Total population

67,438,106 (persons) in 2023

In 2023, population for United Republic of Tanzania was 67.4 million persons. Over the last 50 years, population of United Republic of Tanzania grew substantially from 15.7 million to 67.4 million persons rising at an increasing annual rate that reached a maximum of 3.97% in 1994 and then decreased to 2.96% in 2023.

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Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Date Value Change, %
2023 67,438,106 2.96%
2022 65,497,748 3.00%
2021 63,588,334 3.05%
2020 61,704,518 3.06%
2019 59,872,579 3.07%
2018 58,090,443 3.24%
2017 56,267,032 3.43%
2016 54,401,802 3.54%
2015 52,542,823 3.40%
2014 50,814,552 3.17%
2013 49,253,643 3.07%
2012 47,786,137