Statizoid

Tanzania vs Thailand: Population

Tanzania
66.62 million people
in 2023
Thailand
71.70 million people
in 2023
Tanzania rank
22nd
Thailand rank
20th

Population over time

  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
020.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M100015112023

How they compare

Thailand currently reports 71.70 million people against 66.62 million people in Tanzania, a difference of 5.08 million people.

That makes Thailand's figure about 1.1 times Tanzania's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Thailand ahead.

Tanzania ranks 22nd and Thailand ranks 20th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Tanzania averaged higher in 5 and Thailand in 35.

Head to head by decade

Decade Tanzania Thailand Difference Ahead
1000s 800,000 people 1.01 million people 209,980 people Thailand
1100s 1.27 million people 1.21 million people 63,030 people Tanzania
1200s 1.75 million people 1.41 million people 336,030 people Tanzania
1300s 2.23 million people 1.62 million people 609,040 people Tanzania
1400s 2.70 million people 1.82 million people 882,040 people Tanzania
1500s 1.75 million people 2.02 million people 269,950 people Thailand
1600s 2.12 million people 2.27 million people 147,450 people Thailand
1700s 2.50 million people 2.52 million people 24,940 people Thailand
1710s 2.53 million people 2.54 million people 11,300 people Thailand
1720s 2.56 million people 2.59 million people 29,170 people Thailand
1730s 2.59 million people 2.64 million people 46,270 people Thailand
1740s 2.63 million people 2.69 million people 62,440 people Thailand
1750s 2.66 million people 2.74 million people 77,520 people Thailand
1760s 2.70 million people 2.79 million people 91,260 people Thailand
1770s 2.74 million people 2.84 million people 103,440 people Thailand
1780s 2.78 million people 2.89 million people 113,740 people Thailand
1790s 2.83 million people 2.95 million people 121,790 people Thailand
1800s 3.00 million people 3.32 million people 315,526 people Thailand
1810s 3.02 million people 4.14 million people 1.12 million people Thailand
1820s 3.31 million people 4.74 million people 1.43 million people Thailand
1830s 4.03 million people 4.93 million people 898,980 people Thailand
1840s 4.91 million people 5.12 million people 210,761 people Thailand
1850s 5.43 million people 5.35 million people 76,746 people Tanzania
1860s 5.38 million people 5.64 million people 258,844 people Thailand
1870s 5.32 million people 6.00 million people 679,614 people Thailand
1880s 5.33 million people 6.46 million people 1.13 million people Thailand
1890s 5.19 million people 7.02 million people 1.84 million people Thailand
1900s 4.87 million people 7.84 million people 2.97 million people Thailand
1910s 4.76 million people 9.08 million people 4.32 million people Thailand
1920s 5.10 million people 11.08 million people 5.98 million people Thailand
1930s 5.88 million people 13.94 million people 8.05 million people Thailand
1940s 6.89 million people 17.72 million people 10.83 million people Thailand
1950s 8.57 million people 23.12 million people 14.55 million people Thailand
1960s 11.36 million people 30.78 million people 19.42 million people Thailand
1970s 15.93 million people 40.39 million people 24.46 million people Thailand
1980s 22.22 million people 49.78 million people 27.56 million people Thailand
1990s 29.68 million people 58.61 million people 28.94 million people Thailand
2000s 38.79 million people 65.67 million people 26.88 million people Thailand
2010s 51.54 million people 70.25 million people 18.71 million people Thailand
2020s 63.78 million people 71.70 million people 7.92 million people Thailand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Tanzania or Thailand?
Thailand, at 71.70 million people against 66.62 million people in Tanzania as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Tanzania and Thailand?
5.08 million people, with Thailand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Tanzania and Thailand?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Tanzania and Thailand rank globally for population?
Tanzania ranks 22nd and Thailand ranks 20th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

About this data

Indicator
Population
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.