Country or area · Eastern Africa · Africa · UN WPP 2024

Tanzania population

UN name: United Republic of Tanzania

Tanzania population now

73,061,133

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 72.0–75.1 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 66,617,606

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 72.5638 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 72.0–75.1 million
Median age: 18.6
Aged 65+: 3.0%

Move through time, 1950–2100

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male female projection · one cell = 50,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

TZA · 1950–2100 · in brief

Tanzania in numbers

In mid-2023 there were 66,617,606 people in Tanzania: the 22nd-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.82% of the world's people. That is 8.7 times its 1950 population of 7.6 million.

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 263 million. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 126 million to 515 million.

Births outnumber deaths in every year from 1950 to 2100, estimates and projection alike.

The median age was 17.0 in 1950 and 18.2 in 2023; the projection has 33.3 in 2100. 3.0% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 13.1% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is still growing in 2100 in the medium projection.

Its place in the world by population: 22nd in 2023, 15th in 2050, 9th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes the United Kingdom in 2025, Thailand in 2026 and Germany in 2031.

Population, mid-2023: 66,617,606
Rank by population, 2023: 22 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.82%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +2.95% · +1,905,785 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 75
Land area, 2023: 885,800 km²
Births, 2023: 2,346,391
Deaths, 2023: 385,799
Net migration, 2023: −39,388
Children per woman, 2023: 4.61
Median age, 2023: 18.2 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 67.0 years
In a city, 2025: 24 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 7,625,155
Projected, mid-2050: 129,621,103
Projected, mid-2100: 262,834,721

TZA · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. One column is one year's population, read on 1 January; the paper rules divide it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Tanzania, 1950–2100

Tanzania: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	7,533,316		349,853	167,401	6.18	41.0
1951	estimate	7,716,994		360,454	169,712	6.20	41.2
1952	estimate	7,908,956		371,660	172,668	6.23	41.4
1953	estimate	8,109,202		382,825	176,217	6.25	41.5
1954	estimate	8,317,025		394,398	180,080	6.27	41.7
1955	estimate	8,532,546		407,550	184,145	6.30	41.8
1956	estimate	8,757,178		422,568	188,650	6.36	42.0
1957	estimate	8,992,382		439,107	193,582	6.44	42.1
1958	estimate	9,239,197		454,114	198,579	6.47	42.3
1959	estimate	9,495,991		468,804	203,753	6.50	42.5
1960	estimate	9,762,538		484,870	209,063	6.54	42.6
1961	estimate	10,040,300		500,590	213,756	6.56	42.8
1962	estimate	10,335,472		518,594	217,937	6.61	43.2
1963	estimate	10,640,041		536,587	221,945	6.65	43.6
1964	estimate	10,959,015		554,037	225,510	6.68	44.1
1965	estimate	11,296,637		572,637	229,191	6.73	44.5
1966	estimate	11,644,819		593,727	233,502	6.80	44.9
1967	estimate	12,010,099		613,856	239,095	6.86	45.2
1968	estimate	12,390,119		632,258	242,790	6.90	45.6
1969	estimate	12,814,034		655,975	247,655	6.95	46.0
1970	estimate	13,259,366		680,484	252,502	7.00	46.5
1971	estimate	13,725,989		706,332	257,312	7.04	47.0
1972	estimate	14,216,912		729,384	262,076	7.05	47.4
1973	estimate	14,741,705		755,485	267,055	7.06	47.9
1974	estimate	15,278,496		787,118	271,972	7.12	48.4
1975	estimate	15,844,764		810,418	276,520	7.10	48.9
1976	estimate	16,431,957		834,087	280,458	7.09	49.5
1977	estimate	17,040,464		859,481	284,536	7.07	50.0
1978	estimate	17,665,395		884,914	289,885	7.06	50.4
1979	estimate	18,287,737		907,596	294,205	7.04	50.8
1980	estimate	18,896,339		927,103	297,652	6.99	51.3
1981	estimate	19,483,200		946,912	301,420	6.93	51.7
1982	estimate	20,086,207		969,521	306,906	6.87	52.0
1983	estimate	20,710,934		993,304	313,585	6.80	52.2
1984	estimate	21,448,814		1,009,982	322,548	6.71	52.1
1985	estimate	22,109,317		1,027,954	330,067	6.60	52.2
1986	estimate	22,894,068		1,043,597	337,918	6.49	52.2
1987	estimate	23,623,850		1,064,659	346,090	6.41	52.2
1988	estimate	24,436,907		1,091,012	354,449	6.38	52.2
1989	estimate	25,102,466		1,107,227	363,362	6.30	52.1
1990	estimate	25,775,052		1,122,627	371,801	6.20	52.0
1991	estimate	26,445,361		1,142,980	380,975	6.13	51.8
1992	estimate	27,115,511		1,161,932	393,952	6.08	51.4
1993	estimate	27,799,664		1,182,242	404,200	6.00	51.2
1994	estimate	28,865,719		1,222,498	418,559	5.89	51.1
1995	estimate	30,018,993		1,272,977	434,007	5.82	51.0
1996	estimate	30,748,001		1,310,527	441,995	5.83	51.1
1997	estimate	31,143,523		1,327,985	445,454	5.84	51.3
1998	estimate	32,012,655		1,366,281	445,491	5.81	51.8
1999	estimate	32,828,261		1,392,076	443,440	5.75	52.4
2000	estimate	33,772,400		1,422,747	437,582	5.67	53.2
2001	estimate	34,747,877		1,457,122	430,897	5.62	54.1
2002	estimate	35,648,721		1,487,161	423,949	5.57	54.9
2003	estimate	36,593,886		1,533,095	414,662	5.58	55.9
2004	estimate	37,585,224		1,582,585	407,208	5.60	56.8
2005	estimate	38,634,113		1,624,699	400,513	5.58	57.7
2006	estimate	39,730,039		1,651,022	393,068	5.51	58.5
2007	estimate	40,859,766		1,664,390	386,101	5.40	59.3
2008	estimate	42,011,259		1,684,906	381,159	5.32	59.9
2009	estimate	43,130,197		1,708,809	376,758	5.26	60.5
2010	estimate	44,137,766		1,734,654	371,186	5.22	61.1
2011	estimate	45,379,209		1,754,071	369,210	5.14	61.6
2012	estimate	46,679,525		1,805,063	365,711	5.14	62.3
2013	estimate	48,068,996		1,875,230	366,212	5.16	62.8
2014	estimate	49,579,261		1,931,208	365,625	5.12	63.4
2015	estimate	51,123,762		1,957,132	364,228	5.03	63.9
2016	estimate	52,918,162		2,025,496	365,988	5.01	64.4
2017	estimate	54,729,864		2,093,157	366,243	4.99	65.0
2018	estimate	56,575,916		2,144,432	366,536	4.93	65.5
2019	estimate	58,298,373		2,182,541	365,898	4.87	66.0
2020	estimate	60,051,409		2,221,661	360,300	4.80	66.8
2021	estimate	61,894,186		2,262,827	382,677	4.73	66.1
2022	estimate	63,766,638		2,306,107	378,178	4.67	66.9
2023	estimate	65,657,004		2,346,391	385,799	4.61	67.0
2024	estimate	67,578,209		2,385,984	392,220	4.54	67.2
2025	projection	69,542,105	69.0–70.0 million	2,419,272	399,022	4.47	67.4
2026	projection	71,549,625	70.5–72.5 million	2,459,538	405,955	4.41	67.6
2027	projection	73,577,936	72.0–75.1 million	2,494,507	413,168	4.34	67.8
2028	projection	75,631,680	73.6–77.7 million	2,528,941	420,536	4.28	68.0
2029	projection	77,709,303	75.1–80.4 million	2,567,418	427,891	4.22	68.2
2030	projection	79,837,087	76.6–83.0 million	2,604,947	435,534	4.16	68.4
2031	projection	81,989,161	78.1–85.8 million	2,647,100	443,748	4.11	68.6
2032	projection	84,186,715	79.7–88.7 million	2,676,718	451,737	4.04	68.8
2033	projection	86,399,550	81.1–91.6 million	2,715,622	460,329	3.98	69.0
2034	projection	88,641,436	82.7–94.6 million	2,761,758	469,099	3.94	69.2
2035	projection	90,935,921	84.1–97.6 million	2,803,251	478,227	3.88	69.4
2036	projection	93,246,937	85.6–100.5 million	2,839,990	487,527	3.83	69.6
2037	projection	95,594,687	87.1–103.6 million	2,870,504	497,225	3.76	69.8
2038	projection	97,956,866	88.7–106.8 million	2,915,852	507,735	3.72	69.9
2039	projection	100,356,076	90.2–110.2 million	2,955,285	518,410	3.67	70.1
2040	projection	102,778,984	91.6–113.8 million	2,993,182	530,010	3.63	70.3
2041	projection	105,219,733	92.8–117.2 million	3,021,655	541,222	3.57	70.4
2042	projection	107,677,227	94.4–121.0 million	3,066,395	553,508	3.54	70.6
2043	projection	110,175,327	95.9–124.8 million	3,104,093	565,513	3.49	70.8
2044	projection	112,692,261	97.3–128.6 million	3,145,302	578,421	3.46	70.9
2045	projection	115,240,282	98.1–132.1 million	3,167,154	590,980	3.40	71.1
2046	projection	117,810,664	99.7–136.2 million	3,220,912	604,848	3.39	71.2
2047	projection	120,408,687	100.9–139.9 million	3,257,827	618,209	3.35	71.4
2048	projection	123,033,368	102.4–144.2 million	3,282,565	632,462	3.31	71.5
2049	projection	125,669,236	103.5–148.4 million	3,299,529	647,000	3.25	71.7
2050	projection	128,293,576	104.7–152.3 million	3,339,112	662,073	3.23	71.8
2051	projection	130,948,629	106.0–156.3 million	3,370,743	677,359	3.19	72.0
2052	projection	133,612,265	107.2–160.9 million	3,404,379	693,262	3.17	72.2
2053	projection	136,282,411	108.3–165.8 million	3,427,567	709,027	3.13	72.3
2054	projection	138,964,673	109.3–170.1 million	3,456,860	726,189	3.10	72.5
2055	projection	141,677,884	110.5–174.5 million	3,487,074	743,546	3.07	72.6
2056	projection	144,420,958	111.5–179.5 million	3,512,750	760,619	3.04	72.8
2057	projection	147,186,786	112.7–184.3 million	3,547,666	779,195	3.01	72.9
2058	projection	149,941,804	113.9–189.6 million	3,582,414	798,166	2.99	73.0
2059	projection	152,701,175	114.7–194.5 million	3,610,001	817,282	2.97	73.2
2060	projection	155,463,307	116.3–199.9 million	3,636,409	835,775	2.94	73.4
2061	projection	158,237,877	117.8–205.7 million	3,667,421	855,224	2.92	73.5
2062	projection	161,030,189	118.4–211.7 million	3,694,273	875,029	2.90	73.7
2063	projection	163,837,289	119.5–217.6 million	3,715,769	895,099	2.87	73.8
2064	projection	166,643,134	120.8–223.5 million	3,737,122	915,589	2.85	74.0
2065	projection	169,451,227	121.8–229.9 million	3,762,200	936,252	2.83	74.1
2066	projection	172,299,486	122.7–236.9 million	3,785,619	957,457	2.80	74.3
2067	projection	175,095,241	123.4–243.4 million	3,810,164	979,497	2.78	74.4
2068	projection	177,890,738	124.0–250.1 million	3,832,580	1,001,943	2.77	74.5
2069	projection	180,685,757	124.7–257.0 million	3,852,261	1,024,691	2.74	74.7
2070	projection	183,486,223	125.7–263.7 million	3,870,751	1,047,028	2.72	74.8
2071	projection	186,285,193	125.8–269.6 million	3,889,916	1,069,535	2.70	75.0
2072	projection	189,076,716	126.4–275.8 million	3,906,583	1,093,313	2.68	75.1
2073	projection	191,854,878	127.2–282.6 million	3,920,994	1,117,352	2.66	75.3
2074	projection	194,639,796	127.4–288.9 million	3,935,564	1,141,583	2.64	75.4
2075	projection	197,428,728	127.6–295.7 million	3,950,729	1,164,596	2.62	75.6
2076	projection	200,197,152	127.6–301.5 million	3,967,259	1,188,907	2.60	75.7
2077	projection	202,968,873	127.6–308.0 million	3,980,665	1,213,519	2.58	75.9
2078	projection	205,718,857	127.6–316.1 million	3,994,042	1,239,084	2.56	76.0
2079	projection	208,457,257	128.1–324.1 million	4,006,405	1,265,757	2.55	76.2
2080	projection	211,187,261	127.9–332.3 million	4,020,593	1,291,842	2.53	76.3
2081	projection	213,887,576	127.5–339.3 million	4,033,393	1,319,358	2.52	76.5
2082	projection	216,571,364	128.0–348.1 million	4,051,516	1,346,206	2.50	76.6
2083	projection	219,235,666	128.1–358.2 million	4,065,034	1,372,036	2.49	76.8
2084	projection	221,887,387	128.3–366.8 million	4,079,523	1,399,954	2.48	76.9
2085	projection	224,537,639	128.2–375.7 million	4,091,319	1,428,136	2.46	77.0
2086	projection	227,194,778	128.2–382.7 million	4,099,669	1,457,084	2.45	77.2
2087	projection	229,827,931	128.0–389.6 million	4,112,505	1,486,077	2.43	77.3
2088	projection	232,420,337	127.5–396.8 million	4,119,720	1,514,400	2.42	77.5
2089	projection	235,001,887	128.4–405.2 million	4,125,657	1,544,725	2.40	77.6
2090	projection	237,550,330	128.2–415.3 million	4,130,304	1,572,899	2.39	77.8
2091	projection	240,068,852	127.7–425.0 million	4,136,497	1,601,177	2.38	77.9
2092	projection	242,582,257	127.8–435.8 million	4,136,757	1,630,459	2.36	78.0
2093	projection	245,067,912	127.3–445.9 million	4,136,885	1,660,132	2.35	78.2
2094	projection	247,522,747	127.1–455.4 million	4,140,945	1,689,909	2.33	78.3
2095	projection	249,935,715	126.3–463.3 million	4,143,816	1,719,036	2.32	78.5
2096	projection	252,330,183	125.5–471.5 million	4,146,341	1,747,932	2.31	78.6
2097	projection	254,711,425	125.6–483.2 million	4,154,526	1,777,963	2.30	78.8
2098	projection	257,074,109	126.4–495.7 million	4,158,046	1,809,578	2.29	78.9
2099	projection	259,393,655	126.6–506.6 million	4,160,663	1,840,315	2.28	79.0
2100	projection	261,694,295	126.3–515.4 million	4,155,765	1,870,215	2.26	79.2

Show the numbers: Tanzania, mid-2026, by single year of age

Tanzania: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	1,205,490	1,176,010
1	1,179,230	1,151,090
2	1,156,270	1,128,820
3	1,132,730	1,106,200
4	1,108,780	1,083,370
5	1,085,020	1,060,730
6	1,062,420	1,039,120
7	1,040,610	1,018,300
8	1,016,440	995,266
9	985,622	965,914
10	950,689	932,766
11	925,036	908,746
12	901,806	886,866
13	868,127	854,502
14	835,318	823,103
15	814,065	803,117
16	797,708	787,968
17	779,641	771,250
18	762,868	755,774
19	748,006	742,558
20	731,470	727,846
21	708,664	706,553
22	681,230	680,226
23	653,407	653,075
24	630,370	630,386
25	610,848	610,945
26	591,882	591,794
27	574,593	574,246
28	555,608	555,208
29	537,308	537,084
30	518,892	519,110
31	495,654	496,694
32	472,440	474,730
33	453,659	457,476
34	437,845	443,294
35	421,892	429,076
36	406,493	415,765
37	391,870	403,473
38	375,468	389,326
39	358,641	374,706
40	344,259	362,380
41	331,066	350,950
42	318,386	339,545
43	305,438	327,426
44	292,001	314,687
45	279,784	302,922
46	268,629	291,853
47	257,714	280,690
48	247,676	268,966
49	237,976	256,748
50	228,909	244,706
51	219,926	233,022
52	209,424	220,048
53	198,194	206,398
54	186,895	193,928
55	174,946	181,673
56	162,492	169,571
57	150,126	158,084
58	138,060	147,588
59	126,358	138,100
60	114,812	129,280
61	104,252	121,748
62	95,111	115,738
63	87,212	110,968
64	80,420	107,128
65	74,752	104,007
66	70,032	101,221
67	66,017	98,429
68	62,503	95,344
69	59,036	91,434
70	55,600	86,830
71	52,378	81,849
72	49,266	76,504
73	46,072	70,781
74	42,628	64,721
75	38,960	58,498
76	35,630	52,777
77	32,839	48,600
78	30,118	45,165
79	26,826	40,650
80	23,138	35,498
81	19,632	30,718
82	16,452	26,415
83	13,596	22,583
84	11,063	19,208
85	8,882	16,276
86	7,051	13,773
87	5,538	11,648
88	4,280	9,779
89	3,234	8,090
90	2,392	6,587
91	1,740	5,307
92	1,246	4,237
93	876	3,328
94	602	2,567
95	408	1,945
96	269	1,445
97	172	1,048
98	106	744
99	64	517
100+	85	956

TZA · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Tanzania, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

TZA · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Tanzania

In Tanzania the number of people aged 15–64 is still growing in 2100, the last year the UN projects. In 2023 there were 36,128,700 of them.

100 aged 15–64

79 children

6 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: take 100 people of working age — the orange row — and the two rows under it are the children (teal) and the people of 65 and over (violet) who lived alongside them in 2023.

At no point between 1950 and 2100 do fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 here.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

TZA · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Tanzania, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Tanzania loses 26,033 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 7,206 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 1,000 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: age runs left to right, babies to 100. A blue square above the line means arrivals outnumber departures at that age, an orange square below it means the opposite. The figures are the UN's projection for 2020–2025; nobody recorded migration by age before 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 349,348 (1994), and a loss of 473,007 (1996).

In 2024, 462,371 people living in Tanzania had been born in another country, fewer than 1 of every 100 people there, against 2 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

TZA · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Tanzania

Of every 100 babies born in Tanzania in 2023, 18 had a mother under 20, 66 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 16 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 22 under 20 and 16 aged 35 or older.

1950
22 · 62 · 16

2023
18 · 66 · 16

2050 · projected
17 · 66 · 17

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: one block a year, 100 squares in each, a square for every hundredth baby. The colour is the mother's age group, and the three numbers underneath are those groups in order, youngest first.

Babies born, 2023: 2,346,391
Average age when women have a baby: 28.9 years; 29.1 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 113; 162 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Tanzania by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	10,130	12,677	9,733	6,617	4,487	1,770
15–19	66,023	152,731	252,469	412,154	547,028	383,921
20–24	85,563	209,916	415,201	641,068	811,302	770,072
25–29	73,434	177,537	319,068	530,333	788,596	1,091,779
30–34	56,682	128,786	215,060	384,029	607,560	994,691
35–39	36,003	77,274	126,147	248,097	382,948	631,311
40–44	17,321	41,093	67,655	102,863	166,938	248,699
45–49	4,463	9,921	16,654	20,476	29,313	32,750
50–54	234	483	760	754	940	772
All babies	349,853	810,418	1,422,747	2,346,391	3,339,112	4,155,765

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

TZA · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Tanzania

A baby born in Tanzania in 2021 could expect 66.8 years of life, 58.1 of them in full health (95% range 57.2–59.0). That leaves 8.7 years in less than full health, fewer than the world's 9.5, which mostly means lives are shorter here, with fewer years in which to be ill.

Women

58.3 in full health, 10.1 not: 68.4 years

Men

57.9 in full health, 7.3 not: 65.2 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 58.3 healthy years of 68.4. Men: 57.9 of 65.2.

TZA · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Tanzania

At the end of 2025, Tanzania was hosting 214,404 people who had crossed a border into it, about 3 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad214,404
Tanzania nationals abroad4,369

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: count the squares — 5,000 people each, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Tanzania living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 5,409 people asked for asylum in Tanzania for the first time; 1,232 people from Tanzania asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Tanzania whose claims were decided that year, 39 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

TZA · of every 100 people

How people live in Tanzania

Of every 100 people in Tanzania in 2025, 24 lived in a city, 35 in a town or suburb and 41 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

47.6 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 68.8 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: everyone here, shrunk to 100 squares, with the colour saying whether that hundredth person lives in a city, a town or the countryside. Every country is measured by the same rule.

How the world's people live

TZA · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Tanzania went in school

Of every 100 adults in Tanzania in 2020, 22 never went to school and 7 finished upper secondary or went further.

22 never went to school 11 some primary 51 finished primary 9 finished lower secondary 3 finished upper secondary 4 studied after school

Among women, 13.1 of every 100 aged 25–29 never went to school, against 51.9 of every 100 aged 60–64; among men, 10 against 20.6.

Its people aged 15 to 64 are still growing in 2100 in the middle projection.

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every hundredth adult aged 25 or over, from least schooling on the left to most on the right. Counted by the Wittgenstein Centre for 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

TZA · cities · 2025

Cities in Tanzania

Tanzania had 45 cities in 2025, home to 16.7 million people. The largest, Dar es Salaam, holds 11 of every 100 people in Tanzania.

Dar es Salaam7,795,114
Zanzibar City966,642
Mwanza954,104
Arusha795,744
Mbeya539,248
Morogoro461,634
Kigoma340,483
Moshi309,202
Tanga296,202
Dodoma269,047

All 21 cities in Tanzania that reach 300,000 people

Dar es Salaam 7,795,114
Zanzibar City 966,642
Mwanza 954,104
Arusha 795,744
Mbeya 539,248
Morogoro 461,634
Kigoma 340,483
Moshi 309,202
Tanga 296,202
Dodoma 269,047
Songea 223,567
Iringa 201,525
Tabora 198,557
Musoma 192,622
Sumbawanga 181,940
Bukoba 173,889
Geita 165,000
Kahama 160,713
Katoro 155,625
Mtwara 128,086
Machame 184,548 (2030)

How to read this: the 10 biggest cities here in 2025, drawn on a single scale so the bars can be compared. Each is a built-up area on the UN's rule rather than a city government's patch.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Tanzania are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.