The latest officially reported population of Tanzania was 68,560,157 in 2024 vs 100,987,686 people in Vietnam in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Tanzania's population is 72,166,806 people compared to 102,063,551 in Vietnam.
Population statistics:
- Vietnam's population is 1.41 times bigger than Tanzania's.
- Tanzania is ranked the 20th most populous country in the world, while Vietnam is the 16th.
- The countries together account for 2.11% of the world: 0.87% for Tanzania vs 1.23% for Vietnam.
- For the last 10 years, Tanzania has had an average growth rate of +3.13% per year vs +0.99% in Vietnam.
- Since 2005, the population of Tanzania has increased from 39.2M people to 72.2M (84.2% growth), while Vietnam has grown from 81.1M to 102M (25.9% growth).
- Tanzania is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 263M people compared to the peak of 110M people in 2049 for Vietnam.
Tanzania vs Vietnam: live population counter
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| Current population |
72166806
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102063551
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| Population rank | 20/197 | 16/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.87% | 1.23% |
| One net population change |
16.2 seconds
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49.6 seconds
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| One birth every |
13.4 seconds
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22.7 seconds
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| One death every |
1.36 minutes
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47.8 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
17.6 minutes
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8.81 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -29,865 | -59,645 |
| Daily growth/decline | +5,322 | +1,741 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,942,551 | +635,494 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.92% | +0.63% |
| Population growth rate rank | 19/197 | 124/197 |
Tanzania and Vietnam: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,901,419 | 32,531,933 | - | - |
| 1961 | 10,187,886 | 33,409,059 | 2.89% | 2.7% |
| 1962 | 10,487,756 | 34,288,560 | 2.94% | 2.63% |
| 1963 | 10,799,528 | 35,249,101 | 2.97% | 2.8% |
| 1964 | 11,127,826 | 36,201,563 | 3.04% | 2.7% |
| 1965 | 11,470,728 | 37,129,656 | 3.08% | 2.56% |
| 1966 | 11,827,459 | 38,024,836 | 3.11% | 2.41% |
| 1967 | 12,200,109 | 38,895,080 | 3.15% | 2.29% |
| 1968 | 12,602,076 | 39,734,609 | 3.29% | 2.16% |
| 1969 | 13,036,700 | 40,582,096 | 3.45% | 2.13% |
| 1970 | 13,492,677 | 41,475,230 | 3.5% | 2.2% |
| 1971 | 13,971,451 | 42,449,276 | 3.55% | 2.35% |
| 1972 | 14,479,308 | 43,429,168 | 3.63% | 2.31% |
| 1973 | 15,010,101 | 44,409,861 | 3.67% | 2.26% |
| 1974 | 15,561,630 | 45,413,537 | 3.67% | 2.26% |
| 1975 | 16,138,361 | 46,482,903 | 3.71% | 2.35% |
| 1976 | 16,736,211 | 47,684,931 | 3.7% | 2.59% |
| 1977 | 17,352,929 | 48,954,872 | 3.68% | 2.66% |
| 1978 | 17,976,566 | 50,249,552 | 3.59% | 2.64% |
| 1979 | 18,592,038 | 51,378,211 | 3.42% | 2.25% |
| 1980 | 19,189,769 | 52,490,101 | 3.21% | 2.16% |
| 1981 | 19,784,703 | 53,738,141 | 3.1% | 2.38% |
| 1982 | 20,398,571 | 55,011,289 | 3.1% | 2.37% |
| 1983 | 21,079,874 | 56,337,921 | 3.34% | 2.41% |
| 1984 | 21,779,066 | 57,706,067 | 3.32% | 2.43% |
| 1985 | 22,501,693 | 59,060,622 | 3.32% | 2.35% |
| 1986 | 23,258,959 | 60,347,048 | 3.37% | 2.18% |
| 1987 | 24,030,378 | 61,584,651 | 3.32% | 2.05% |
| 1988 | 24,769,686 | 62,843,228 | 3.08% | 2.04% |
| 1989 | 25,438,759 | 64,147,348 | 2.7% | 2.08% |
| 1990 | 26,110,207 | 65,504,552 | 2.64% | 2.12% |
| 1991 | 26,780,436 | 66,891,775 | 2.57% | 2.12% |
| 1992 | 27,457,588 | 68,260,337 | 2.53% | 2.05% |
| 1993 | 28,332,692 | 69,586,384 | 3.19% | 1.94% |
| 1994 | 29,442,356 | 70,854,391 | 3.92% | 1.82% |
| 1995 | 30,383,497 | 72,049,940 | 3.2% | 1.69% |
| 1996 | 30,945,762 | 73,156,447 | 1.85% | 1.54% |
| 1997 | 31,578,089 | 74,226,889 | 2.04% | 1.46% |
| 1998 | 32,420,458 | 75,299,660 | 2.67% | 1.45% |
| 1999 | 33,300,330 | 76,287,452 | 2.71% | 1.31% |
| 2000 | 34,260,139 | 77,154,011 | 2.88% | 1.14% |
| 2001 | 35,198,299 | 77,969,361 | 2.74% | 1.06% |
| 2002 | 36,121,304 | 78,772,224 | 2.62% | 1.03% |
| 2003 | 37,089,555 | 79,563,777 | 2.68% | 1% |
| 2004 | 38,109,668 | 80,338,971 | 2.75% | 0.97% |
| 2005 | 39,182,076 | 81,088,313 | 2.81% | 0.93% |
| 2006 | 40,294,902 | 82,167,897 | 2.84% | 1.33% |
| 2007 | 41,435,512 | 83,633,375 | 2.83% | 1.78% |
| 2008 | 42,570,728 | 85,175,788 | 2.74% | 1.84% |
| 2009 | 43,633,982 | 86,460,018 | 2.5% | 1.51% |
| 2010 | 44,758,488 | 87,455,152 | 2.58% | 1.15% |
| 2011 | 46,029,367 | 88,468,314 | 2.84% | 1.16% |
| 2012 | 47,374,260 | 89,510,356 | 2.92% | 1.18% |
| 2013 | 48,824,128 | 90,573,104 | 3.06% | 1.19% |
| 2014 | 50,351,512 | 91,679,578 | 3.13% | 1.22% |
| 2015 | 52,020,962 | 92,823,254 | 3.32% | 1.25% |
| 2016 | 53,824,013 | 94,000,117 | 3.47% | 1.27% |
| 2017 | 55,652,890 | 95,176,977 | 3.4% | 1.25% |
| 2018 | 57,437,145 | 96,237,319 | 3.21% | 1.11% |
| 2019 | 59,174,891 | 97,173,776 | 3.03% | 0.97% |
| 2020 | 60,972,798 | 98,079,191 | 3.04% | 0.93% |
| 2021 | 62,830,412 | 98,935,098 | 3.05% | 0.87% |
| 2022 | 64,711,821 | 99,680,655 | 2.99% | 0.75% |
| 2023 | 66,617,606 | 100,352,192 | 2.95% | 0.67% |
| 2024 | 68,560,157 | 100,987,686 | 2.92% | 0.63% |
| 2025 | 70,545,858 | 101,598,531 | 2.9% | 0.6% |
| 2026 | 72,563,773 | 102,177,434 | 2.86% | 0.57% |
| 2027 | 74,604,804 | 102,727,392 | 2.81% | 0.54% |
| 2028 | 76,670,483 | 103,255,746 | 2.77% | 0.51% |
| 2029 | 78,773,192 | 103,761,151 | 2.74% | 0.49% |
| 2030 | 80,913,118 | 104,254,900 | 2.72% | 0.48% |
| 2031 | 83,087,927 | 104,737,913 | 2.69% | 0.46% |
| 2032 | 85,293,126 | 105,204,401 | 2.65% | 0.45% |
| 2033 | 87,520,491 | 105,656,307 | 2.61% | 0.43% |
| 2034 | 89,788,673 | 106,097,515 | 2.59% | 0.42% |
| 2035 | 92,091,418 | 106,530,671 | 2.56% | 0.41% |
| 2036 | 94,420,808 | 106,945,842 | 2.53% | 0.39% |
| 2037 | 96,775,766 | 107,346,046 | 2.49% | 0.37% |
| 2038 | 99,156,465 | 107,732,019 | 2.46% | 0.36% |
| 2039 | 101,567,525 | 108,097,653 | 2.43% | 0.34% |
| 2040 | 103,999,350 | 108,437,634 | 2.39% | 0.31% |
| 2041 | 106,448,475 | 108,752,199 | 2.35% | 0.29% |
| 2042 | 108,926,272 | 109,040,314 | 2.33% | 0.26% |
| 2043 | 111,433,788 | 109,292,559 | 2.3% | 0.23% |
| 2044 | 113,966,263 | 109,506,274 | 2.27% | 0.2% |
| 2045 | 116,525,463 | 109,685,396 | 2.25% | 0.16% |
| 2046 | 119,109,670 | 109,827,664 | 2.22% | 0.13% |
| 2047 | 121,721,018 | 109,930,243 | 2.19% | 0.09% |
| 2048 | 124,351,294 | 109,994,024 | 2.16% | 0.06% |
| 2049 | 126,981,394 | 110,018,017 | 2.12% | 0.02% |
| 2050 | 129,621,083 | 110,008,910 | 2.08% | -0.008% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Tanzania increased by 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Tanzania gained 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).
Tanzania was ranked 31st most populous country in 2005 and is 20th in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.
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Population differences between Tanzania and Vietnam
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| Life expectancy | 67.4 years | 74.9 years |
| Average age | 22.7 years | 34.6 years |
| Median age | 18.4 years | 33.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 49:51 |
| Fertility rate | 4.61 births per woman | 1.91 births per woman |
| Population density | 200.5 ppl/mi² | 835 ppl/mi² |
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