Population in Tanzania compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Tanzania and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Tanzania	Vatican	Tanzania	Vatican
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	880	2.88%	-
2001	35,198,299	890	2.74%	1.14%
2002	36,121,304	900	2.62%	1.12%
2003	37,089,555	911	2.68%	1.22%
2004	38,109,668	921	2.75%	1.1%
2005	39,182,076	921	2.81%	0%
2006	40,294,902	932	2.84%	1.19%
2007	41,435,512	821	2.83%	-11.9%
2008	42,570,728	824	2.74%	0.37%
2009	43,633,982	826	2.5%	0.24%
2010	44,758,488	829	2.58%	0.36%
2011	46,029,367	832	2.84%	0.36%
2012	47,374,260	836	2.92%	0.48%
2013	48,824,128	839	3.06%	0.36%
2014	50,351,512	842	3.13%	0.36%
2015	52,020,962	1,000	3.32%	18.8%
2016	53,824,013	-	3.47%	0%
2017	55,652,890	1,000	3.4%	0%
2018	57,437,145	-	3.21%	0%
2019	59,174,891	1,000	3.03%	0%
2020	60,972,798	987	3.04%	-1.29%
2021	62,830,412	970	3.05%	-1.68%
2022	64,711,821	944	2.99%	-2.66%
2023	66,617,606	922	2.95%	-2.34%
2024	68,560,157	933	2.92%	1.2%
2025	70,545,858	939	2.9%	0.59%
2026	72,563,773	952	2.86%	1.37%
2027	74,604,804	974	2.81%	2.32%
2028	76,670,483	985	2.77%	1.13%
2029	78,773,192	983	2.74%	-0.19%
2030	80,913,118	976	2.72%	-0.75%
2031	83,087,927	968	2.69%	-0.75%
2032	85,293,126	968	2.65%	0%
2033	87,520,491	988	2.61%	2.09%
2034	89,788,673	992	2.59%	0.37%
2035	92,091,418	1,000	2.56%	0.74%
2036	94,420,808	998	2.53%	-0.18%
2037	96,775,766	1,003	2.49%	0.55%
2038	99,156,465	1,022	2.46%	1.83%
2039	101,567,525	1,060	2.43%	3.78%
2040	103,999,350	1,095	2.39%	3.3%
2041	106,448,475	1,127	2.35%	2.86%
2042	108,926,272	1,149	2.33%	1.96%
2043	111,433,788	1,169	2.3%	1.76%
2044	113,966,263	1,186	2.27%	1.42%
2045	116,525,463	1,209	2.25%	2.02%
2046	119,109,670	1,224	2.22%	1.22%
2047	121,721,018	1,248	2.19%	1.95%
2048	124,351,294	1,272	2.16%	1.92%
2049	126,981,394	1,296	2.12%	1.88%
2050	129,621,083	1,325	2.08%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Tanzania increased by 13,529,111 people (a 33.6% growth), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Tanzania gained 18,762,066 (a 34.9% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Tanzania was ranked 30th most populous country in 2006 and is 20th in 2026. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2006 and still ranked 197th 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 the Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.