Population growth in Tanzania

The population of Tanzania changed by 2.86% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2011.

Measure: Population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Tanzania, 2025 2.86% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.02percentage points 2024: 2.87%
World, 2025 0.91% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 16th of 217 See the full ranking

Population growth in Tanzania over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period TanzaniaWorld
2025 2.86% 0.91%
2024 2.87% 0.96%
2023 2.90% 0.93%
2022 2.95% 0.87%
2021 3.00% 0.83%
2020 2.99% 0.98%
2019 2.98% 1.05%
2018 3.16% 1.08%
2017 3.34% 1.13%
2016 3.41% 1.16%
2015 3.26% 1.18%
2014 3.08% 1.21%
2013 3.01% 1.23%
2012 2.88% 1.26%
2011 2.80% 1.22%
2010 2.54% 1.22%
2009 2.47% 1.25%
2008 2.70% 1.27%
2007 2.79% 1.26%
2006 2.80% 1.27%
2005 2.78% 1.27%
2004 2.71% 1.29%
2003 2.65% 1.29%
2002 2.59% 1.31%
2001 2.70% 1.34%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.02 percentage points from 2.87% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 3.26%, the figure has changed by −0.41 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Tanzania has the 16th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.91%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Tanzania
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects