Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Tanzania

Rural population share in Tanzania in 2025 — 63.1%. Ranked 38 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 32 pp.

2025 63.1% −0.7 pp vs 2024
World rank 38of 217
Period maximum 95.1%1960
Period minimum 63.1%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Tanzania, 1960–20256070809010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 95.1%1962: 95.1%1964: 95%1966: 95%1968: 94.8%1970: 93.7%1972: 92%1974: 89.9%1976: 87.9%1978: 86.3%1980: 85.2%1982: 84.3%1984: 83.4%1986: 82.6%1988: 81.8%1990: 81.1%1992: 80.4%1994: 79.8%1996: 79.2%1998: 78.5%2000: 77.8%2002: 77%2004: 75.9%2006: 74.6%2008: 73.2%2010: 71.8%2012: 70.5%2014: 69.4%2016: 68.2%2018: 67.2%2020: 66.1%2022: 65.2%2024: 63.8%2025: 63.1%
Change over the period: −32 pp Annual average: -0.49 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Tanzania 63.1%
World 42.2%
Eastern Africa computed 68.2%
Rural population share — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 63.1 −0.7 pp
2024 63.8 −0.7 pp
2023 64.5 −0.7 pp
2022 65.2 −0.5 pp
2021 65.6 −0.5 pp
2020 66.1 −0.5 pp
2019 66.7 −0.5 pp
2018 67.2 −0.5 pp
2017 67.7 −0.5 pp
2016 68.2 −0.6 pp
2015 68.8 −0.6 pp
2014 69.4 −0.6 pp
2013 69.9 −0.6 pp
2012 70.5 −0.6 pp
2011 71.1 −0.7 pp
2010 71.8 −0.7 pp
2009 72.5 −0.7 pp
2008 73.2 −0.7 pp
2007 73.9 −0.7 pp
2006 74.6 −0.7 pp
2005 75.3 −0.6 pp
2004 75.9 −0.6 pp
2003 76.5 −0.5 pp
2002 77 −0.4 pp
2001 77.4 −0.4 pp
2000 77.8 −0.4 pp
1999 78.2 −0.4 pp
1998 78.5 −0.3 pp
1997 78.9 −0.3 pp
1996 79.2 −0.3 pp
1995 79.5 −0.3 pp
1994 79.8 −0.3 pp
1993 80.1 −0.3 pp
1992 80.4 −0.3 pp
1991 80.7 −0.3 pp
1990 81.1 −0.4 pp
1989 81.4 −0.4 pp
1988 81.8 −0.4 pp
1987 82.2 −0.4 pp
1986 82.6 −0.4 pp
1985 83 −0.4 pp
1984 83.4 −0.4 pp
1983 83.8 −0.4 pp
1982 84.3 −0.5 pp
1981 84.7 −0.5 pp
1980 85.2 −0.5 pp
1979 85.8 −0.6 pp
1978 86.3 −0.7 pp
1977 87 −0.9 pp
1976 87.9 −1 pp
1975 88.8 −1 pp
1974 89.9 −1.1 pp
1973 90.9 −1 pp
1972 92 −0.9 pp
1971 92.9 −0.8 pp
1970 93.7 −0.6 pp
1969 94.4 −0.4 pp
1968 94.8 −0.2 pp
1967 95 −0 pp
1966 95 −0 pp
1965 95 −0 pp
1964 95 −0 pp
1963 95.1 −0 pp
1962 95.1 −0 pp
1961 95.1 −0 pp
1960 95.1

About the indicator

The share of population living outside urban settlements, as a percent of the total. It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and therefore inherits every particularity of national definitions of urban areas.

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