Demographics of Tanzania

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	11 Dec 2021

As of 2021, the population of Tanzania is projected at 61.50 million, up by 2.95% compared with 59.73 million in 2020. Tanzania is ranked 23rd in terms of population and 10th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 2.2 million births in Tanzania in 2021. That is 6,015 per day, which is ranked 12th. The crude birth rate is 35.64 per 1000 people. There are 0.37 million deaths in Tanzania in 2021. That is 1,018 per day, which is ranked 29th. The crude death rate is 6.01 per 1000 people.

23.25 million people are living in urban areas, which is 35.95% of Tanzania population. Tanzania is ranked 194th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Tanzania in 2021 is 99.93 males per 100 females. There are 30.74 million males and 30.76 million females in Tanzania. The percentage of female population is 50.02% compare to 49.98% male population. Tanzania has 21.06 thousand more females than males. Tanzania is at 123rd position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Tanzania population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	7,649,765	-
1955	8,729,667	2.78
1960	10,052,151	2.91
1965	11,634,837	3
1970	13,535,487	3.16
1975	15,885,228	3.23
1980	18,538,263	3.13
1985	21,633,799	3.11
1990	25,203,848	3.24
1995	29,649,128	2.97
2000	33,499,177	2.5
2005	38,450,323	2.86
2010	44,346,532	2.95
2015	51,482,638	3.05
2016	53,049,231	3.04
2017	54,660,345	3.04
2018	56,313,444	3.02
2019	58,005,461	3
2020	59,734,213	2.98
2021	61,498,438	2.95

Total
Crude

Tanzania death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	181,506	375,881	23.32	48.43
1955	190,365	428,558	21.75	48.97
1960	208,031	494,012	20.63	49.04
1965	228,906	569,234	19.61	48.80
1970	247,418	654,661	18.20	48.19
1975	264,349	754,766	16.62	47.44
1980	289,207	863,169	15.55	46.45
1985	325,545	982,164	15.03	45.31
1990	378,614	1,115,288	14.91	43.99
1995	444,465	1,245,769	15.05	42.29
2000	464,770	1,403,491	13.81	41.65
2005	443,755	1,608,356	11.50	41.72
2010	409,888	1,789,458	9.21	40.25
2015	369,753	1,954,284	7.16	37.87
2020	367,303	2,153,054	6.12	35.98
2021	371,516	2,195,526	6.01	35.64

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Tanzania

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	267,063	7,382,698	-	3.491
1955	385,389	8,355,597	7.69	4.409
1960	528,498	9,546,009	5.86	5.246
1965	704,473	10,979,055	5.93	6.030
1970	1,068,352	12,537,177	10.82	7.852
1975	1,781,210	14,199,091	10.63	11.146
1980	2,719,241	15,963,916	6.18	14.555
1985	3,661,481	18,175,518	6.06	16.767
1990	4,807,840	20,651,764	5.02	18.884
1995	6,154,968	23,805,808	4.80	20.543
2000	7,624,725	26,553,317	4.36	22.309
2005	9,791,527	29,619,018	5.68	24.845
2010	12,959,969	33,138,622	5.75	28.114
2015	17,035,213	36,844,744	5.53	31.617
2020	22,113,353	40,661,266	5.22	35.227
2021	23,252,740	41,421,114	5.15	35.954

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Tanzania population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	5,040,148	4,927,831	9,967,979	16.21	102.279
05-09	4,453,063	4,352,399	8,805,462	14.32	102.313
10-14	3,968,631	3,881,243	7,849,874	12.76	102.252
15-19	3,362,626	3,307,948	6,670,574	10.85	101.653
20-24	2,732,087	2,710,992	5,443,079	8.85	100.778
25-29	2,349,651	2,343,022	4,692,673	7.63	100.283
30-34	2,006,435	2,015,416	4,021,851	6.54	99.554
35-39	1,676,799	1,688,988	3,365,787	5.47	99.278
40-44	1,386,091	1,394,399	2,780,490	4.52	99.404
45-49	1,106,557	1,116,831	2,223,388	3.62	99.080
50-54	854,417	876,414	1,730,831	2.81	97.490
55-59	637,998	680,322	1,318,320	2.14	93.779
60-64	463,389	521,973	985,362	1.60	88.776
65-69	317,156	381,331	698,487	1.14	83.171
70-74	207,185	277,593	484,778	0.79	74.636
75-79	112,818	169,227	282,045	0.46	66.667
80-84	47,838	81,604	129,442	0.21	58.622
85-89	13,714	27,203	40,917	0.07	50.414
90-94	1,974	4,718	6,692	0.01	41.840
95-99	111	289	400	0.00	38.408
100+	2	5	7	0.00	40.000
Total	30,738,690	30,759,748	61,498,438		99.932