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Tanzania: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
70.5 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+2.9%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+3.1%a year

Population

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203183.4Forecast
203081.0Forecast
202978.9Forecast
202876.7Forecast
202774.6Forecast
202672.6Forecast
202570.5
202468.6
202366.6
202264.7
202162.8
202061.0
201959.2
201857.4
201755.7
201653.8

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Albers, Jerven & Suesse1900–2015
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1950–2014
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • Penn World Table1960–2019
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2012
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2012–2031
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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