Demographics of Tanzania

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date11 May 2024

There are 34.32 million males and 35.10 million females in Tanzania. The percentage of the male population is 49.44%, compared to 50.56% of the female population. Tanzania has 771k more females than males. The sex ratio in Tanzania in 2024 will be 97.803 males per 100 females. Tanzania is in the 90th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

Tanzania population

Year Population Growth (%)
19507,632,3992.60
19558,725,5762.75
196010,042,4582.86
196511,630,6032.96
197013,618,1923.39
197516,243,8263.60
198019,297,6593.04
198522,569,6253.44
199026,206,0122.60
199530,560,0712.46
200034,463,7042.85
200539,439,5052.80
201045,110,5272.82
201552,542,8233.56
202061,704,5183.02
202163,588,3342.99
202265,497,7482.93
202367,438,1062.91
202469,419,0732.88
  • Total
  • Crude

Tanzania death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950167,586364,52421.95147.747
1955186,442425,05721.36348.704
1960210,777495,92220.98549.375
1965235,256576,29820.22549.546
1970252,262675,43918.54449.653
1975277,104808,15917.08249.818
1980297,366929,67815.38848.108
1985337,4431,037,77314.97446.051
1990380,0871,149,43914.47743.782
1995439,6051,300,05414.35542.453
2000456,8591,452,56313.25142.131
2005429,8861,662,37710.87942.069
2010401,1851,794,8888.88039.729
2015365,0452,032,3076.95938.741
2020381,3932,262,3006.17936.651
2021395,7202,303,1146.22236.210
2022390,5292,346,8215.95935.811
2023380,1952,384,6035.63535.342
2024379,1202,416,6335.45934.796
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Tanzania

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
1950267,0637,382,6983.491
1955385,3898,355,5974.409
1960528,4989,546,0095.246
1965704,47310,979,0556.030
19701,068,35212,537,1777.852
19751,781,21014,199,09111.146
19802,719,24115,963,91614.555
19853,661,48118,175,51816.767
19904,807,84020,651,76418.884
19956,154,96823,805,80820.543
20007,624,72526,553,31722.309
20059,791,52729,619,01824.845
201012,959,96933,138,62228.114
201517,035,21336,844,74431.617
202022,113,35340,661,26635.227
202123,252,74041,421,11435.954
202224,434,38342,177,76436.682
202325,659,39342,931,80337.409
202426,929,19443,684,33838.136
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Tanzania population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 5,662,168 5,525,090 11,187,258 16.12 102.481
05-09 5,042,091 4,930,352 9,972,442 14.37 102.266
10-14 4,337,227 4,263,374 8,600,601 12.39 101.732
15-19 3,846,778 3,803,063 7,649,841 11.02 101.149
20-24 3,203,945 3,190,427 6,394,372 9.21 100.424
25-29 2,524,446 2,615,868 5,140,314 7.40 96.505
30-34 1,970,406 2,271,154 4,241,560 6.11 86.758
35-39 1,702,786 2,053,398 3,756,184 5.41 82.925
40-44 1,557,866 1,704,703 3,262,568 4.70 91.386
45-49 1,317,169 1,281,645 2,598,814 3.74 102.772
50-54 1,003,365 937,681 1,941,046 2.80 107.005
55-59 716,513 720,408 1,436,920 2.07 99.459
60-64 502,667 587,719 1,090,386 1.57 85.528
65-69 375,113 473,936 849,049 1.22 79.148
70-74 272,031 335,743 607,774 0.88 81.024
75-79 178,066 221,181 399,247 0.58 80.507
80-84 79,730 112,383 192,113 0.28 70.945
85-89 24,992 46,892 71,884 0.10 53.297
90-94 5,723 15,719 21,442 0.03 36.408
95-99 903 3,717 4,620 0.01 24.294
100+ 86 552 638 0.00 15.580
Total 34,324,071 35,095,005 69,419,073 97.803