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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Tanzania	Zambia	Tanzania	Zambia
1960	9,901,419	3,153,729	-	-
1961	10,187,886	3,254,086	2.89%	3.18%
1962	10,487,756	3,358,099	2.94%	3.2%
1963	10,799,528	3,465,907	2.97%	3.21%
1964	11,127,826	3,577,017	3.04%	3.21%
1965	11,470,728	3,692,086	3.08%	3.22%
1966	11,827,459	3,812,003	3.11%	3.25%
1967	12,200,109	3,936,343	3.15%	3.26%
1968	12,602,076	4,065,593	3.29%	3.28%
1969	13,036,700	4,197,116	3.45%	3.24%
1970	13,492,677	4,321,718	3.5%	2.97%
1971	13,971,451	4,442,525	3.55%	2.8%
1972	14,479,308	4,569,309	3.63%	2.85%
1973	15,010,101	4,702,693	3.67%	2.92%
1974	15,561,630	4,842,746	3.67%	2.98%
1975	16,138,361	4,990,086	3.71%	3.04%
1976	16,736,211	5,143,842	3.7%	3.08%
1977	17,352,929	5,302,480	3.68%	3.08%
1978	17,976,566	5,465,374	3.59%	3.07%
1979	18,592,038	5,631,728	3.42%	3.04%
1980	19,189,769	5,802,833	3.21%	3.04%
1981	19,784,703	5,983,289	3.1%	3.11%
1982	20,398,571	6,178,637	3.1%	3.26%
1983	21,079,874	6,381,038	3.34%	3.28%
1984	21,779,066	6,580,490	3.32%	3.13%
1985	22,501,693	6,780,953	3.32%	3.05%
1986	23,258,959	6,986,471	3.37%	3.03%
1987	24,030,378	7,191,282	3.32%	2.93%
1988	24,769,686	7,391,440	3.08%	2.78%
1989	25,438,759	7,589,216	2.7%	2.68%
1990	26,110,207	7,786,169	2.64%	2.6%
1991	26,780,436	7,981,650	2.57%	2.51%
1992	27,457,588	8,176,680	2.53%	2.44%
1993	28,332,692	8,373,921	3.19%	2.41%
1994	29,442,356	8,576,269	3.92%	2.42%
1995	30,383,497	8,785,763	3.2%	2.44%
1996	30,945,762	9,004,053	1.85%	2.48%
1997	31,578,089	9,237,063	2.04%	2.59%
1998	32,420,458	9,482,408	2.67%	2.66%
1999	33,300,330	9,740,005	2.71%	2.72%
2000	34,260,139	10,017,631	2.88%	2.85%
2001	35,198,299	10,325,185	2.74%	3.07%
2002	36,121,304	10,647,949	2.62%	3.13%
2003	37,089,555	10,983,595	2.68%	3.15%
2004	38,109,668	11,338,198	2.75%	3.23%
2005	39,182,076	11,718,819	2.81%	3.36%
2006	40,294,902	12,129,553	2.84%	3.5%
2007	41,435,512	12,565,085	2.83%	3.59%
2008	42,570,728	13,021,324	2.74%	3.63%
2009	43,633,982	13,490,389	2.5%	3.6%
2010	44,758,488	13,965,594	2.58%	3.52%
2011	46,029,367	14,437,796	2.84%	3.38%
2012	47,374,260	14,913,629	2.92%	3.3%
2013	48,824,128	15,398,997	3.06%	3.25%
2014	50,351,512	15,895,315	3.13%	3.22%
2015	52,020,962	16,399,089	3.32%	3.17%
2016	53,824,013	16,914,423	3.47%	3.14%
2017	55,652,890	17,441,320	3.4%	3.12%
2018	57,437,145	17,973,569	3.21%	3.05%
2019	59,174,891	18,513,839	3.03%	3.01%
2020	60,972,798	19,059,395	3.04%	2.95%
2021	62,830,412	19,603,607	3.05%	2.86%
2022	64,711,821	20,152,938	2.99%	2.8%
2023	66,617,606	20,723,965	2.95%	2.83%
2024	68,560,157	21,314,956	2.92%	2.85%
2025	70,545,858	21,913,869	2.9%	2.81%
2026	72,563,773	22,521,905	2.86%	2.77%
2027	74,604,804	23,138,716	2.81%	2.74%
2028	76,670,483	23,761,368	2.77%	2.69%
2029	78,773,192	24,389,681	2.74%	2.64%
2030	80,913,118	25,024,887	2.72%	2.6%
2031	83,087,927	25,666,496	2.69%	2.56%
2032	85,293,126	26,311,946	2.65%	2.51%
2033	87,520,491	26,960,073	2.61%	2.46%
2034	89,788,673	27,611,621	2.59%	2.42%
2035	92,091,418	28,266,887	2.56%	2.37%
2036	94,420,808	28,925,103	2.53%	2.33%
2037	96,775,766	29,583,482	2.49%	2.28%
2038	99,156,465	30,240,549	2.46%	2.22%
2039	101,567,525	30,895,586	2.43%	2.17%
2040	103,999,350	31,550,394	2.39%	2.12%
2041	106,448,475	32,204,340	2.35%	2.07%
2042	108,926,272	32,856,596	2.33%	2.03%
2043	111,433,788	33,510,500	2.3%	1.99%
2044	113,966,263	34,165,920	2.27%	1.96%
2045	116,525,463	34,821,101	2.25%	1.92%
2046	119,109,670	35,475,795	2.22%	1.88%
2047	121,721,018	36,129,270	2.19%	1.84%
2048	124,351,294	36,782,260	2.16%	1.81%
2049	126,981,394	37,434,667	2.12%	1.77%
2050	129,621,083	38,083,369	2.08%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Tanzania increased by 13,529,111 people (a 33.6% growth), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Tanzania gained 18,762,066 (a 34.9% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

Tanzania was ranked 30th most populous country in 2006 and is 20th in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.