# Population in Tanzania

Population in Tanzania was 70.55 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `tz`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/tanzania
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/tanzania.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=tz

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 70,545,865 |
| 2024 | 68,560,157 |
| 2023 | 66,617,606 |
| 2022 | 64,711,821 |
| 2021 | 62,830,412 |
| 2020 | 60,972,798 |
| 2019 | 59,174,891 |
| 2018 | 57,437,145 |
| 2017 | 55,652,890 |
| 2016 | 53,824,013 |
| 2015 | 52,020,962 |
| 2014 | 50,351,512 |
| 2013 | 48,824,128 |
| 2012 | 47,374,260 |
| 2011 | 46,029,367 |
| 2010 | 44,758,488 |
| 2009 | 43,633,982 |
| 2008 | 42,570,728 |
| 2007 | 41,435,512 |
| 2006 | 40,294,902 |
| 2005 | 39,182,076 |
| 2004 | 38,109,668 |
| 2003 | 37,089,555 |
| 2002 | 36,121,304 |
| 2001 | 35,198,299 |
| 2000 | 34,260,139 |
| 1999 | 33,300,330 |
| 1998 | 32,420,458 |
| 1997 | 31,578,089 |
| 1996 | 30,945,762 |
| 1995 | 30,383,497 |
| 1994 | 29,442,356 |
| 1993 | 28,332,692 |
| 1992 | 27,457,588 |
| 1991 | 26,780,436 |
| 1990 | 26,110,207 |
| 1989 | 25,438,759 |
| 1988 | 24,769,686 |
| 1987 | 24,030,378 |
| 1986 | 23,258,959 |
| 1985 | 22,501,693 |
| 1984 | 21,779,066 |
| 1983 | 21,079,874 |
| 1982 | 20,398,571 |
| 1981 | 19,784,703 |
| 1980 | 19,189,769 |
| 1979 | 18,592,038 |
| 1978 | 17,976,566 |
| 1977 | 17,352,929 |
| 1976 | 16,736,211 |
| 1975 | 16,138,361 |
| 1974 | 15,561,630 |
| 1973 | 15,010,101 |
| 1972 | 14,479,308 |
| 1971 | 13,971,451 |
| 1970 | 13,492,677 |
| 1969 | 13,036,700 |
| 1968 | 12,602,076 |
| 1967 | 12,200,109 |
| 1966 | 11,827,459 |
| 1965 | 11,470,728 |
| 1964 | 11,127,826 |
| 1963 | 10,799,528 |
| 1962 | 10,487,756 |
| 1961 | 10,187,886 |
| 1960 | 9,901,419 |