Tanzania - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Tanzania was 21,042,570 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 21,042,570 in 2020 and a minimum value of 527,336 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 527,336
1961 558,101
1962 590,864
1963 625,626
1964 662,491
1965 701,581
1966 742,978
1967 786,950
1968 865,844
1969 959,246
1970 1,062,806
1971 1,177,954
1972 1,305,476
1973 1,446,116
1974 1,600,911
1975 1,770,568
1976 1,956,494
1977 2,159,304
1978 2,381,140
1979 2,542,017
1980 2,698,244
1981 2,863,513
1982 3,039,166
1983 3,224,815
1984 3,421,078
1985 3,627,339
1986 3,844,102
1987 4,071,647
1988 4,313,058
1989 4,532,040
1990 4,759,495
1991 5,004,953
1992 5,267,141
1993 5,540,351
1994 5,816,979
1995 6,090,820
1996 6,359,252
1997 6,624,426
1998 6,892,435
1999 7,172,771
2000 7,473,331
2001 7,796,647
2002 8,142,549
2003 8,579,713
2004 9,054,501
2005 9,552,983
2006 10,076,210
2007 10,626,390
2008 11,206,810
2009 11,819,030
2010 12,467,580
2011 13,153,060
2012 13,877,350
2013 14,639,970
2014 15,439,810
2015 16,277,270
2016 17,152,410
2017 18,066,880
2018 19,020,430
2019 20,011,880
2020 21,042,570

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Tanzania was 35.23 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 35.23 in 2020, while its lowest value was 5.25 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 5.25
1961 5.39
1962 5.55
1963 5.70
1964 5.87
1965 6.03
1966 6.20
1967 6.37
1968 6.80
1969 7.31
1970 7.85
1971 8.43
1972 9.05
1973 9.70
1974 10.40
1975 11.15
1976 11.94
1977 12.77
1978 13.66
1979 14.14
1980 14.56
1981 14.98
1982 15.41
1983 15.85
1984 16.31
1985 16.77
1986 17.24
1987 17.73
1988 18.22
1989 18.57
1990 18.88
1991 19.21
1992 19.54
1993 19.87
1994 20.20
1995 20.54
1996 20.89
1997 21.24
1998 21.59
1999 21.95
2000 22.31
2001 22.67
2002 23.04
2003 23.61
2004 24.22
2005 24.85
2006 25.48
2007 26.12
2008 26.78
2009 27.44
2010 28.11
2011 28.80
2012 29.49
2013 30.20
2014 30.90
2015 31.62
2016 32.33
2017 33.05
2018 33.78
2019 34.50
2020 35.23

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization