Population of Tanzania (2025)

Tanzania population

5,123,768

Births this year: 0 Births today 0
Deaths this year 124,504 Deaths today 37

Tanzania Population by Religions

Region Name Percents Number
mainland - Christian 30% 1,574,482 people
Muslim 35% 1,836,895 people
indigenous beliefs 35% 1,836,895 people

Tanzania Population by Ethnic groups

Ethnic groups Name Percents Number
mainland - African 99% 5,195,789 people
other (consisting of Asian, European, and Arab), Zanzibar - Arab, African, mixed Arab and African 1% 52,483 people

Tanzania population by Age group

Age Both Sexes Population Male Population Female Population Both Sexes (%) Male (%) Female (%) Sex ratio (female/male)
Total 72,032,837 35,900,213 36,132,624 100 100 100 99.4
00-04 11,486,458 5,813,804 5,672,654 15.9 16.2 15.7 102.5
05-09 10,337,808 5,227,333 5,110,475 14.4 14.6 14.1 102.3
10-14 9,248,537 4,671,157 4,577,380 12.8 13 12.7 102
15-19 7,880,758 3,965,449 3,915,309 10.9 11 10.8 101.3
20-24 6,559,390 3,243,543 3,315,847 9.1 9 9.2 97.8
25-29 5,333,898 2,665,587 2,668,311 7.4 7.4 7.4 99.9
30-34 4,507,585 2,201,026 2,306,559 6.3 6.1 6.4 95.4
35-39 3,792,130 1,834,232 1,957,898 5.3 5.1 5.4 93.7
40-44 3,175,026 1,541,013 1,634,013 4.4 4.3 4.5 94.3
45-49 2,591,908 1,275,584 1,316,324 3.6 3.6 3.6 96.9
50-54 2,014,455 1,009,020 1,005,435 2.8 2.8 2.8 100.4
55-59 1,538,167 771,988 766,179 2.1 2.2 2.1 100.8
60-64 1,181,774 583,458 598,316 1.6 1.6 1.7 97.5
65-69 913,054 440,402 472,652 1.3 1.2 1.3 93.2
70-74 650,485 295,267 355,218 0.9 0.8 1 83.1
75-79 448,586 201,917 246,669 0.6 0.6 0.7 81.9
80-84 240,735 102,245 138,490 0.3 0.3 0.4 73.8
85-89 100,329 43,796 56,533 0.1 0.1 0.2 77.5
90-94 27,131 11,344 15,787 0 0 0 71.9
95-99 4,315 1,962 2,353 0 0 0 83.4
100+ 308 86 222 0 0 0 38.7

Tanzania Age structure and Population pyramid

Tanzania Age structure and Population pyramid

Tanzania Sex ratio

Tanzania Sex ratio

Tanzania Dependency ratios

Chart working age in Tanzania

Tanzania Population (1950 - 2025)

Year Population Yearly %
Change
Yearly
Change
Sex ratio Density
(P/KmĀ²)
2024 69,993,770 2.93 1,993,617 99.31 79.02
2023 68,000,153 2.95 1,950,450 99.26 76.77
2022 66,049,703 2.98 1,910,206 99.21 74.57
2021 64,139,497 3.01 1,872,148 99.15 72.41
2020 62,267,349 3.04 1,834,432 99.10 70.30
2019 60,432,917 3.06 1,796,405 99.04 68.22
2018 58,636,512 3.09 1,758,983 98.98 66.20
2017 56,877,529 3.12 1,722,056 98.92 64.21
2016 55,155,473 3.15 1,685,053 98.86 62.27
2015 53,470,420 3.18 1,647,799 98.80 60.36
2014 51,822,621 3.20 1,609,164 98.76 58.50
2013 50,213,457 3.22 1,567,748 98.71 56.69
2012 48,645,709 3.23 1,522,711 98.68 54.92
2011 47,122,998 3.23 1,474,473 98.65 53.20
2010 45,648,525 3.23 1,426,412 98.62 51.53
2005 39,065,600 14.93 5,074,010 98.59 44.10
2000 33,991,590 13.67 4,088,261 99.01 38.37
1995 29,903,329 17.46 4,445,121 98.45 33.76
1990 25,458,208 16.56 3,616,121 98.12 28.74
1985 21,842,087 16.90 3,157,194 97.83 24.66
1980 18,684,893 16.92 2,704,628 97.48 21.09
1975 15,980,265 17.45 2,374,761 97.13 18.04
1970 13,605,504 16.45 1,921,993 96.76 15.36
1965 11,683,511 15.97 1,609,021 96.39 13.19
1960 10,074,490 15.26 1,333,506 96.02 11.37
1955 8,740,984 14.26 1,091,218 95.62 9.87
1950 7,649,766 95.23 8.64
Chart population Tanzania Population (1950 - 2025)