Tanzania · Population

On this page you can find past, current and future population statistics for Tanzania (from 1950-2100), population map, demographics, live population counter etc. . Question: What is the population of Tanzania? Answer: Current population of Tanzania is: 72 499 380*^[1], area 945087 km², population density 76.71 p/km². Capital of Tanzania is Dodoma. Continent: Africa.

Tanzania · Population 1950-2100

Tanzania · historical and predicted populations (both sexes) for the period 1950-2100 (millions) De facto population in Tanzania as of 1 July of the year indicated. Source United Nations Population Division [1].

What was the Tanzania population at your birthday?*

Enter your birth date to find out. [1]

year:***	month:	day:

Current Tanzania population

72 499 380

Today	This year
Population growth Today xx Changes every 18.766 sec.	Population growth This year xx
Births Today xx Changes every 15.407 sec.	Births This year xx [x]
Deaths Today xx Changes every 86.056 sec.	Deaths This year xx [x]

Sources: [1]
Today's statistic since midnight 00:00.
This year, statistic changes since 1st January
Population = Births** - Deaths

Tanzania population map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

• Population Growth rate: 4604 / day = 191.83 / hour = 3.197 / minute = 0.0533 / seconds
• Births Growth rate**: 5608 / day = 233.63 / hour = 3.897 / minute = 0.0646 / seconds
• Deaths Growth rate: 1004 / day = 41.83 / hour = 0.697 / minute = 0.0116 / seconds.

Current Tanzania population by age and sex for 2026-10-24*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	6 085 641	+0.4%⇒	6 110 893
5-9	5 579 991	⇐+5.8%	5 274 202
10-14	4 710 823	⇐+0.8%	4 672 144
15-19	3 834 327	+1.1%⇒	3 878 315
20-24	3 146 432	⇐+4.8%	3 002 213
25-29	2 568 321	+4.7%⇒	2 689 909
30-34	2 144 430	+8.6%⇒	2 328 063
35-39	1 864 023	+9%⇒	2 032 224
40-44	1 595 863	+4.6%⇒	1 668 864
45-49	1 268 899	⇐+2.3%	1 240 535
50-54	950 983	⇐+3.8%	916 244
55-59	743 941	⇐+4.5%	711 933
60-64	556 951	+2.2%⇒	569 228
65-69	386 572	+16.9%⇒	451 783
70-74	309 162	+16.6%⇒	360 411
75-79	171 288	+41.3%⇒	242 092
80-84	112 521	+22.8%⇒	138 144
85-89	50 723	+41.6%⇒	71 836
90-94	34 812	⇐+72.8%	20 144
95-99	417	+812%⇒	3 803
100+	83	+137.3%⇒	197

Sources: [1]

Sources, Notices

* Value is calculated with linear interpolation from 2 nearest estimated (date->population) data (unofficial).
** Net migration is included in Births with this calculation: Births = Population[1] + Deaths[1].
*** For years before 1950 we dont have population data. Value is approximate calculation using function: 1900 population = 70% of 1950 population.
[1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015). World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. Data are estimates and projections according to a medium-fertility variant. Reused with the permission of the United Nations. Downloaded: 2015-11-15 (un.org)
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).