Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Tanzania

Share of population in cities over 1 million in Tanzania in 2025 — 14.19%. Ranked 95 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 12.31 pp.

2025 14.19% +0.27 pp vs 2024
World rank 95of 121
Period maximum 14.19%2025
Period minimum 1.88%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Tanzania, 1960–202505101519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1.88%1962: 2.04%1964: 2.21%1966: 2.4%1968: 2.65%1970: 2.99%1972: 3.38%1974: 3.8%1976: 4.28%1978: 4.82%1980: 5.08%1982: 5.34%1984: 5.59%1986: 5.85%1988: 6.14%1990: 6.38%1992: 6.64%1994: 6.77%1996: 7.05%1998: 7.37%2000: 7.63%2002: 7.92%2004: 8.4%2006: 8.89%2008: 9.42%2010: 10.03%2012: 10.61%2014: 11.18%2016: 11.7%2018: 12.28%2020: 12.83%2022: 13.37%2024: 13.91%2025: 14.19%
Change over the period: +12.31 pp Annual average: 0.19 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Tanzania 14.19%
World 25.29%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 14.19 +0.27 pp
2024 13.91 +0.27 pp
2023 13.64 +0.27 pp
2022 13.37 +0.27 pp
2021 13.1 +0.27 pp
2020 12.83 +0.27 pp
2019 12.55 +0.28 pp
2018 12.28 +0.3 pp
2017 11.97 +0.27 pp
2016 11.7 +0.26 pp
2015 11.44 +0.27 pp
2014 11.18 +0.28 pp
2013 10.89 +0.28 pp
2012 10.61 +0.29 pp
2011 10.32 +0.29 pp
2010 10.03 +0.31 pp
2009 9.73 +0.3 pp
2008 9.42 +0.27 pp
2007 9.15 +0.26 pp
2006 8.89 +0.25 pp
2005 8.64 +0.24 pp
2004 8.4 +0.24 pp
2003 8.16 +0.23 pp
2002 7.92 +0.15 pp
2001 7.77 +0.14 pp
2000 7.63 +0.13 pp
1999 7.5 +0.14 pp
1998 7.37 +0.14 pp
1997 7.23 +0.18 pp
1996 7.05 +0.19 pp
1995 6.87 +0.09 pp
1994 6.77 +0.04 pp
1993 6.73 +0.09 pp
1992 6.64 +0.13 pp
1991 6.51 +0.13 pp
1990 6.38 +0.12 pp
1989 6.26 +0.12 pp
1988 6.14 +0.15 pp
1987 5.98 +0.14 pp
1986 5.85 +0.13 pp
1985 5.72 +0.13 pp
1984 5.59 +0.13 pp
1983 5.46 +0.12 pp
1982 5.34 +0.13 pp
1981 5.21 +0.13 pp
1980 5.08 +0.12 pp
1979 4.96 +0.14 pp
1978 4.82 +0.28 pp
1977 4.54 +0.26 pp
1976 4.28 +0.25 pp
1975 4.03 +0.23 pp
1974 3.8 +0.22 pp
1973 3.58 +0.21 pp
1972 3.38 +0.2 pp
1971 3.18 +0.19 pp
1970 2.99 +0.18 pp
1969 2.82 +0.17 pp
1968 2.65 +0.15 pp
1967 2.49 +0.1 pp
1966 2.4 +0.09 pp
1965 2.3 +0.09 pp
1964 2.21 +0.09 pp
1963 2.12 +0.09 pp
1962 2.04 +0.08 pp
1961 1.96 +0.08 pp
1960 1.88

About the indicator

The share of a country's population living in urban agglomerations larger than one million people. The indicator separates countries with the same level of urbanization: in some the urban population is spread across many mid-sized cities, in others it is concentrated in one or two agglomerations. The highest values come from small countries with a single dominant city, where the capital agglomeration holds more than half of the country.

Important: Countries without agglomerations of this size are absent from the series rather than entered as zero. The aggregate for a group of countries is therefore calculated only where coverage is sufficient: averaging the countries that do have million-plus cities would overstate the share.

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