Tanzania's population rose from 30.9M in 1996 to 70.5M in 2025.
Tanzania · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Tanzania's population growth rose from 1.8 % in 1996 to 2.9 % in 2025.
Tanzania's population density rose from 33.2 in 1994 to 75.2 in 2023.
Tanzania's population, female (% of total) rose from 50.2 % in 1996 to 50.4 % in 2025.
Tanzania's urbanisation rose from 20.8 % in 1996 to 36.9 % in 2025.
Tanzania's urban population rose from 6.44M in 1996 to 26M in 2025.
Tanzania's rural population rose from 24.5M in 1996 to 44.5M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.4 %12th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.2 %10th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −1.2 %171st of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −0.5 %204th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.1 yrs204th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.2 pts13th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.2 pts206th of 217
- Seniors (65+)down −0.0 pts196th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.7 pts12th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratiodown −0.0 pts188th of 217
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- Net migrationup +57.4 %159th of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts183rd of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −6.4 %36th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs176th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs175th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs175th of 217