Population in Tanzania compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Tanzania and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Tanzania	United Kingdom	Tanzania	United Kingdom
1960	9,901,419	52,400,000	-	-
1961	10,187,886	52,800,000	2.89%	0.76%
1962	10,487,756	53,250,000	2.94%	0.85%
1963	10,799,528	53,650,000	2.97%	0.75%
1964	11,127,826	54,000,000	3.04%	0.65%
1965	11,470,728	54,348,050	3.08%	0.64%
1966	11,827,459	54,648,500	3.11%	0.55%
1967	12,200,109	54,943,600	3.15%	0.54%
1968	12,602,076	55,211,700	3.29%	0.49%
1969	13,036,700	55,441,750	3.45%	0.42%
1970	13,492,677	55,663,250	3.5%	0.4%
1971	13,971,451	55,896,223	3.55%	0.42%
1972	14,479,308	56,086,065	3.63%	0.34%
1973	15,010,101	56,194,527	3.67%	0.19%
1974	15,561,630	56,229,974	3.67%	0.06%
1975	16,138,361	56,225,800	3.71%	-0.007%
1976	16,736,211	56,211,968	3.7%	-0.02%
1977	17,352,929	56,193,492	3.68%	-0.03%
1978	17,976,566	56,196,504	3.59%	0.005%
1979	18,592,038	56,246,951	3.42%	0.09%
1980	19,189,769	56,314,216	3.21%	0.12%
1981	19,784,703	56,333,829	3.1%	0.03%
1982	20,398,571	56,313,641	3.1%	-0.04%
1983	21,079,874	56,332,848	3.34%	0.03%
1984	21,779,066	56,422,072	3.32%	0.16%
1985	22,501,693	56,550,268	3.32%	0.23%
1986	23,258,959	56,681,396	3.37%	0.23%
1987	24,030,378	56,802,050	3.32%	0.21%
1988	24,769,686	56,928,327	3.08%	0.22%
1989	25,438,759	57,076,711	2.7%	0.26%
1990	26,110,207	57,247,586	2.64%	0.3%
1991	26,780,436	57,424,897	2.57%	0.31%
1992	27,457,588	57,580,402	2.53%	0.27%
1993	28,332,692	57,718,614	3.19%	0.24%
1994	29,442,356	57,865,745	3.92%	0.25%
1995	30,383,497	58,019,030	3.2%	0.26%
1996	30,945,762	58,166,950	1.85%	0.25%
1997	31,578,089	58,316,954	2.04%	0.26%
1998	32,420,458	58,487,141	2.67%	0.29%
1999	33,300,330	58,682,466	2.71%	0.33%
2000	34,260,139	58,892,514	2.88%	0.36%
2001	35,198,299	59,119,673	2.74%	0.39%
2002	36,121,304	59,370,479	2.62%	0.42%
2003	37,089,555	59,647,577	2.68%	0.47%
2004	38,109,668	59,987,905	2.75%	0.57%
2005	39,182,076	60,401,206	2.81%	0.69%
2006	40,294,902	60,846,820	2.84%	0.74%
2007	41,435,512	61,322,463	2.83%	0.78%
2008	42,570,728	61,806,995	2.74%	0.79%
2009	43,633,982	62,276,270	2.5%	0.76%
2010	44,758,488	62,766,365	2.58%	0.79%
2011	46,029,367	63,258,810	2.84%	0.78%
2012	47,374,260	63,711,000	2.92%	0.71%
2013	48,824,128	64,139,000	3.06%	0.67%
2014	50,351,512	64,620,000	3.13%	0.75%
2015	52,020,962	65,088,000	3.32%	0.72%
2016	53,824,013	65,607,000	3.47%	0.8%
2017	55,652,890	65,966,000	3.4%	0.55%
2018	57,437,145	66,289,000	3.21%	0.49%
2019	59,174,891	66,631,000	3.03%	0.52%
2020	60,972,798	66,744,000	3.04%	0.17%
2021	62,830,412	66,984,000	3.05%	0.36%
2022	64,711,821	67,604,000	2.99%	0.93%
2023	66,617,606	68,492,000	2.95%	1.31%
2024	68,560,157	69,226,000	2.92%	1.07%
2025	70,545,858	69,639,673	2.9%	0.6%
2026	72,563,773	70,020,350	2.86%	0.55%
2027	74,604,804	70,382,853	2.81%	0.52%
2028	76,670,483	70,732,699	2.77%	0.5%
2029	78,773,192	71,061,482	2.74%	0.46%
2030	80,913,118	71,377,535	2.72%	0.44%
2031	83,087,927	71,678,351	2.69%	0.42%
2032	85,293,126	71,959,934	2.65%	0.39%
2033	87,520,491	72,234,509	2.61%	0.38%
2034	89,788,673	72,497,650	2.59%	0.36%
2035	92,091,418	72,749,096	2.56%	0.35%
2036	94,420,808	72,990,847	2.53%	0.33%
2037	96,775,766	73,218,850	2.49%	0.31%
2038	99,156,465	73,441,349	2.46%	0.3%
2039	101,567,525	73,658,392	2.43%	0.3%
2040	103,999,350	73,868,334	2.39%	0.29%
2041	106,448,475	74,074,316	2.35%	0.28%
2042	108,926,272	74,275,779	2.33%	0.27%
2043	111,433,788	74,475,035	2.3%	0.27%
2044	113,966,263	74,667,284	2.27%	0.26%
2045	116,525,463	74,848,605	2.25%	0.24%
2046	119,109,670	75,020,949	2.22%	0.23%
2047	121,721,018	75,184,478	2.19%	0.22%
2048	124,351,294	75,337,543	2.16%	0.2%
2049	126,981,394	75,476,141	2.12%	0.18%
2050	129,621,083	75,600,588	2.08%	0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Tanzania increased by 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Tanzania gained 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Tanzania was ranked 31st most populous country in 2005 and is 20th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Tanzania's population will grow by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people with a rank change from 20th to 15th. The population of the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.