Population of Tanzania

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Tanzania is 65,536,678 as of September 27, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Tanzania is projected at 61,498,437 or 61.498 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Tanzania is projected at 59,734,218 or 59.734 million people for the year 2020. Tanzania ranks number 23rd in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Tanzania is ranked 5th among 58 countries in Africa.

Tanzania's population will be increased year by year. The Tanzania population is projected to reach 79.16 million in 2030 and increase further to 129.39 million in 2050 and 285.65 million by 2100. Tanzania accounts for 0.78 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.30% in 1951 and is projected to increase by 2.63% by 2100.

Tanzania was at 49th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 9th in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Tanzania population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	7,649,761	-	-	0.30
1951	7,844,892	195,131	2.55	0.30
1952	8,050,975	206,083	2.63	0.31
1953	8,267,420	216,445	2.69	0.31
1954	8,493,749	226,329	2.74	0.31
1955	8,729,662	235,913	2.78	0.31
1956	8,974,999	245,337	2.81	0.32
1957	9,229,731	254,732	2.84	0.32
1958	9,493,998	264,267	2.86	0.32
1959	9,768,033	274,035	2.89	0.33
1960	10,052,152	284,119	2.91	0.33
1961	10,346,697	294,545	2.93	0.33
1962	10,651,962	305,265	2.95	0.34
1963	10,968,195	316,233	2.97	0.34
1964	11,295,681	327,486	2.99	0.35
1965	11,634,832	339,151	3.00	0.35
1966	11,985,440	350,608	3.01	0.35
1967	12,348,189	362,749	3.03	0.35
1968	12,725,522	377,333	3.06	0.36
1969	13,120,580	395,058	3.10	0.36
1970	13,535,481	414,901	3.16	0.37
1971	13,971,695	436,214	3.22	0.37
1972	14,428,340	456,645	3.27	0.37
1973	14,902,263	473,923	3.28	0.38
1974	15,388,936	486,673	3.27	0.38
1975	15,885,229	496,293	3.22	0.39
1976	16,390,159	504,930	3.18	0.39
1977	16,905,214	515,055	3.14	0.40
1978	17,432,757	527,543	3.12	0.40
1979	17,976,222	543,465	3.12	0.41
1980	18,538,259	562,037	3.13	0.42
1981	19,120,680	582,421	3.14	0.42
1982	19,723,322	602,642	3.15	0.43
1983	20,344,547	621,225	3.15	0.43
1984	20,981,776	637,229	3.13	0.44
1985	21,633,796	652,020	3.11	0.44
1986	22,296,286	662,490	3.06	0.45
1987	22,971,200	674,914	3.03	0.45
1988	23,670,808	699,608	3.05	0.46
1989	24,411,738	740,930	3.13	0.47
1990	25,203,845	792,107	3.24	0.47
1991	26,056,594	852,749	3.38	0.48
1992	26,961,197	904,603	3.47	0.49
1993	27,887,203	926,006	3.43	0.50
1994	28,792,639	905,436	3.25	0.51
1995	29,649,135	856,496	2.97	0.52
1996	30,444,526	795,391	2.68	0.52
1997	31,192,857	748,331	2.46	0.53
1998	31,924,196	731,339	2.34	0.53
1999	32,682,239	758,043	2.37	0.54
2000	33,499,180	816,941	2.50	0.55
2001	34,385,856	886,676	2.65	0.55
2002	35,334,788	948,932	2.76	0.56
2003	36,337,782	1,002,994	2.84	0.57
2004	37,379,767	1,041,985	2.87	0.58
2005	38,450,320	1,070,553	2.86	0.59
2006	39,548,663	1,098,343	2.86	0.60
2007	40,681,414	1,132,751	2.86	0.61
2008	41,853,944	1,172,530	2.88	0.62
2009	43,073,834	1,219,890	2.91	0.63
2010	44,346,525	1,272,691	2.95	0.64
2011	45,673,512	1,326,987	2.99	0.65
2012	47,053,030	1,379,518	3.02	0.66
2013	48,483,129	1,430,099	3.04	0.67
2014	49,960,561	1,477,432	3.05	0.68
2015	51,482,633	1,522,072	3.05	0.70
2016	53,049,230	1,566,597	3.04	0.71
2017	54,660,339	1,611,109	3.04	0.72
2018	56,313,438	1,653,099	3.02	0.74
2019	58,005,463	1,692,025	3.00	0.75

Tanzania population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	59,734,218	1,728,755	2.98	0.77
2021	61,498,437	1,764,219	2.95	0.78
2022	63,298,550	1,800,113	2.93	0.80
2023	65,136,238	1,837,688	2.90	0.81
2024	67,014,128	1,877,890	2.88	0.83
2025	68,934,163	1,920,035	2.87	0.84
2026	70,896,459	1,962,296	2.85	0.86
2027	72,900,348	2,003,889	2.83	0.87
2028	74,946,012	2,045,664	2.81	0.89
2029	77,033,509	2,087,497	2.79	0.91
2030	79,162,725	2,129,216	2.76	0.93
2031	81,333,631	2,170,906	2.74	0.94
2032	83,545,738	2,212,107	2.72	0.96
2033	85,797,806	2,252,068	2.70	0.98
2034	88,088,216	2,290,410	2.67	1.00
2035	90,415,596	2,327,380	2.64	1.02
2036	92,779,256	2,363,660	2.61	1.04
2037	95,178,813	2,399,557	2.59	1.06
2038	97,613,618	2,434,805	2.56	1.08
2039	100,083,045	2,469,427	2.53	1.10
2040	102,586,529	2,503,484	2.50	1.12
2041	105,123,205	2,536,676	2.47	1.14
2042	107,692,462	2,569,257	2.44	1.16
2043	110,294,291	2,601,829	2.42	1.18
2044	112,928,849	2,634,558	2.39	1.20
2045	115,596,020	2,667,171	2.36	1.22
2046	118,295,585	2,699,565	2.34	1.24
2047	121,026,498	2,730,913	2.31	1.26
2048	123,786,869	2,760,371	2.28	1.28
2049	126,574,261	2,787,392	2.25	1.31
2050	129,386,839	2,812,578	2.22	1.33
2051	132,223,429	2,836,590	2.19	1.35
2052	135,083,929	2,860,500	2.16	1.37
2053	137,968,930	2,885,001	2.14	1.40
2054	140,879,576	2,910,646	2.11	1.42
2055	143,816,535	2,936,959	2.08	1.44
2056	146,779,361	2,962,826	2.06	1.47
2057	149,766,977	2,987,616	2.04	1.49
2058	152,778,523	3,011,546	2.01	1.52
2059	155,812,945	3,034,422	1.99	1.54
2060	158,869,156	3,056,211	1.96	1.56
2061	161,946,429	3,077,273	1.94	1.59
2062	165,043,860	3,097,431	1.91	1.61
2063	168,160,048	3,116,188	1.89	1.64
2064	171,293,400	3,133,352	1.86	1.67
2065	174,442,479	3,149,079	1.84	1.69
2066	177,605,954	3,163,475	1.81	1.72
2067	180,782,905	3,176,951	1.79	1.74
2068	183,972,684	3,189,779	1.76	1.77
2069	187,174,830	3,202,146	1.74	1.79
2070	190,388,640	3,213,810	1.72	1.82
2071	193,613,243	3,224,603	1.69	1.85
2072	196,847,162	3,233,919	1.67	1.87
2073	200,088,324	3,241,162	1.65	1.90
2074	203,334,300	3,245,976	1.62	1.93
2075	206,583,072	3,248,772	1.60	1.95
2076	209,833,027	3,249,955	1.57	1.98
2077	213,083,309	3,250,282	1.55	2.01
2078	216,333,540	3,250,231	1.53	2.03
2079	219,583,684	3,250,144	1.50	2.06
2080	222,833,370	3,249,686	1.48	2.09
2081	226,081,605	3,248,235	1.46	2.11
2082	229,326,840	3,245,235	1.44	2.14
2083	232,567,367	3,240,527	1.41	2.17
2084	235,801,248	3,233,881	1.39	2.20
2085	239,026,708	3,225,460	1.37	2.22
2086	242,242,669	3,215,961	1.35	2.25
2087	245,448,061	3,205,392	1.32	2.28
2088	248,641,155	3,193,094	1.30	2.30
2089	251,820,111	3,178,956	1.28	2.33
2090	254,983,378	3,163,267	1.26	2.36
2091	258,129,948	3,146,570	1.23	2.39
2092	261,259,252	3,129,304	1.21	2.41
2093	264,371,017	3,111,765	1.19	2.44
2094	267,465,149	3,094,132	1.17	2.47
2095	270,541,550	3,076,401	1.15	2.49
2096	273,600,139	3,058,589	1.13	2.52
2097	276,640,713	3,040,574	1.11	2.55
2098	279,663,060	3,022,347	1.09	2.57
2099	282,666,887	3,003,827	1.07	2.60
2100	285,651,848	2,984,961	1.06	2.63