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{{Infobox place demographics|place=[[Tanzania]]|image=File:Tanzania single age population pyramid 2020.png|image_size=350|caption=Population pyramid of Tanzania in 2020|size_of_population=63,852,892|growth=2.78% (2022 est.)|nation=Tanzanian|official=Kiswahili or Swahili, English|death=5.09 deaths/1,000 population|birth=33.3 births/1,000 population|net_migration=-0.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population|sr_at_birth=1.03 male(s)/female|total_mf_ratio=1 male(s)/female (2022 est.)|infant_mortality=30.87 deaths/1,000 live births|life=70.19 years|life_male=68.42 years|life_female=72.02 years|fertility=4.39 children}}{{Culture of Tanzania}}

[[Demography|Demographic]] features of the [[population]] of [[Tanzania]] include [[population density]], [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population.

The population distribution in Tanzania is extremely uneven. Most people live on the northern border or the eastern coast, with much of the remainder of the country being sparsely populated.<ref name="frame">"Economy", authored by Joseph Lake, in ''Africa South of the Sahara'', edited by Europa Publications and Iain Frame, Routledge, 2013</ref>{{rp|p=1252}} Density varies from  {{convert|12|/km2|/sqmi}} in the [[Katavi Region]] to {{convert|3133|/km2|/sqmi}} in [[Dar es Salaam]].<ref name="2012 census"/>{{rp|p=6}} Approximately 70 percent of the population is rural, although this percentage has been declining since at least 1967.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/Report-reveals-rapid-rural--urban-migration-/-/1840392/2006950/-/m6w9qv/-/index.html| title = "Report reveals rapid rural-urban migration", ''The Citizen'', reported by Athuman Mtulya, 26 September 2013| access-date = 23 November 2014| archive-date = 10 July 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180710194919/http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/Report-reveals-rapid-rural--urban-migration-/-/1840392/2006950/-/m6w9qv/-/index.html| url-status = dead}}</ref> [[Dar es Salaam]] is the ''de facto'' capital and largest city. [[Dodoma]], located in the centre of Tanzania, is the ''de jure'' capital, although action to move government buildings to Dodoma has stalled.

The population consists of [[List of ethnic groups in Tanzania|about 125 ethnic groups]].<ref name=lev>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uwi-rv3VV6cC&pg=PA173|title=Ethnic Groups Worldwide: A Ready Reference Handbook|first=David|last=Levinson|date=26 August 1998|publisher=Oryx Press|isbn=9781573560191|via=Google Books}}</ref> The [[Sukuma people|Sukuma]], [[Nyamwezi people|Nyamwezi]], [[Chaga people|Chagga]], and [[Haya people|Haya]] peoples have more than 1 million members each.<ref name="Otiso">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=90d9pKhSjAIC|title=Culture and Customs of Tanzania|first=Kefa M.|last=Otiso|date=24 January 2013|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9780313087080|via=Google Books}}</ref>{{rp|p=4}}

Over 100 [[Languages of Tanzania|languages are spoken in Tanzania]], making it the most linguistically diverse country in East Africa.<ref name=sim/> Among the languages spoken in Tanzania are all four of Africa's language families: [[Bantu languages|Bantu]], [[Cushitic languages|Cushitic]], [[Nilotic languages|Nilotic]], and [[Khoisan languages|Khoisan]].<ref name=sim/> [[Swahili language|Swahili]] and English are Tanzania's official languages.<ref name=sim>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=LMZm0w0k1c4C&pg=PA1967| title = "East Africa", authored by Silvester Ron Simango, in ''Sociolinguistics: Regional overview'', edited by Ulrich Ammon, published by Walter de Gruyter, 2006, pages 1966-7| year = 2005| publisher = Walter de Gruyter| isbn = 9783110184181}}</ref> Swahili belongs to the Bantu branch of the [[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]] family.<ref name="Ethnswh">{{cite web | title=Swahili - A language of Tanzania | url=http://www.ethnologue.com/language/swh | publisher=Ethnologue | access-date=9 February 2014}}</ref> The [[Sandawe people]] speak a language that may be related to the [[Khoe languages]] of Botswana and Namibia, while the language of the [[Hadzabe people]], although it has similar [[click consonant]]s, is arguably a [[language isolate]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uVc2AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA163|title=Archaeology, Language, and the African Past|first=Roger|last=Blench|date=22 June 2006|publisher=Rowman Altamira|isbn=9780759114210|via=Google Books}}</ref> The language of the [[Iraqw people]] is Cushitic.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ethnologue.com/language/irk| title = "Iraqw", ''Ethnologue: Languages of the World'', edited by M. Paul Lewis, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig, SIL International, Seventeenth edition, Dallas, Texas, USA, accessed 14 October 2014}}</ref> Other languages are [[Languages of India|Indian languages]] and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] (spoken by Goans and Mozambicans).

Non-Africans residing on the mainland and Zanzibar account for 1 percent of the total population. The Asian community including [[Hinduism|Hindus]], [[Sikh]]s, [[Shi'a Islam|Shi'a]] and [[Sunni Islam|Sunni Muslims]], [[Parsis]], and [[Goan]]s, exceed 60,000. An estimated 70,000 [[Arab]]s and 20,000 [[White Africans of European ancestry|Europeans]] (90 percent of which are from the [[British diaspora in Africa|British diaspora]]) reside in Tanzania. Over 100,000 people living in Tanzania are of Asian or European ancestry.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tanzania History and Information - Safari Info for Tanzania|url=http://www.eyesonafrica.net/african-safari-tanzania/tanzania-info.htm|website=www.eyesonafrica.net|access-date=2020-05-28}}</ref>

Based on 1999–2003 data, over 74,000 Tanzanian-born people were living in [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] countries, with 32,630 [[Tanzanians in the United Kingdom|residing in the United Kingdom]]; 19,960 in [[Canada]]; 12,225 in the [[Tanzanian American|United States]]; 1,714 in [[Australia]]; 1,180 in the [[Netherlands]]; and 1,012 in [[Sweden]].<ref name=OECD>{{cite web|url=http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/18/23/34792376.xls |title=Country-of-birth database |publisher=[[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] |access-date=10 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617032129/http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/18/23/34792376.xls |archive-date=17 June 2009 }}</ref>

==Population==
[[File:Tanzania-demography.png|thumb|right|Demographics of Tanzania, Data of [[Our World in Data]], year 2022; Number of inhabitants in millions.]]
According to the 2012 census, the total population was 44,928,923 compared to 12,313,469 in 1967,<ref name="2012 census">[http://www.nbs.go.tz/sensa/PDF/Census%20General%20Report%20-%2029%20March%202013_Combined_Final%20for%20Printing.pdf Population Distribution by Administrative Units, United Republic of Tanzania, 2013] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502230453/http://www.nbs.go.tz/sensa/PDF/Census%20General%20Report%20-%2029%20March%202013_Combined_Final%20for%20Printing.pdf |date=May 2, 2013 }}</ref>{{rp|p=1}} resulting in an annual growth rate of 2.9 percent. The under 15 age group represented 44.1 percent of the population, with 35.5 percent being in the 15–35 age group, 52.2 percent being in the 15–64 age group, and 3.8 percent being older than 64.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbs.go.tz/takwimu/references/Tanzania_in_figures2012.pdf|title=Tanzania in figures 2012, National Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Finance, June 2013, page 23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126120431/http://www.nbs.go.tz/takwimu/references/Tanzania_in_figures2012.pdf|archive-date=2013-11-26}}</ref>

According to the 2012 revision of the [[World Population Prospects]], children below the age of 15 constituted 44.8 percent of the total population, with 52.0 percent aged 15–64 and 3.1 percent aged 65 or older.<ref name="WPP 2012">{{cite web|url=http://esa.un.org/wpp/unpp/panel_indicators.htm|title=World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations|website=esa.un.org}}</ref>

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|-
!
! width="80" |Total population<ref name="WPP 2012"/>
! width="80" |Population aged 0–14 (%)<ref name="WPP 2012"/>
! width="80" |Population aged 15–64 (%)<ref name="WPP 2012"/>
! width="80" |Population aged 65+ (%)<ref name="WPP 2012"/>
|-
| 1950
|7,650,000 ||46.0||51.8||2.2
|-
| 1955
|8,741,000 ||45.7||52.0||2.3
|-
| 1960
|10,074,000 ||45.8||51.8||2.4
|-
| 1965
|11,683,000 ||45.8||51.7||2.4
|-
| 1970
|13,605,000 ||46.2||51.3||2.5
|-
| 1975
|15,978,000 ||46.4||51.1||2.6
|-
| 1980
|18,687,000 ||46.5||50.8||2.6
|-
| 1985
|21,850,000 ||46.4||51.0||2.7
|-
| 1990
|25,485,000 ||46.0||51.3||2.7
|-
| 1995
|29,944,000 ||45.3||51.9||2.8
|-
| 2000
|34,021,000 ||44.8||52.3||2.9
|-
| 2005
|38,824,000 ||44.6||52.4||3.0
|-
| 2010
|44,793,000 ||44.8||52.0||3.1
|}
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42.9,44,45.1,46.4,47.8,49.3,50.8,52.5,54.4,56.3,58.1,59.9,61.7,63.6

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| y1= 25.8,26.2,26.5,26.8,27.0,27.3,27.6,28.0,28.1,28.3,28.4,28.7,28.8,29.0,29.2,29.3,29.5,29.7,30.1,30.7,31.1,31.6,31.8,32.2,32.6,32.7,
32.8,33.0,33.1,33.0,32.7,32.5,32.3,32.1,31.4,31.1,30.6,30.3,30.1,29.8,29.3,29.0,28.5,28.2,28.0,28.1,28.2,28.1,28.2,28.5,28.9,29.4,29.6,30.2,
30.7,31.2,31.2,31.0,30.8,30.8,30.8,30.6,30.3,31.1,31.6,31.8,31.7,31.7,31.3,31.1,30.5,30.0

| y1Title=Natural change (per 1000)
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| y1= 145.0,144.0,143.1,142.1,141.2,140.4,139.7,138.9,138.1,137.4,136.6,135.8,134.9,133.9,132.7,131.5,130.1,128.6,127.1,125.6,124.0,122.3,
120.5,118.7,116.7,114.7,112.6,110.5,108.7,107.1,106.2,105.8,105.8,106.0,106.1,105.8,105.0,103.8,102.5,101.1,99.9,98.9,98.2,97.1,96.2,95.0,93.4,91.5,88.7,85.4,81.6,77.4,73.1,69.0,65.4,62.1,59.2,56.4,54.0,51.5,49.5,47.4,45.5,43.9,42.2,41.1,39.8,38.6,37.3,36.3,35.3,34.3

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| y1= 6.49,6.51,6.53,6.56,6.58,6.61,6.65,6.69,6.70,6.72,6.73,6.75,6.76,6.77,6.78,6.78,6.79,6.80,6.84,6.88,6.91,6.94,6.95,6.96,
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5.69,5.67,5.62,5.61,5.61,5.61,5.56,5.49,5.43,5.36,5.29,5.21,5.10,5.12,5.12,5.09,5.03,4.99,4.92,4.86,4.80,4.73

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=== Structure of the population ===
[[File:Human population density Tanzania.png|thumb|Population density (2022)]]
[[File:Tanzania-woman.jpg|thumb|upright|Old Tanzanian woman in [[Arusha]], 2008.]]
Structure of the population (01.07.2013) (Estimates) (Projections based on the 2002 Population Census.):<ref name="unstats.un.org">{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm|title=United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics|website=unstats.un.org}}</ref> 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80" |Age Group
! width="80" |Male
! width="80" |Female
! width="80" |Total
! width="80  |%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 23 267 957
| align="right" | 23 864 623
| align="right" | 47 132 580
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0-4
| align="right" | 4 191 004
| align="right" | 4 121 103
| align="right" | 8 312 107
| align="right" | 17.64
|-
| align="right" | 5-9
| align="right" | 3 608 891
| align="right" | 3 551 955
| align="right" | 7 160 846
| align="right" | 15.19
|-
| align="right" | 10-14
| align="right" | 2 735 494
| align="right" | 2 728 687
| align="right" | 5 464 181
| align="right" | 11.59
|-
| align="right" | 15-19
| align="right" | 2 494 983
| align="right" | 2 490 960
| align="right" | 4 985 943
| align="right" | 10.58
|-
| align="right" | 20-24
| align="right" | 2 179 173
| align="right" | 2 160 970
| align="right" | 4 340 143
| align="right" | 9.21
|-
| align="right" | 25-29
| align="right" | 1 730 600
| align="right" | 1 754 007
| align="right" | 3 484 607
| align="right" | 7.39
|-
| align="right" | 30-34
| align="right" | 1 289 114
| align="right" | 1 563 083
| align="right" | 2 852 197
| align="right" | 6.05
|-
| align="right" | 35-39
| align="right" | 1 207 182
| align="right" | 1 394 428
| align="right" | 2 601 610
| align="right" | 5.52
|-
| align="right" | 40-44
| align="right" | 1 032 605
| align="right" | 1 088 697
| align="right" | 2 121 302
| align="right" | 4.50
|-
| align="right" | 45-49
| align="right" | 770 149
| align="right" | 797 868
| align="right" | 1 568 017
| align="right" | 3.33
|-
| align="right" | 50-54
| align="right" | 604 621
| align="right" | 629 580
| align="right" | 1 234 201
| align="right" | 2.62
|-
| align="right" | 55-59
| align="right" | 422 141
| align="right" | 459 343
| align="right" | 881 484
| align="right" | 1.87
|-
| align="right" | 60-64
| align="right" | 347 604
| align="right" | 387 334
| align="right" | 734 938
| align="right" | 1.56
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 223 365
| align="right" | 243 517
| align="right" | 466 882
| align="right" | 0.99
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 179 960
| align="right" | 207 795
| align="right" | 387 755
| align="right" | 0.82
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 115 076
| align="right" | 130 796
| align="right" | 245 872
| align="right" | 0.52
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 135 995
| align="right" | 154 500
| align="right" | 290 495
| align="right" | 0.62
|-
! width="50"|Age group
! width="80" |Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0-14
| align="right" | 10 535 389
| align="right" | 10 401 745
| align="right" | 20 937 134
| align="right" | 44.42
|-
| align="right" | 15-64
| align="right" | 12 078 172
| align="right" | 12 726 270
| align="right" | 24 804 442
| align="right" | 52.63
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 654 396
| align="right" | 736 608
| align="right" | 1 391 004
| align="right" | 2.95
|-
|}

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2020) (Projections based on the 2012 Population Census.): <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/|title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 28 229 599
| align="right" | 29 408 029
| align="right" | 57 637 628
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 4 972 289
| align="right" | 4 878 738
| align="right" | 9 851 027
| align="right" | 17.09
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 4 013 263
| align="right" | 3 968 953
| align="right" | 7 982 216
| align="right" | 13.85
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 3 582 899
| align="right" | 3 568 790
| align="right" | 7 151 689
| align="right" | 12.41
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 3 014 118
| align="right" | 3 041 114
| align="right" | 6 055 232
| align="right" | 10.51
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 2 656 362
| align="right" | 2 674 122
| align="right" | 5 330 484
| align="right" | 9.25
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 2 042 003
| align="right" | 2 333 256
| align="right" | 4 375 259
| align="right" | 7.59
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 1 642 384
| align="right" | 1 971 517
| align="right" | 3 613 901
| align="right" | 6.27
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 1 464 246
| align="right" | 1 732 225
| align="right" | 3 196 471
| align="right" | 5.55
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 1 241 782
| align="right" | 1 330 290
| align="right" | 2 572 072
| align="right" | 4.46
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 1 032 732
| align="right" | 1 113 792
| align="right" | 2 146 524
| align="right" | 3.72
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 758 908
| align="right" | 762 341
| align="right" | 1 521 249
| align="right" | 2.64
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 605 139
| align="right" | 713 099
| align="right" | 1 318 238
| align="right" | 2.29
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 411 344
| align="right" | 406 728
| align="right" | 818 072
| align="right" | 1.42
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 312 655
| align="right" | 351 895
| align="right" | 664 550
| align="right" | 1.15
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 199 196
| align="right" | 211 801
| align="right" | 410 997
| align="right" | 0.71
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 141 944
| align="right" | 180 717
| align="right" | 322 661
| align="right" | 0.56
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 138 335
| align="right" | 168 651
| align="right" | 306 986
| align="right" | 0.53
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 12 568 451
| align="right" | 12 416 481
| align="right" | 24 984 932
| align="right" | 43.35
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 14 869 018
| align="right" | 16 078 484
| align="right" | 30 947 502
| align="right" | 53.69
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 792 130
| align="right" | 913 064
| align="right" | 1 705 194
| align="right" | 2.96
|-
|}

==Vital statistics==
[[File:Tanzania Population 1950-2021 Forecast 2022-2032 UN World Population Prospects 2022.svg|thumb|350px|[[Population]], [[fertility rate]] and [[net reproduction rate]], United Nations estimates]]
The Tanzanian Demographic and Health Survey 2010 estimated that the infant mortality rate for 2005–10 was 51.<ref name="DHS 2010"/> Registration of other vital events in Tanzania is not complete. The [https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/index.asp Population Department of the United Nations] prepared the following estimates.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations |url=https://population.un.org/wpp/ |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=population.un.org}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
!
! style="width:80pt;" |Mid-year population <br />(thousands)
! style="width:80pt;" |Live births <br />(thousands)
! style="width:80pt;" |Deaths <br />(thousands)
! style="width:80pt;" |Natural change <br />(thousands)
! style="width:80pt;" |Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! style="width:80pt;" |Crude death rate (per 1000)
! style="width:80pt;" |Natural change (per 1000)
! style="width:80pt;" |[[Total fertility rate]] (TFR)
! style="width:80pt;" |[[Infant mortality]] (per 1000 births)
|-
|1950
|7 632
| style="color:red;" |365
|   168
|   197
|47.7
|22.0
|25.8
|6.49
|145.0
|-
|1951
|  7 835
|  376
|  170
|  205
|48.0
|21.7
|26.2
|6.51
|144.0
|-
|1952
|  8 045
|  387
|  174
|  213
|48.1
|21.7
|26.5
|6.53
|143.1
|-
|1953
|  8 264
|  399
|  178
|  221
|48.3
|21.6
|26.8
|6.56
|142.1
|-
|1954
|  8 490
|  411
|  182
|  229
|48.5
|21.4
|27.0
|6.58
|141.2
|-
|1955
|  8 726
|  425
|  186
|  239
|48.7
|21.4
|27.3
|6.61
|140.4
|-
|1956
|  8 970
|  439
|  191
|  248
|48.9
|21.3
|27.6
|6.65
|139.7
|-
|1957
|  9 224
|  454
|  196
|  258
|49.2
|21.2
|28.0
|6.69
|138.9
|-
|1958
|  9 488
|  467
|  201
|  266
|49.2
|21.1
|28.1
|6.70
|138.1
|-
|1959
|  9 760
|  482
|  206
|  276
|49.3
|21.1
|28.3
|6.72
|137.4
|-
|1960
|  10 042
|  496
|  211
|  285
|49.4
|21.0
|28.4
|6.73
|136.6
|-
|1961
|  10 338
|  512
|  216
|  296
|49.6
|20.9
|28.7
|6.75
|135.8
|-
|1962
|  10 645
|  528
|  221
|  307
|49.6
|20.8
|28.8
|6.76
|134.9
|-
|1963
|  10 960
|  544
|  226
|  318
|49.7
|20.6
|29.0
|6.77
|133.9
|-
|1964
|  11 290
|  560
|  231
|  329
|49.6
|20.4
|29.2
|6.78
|132.7
|-
|1965
|  11 631
|  576
|  235
|  341
|49.5
|20.2
|29.3
|6.78
|131.5
|-
|1966
|  11 982
|  593
|  239
|  354
|49.5
|20.0
|29.5
|6.79
|130.1
|-
|1967
|  12 346
|  609
|  243
|  367
|49.4
|19.7
|29.7
|6.80
|128.6
|-
|1968
|  12 740
|  628
|  245
|  383
|49.4
|19.2
|30.1
|6.84
|127.1
|-
|1969
|  13 168
|  651
|  248
|  403
|49.5
|18.8
|30.7
|6.88
|125.6
|-
|1970
|  13 618
|  675
|  252
|  423
|49.7
|18.5
|31.1
|6.91
|124.0
|-
|1971
|  14 092
|  701
|  257
|  444
|49.8
|18.3
|31.6
|6.94
|122.3
|-
|1972
|  14 596
|  725
|  262
|  463
|49.8
|18.0
|31.8
|6.95
|120.5
|-
|1973
|  15 124
|  752
|  266
|  487
|49.8
|17.6
|32.2
|6.96
|118.7
|-
|1974
|  15 671
|  781
|  272
|  510
|style="color:blue "|49.9
|17.4
|32.6
|style="color: blue"|7.00
|116.7
|-
|1975
|  16 244
|  808
|  277
|  531
|49.8
|17.1
|32.7
|7.00
|114.7
|-
|1976
|  16 839
|  832
|  281
|  551
|49.5
|16.7
|32.8
|6.99
|112.6
|-
|1977
|  17 455
|  860
|  285
|  576
|49.3
|16.3
|33.0
|6.99
|110.5
|-
|1978
|  18 080
|  887
|  289
|  598
|49.1
|16.0
|style="color: blue"|33.1
|6.98
|108.7
|-
|1979
|  18 699
|  909
|  292
|  617
|48.6
|15.6
|33.0
|6.95
|107.1
|-
|1980
|  19 298
|  930
|  297
|  632
|48.1
|15.4
|32.7
|6.91
|106.2
|-
|1981
|  19 891
|  950
|  303
|  647
|47.7
|15.2
|32.5
|6.85
|105.8
|-
|1982
|  20 500
|  973
|  311
|  663
|47.4
|15.1
|32.3
|6.80
|105.8
|-
|1983
|  21 171
|  998
|  320
|  678
|47.2
|15.1
|32.1
|6.75
|106.0
|-
|1984
|  21 857
|  1 017
|  329
|  688
|46.5
|15.1
|31.4
|6.67
|106.1
|-
|1985
|  22 570
|  1 038
|  337
|  700
|46.1
|15.0
|31.1
|6.57
|105.8
|-
|1986
|  23 324
|  1 059
|  345
|  714
|45.4
|14.8
|30.6
|6.48
|105.0
|-
|1987
|  24 099
|  1 082
|  353
|  729
|45.0
|14.7
|30.3
|6.40
|103.8
|-
|1988
|  24 844
|  1 110
|  360
|  749
|44.6
|14.5
|30.1
|6.37
|102.5
|-
|1989
|  25 523
|  1 130
|  369
|  761
|44.2
|14.4
|29.8
|6.29
|101.1
|-
|1990
|  26 206
|  1 149
|  380
|  769
|43.8
|14.5
|29.3
|6.20
|99.9
|-
|1991
|  26 891
|  1 171
|  391
|  781
|43.5
|14.5
|29.0
|6.14
|98.9
|-
|1992
|  27 581
|  1 190
|  404
|  787
|43.1
|14.6
|28.5
|6.08
|98.2
|-
|1993
|  28 469
|  1 211
|  414
|  798
|42.8
|14.6
|28.2
|6.01
|97.1
|-
|1994
|  29 598
|  1 250
|  426
|  824
|42.5
|14.5
|28.0
|5.93
|96.2
|-
|1995
|  30 560
|  1 300
|  440
|  860
|42.5
|14.4
|28.1
|5.87
|95.0
|-
|1996
|  31 141
|  1 334
|  450
|  884
|42.5
|14.3
|28.2
|5.85
|93.4
|-
|1997
|  31 786
|  1 353
|  460
|  893
|42.5
|14.5
|28.1
|5.84
|91.5
|-
|1998
|  32 626
|  1 386
| style="color:red;" |  464
|  922
|42.4
|14.2
|28.2
|5.79
|88.7
|-
|1999
|  33 500
|  1 415
|  459
|  956
|42.2
|13.7
|28.5
|5.73
|85.4
|-
|2000
|  34 464
|  1 453
|  457
|  996
|42.1
|13.3
|28.9
|5.69
|81.6
|-
|2001
|  35 414
|  1 495
|  452
|  1 043
|42.1
|12.7
|29.4
|5.67
|77.4
|-
|2002
|  36 354
|  1 525
|  447
|  1 078
|41.9
|12.3
|29.6
|5.62
|73.1
|-
|2003
|  37 334
|  1 565
|  437
|  1 128
|41.8
|11.7
|30.2
|5.61
|69.0
|-
|2004
|  38 361
|  1 613
|  433
|  1 179
|42.0
|11.3
|30.7
|5.61
|65.4
|-
|2005
|  39 440
|  1 662
|  430
|  1 232
|42.1
|10.9
|31.2
|5.61
|62.1
|-
|2006
|  40 562
|  1 696
|  428
|  1 269
|41.7
|10.5
|31.2
|5.56
|59.2
|-
|2007
|  41 716
|  1 719
|  424
|  1 295
|41.1
|10.2
|31.0
|5.49
|56.4
|-
|2008
|  42 871
|  1 748
|  422
|  1 325
|40.7
|9.8
|30.8
|5.43
|54.0
|-
|2009
|  43 958
|  1 773
|  415
|  1 358
|40.2
|9.4
|30.8
|5.36
|51.5
|-
|2010
|  45 111
|  1 795
|  401
|  1 394
|39.7
|8.9
|30.8
|5.29
|49.5
|-
|2011
|  46 416
|  1 816
|  392
|  1 424
|39.1
|8.4
|30.6
|5.21
|47.4
|-
|2012
|  47 786
|  1 833
|  382
|  1 451
|38.3
|8.0
|30.3
|5.10
|45.5
|-
|2013
|  49 254
|  1 908
|  375
|  1 533
|38.7
|7.6
|31.1
|5.12
|43.9
|-
|2014
|  50 815
|  1 978
|  369
|  1 609
|38.9
|7.3
|31.6
|5.12
|42.2
|-
|2015
|  52 543
|  2 032
|  365
|  1 667
|38.7
|7.0
|31.8
|5.09
|41.1
|-
|2016
|  54 402
|  2 086
|  361
|  1 725
|38.4
|6.7
|31.7
|5.03
|39.8
|-
|2017
|  56 267
|  2 140
|  360
|  1 780
|38.1
|6.4
|31.7
|4.99
|38.6
|-
|2018
|  58 090
|  2 181
|  359
|  1 822
|37.5
|6.2
|31.3
|4.92
|37.3
|-
|2019
|  59 873
|  2 224
|  360
|  1 864
|37.1
|style="color: blue"|6.0
|31.1
|4.86
|36.3
|-
|2020
|  61 705
|  2 262
|  381
|  1 881
|36.7
|6.2
|30.5
|4.80
|35.3
|-
|2021
|  62 830
|  2 263
|  383
|  1 872
||36.0
|6.1
|29.8
|4.73
|31.3
|-
|2022
|  64 712
|  2 306
|  378
|  1 890
|35.6
|5.8
|29.2
|4.67
|30.1
|-
|2023
| style="color:blue;" |66 618
| style="color:blue;" |2 346
|  386
| style="color:blue;" |1 921
|style="color: red"|35.2
|5.8
|28.8
|4.61
|28.9
|-
|}
=== Life expectancy ===
[[File:Life expectancy in Tanzania.svg|thumb|300px|[[Life expectancy]] in Tanzania since 1950]]
[[File:Life expectancy by WBG -Tanzania -diff.png|thumb|300px|Life expectancy in Tanzania since 1960 by gender]]

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Period
!Life expectancy in <br /> Years<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/|title=World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations|website=esa.un.org|access-date=2018-08-26}}</ref>
|-
|1950–1955
|41.25
|-
|1955–1960
|{{increase}} 43.03
|-
|1960–1965
|{{increase}} 44.31
|-
|1965–1970
|{{increase}} 45.83
|-
|1970–1975
|{{increase}} 47.70
|-
|1975–1980
|{{increase}} 49.90
|-
|1980–1985
|{{increase}} 50.64
|-
|1985–1990
|{{increase}} 50.86
|-
|1990–1995
|{{decrease}} 49.61
|-
|1995–2000
|{{decrease}} 50.06
|-
|2000–2005
|{{increase}} 53.65
|-
|2005–2010
|{{increase}} 58.82
|-
|2010–2015
|{{increase}} 62.78
|-
|2020
|{{increase}} 66.40
|-
|2021
|{{decrease}} 66.20
|}

===Census Data and Demographic and Health Surveys===
Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbs.go.tz/takwimu/references/2002popcensus.pdf|title=Analytical Report, 2002 Census, United Republic of Tanzania|access-date=2013-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417080712/http://www.nbs.go.tz/takwimu/references/2002popcensus.pdf|archive-date=2012-04-17|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;" style="font-size:88%;"
|-
! width="220" |Region
! width="150" |1967 (Population / Crude Birth Rate / Total Fertility Rate)
! width="150" |1978 (Population / Crude Birth Rate / Total Fertility Rate)
! width="150" |1988 (Population / Crude Birth Rate / Total Fertility Rate)
! width="150" |2002 (Population / Crude Birth Rate / Total Fertility Rate)
! width="150" |2012 (Population / Crude Birth Rate / Total Fertility Rate)
|-
| Tanzania, including Zanzibar || 12,313,469 / 47 / 7.3 || 17,036,499 / 49 / 6.3 || 22,455,207 / 47 / 5.4 || 33,461,849 / 43 / 4.2 || 44,928,923 / /
|-
| Zanzibar || 354,815 / 48 / 7.3 || 476,111 / 48 / 7.1 || 640,675 / 49 / 6.4 || 981,754 / 43 / 4.5 || 1,303,569 / /
|-
|}

[[Total fertility rate|Total Fertility Rate]] (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and [[Crude birth rate|Crude Birth Rate]] (CBR):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/dhs#_r=&collection=&country=&dtype=&from=1890&page=15&ps=&sk=&sort_by=nation&sort_order=&to=2014&topic=&view=s&vk=|title=MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys|website=microdata.worldbank.org}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:70pt;"| Year
! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (Total)
! style="width:60pt;"| TFR (Total)
! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (Urban)
! style="width:60pt;"| TFR (Urban)
! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (Rural)
! style="width:60pt;"| TFR (Rural)
! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (Zanzibar)
! style="width:60pt;"| TFR (Zanzibar)
|-
| 1991-1992
| style="text-align:right;"| 42.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.25 (5.57)
| style="text-align:right;"| 42.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.14
| style="text-align:right;"| 43.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.59 (5.91)
|-
| 1996
| style="text-align:right;"| 40.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.82 (5.1)
| style="text-align:right;"| 36.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.11 (3.5)
| style="text-align:right;"| 41.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.34 (5.5)
|-
| 1999
| style="text-align:right;"| 41.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.55 (4.8)
| style="text-align:right;"| 34.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.16 (2.9)
| style="text-align:right;"| 43.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.48 (5.5)
|-
| 2004-2005
| style="text-align:right;"| 42.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.7 (4.9)
| style="text-align:right;"| 34.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.6 (3.1)
| style="text-align:right;"| 44.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.5 (5.6)
| style="text-align:right;"| 38.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.3 (4.6)
|-
| 2010
| style="text-align:right;"| 38.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.4 (4.7)
| style="text-align:right;"| 35.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.7 (3.3)
| style="text-align:right;"| 39.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.1 (5.3)
| style="text-align:right;"| 35,9
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.1 (4.8)
|-
| 2015-16
| style="text-align:right;"| 37.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.2 (4.5)
| style="text-align:right;"| 35.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.8 (3.4)
| style="text-align:right;"| 38.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.0 (5.1)
| style="text-align:right;"| 36.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.1 (4.6)
|-
| 2017
| style="text-align:right;"|35.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.9
| style="text-align:right;"|31.0
| style="text-align:right;"|3.5
| style="text-align:right;"|37.3
| style="text-align:right;"|5.7
| style="text-align:right;"|33.7
| style="text-align:right;"|4.5
|-
| 2022
| style="text-align:right;"|33.8
| style="text-align:right;"|4.8 (4.4) 
| style="text-align:right;"|31.9
| style="text-align:right;"|3.6 (3.4)
| style="text-align:right;"|34.6
| style="text-align:right;"|5.5 (5.0)
| style="text-align:right;"|33.8
| style="text-align:right;"|4.7 (4.3)
|-
|}

====Regional fertility rates====
Fertility rates are estimated by Surveys (TDHS) and Census in different times.
TDHS surveys estimated these fertility rates: 6.3 (1991–92), 5.8 (1996), 5.7 (2004–05), 5.4 (2010)
and 2002 Census said 6.3 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbs.go.tz/takwimu/references/2010TDHS.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-01-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913152403/http://www.nbs.go.tz/takwimu/references/2010TDHS.pdf |archive-date=2012-09-13 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
! width="150" |Region
! width="70" |1967<ref name="2002 Census">{{cite web|url=http://www.nbs.go.tz/takwimu/references/2002popcensus.pdf|title=2002 Census, United Republic of Tanzania|access-date=2013-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417080712/http://www.nbs.go.tz/takwimu/references/2002popcensus.pdf|archive-date=2012-04-17|url-status=dead}}</ref>
! width="70" |1978<ref name="2002 Census"/>
! width="70" |1988<ref name="2002 Census"/>
! width="70" |2006-09<ref name="DHS 2010">[http://www.nbs.go.tz/takwimu/references/2010TDHS.pdf Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey 2010, Tanzania National Bureau of Standards, funding provided by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (Tanzania), Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre, Department for International Development (United Kingdom), World Health Organization/Zanzibar, United Nations Fund for Population Activities, United Nations Children's Fund, World Food Programme, United Nations Development Programme, and Irish Aids, technical assistance provided by ICF Macro through its MEASURE DHS programme, survey conducted 19 December 2010 to 23 May 2011, with results applying to the preceding three-year period] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913152403/http://www.nbs.go.tz/takwimu/references/2010TDHS.pdf |date=September 13, 2012 }}</ref>
!2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statcompiler.com/en/#|title=STATcompiler|website=www.statcompiler.com|access-date=2020-02-17}}</ref>
|-
| '''Tanzania (country total)''' ||7.3||6.3||5.4||5.4
|4.9
|-
|[[Dodoma Region|Dodoma]] (capital) ||7.6||6.2||5.9|| 
|6.0
|-
|[[Arusha Region|Arusha]]||7.5||7.0||6.0|| 
|3.2
|-
|[[Kilimanjaro Region|Kilimanjaro]]||8.9||7.5||5.8|| 
|3.4
|-
|[[Tanga Region|Tanga]]||7.7||6.2||5.1||
|4.6
|-
|[[Morogoro Region|Morogoro]]||6.2||6.5||4.3||
|3.7
|-
|[[Pwani Region|Pwani]]||5.8||6.1||5.4||
|3.8
|-
|[[Dar es Salaam]]||5.0||5.4||3.4||
|2.8
|-
|[[Lindi Region|Lindi]]||-||5.4||4.6||
|3.9
|-
|[[Mtwara Region|Mtwara]]||5.7||4.9||4.5||
|3.3
|-
|[[Ruvuma Region|Ruvuma]]||7.1||6.1||5.0||
|3.7
|-
|[[Iringa Region|Iringa]]||7.8||6.3||4.9||
|4.5
|-
|[[Mbeya Region|Mbeya]]||8.1||6.3||4.7||
|4.7
|-
|[[Singida Region|Singida]]||6.3||5.9||5.7||
|7.4
|-
|[[Tabora Region|Tabora]]||6.7||6.0||5.4||
|6.9
|-
|[[Rukwa Region|Rukwa]]||-||6.1||6.2||
|5.7
|-
|[[Kigoma Region|Kigoma]]||6.6||7.2||6.5||
|5.7
|-
|[[Shinyanga Region|Shinyanga]]||8.7||6.9||6.3||
|5.5
|-
|[[Kagera Region|Kagera]]||7.5||7.3||6.9||
|4.7
|-
|[[Mwanza Region|Mwanza]]||8.1||7.1||6.1||
|6.0
|-
|[[Mara Region|Mara]]||8.0||6.9||5.9||
|6.4
|-
|[[Manyara Region|Manyara]]||-||-||-||
|6.0
|-
|[[Njombe Region|Njombe]]
| -
| -
| -
|
|4.2
|-
|[[Simiyu Region|Simiyu]]
| -
| -
| -
|
|7.6
|-
|[[Geita Region|Geita]]
| -
| -
| -
|
|6.9
|-
|[[Katavi Region|Katavi]]
| -
| -
| -
|
|6.7
|-
|[[Songwe Region|Songwe]]
| -
| -
| -
|
|5.4
|-
|'''[[Tanzania Mainland]] '''||7.3||6.3||5.4||5.4
|4.9
|-
| North Unguja ||-||7.1||7.0||
|4.5
|-
| South Unguja ||-||6.2||6.5||
|3.2
|-
| Urban West ||-||6.1||5.2||
|3.6
|-
| North Pemba ||-||8.3||6.9||
|6.3
|-
| South Pemba ||-||8.2||7.6||
|5.5
|-
|'''[[Zanzibar|Tanzania Zanzibar]] '''||7.3||7.1||6.4||5.1
|4.5
|-
|}

==Ethnic groups==
[[File:Sukump1.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Bantu peoples|Bantu]] [[Sukuma people|Sukuma]] are [[Tanzania]]'s largest ethnic group.]]

mainland - African 99% (of which 95% are Bantu consisting of more than 130 tribes), other 1% (consisting of Asian, European, and Arab); Zanzibar - Arab, African, mixed Arab and African. Around 100,000 people living in Tanzania are from Europe or Asia.

==Languages==
{{main article|Languages of Tanzania}}
*[[Kiswahili]] or [[Swahili language|Swahili]] or [[Kiunguja]] (in [[Zanzibar]]) (official)<ref name="CIATONGA">{{cite web|url= https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/tanzania/|title= Africa :: TANZANIA|date= 19 April 2022|publisher= CIA The World Factbook}}</ref>
*[[English language|English]] (official)<ref name="CIATONGA"/>
*[[Arabic language|Arabic]] (widely spoken in [[Zanzibar]])<ref name="CIATONGA"/>

==Religion==
{{Main article|Religion in Tanzania}}
[[File:Young Muslim Man - Bagamoyo - Tanzania.jpg|thumb|A Muslim man in [[Bagamoyo]].]]

Most Tanzanians are nowadays Christians and Muslims. The numerical relationship between followers of the two religions is regarded as politically sensitive and questions about religious affiliation have not been included in census questionnaires since 1967.

For many years estimates have been repeated that about a third of the population each follows Islam, Christianity and traditional religions.<ref>So repeated here: {{cite web|last=(USA government)|first=Central Intelligence Agency|title=The World Fact Book|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/tanzania/|access-date=25 May 2014}}</ref>
As there is likely no longer such a large percentage of traditional religionists,<ref>note continued adherence to traditional beliefs also among Christians and Muslims:"(In Tanzania) more than half the people surveyed believe that sacrifices to ancestors or spirits can protect them from harm." see Pew report Christians and Muslims in Subsaharan Africa (2010)</ref> a range of competing estimates has been published giving one side or the other a large share or trying to show equal shares.

Estimates from the Pew Report Islam and Christianity (2010) were 60% Christian and 36% Muslim.<ref name="Pew Africa">{{cite web |url=https://www.pewforum.org/files/2010/04/sub-saharan-africa-full-report.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312190819/https://www.pewforum.org/files/2010/04/sub-saharan-africa-full-report.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-03-12| title=Tolerance and Tension: Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa|page=20|access-date=25 April 2018|date=April 2010| publisher=Pew Forum on Religious & Public life}}</ref>

The remainder of the population are [[Hindus]], [[Buddhism|Buddhists]], [[Animism|animists]], and unaffiliated. Most Christians are [[Roman Catholic]], [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]], Anglican or Pentecostal, though a number of other churches, as [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-Day Adventist]], and Eastern Orthodox Christians are also represented in the country. Most Tanzanian Muslims are Sunni Muslims, though there are also populations of [[Ibadi Islam|Ibadi]], [[Shia Islam|Shia]], [[Ahmadiyya|Ahamadiya]], Bohora. Muslims are concentrated in coastal areas and in mainland areas along former caravan trade routes.

==See also==
{{Portal| Tanzania }}
* [[List of ethnic groups in Tanzania]]
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==References==
{{Commons category|Demographics of Tanzania}}

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