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Tanzania
Urban population

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.

Global rank#37out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

26 M20 M13 M6.9 M484 K196019932025Tanzania · 2025: 26.02MTanzania

Analytical takeaways

  • Tanzania records 26.02M for Urban population in 2025, ranking #37 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Urban population increased from 483,977 in 1960 to 26.02M in 2025, a gain of 25.54M.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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