374,260	34,337,438	2.92%	2.95%
2013	48,824,128	35,337,042	3.06%	2.91%
2014	50,351,512	36,395,539	3.13%	3%
2015	52,020,962	37,531,446	3.32%	3.12%
2016	53,824,013	38,799,152	3.47%	3.38%
2017	55,652,890	40,177,388	3.4%	3.55%
2018	57,437,145	41,565,831	3.21%	3.46%
2019	59,174,891	42,999,637	3.03%	3.45%
2020	60,972,798	44,457,152	3.04%	3.39%
2021	62,830,412	45,910,930	3.05%	3.27%
2022	64,711,821	47,312,719	2.99%	3.05%
2023	66,617,606	48,656,601	2.95%	2.84%
2024	68,560,157	50,015,092	2.92%	2.79%
2025	70,545,858	51,384,895	2.9%	2.74%
2026	72,563,773	52,761,471	2.86%	2.68%
2027	74,604,804	54,144,274	2.81%	2.62%
2028	76,670,483	55,532,564	2.77%	2.56%
2029	78,773,192	56,922,797	2.74%	2.5%
2030	80,913,118	58,312,944	2.72%	2.44%
2031	83,087,927	59,703,537	2.69%	2.38%
2032	85,293,126	61,089,060	2.65%	2.32%
2033	87,520,491	62,464,116	2.61%	2.25%
2034	89,788,673	63,833,872	2.59%	2.19%
2035	92,091,418	65,205,570	2.56%	2.15%
2036	94,420,808	66,573,737	2.53%	2.1%
2037	96,775,766	67,942,634	2.49%	2.06%
2038	99,156,465	69,312,210	2.46%	2.02%
2039	101,567,525	70,669,875	2.43%	1.96%
2040	103,999,350	72,020,414	2.39%	1.91%
2041	106,448,475	73,372,658	2.35%	1.88%
2042	108,926,272	74,730,004	2.33%	1.85%
2043	111,433,788	76,090,991	2.3%	1.82%
2044	113,966,263	77,449,517	2.27%	1.79%
2045	116,525,463	78,797,995	2.25%	1.74%
2046	119,109,670	80,139,174	2.22%	1.7%
2047	121,721,018	81,478,503	2.19%	1.67%
2048	124,351,294	82,812,102	2.16%	1.64%
2049	126,981,394	84,130,056	2.12%	1.59%
2050	129,621,083	85,431,202	2.08%	1.55%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Tanzania increased by 13,529,111 people (a 33.6% growth), while Uganda gained 10,005,149 people (a 34.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Tanzania gained 18,762,066 (a 34.9% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 13,977,431 (a 36% growth).

Tanzania was ranked 30th most populous country in 2006 and is 20th in 2026. Uganda was ranked 38th in 2006 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 61.9% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.