Tanzania - Population in largest city

Population in largest city

The value for Population in largest city in Tanzania was 7,046,892 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,046,892 in 2021 and a minimum value of 162,126 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 162,126
1961 174,346
1962 187,506
1963 201,659
1964 216,902
1965 233,251
1966 250,857
1967 269,792
1968 295,522
1969 324,691
1970 356,785
1971 392,051
1972 430,859
1973 473,386
1974 520,177
1975 571,594
1976 628,175
1977 690,177
1978 758,398
1979 807,484
1980 854,913
1981 904,986
1982 958,068
1983 1,014,262
1984 1,073,838
1985 1,136,733
1986 1,203,408
1987 1,273,993
1988 1,348,823
1989 1,411,425
1990 1,473,870
1991 1,539,079
1992 1,607,268
1993 1,678,278
1994 1,752,530
1995 1,830,067
1996 1,911,148
1997 1,995,584
1998 2,083,875
1999 2,176,071
2000 2,272,483
2001 2,372,882
2002 2,477,865
2003 2,617,331
2004 2,767,907
2005 2,926,695
2006 3,094,831
2007 3,272,625
2008 3,460,900
2009 3,659,444
2010 3,869,675
2011 4,091,984
2012 4,327,397
2013 4,575,650
2014 4,838,145
2015 5,115,698
2016 5,409,174
2017 5,719,486
2018 6,047,600
2019 6,368,272
2020 6,701,650
2021 7,046,892

Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Tanzania was 31.87 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 34.28 in 1967, while its lowest value was 30.05 in 1995.

Definition: Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 30.74
1961 31.24
1962 31.73
1963 32.23
1964 32.74
1965 33.25
1966 33.76
1967 34.28
1968 34.13
1969 33.85
1970 33.57
1971 33.28
1972 33.00
1973 32.74
1974 32.49
1975 32.28
1976 32.11
1977 31.96
1978 31.85
1979 31.77
1980 31.68
1981 31.60
1982 31.52
1983 31.45
1984 31.39
1985 31.34
1986 31.31
1987 31.29
1988 31.27
1989 31.14
1990 30.97
1991 30.75
1992 30.52
1993 30.29
1994 30.13
1995 30.05
1996 30.05
1997 30.12
1998 30.23
1999 30.34
2000 30.41
2001 30.43
2002 30.43
2003 30.51
2004 30.57
2005 30.64
2006 30.71
2007 30.80
2008 30.88
2009 30.96
2010 31.04
2011 31.11
2012 31.18
2013 31.25
2014 31.34
2015 31.43
2016 31.54
2017 31.66
2018 31.80
2019 31.82
2020 31.85
2021 31.87

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization