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Tanzania — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Tanzania, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.86%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +0.1% since 1961
Population growth for Tanzania was 2.86% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.84% in 1994. The lowest was 1.83% in 1996 (about 1.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.00% per year.
Tanzania ranks 16 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 7%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 2.30%, so Tanzania sits above it. It peaked in 1994 and has fallen 26% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 12%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.86%
First (1961)
2.85%
Change
+0.1%
Highest
3.84%
in 1994
Lowest
1.83%
in 1996
Average
3.02%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.00%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.86% |
| 2024 | 2.87% |
| 2023 | 2.9% |
| 2022 | 2.95% |
| 2021 | 3% |
| 2020 | 2.99% |
| 2019 | 2.98% |
| 2018 | 3.16% |
| 2017 | 3.34% |
| 2016 | 3.41% |
| 2015 | 3.26% |
| 2014 | 3.08% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.