Population growth — all countries

Population growth — Tanzania

Population growth in Tanzania in 2025 — 2.86%. Ranked 16 in the world out of 217. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 0 pp.

2025 2.86% −0.02 pp vs 2024
World rank 16of 217
Period maximum 3.84%1994
Period minimum 1.83%1996

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — Tanzania, 1961–2025123419611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 2.85%1963: 2.93%1965: 3.03%1967: 3.1%1969: 3.39%1971: 3.49%1973: 3.6%1975: 3.64%1977: 3.62%1979: 3.37%1981: 3.05%1983: 3.29%1985: 3.26%1987: 3.26%1989: 2.67%1991: 2.53%1993: 3.14%1995: 3.15%1997: 2.02%1999: 2.68%2001: 2.7%2003: 2.65%2005: 2.78%2007: 2.79%2009: 2.47%2011: 2.8%2013: 3.01%2015: 3.26%2017: 3.34%2019: 2.98%2021: 3%2023: 2.9%2025: 2.86%
Change over the period: +0 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Tanzania 2.86%
World 0.91%
Eastern Africa computed 2.52%
Population growth — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 2.86 −0.02 pp
2024 2.87 −0.03 pp
2023 2.9 −0.05 pp
2022 2.95 −0.05 pp
2021 3 +0.01 pp
2020 2.99 +0.01 pp
2019 2.98 −0.18 pp
2018 3.16 −0.19 pp
2017 3.34 −0.07 pp
2016 3.41 +0.15 pp
2015 3.26 +0.18 pp
2014 3.08 +0.07 pp
2013 3.01 +0.13 pp
2012 2.88 +0.08 pp
2011 2.8 +0.26 pp
2010 2.54 +0.08 pp
2009 2.47 −0.24 pp
2008 2.7 −0.09 pp
2007 2.79 −0.01 pp
2006 2.8 +0.03 pp
2005 2.78 +0.06 pp
2004 2.71 +0.07 pp
2003 2.65 +0.06 pp
2002 2.59 −0.11 pp
2001 2.7 −0.14 pp
2000 2.84 +0.16 pp
1999 2.68 +0.05 pp
1998 2.63 +0.61 pp
1997 2.02 +0.19 pp
1996 1.83 −1.31 pp
1995 3.15 −0.7 pp
1994 3.84 +0.7 pp
1993 3.14 +0.64 pp
1992 2.5 −0.04 pp
1991 2.53 −0.07 pp
1990 2.61 −0.06 pp
1989 2.67 −0.36 pp
1988 3.03 −0.23 pp
1987 3.26 −0.05 pp
1986 3.31 +0.05 pp
1985 3.26 +0 pp
1984 3.26 −0.02 pp
1983 3.29 +0.23 pp
1982 3.06 +0 pp
1981 3.05 −0.11 pp
1980 3.16 −0.2 pp
1979 3.37 −0.16 pp
1978 3.53 −0.09 pp
1977 3.62 −0.02 pp
1976 3.64 −0 pp
1975 3.64 +0.03 pp
1974 3.61 +0.01 pp
1973 3.6 +0.03 pp
1972 3.57 +0.08 pp
1971 3.49 +0.05 pp
1970 3.44 +0.05 pp
1969 3.39 +0.15 pp
1968 3.24 +0.14 pp
1967 3.1 +0.04 pp
1966 3.06 +0.03 pp
1965 3.03 +0.04 pp
1964 2.99 +0.07 pp
1963 2.93 +0.03 pp
1962 2.9 +0.05 pp
1961 2.85

About the indicator

The annual population growth rate is the change in population size over a year as a percent of the previous year. It takes in both natural increase (births minus deaths) and net migration. Negative values mean the population is shrinking; at 1% a year population doubles in about 70 years, at 2% in about 35.

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