Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Tanzania

Population aged 15–64 in Tanzania in 2025 — 38,530,560 people. Ranked 24 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 638.4%.

2025 38.53M people +3.27% vs 2024
World rank 24of 217
Period maximum 38.53M people2025
Period minimum 5.22M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Tanzania, 1960–2025010M20M30M40M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 5,218,100 people1962: 5,534,539 people1964: 5,852,240 people1966: 6,165,221 people1968: 6,515,995 people1970: 6,947,233 people1972: 7,423,967 people1974: 7,943,778 people1976: 8,496,936 people1978: 9,069,184 people1980: 9,578,827 people1982: 10,091,106 people1984: 10,770,208 people1986: 11,584,511 people1988: 12,471,402 people1990: 13,237,409 people1992: 14,022,219 people1994: 15,385,193 people1996: 16,234,032 people1998: 16,999,650 people2000: 18,040,361 people2002: 19,022,390 people2004: 20,025,071 people2006: 21,088,335 people2008: 22,193,078 people2010: 23,212,972 people2012: 24,644,151 people2014: 26,330,281 people2016: 28,432,460 people2018: 30,587,299 people2020: 32,686,532 people2022: 34,975,915 people2024: 37,309,677 people2025: 38,530,560 people
Change over the period: +33.31M (+638.4%) Average annual rate: 3.12 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Tanzania

Tanzania 38.53M people
World 5.36B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 745M people
Eastern Africa computed 290M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.13B people
Population aged 15–64 — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 38.53M +1.22M +3.27%
2024 37.31M +1.18M +3.27%
2023 36.13M +1.15M +3.3%
2022 34.98M +1.15M +3.39%
2021 33.83M +1.14M +3.49%
2020 32.69M +1.08M +3.43%
2019 31.6M +1.02M +3.32%
2018 30.59M +1.05M +3.56%
2017 29.54M +1.1M +3.88%
2016 28.43M +1.11M +4.05%
2015 27.32M +994,226 +3.78%
2014 26.33M +868,473 +3.41%
2013 25.46M +817,657 +3.32%
2012 24.64M +745,979 +3.12%
2011 23.9M +685,200 +2.95%
2010 23.21M +540,751 +2.39%
2009 22.67M +479,143 +2.16%
2008 22.19M +547,489 +2.53%
2007 21.65M +557,254 +2.64%
2006 21.09M +539,333 +2.62%
2005 20.55M +523,931 +2.62%
2004 20.03M +509,441 +2.61%
2003 19.52M +493,240 +2.59%
2002 19.02M +473,737 +2.55%
2001 18.55M +508,292 +2.82%
2000 18.04M +549,042 +3.14%
1999 17.49M +491,669 +2.89%
1998 17M +473,634 +2.87%
1997 16.53M +291,984 +1.8%
1996 16.23M +239,290 +1.5%
1995 15.99M +609,549 +3.96%
1994 15.39M +784,670 +5.37%
1993 14.6M +578,304 +4.12%
1992 14.02M +396,044 +2.91%
1991 13.63M +388,766 +2.94%
1990 13.24M +387,972 +3.02%
1989 12.85M +378,035 +3.03%
1988 12.47M +432,300 +3.59%
1987 12.04M +454,591 +3.92%
1986 11.58M +429,338 +3.85%
1985 11.16M +384,965 +3.57%
1984 10.77M +351,777 +3.38%
1983 10.42M +327,325 +3.24%
1982 10.09M +266,009 +2.71%
1981 9.83M +246,270 +2.57%
1980 9.58M +245,260 +2.63%
1979 9.33M +264,383 +2.92%
1978 9.07M +283,294 +3.22%
1977 8.79M +288,954 +3.4%
1976 8.5M +281,709 +3.43%
1975 8.22M +271,449 +3.42%
1974 7.94M +261,292 +3.4%
1973 7.68M +258,519 +3.48%
1972 7.42M +247,630 +3.45%
1971 7.18M +229,104 +3.3%
1970 6.95M +219,657 +3.27%
1969 6.73M +211,581 +3.25%
1968 6.52M +187,084 +2.96%
1967 6.33M +163,690 +2.66%
1966 6.17M +157,233 +2.62%
1965 6.01M +155,748 +2.66%
1964 5.85M +157,796 +2.77%
1963 5.69M +159,905 +2.89%
1962 5.53M +161,765 +3.01%
1961 5.37M +154,674 +2.96%
1960 5.22M

About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.