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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Tanzania	Zimbabwe	Tanzania	Zimbabwe
1960	9,901,419	3,809,389	-	-
1961	10,187,886	3,930,401	2.89%	3.18%
1962	10,487,756	4,055,959	2.94%	3.19%
1963	10,799,528	4,185,877	2.97%	3.2%
1964	11,127,826	4,320,006	3.04%	3.2%
1965	11,470,728	4,458,462	3.08%	3.2%
1966	11,827,459	4,601,217	3.11%	3.2%
1967	12,200,109	4,748,307	3.15%	3.2%
1968	12,602,076	4,900,440	3.29%	3.2%
1969	13,036,700	5,058,181	3.45%	3.22%
1970	13,492,677	5,215,918	3.5%	3.12%
1971	13,971,451	5,374,712	3.55%	3.04%
1972	14,479,308	5,542,445	3.63%	3.12%
1973	15,010,101	5,720,404	3.67%	3.21%
1974	15,561,630	5,908,328	3.67%	3.29%
1975	16,138,361	6,098,658	3.71%	3.22%
1976	16,736,211	6,287,105	3.7%	3.09%
1977	17,352,929	6,449,512	3.68%	2.58%
1978	17,976,566	6,543,575	3.59%	1.46%
1979	18,592,038	6,647,556	3.42%	1.59%
1980	19,189,769	7,041,303	3.21%	5.92%
1981	19,784,703	7,498,635	3.1%	6.49%
1982	20,398,571	7,796,496	3.1%	3.97%
1983	21,079,874	8,098,404	3.34%	3.87%
1984	21,779,066	8,391,488	3.32%	3.62%
1985	22,501,693	8,686,813	3.32%	3.52%
1986	23,258,959	8,982,578	3.37%	3.4%
1987	24,030,378	9,284,644	3.32%	3.36%
1988	24,769,686	9,583,094	3.08%	3.21%
1989	25,438,759	9,864,798	2.7%	2.94%
1990	26,110,207	10,137,281	2.64%	2.76%
1991	26,780,436	10,404,816	2.57%	2.64%
1992	27,457,588	10,702,700	2.53%	2.86%
1993	28,332,692	10,860,288	3.19%	1.47%
1994	29,442,356	10,873,148	3.92%	0.12%
1995	30,383,497	10,974,599	3.2%	0.93%
1996	30,945,762	11,158,360	1.85%	1.67%
1997	31,578,089	11,369,827	2.04%	1.9%
1998	32,420,458	11,594,297	2.67%	1.97%
1999	33,300,330	11,783,458	2.71%	1.63%
2000	34,260,139	11,892,055	2.88%	0.92%
2001	35,198,299	11,971,901	2.74%	0.67%
2002	36,121,304	12,087,653	2.62%	0.97%
2003	37,089,555	12,232,323	2.68%	1.2%
2004	38,109,668	12,365,896	2.75%	1.09%
2005	39,182,076	12,483,432	2.81%	0.95%
2006	40,294,902	12,636,445	2.84%	1.23%
2007	41,435,512	12,804,058	2.83%	1.33%
2008	42,570,728	12,959,149	2.74%	1.21%
2009	43,633,982	13,142,790	2.5%	1.42%
2010	44,758,488	13,356,548	2.58%	1.63%
2011	46,029,367	13,595,424	2.84%	1.79%
2012	47,374,260	13,817,887	2.92%	1.64%
2013	48,824,128	14,013,808	3.06%	1.42%
2014	50,351,512	14,207,359	3.13%	1.38%
2015	52,020,962	14,399,013	3.32%	1.35%
2016	53,824,013	14,600,294	3.47%	1.4%
2017	55,652,890	14,812,482	3.4%	1.45%
2018	57,437,145	15,034,452	3.21%	1.5%
2019	59,174,891	15,271,368	3.03%	1.58%
2020	60,972,798	15,526,888	3.04%	1.67%
2021	62,830,412	15,797,210	3.05%	1.74%
2022	64,711,821	16,069,056	2.99%	1.72%
2023	66,617,606	16,340,822	2.95%	1.69%
2024	68,560,157	16,634,373	2.92%	1.8%
2025	70,545,858	16,950,805	2.9%	1.9%
2026	72,563,773	17,273,591	2.86%	1.9%
2027	74,604,804	17,600,621	2.81%	1.89%
2028	76,670,483	17,932,015	2.77%	1.88%
2029	78,773,192	18,268,967	2.74%	1.88%
2030	80,913,118	18,610,356	2.72%	1.87%
2031	83,087,927	18,956,207	2.69%	1.86%
2032	85,293,126	19,311,368	2.65%	1.87%
2033	87,520,491	19,675,929	2.61%	1.89%
2034	89,788,673	20,041,125	2.59%	1.86%
2035	92,091,418	20,409,159	2.56%	1.84%
2036	94,420,808	20,778,662	2.53%	1.81%
2037	96,775,766	21,144,748	2.49%	1.76%
2038	99,156,465	21,512,919	2.46%	1.74%
2039	101,567,525	21,881,123	2.43%	1.71%
2040	103,999,350	22,250,123	2.39%	1.69%
2041	106,448,475	22,627,428	2.35%	1.7%
2042	108,926,272	23,000,906	2.33%	1.65%
2043	111,433,788	23,371,301	2.3%	1.61%
2044	113,966,263	23,740,630	2.27%	1.58%
2045	116,525,463	24,102,391	2.25%	1.52%
2046	119,109,670	24,462,491	2.22%	1.49%
2047	121,721,018	24,816,449	2.19%	1.45%
2048	124,351,294	25,168,419	2.16%	1.42%
2049	126,981,394	25,518,513	2.12%	1.39%
2050	129,621,083	25,866,397	2.08%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Tanzania increased by 13,529,111 people (a 33.6% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,963,849 people (a 15.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Tanzania gained 18,762,066 (a 34.9% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,676,871 (a 18.3% growth).

Tanzania was ranked 30th most populous country in 2006 and is 20th in 2026. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2006 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 49.7% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.