The latest officially reported population of Tanzania was 68,560,157 in 2024 vs 40,583,164 people in Yemen in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Tanzania's population is 72,166,806 people compared to 42,727,988 in Yemen.
Population statistics:
- Tanzania's population is 1.69 times bigger than Yemen's.
- Tanzania is ranked the 20th most populous country in the world, while Yemen is the 37th.
- The countries together account for 1.39% of the world: 0.87% for Tanzania vs 0.52% for Yemen.
- For the last 10 years, Tanzania has had an average growth rate of +3.13% per year vs +3% in Yemen.
- Since 2005, the population of Tanzania has increased from 39.2M people to 72.2M (84.2% growth), while Yemen has grown from 22.8M to 42.7M (87.5% growth).
- Tanzania is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 263M people compared to the peak of 110M people in 2100 for Yemen.
Tanzania vs Yemen: live population counter
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| Current population |
72166806
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42727988
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| Population rank | 20/197 | 37/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.87% | 0.52% |
| One net population change |
16.2 seconds
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26.4 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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2.78 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
17.6 minutes
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50.1 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -29,865 | -10,482 |
| Daily growth/decline | +5,322 | +3,267 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,942,551 | +1,192,365 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.92% | +3.03% |
| Population growth rate rank | 19/197 | 14/197 |
Tanzania and Yemen: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,901,419 | 5,532,301 | - | - |
| 1961 | 10,187,886 | 5,655,232 | 2.89% | 2.22% |
| 1962 | 10,487,756 | 5,782,221 | 2.94% | 2.25% |
| 1963 | 10,799,528 | 5,911,135 | 2.97% | 2.23% |
| 1964 | 11,127,826 | 6,048,006 | 3.04% | 2.32% |
| 1965 | 11,470,728 | 6,195,593 | 3.08% | 2.44% |
| 1966 | 11,827,459 | 6,351,494 | 3.11% | 2.52% |
| 1967 | 12,200,109 | 6,516,444 | 3.15% | 2.6% |
| 1968 | 12,602,076 | 6,690,524 | 3.29% | 2.67% |
| 1969 | 13,036,700 | 6,875,859 | 3.45% | 2.77% |
| 1970 | 13,492,677 | 7,065,279 | 3.5% | 2.75% |
| 1971 | 13,971,451 | 7,257,462 | 3.55% | 2.72% |
| 1972 | 14,479,308 | 7,460,068 | 3.63% | 2.79% |
| 1973 | 15,010,101 | 7,672,796 | 3.67% | 2.85% |
| 1974 | 15,561,630 | 7,896,783 | 3.67% | 2.92% |
| 1975 | 16,138,361 | 8,133,598 | 3.71% | 3% |
| 1976 | 16,736,211 | 8,384,113 | 3.7% | 3.08% |
| 1977 | 17,352,929 | 8,648,222 | 3.68% | 3.15% |
| 1978 | 17,976,566 | 8,926,586 | 3.59% | 3.22% |
| 1979 | 18,592,038 | 9,224,194 | 3.42% | 3.33% |
| 1980 | 19,189,769 | 9,543,358 | 3.21% | 3.46% |
| 1981 | 19,784,703 | 9,882,362 | 3.1% | 3.55% |
| 1982 | 20,398,571 | 10,241,006 | 3.1% | 3.63% |
| 1983 | 21,079,874 | 10,621,499 | 3.34% | 3.72% |
| 1984 | 21,779,066 | 11,025,597 | 3.32% | 3.8% |
| 1985 | 22,501,693 | 11,453,825 | 3.32% | 3.88% |
| 1986 | 23,258,959 | 11,901,040 | 3.37% | 3.9% |
| 1987 | 24,030,378 | 12,369,912 | 3.32% | 3.94% |
| 1988 | 24,769,686 | 12,859,708 | 3.08% | 3.96% |
| 1989 | 25,438,759 | 13,364,174 | 2.7% | 3.92% |
| 1990 | 26,110,207 | 13,887,862 | 2.64% | 3.92% |
| 1991 | 26,780,436 | 14,430,201 | 2.57% | 3.91% |
| 1992 | 27,457,588 | 14,989,494 | 2.53% | 3.88% |
| 1993 | 28,332,692 | 15,563,914 | 3.19% | 3.83% |
| 1994 | 29,442,356 | 16,149,147 | 3.92% | 3.76% |
| 1995 | 30,383,497 | 16,740,058 | 3.2% | 3.66% |
| 1996 | 30,945,762 | 17,313,177 | 1.85% | 3.42% |
| 1997 | 31,578,089 | 17,873,936 | 2.04% | 3.24% |
| 1998 | 32,420,458 | 18,446,013 | 2.67% | 3.2% |
| 1999 | 33,300,330 | 19,029,420 | 2.71% | 3.16% |
| 2000 | 34,260,139 | 19,624,141 | 2.88% | 3.13% |
| 2001 | 35,198,299 | 20,226,147 | 2.74% | 3.07% |
| 2002 | 36,121,304 | 20,835,086 | 2.62% | 3.01% |
| 2003 | 37,089,555 | 21,456,379 | 2.68% | 2.98% |
| 2004 | 38,109,668 | 22,095,167 | 2.75% | 2.98% |
| 2005 | 39,182,076 | 22,790,085 | 2.81% | 3.15% |
| 2006 | 40,294,902 | 23,543,083 | 2.84% | 3.3% |
| 2007 | 41,435,512 | 24,318,082 | 2.83% | 3.29% |
| 2008 | 42,570,728 | 25,111,941 | 2.74% | 3.26% |
| 2009 | 43,633,982 | 25,927,724 | 2.5% | 3.25% |
| 2010 | 44,758,488 | 26,754,387 | 2.58% | 3.19% |
| 2011 | 46,029,367 | 27,582,897 | 2.84% | 3.1% |
| 2012 | 47,374,260 | 28,433,647 | 2.92% | 3.08% |
| 2013 | 48,824,128 | 29,312,952 | 3.06% | 3.09% |
| 2014 | 50,351,512 | 30,226,309 | 3.13% | 3.12% |
| 2015 | 52,020,962 | 31,159,379 | 3.32% | 3.09% |
| 2016 | 53,824,013 | 32,109,010 | 3.47% | 3.05% |
| 2017 | 55,652,890 | 33,090,921 | 3.4% | 3.06% |
| 2018 | 57,437,145 | 34,085,182 | 3.21% | 3% |
| 2019 | 59,174,891 | 35,111,408 | 3.03% | 3.01% |
| 2020 | 60,972,798 | 36,134,863 | 3.04% | 2.91% |
| 2021 | 62,830,412 | 37,140,230 | 3.05% | 2.78% |
| 2022 | 64,711,821 | 38,222,876 | 2.99% | 2.92% |
| 2023 | 66,617,606 | 39,390,799 | 2.95% | 3.06% |
| 2024 | 68,560,157 | 40,583,164 | 2.92% | 3.03% |
| 2025 | 70,545,858 | 41,773,871 | 2.9% | 2.93% |
| 2026 | 72,563,773 | 42,961,650 | 2.86% | 2.84% |
| 2027 | 74,604,804 | 44,145,620 | 2.81% | 2.76% |
| 2028 | 76,670,483 | 45,323,685 | 2.77% | 2.67% |
| 2029 | 78,773,192 | 46,497,573 | 2.74% | 2.59% |
| 2030 | 80,913,118 | 47,667,649 | 2.72% | 2.52% |
| 2031 | 83,087,927 | 48,827,503 | 2.69% | 2.43% |
| 2032 | 85,293,126 | 49,979,089 | 2.65% | 2.36% |
| 2033 | 87,520,491 | 51,129,867 | 2.61% | 2.3% |
| 2034 | 89,788,673 | 52,279,989 | 2.59% | 2.25% |
| 2035 | 92,091,418 | 53,429,308 | 2.56% | 2.2% |
| 2036 | 94,420,808 | 54,578,046 | 2.53% | 2.15% |
| 2037 | 96,775,766 | 55,724,259 | 2.49% | 2.1% |
| 2038 | 99,156,465 | 56,872,152 | 2.46% | 2.06% |
| 2039 | 101,567,525 | 58,024,713 | 2.43% | 2.03% |
| 2040 | 103,999,350 | 59,181,514 | 2.39% | 1.99% |
| 2041 | 106,448,475 | 60,345,667 | 2.35% | 1.97% |
| 2042 | 108,926,272 | 61,517,965 | 2.33% | 1.94% |
| 2043 | 111,433,788 | 62,696,517 | 2.3% | 1.92% |
| 2044 | 113,966,263 | 63,880,172 | 2.27% | 1.89% |
| 2045 | 116,525,463 | 65,066,344 | 2.25% | 1.86% |
| 2046 | 119,109,670 | 66,253,578 | 2.22% | 1.82% |
| 2047 | 121,721,018 | 67,438,796 | 2.19% | 1.79% |
| 2048 | 124,351,294 | 68,620,844 | 2.16% | 1.75% |
| 2049 | 126,981,394 | 69,799,794 | 2.12% | 1.72% |
| 2050 | 129,621,083 | 70,976,389 | 2.08% | 1.69% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Tanzania increased by 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Tanzania gained 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).
Tanzania was ranked 31st most populous country in 2005 and is 20th in 2025. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2005 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.
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Population differences between Tanzania and Yemen
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| Life expectancy | 67.4 years | 69.6 years |
| Average age | 22.7 years | 23.1 years |
| Median age | 18.4 years | 19.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 50.7:49.3 |
| Fertility rate | 4.61 births per woman | 4.59 births per woman |
| Population density | 200.5 ppl/mi² | 199.1 ppl/mi² |
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