Population of Tanzania

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	18 Aug 2025

The current population of Tanzania is 70,981,563 as of September 19, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Tanzania is projected at 70,545,865, or 70.55 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Tanzania is projected at 68,560,157, or 68.56 million people, for the year 2024.

Tanzania is the fifth-most populous country in Africa and is in the 21st position in the world on the list of 237 countries and territories.

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	0.840
2025	69,542,105	70,545,865	2,007,520	2.846	0.857
2026	71,549,625	72,563,780	2,028,311	2.795	0.874
2027	73,577,936	74,604,808	2,053,744	2.753	0.891
2028	75,631,680	76,670,492	2,077,623	2.710	0.909
2029	77,709,303	78,773,195	2,127,784	2.701	0.926
2030	79,837,087	80,913,124	2,152,074	2.660	0.944
2031	81,989,161	83,087,938	2,197,554	2.645	0.962
2032	84,186,715	85,293,133	2,212,835	2.595	0.981
2033	86,399,550	87,520,493	2,241,886	2.562	0.999
2034	88,641,436	89,788,678	2,294,485	2.556	1.018
2035	90,935,921	92,091,429	2,311,016	2.510	1.036
2036	93,246,937	94,420,812	2,347,750	2.487	1.055
2037	95,594,687	96,775,777	2,362,179	2.441	1.075
2038	97,956,866	99,156,471	2,399,210	2.420	1.094
2039	100,356,076	101,567,530	2,422,908	2.386	1.114
2040	102,778,984	103,999,359	2,440,749	2.347	1.133
2041	105,219,733	106,448,480	2,457,494	2.309	1.153
2042	107,677,227	108,926,277	2,498,100	2.293	1.173
2043	110,175,327	111,433,794	2,516,934	2.259	1.193
2044	112,692,261	113,966,272	2,548,021	2.236	1.214
2045	115,240,282	116,525,473	2,570,382	2.206	1.234
2046	117,810,664	119,109,675	2,598,023	2.181	1.255
2047	120,408,687	121,721,027	2,624,681	2.156	1.277
2048	123,033,368	124,351,302	2,635,868	2.120	1.298
2049	125,669,236	126,981,406	2,624,340	2.067	1.320
2050	128,293,576	129,621,102	2,655,053	2.048	1.341
2051	130,948,629	132,280,447	2,663,636	2.014	1.363
2052	133,612,265	134,947,338	2,670,146	1.979	1.385
2053	136,282,411	137,623,542	2,682,262	1.949	1.407
2054	138,964,673	140,321,278	2,713,211	1.934	1.430
2055	141,677,884	143,049,421	2,743,074	1.918	1.453
2056	144,420,958	145,803,872	2,765,828	1.897	1.476
2057	147,186,786	148,564,295	2,755,018	1.854	1.499
2058	149,941,804	151,321,489	2,759,371	1.824	1.523
2059	152,701,175	154,082,241	2,762,132	1.793	1.546
2060	155,463,307	156,850,592	2,774,570	1.769	1.570
2061	158,237,877	159,634,033	2,792,312	1.749	1.594
2062	161,030,189	162,433,739	2,807,100	1.728	1.618
2063	163,837,289	165,240,212	2,805,845	1.698	1.643
2064	166,643,134	168,047,180	2,808,093	1.671	1.667
2065	169,451,227	170,875,356	2,848,259	1.667	1.692
2066	172,299,486	173,697,364	2,795,755	1.610	1.716
2067	175,095,241	176,492,989	2,795,497	1.584	1.741
2068	177,890,738	179,288,247	2,795,019	1.559	1.765
2069	180,685,757	182,085,990	2,800,466	1.538	1.790
2070	183,486,223	184,885,708	2,798,970	1.514	1.815
2071	186,285,193	187,680,954	2,791,523	1.487	1.839
2072	189,076,716	190,465,797	2,778,162	1.459	1.864
2073	191,854,878	193,247,337	2,784,918	1.441	1.889
2074	194,639,796	196,034,262	2,788,932	1.423	1.914
2075	197,428,728	198,812,940	2,768,424	1.392	1.940
2076	200,197,152	201,583,013	2,771,721	1.375	1.965
2077	202,968,873	204,343,865	2,749,984	1.346	1.990
2078	205,718,857	207,088,057	2,738,400	1.322	2.016
2079	208,457,257	209,822,259	2,730,004	1.301	2.041
2080	211,187,261	212,537,418	2,700,315	1.271	2.067
2081	213,887,576	215,229,470	2,683,788	1.247	2.092
2082	216,571,364	217,903,515	2,664,302	1.223	2.118
2083	219,235,666	220,561,527	2,651,721	1.202	2.144
2084	221,887,387	223,212,513	2,650,252	1.187	2.169
2085	224,537,639	225,866,209	2,657,139	1.176	2.195
2086	227,194,778	228,511,354	2,633,153	1.152	2.221
2087	229,827,931	231,124,134	2,592,406	1.122	2.247
2088	232,420,337	233,711,112	2,581,550	1.105	2.273
2089	235,001,887	236,276,109	2,548,443	1.079	2.299
2090	237,550,330	238,809,591	2,518,522	1.055	2.325
2091	240,068,852	241,325,554	2,513,405	1.042	2.351
2092	242,582,257	243,825,084	2,485,655	1.019	2.377
2093	245,067,912	246,295,329	2,454,835	0.997	2.402
2094	247,522,747	248,729,231	2,412,968	0.970	2.428
2095	249,935,715	251,132,949	2,394,468	0.953	2.454
2096	252,330,183	253,520,804	2,381,242	0.939	2.479
2097	254,711,425	255,892,767	2,362,684	0.923	2.505
2098	257,074,109	258,233,882	2,319,546	0.898	2.531
2099	259,393,655	260,543,975	2,300,640	0.883	2.556
2100	261,694,295	262,834,721	2,280,852	0.868	2.582

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	0.306
1951	7,716,994	7,812,975	191,962	2.457	0.308
1952	7,908,956	8,009,079	200,246	2.500	0.310
1953	8,109,202	8,213,113	207,823	2.531	0.312
1954	8,317,025	8,424,785	215,521	2.558	0.314
1955	8,532,546	8,644,862	224,632	2.599	0.315
1956	8,757,178	8,874,780	235,204	2.650	0.317
1957	8,992,382	9,115,790	246,815	2.708	0.320
1958	9,239,197	9,367,594	256,794	2.741	0.322
1959	9,495,991	9,629,264	266,547	2.768	0.325
1960	9,762,538	9,901,419	277,762	2.805	0.328
1961	10,040,300	10,187,886	295,172	2.897	0.332
1962	10,335,472	10,487,756	304,569	2.904	0.336
1963	10,640,041	10,799,528	318,974	2.954	0.338
1964	10,959,015	11,127,826	337,622	3.034	0.341
1965	11,296,637	11,470,728	348,182	3.036	0.344
1966	11,644,819	11,827,459	365,280	3.089	0.347
1967	12,010,099	12,200,109	380,020	3.115	0.351
1968	12,390,119	12,602,076	423,915	3.364	0.355
1969	12,814,034	13,036,700	445,332	3.416	0.360
1970	13,259,366	13,492,677	466,623	3.459	0.365
1971	13,725,989	13,971,451	490,923	3.514	0.371
1972	14,216,912	14,479,308	524,793	3.625	0.377
1973	14,741,705	15,010,101	536,791	3.577	0.383
1974	15,278,496	15,561,630	566,268	3.639	0.389
1975	15,844,764	16,138,361	587,193	3.639	0.396
1976	16,431,957	16,736,211	608,507	3.636	0.404
1977	17,040,464	17,352,929	624,931	3.602	0.411
1978	17,665,395	17,976,566	622,342	3.462	0.419
1979	18,287,737	18,592,038	608,602	3.274	0.426
1980	18,896,339	19,189,769	586,861	3.058	0.431
1981	19,483,200	19,784,703	603,007	3.048	0.437
1982	20,086,207	20,398,571	624,727	3.063	0.442
1983	20,710,934	21,079,874	737,880	3.501	0.449
1984	21,448,814	21,779,066	660,503	3.033	0.455
1985	22,109,317	22,501,693	784,751	3.488	0.462
1986	22,894,068	23,258,959	729,782	3.138	0.469
1987	23,623,850	24,030,378	813,057	3.384	0.476
1988	24,436,907	24,769,686	665,559	2.687	0.482
1989	25,102,466	25,438,759	672,586	2.644	0.486
1990	25,775,052	26,110,207	670,309	2.567	0.490
1991	26,445,361	26,780,436	670,150	2.503	0.494
1992	27,115,511	27,457,588	684,153	2.492	0.499
1993	27,799,664	28,332,692	1,066,055	3.763	0.507
1994	28,865,719	29,442,356	1,153,274	3.918	0.519
1995	30,018,993	30,383,497	729,008	2.399	0.528
1996	30,748,001	30,945,762	395,522	1.278	0.530
1997	31,143,523	31,578,089	869,132	2.752	0.533
1998	32,012,655	32,420,458	815,606	2.516	0.540
1999	32,828,261	33,300,330	944,139	2.835	0.547
2000	33,772,400	34,260,139	975,477	2.847	0.555
2001	34,747,877	35,198,299	900,844	2.559	0.563
2002	35,648,721	36,121,304	945,165	2.617	0.570
2003	36,593,886	37,089,555	991,338	2.673	0.578
2004	37,585,224	38,109,668	1,048,889	2.752	0.586
2005	38,634,113	39,182,076	1,095,926	2.797	0.595
2006	39,730,039	40,294,902	1,129,727	2.804	0.604
2007	40,859,766	41,435,512	1,151,493	2.779	0.613
2008	42,011,259	42,570,728	1,118,938	2.629	0.622
2009	43,130,197	43,633,982	1,007,569	2.309	0.629
2010	44,137,766	44,758,488	1,241,443	2.774	0.637
2011	45,379,209	46,029,367	1,300,316	2.825	0.647
2012	46,679,525	47,374,260	1,389,471	2.933	0.658
2013	48,068,996	48,824,128	1,510,265	3.094	0.670
2014	49,579,261	50,351,512	1,544,501	3.068	0.682
2015	51,123,762	52,020,962	1,794,400	3.450	0.696
2016	52,918,162	53,824,013	1,811,702	3.366	0.712
2017	54,729,864	55,652,890	1,846,052	3.317	0.728
2018	56,575,916	57,437,145	1,722,457	2.999	0.743
2019	58,298,373	59,174,891	1,753,036	2.963	0.758
2020	60,051,409	60,972,798	1,842,777	3.023	0.773
2021	61,894,186	62,830,412	1,872,452	2.980	0.790
2022	63,766,638	64,711,821	1,890,366	2.921	0.807
2023	65,657,004	66,617,606	1,921,205	2.884	0.823