Population of Tanzania

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	16 Oct 2024

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The current population of Tanzania is 69,676,988 as of January 24, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Tanzania is projected at 68,560,157, or 68.56 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Tanzania is projected at 66,617,606, or 66.62 million people for the year 2023.

Tanzania is the fifth-most populous country in Africa and is in the 22nd position in the world on the list of 237 countries and territories.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Tanzania population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	7,533,316	7,625,155	183,678	2.409	0.31
1951	7,716,994	7,812,975	191,962	2.457	0.31
1952	7,908,956	8,009,079	200,246	2.500	0.31
1953	8,109,202	8,213,113	207,823	2.531	0.31
1954	8,317,025	8,424,785	215,521	2.558	0.31
1955	8,532,546	8,644,862	224,632	2.599	0.32
1956	8,757,178	8,874,780	235,204	2.650	0.32
1957	8,992,382	9,115,790	246,815	2.708	0.32
1958	9,239,197	9,367,594	256,794	2.741	0.32
1959	9,495,991	9,629,264	266,547	2.768	0.32
1960	9,762,538	9,901,419	277,762	2.805	0.33
1961	10,040,300	10,187,886	295,172	2.897	0.33
1962	10,335,472	10,487,756	304,569	2.904	0.34
1963	10,640,041	10,799,528	318,974	2.954	0.34
1964	10,959,015	11,127,826	337,622	3.034	0.34
1965	11,296,637	11,470,728	348,182	3.036	0.34
1966	11,644,819	11,827,459	365,280	3.089	0.35
1967	12,010,099	12,200,109	380,020	3.115	0.35
1968	12,390,119	12,602,076	423,915	3.364	0.36
1969	12,814,034	13,036,700	445,332	3.416	0.36
1970	13,259,366	13,492,677	466,623	3.459	0.37
1971	13,725,989	13,971,451	490,923	3.514	0.37
1972	14,216,912	14,479,308	524,793	3.625	0.38
1973	14,741,705	15,010,101	536,791	3.577	0.38
1974	15,278,496	15,561,630	566,268	3.639	0.39
1975	15,844,764	16,138,361	587,193	3.639	0.40
1976	16,431,957	16,736,211	608,507	3.636	0.40
1977	17,040,464	17,352,929	624,931	3.602	0.41
1978	17,665,395	17,976,566	622,342	3.462	0.42
1979	18,287,737	18,592,038	608,602	3.274	0.43
1980	18,896,339	19,189,769	586,861	3.058	0.43
1981	19,483,200	19,784,703	603,007	3.048	0.44
1982	20,086,207	20,398,571	624,727	3.063	0.44
1983	20,710,934	21,079,874	737,880	3.501	0.45
1984	21,448,814	21,779,066	660,503	3.033	0.46
1985	22,109,317	22,501,693	784,751	3.488	0.46
1986	22,894,068	23,258,959	729,782	3.138	0.47
1987	23,623,850	24,030,378	813,057	3.384	0.48
1988	24,436,907	24,769,686	665,559	2.687	0.48
1989	25,102,466	25,438,759	672,586	2.644	0.49
1990	25,775,052	26,110,207	670,309	2.567	0.49
1991	26,445,361	26,780,436	670,150	2.503	0.49
1992	27,115,511	27,457,588	684,153	2.492	0.50
1993	27,799,664	28,332,692	1,066,055	3.763	0.51
1994	28,865,719	29,442,356	1,153,274	3.918	0.52
1995	30,018,993	30,383,497	729,008	2.399	0.53
1996	30,748,001	30,945,762	395,522	1.278	0.53
1997	31,143,523	31,578,089	869,132	2.752	0.53
1998	32,012,655	32,420,458	815,606	2.516	0.54
1999	32,828,261	33,300,330	944,139	2.835	0.55
2000	33,772,400	34,260,139	975,477	2.847	0.56
2001	34,747,877	35,198,299	900,844	2.559	0.56
2002	35,648,721	36,121,304	945,165	2.617	0.57
2003	36,593,886	37,089,555	991,338	2.673	0.58
2004	37,585,224	38,109,668	1,048,889	2.752	0.59
2005	38,634,113	39,182,076	1,095,926	2.797	0.59
2006	39,730,039	40,294,902	1,129,727	2.804	0.60
2007	40,859,766	41,435,512	1,151,493	2.779	0.61
2008	42,011,259	42,570,728	1,118,938	2.629	0.62
2009	43,130,197	43,633,982	1,007,569	2.309	0.63
2010	44,137,766	44,758,488	1,241,443	2.774	0.64
2011	45,379,209	46,029,367	1,300,316	2.825	0.65
2012	46,679,525	47,374,260	1,389,471	2.933	0.66
2013	48,068,996	48,824,128	1,510,265	3.094	0.67
2014	49,579,261	50,351,512	1,544,501	3.068	0.68
2015	51,123,762	52,020,962	1,794,400	3.450	0.70
2016	52,918,162	53,824,013	1,811,702	3.366	0.71
2017	54,729,864	55,652,890	1,846,052	3.317	0.73
2018	56,575,916	57,437,145	1,722,457	2.999	0.74
2019	58,298,373	59,174,891	1,753,036	2.963	0.76
2020	60,051,409	60,972,798	1,842,777	3.023	0.77
2021	61,894,186	62,830,412	1,872,452	2.980	0.79
2022	63,766,638	64,711,821	1,890,366	2.921	0.81
2023	65,657,004	66,617,606	1,921,205	2.884	0.82

Tanzania population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	67,578,209	68,560,157	1,963,896	2.865	0.84
2025	69,542,105	70,545,865	2,007,520	2.846	0.86
2026	71,549,625	72,563,780	2,028,311	2.795	0.87
2027	73,577,936	74,604,808	2,053,744	2.753	0.89
2028	75,631,680	76,670,492	2,077,623	2.710	0.91
2029	77,709,303	78,773,195	2,127,784	2.701	0.93
2030	79,837,087	80,913,124	2,152,074	2.660	0.94
2031	81,989,161	83,087,938	2,197,554	2.645	0.96
2032	84,186,715	85,293,133	2,212,835	2.595	0.98
2033	86,399,550	87,520,493	2,241,886	2.562	1.00
2034	88,641,436	89,788,678	2,294,485	2.556	1.02
2035	90,935,921	92,091,429	2,311,016	2.510	1.04
2036	93,246,937	94,420,812	2,347,750	2.487	1.06
2037	95,594,687	96,775,777	2,362,179	2.441	1.07
2038	97,956,866	99,156,471	2,399,210	2.420	1.09
2039	100,356,076	101,567,530	2,422,908	2.386	1.11
2040	102,778,984	103,999,359	2,440,749	2.347	1.13
2041	105,219,733	106,448,480	2,457,494	2.309	1.15
2042	107,677,227	108,926,277	2,498,100	2.293	1.17
2043	110,175,327	111,433,794	2,516,934	2.259	1.19
2044	112,692,261	113,966,272	2,548,021	2.236	1.21
2045	115,240,282	116,525,473	2,570,382	2.206	1.23
2046	117,810,664	119,109,675	2,598,023	2.181	1.26
2047	120,408,687	121,721,027	2,624,681	2.156	1.28
2048	123,033,368	124,351,302	2,635,868	2.120	1.30
2049	125,669,236	126,981,406	2,624,340	2.067	1.32
2050	128,293,576	129,621,102	2,655,053	2.048	1.34
2051	130,948,629	132,280,447	2,663,636	2.014	1.36
2052	133,612,265	134,947,338	2,670,146	1.979	1.39
2053	136,282,411	137,623,542	2,682,262	1.949	1.41
2054	138,964,673	140,321,278	2,713,211	1.934	1.43
2055	141,677,884	143,049,421	2,743,074	1.918	1.45
2056	144,420,958	145,803,872	2,765,828	1.897	1.48
2057	147,186,786	148,564,295	2,755,018	1.854	1.50
2058	149,941,804	151,321,489	2,759,371	1.824	1.52
2059	152,701,175	154,082,241	2,762,132	1.793	1.55
2060	155,463,307	156,850,592	2,774,570	1.769	1.57
2061	158,237,877	159,634,033	2,792,312	1.749	1.59
2062	161,030,189	162,433,739	2,807,100	1.728	1.62
2063	163,837,289	165,240,212	2,805,845	1.698	1.64
2064	166,643,134	168,047,180	2,808,093	1.671	1.67
2065	169,451,227	170,875,356	2,848,259	1.667	1.69
2066	172,299,486	173,697,364	2,795,755	1.610	1.72
2067	175,095,241	176,492,989	2,795,497	1.584	1.74
2068	177,890,738	179,288,247	2,795,019	1.559	1.77
2069	180,685,757	182,085,990	2,800,466	1.538	1.79
2070	183,486,223	184,885,708	2,798,970	1.514	1.81
2071	186,285,193	187,680,954	2,791,523	1.487	1.84
2072	189,076,716	190,465,797	2,778,162	1.459	1.86
2073	191,854,878	193,247,337	2,784,918	1.441	1.89
2074	194,639,796	196,034,262	2,788,932	1.423	1.91
2075	197,428,728	198,812,940	2,768,424	1.392	1.94
2076	200,197,152	201,583,013	2,771,721	1.375	1.96
2077	202,968,873	204,343,865	2,749,984	1.346	1.99
2078	205,718,857	207,088,057	2,738,400	1.322	2.02
2079	208,457,257	209,822,259	2,730,004	1.301	2.04
2080	211,187,261	212,537,418	2,700,315	1.271	2.07
2081	213,887,576	215,229,470	2,683,788	1.247	2.09
2082	216,571,364	217,903,515	2,664,302	1.223	2.12
2083	219,235,666	220,561,527	2,651,721	1.202	2.14
2084	221,887,387	223,212,513	2,650,252	1.187	2.17
2085	224,537,639	225,866,209	2,657,139	1.176	2.20
2086	227,194,778	228,511,354	2,633,153	1.152	2.22
2087	229,827,931	231,124,134	2,592,406	1.122	2.25
2088	232,420,337	233,711,112	2,581,550	1.105	2.27
2089	235,001,887	236,276,109	2,548,443	1.079	2.30
2090	237,550,330	238,809,591	2,518,522	1.055	2.32
2091	240,068,852	241,325,554	2,513,405	1.042	2.35
2092	242,582,257	243,825,084	2,485,655	1.019	2.38
2093	245,067,912	246,295,329	2,454,835	0.997	2.40
2094	247,522,747	248,729,231	2,412,968	0.970	2.43
2095	249,935,715	251,132,949	2,394,468	0.953	2.45
2096	252,330,183	253,520,804	2,381,242	0.939	2.48
2097	254,711,425	255,892,767	2,362,684	0.923	2.50
2098	257,074,109	258,233,882	2,319,546	0.898	2.53
2099	259,393,655	260,543,975	2,300,640	0.883	2.56
2100	261,694,295	262,834,721	2,280,852	0.868	2.58