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Tanzania vs United Kingdom: Population

Tanzania
66.62 million people
in 2023
United Kingdom
68.68 million people
in 2023
Tanzania rank
22nd
United Kingdom rank
21st

Population over time

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How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 68.68 million people against 66.62 million people in Tanzania, a difference of 2.07 million people.

Across all 241 years both countries report, United Kingdom has been ahead every year.

Tanzania ranks 22nd and United Kingdom ranks 21st of 238 countries.

United Kingdom has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Tanzania United Kingdom Difference Ahead
1000s 800,000 people 1.70 million people 902,270 people United Kingdom
1100s 1.27 million people 2.56 million people 1.29 million people United Kingdom
1200s 1.75 million people 4.53 million people 2.78 million people United Kingdom
1300s 2.23 million people 6.33 million people 4.10 million people United Kingdom
1400s 2.70 million people 2.90 million people 203,870 people United Kingdom
1500s 1.75 million people 4.21 million people 2.46 million people United Kingdom
1600s 2.12 million people 5.01 million people 2.88 million people United Kingdom
1700s 2.50 million people 6.76 million people 4.26 million people United Kingdom
1710s 2.53 million people 7.25 million people 4.72 million people United Kingdom
1720s 2.56 million people 7.75 million people 5.18 million people United Kingdom
1730s 2.59 million people 8.25 million people 5.66 million people United Kingdom
1740s 2.63 million people 8.76 million people 6.14 million people United Kingdom
1750s 2.66 million people 9.29 million people 6.63 million people United Kingdom
1760s 2.70 million people 9.82 million people 7.12 million people United Kingdom
1770s 2.74 million people 10.37 million people 7.63 million people United Kingdom
1780s 2.78 million people 10.94 million people 8.16 million people United Kingdom
1790s 2.83 million people 11.52 million people 8.69 million people United Kingdom
1800s 3.00 million people 11.29 million people 8.28 million people United Kingdom
1810s 3.02 million people 15.78 million people 12.76 million people United Kingdom
1820s 3.31 million people 22.44 million people 19.13 million people United Kingdom
1830s 4.03 million people 25.28 million people 21.25 million people United Kingdom
1840s 4.91 million people 26.92 million people 22.01 million people United Kingdom
1850s 5.43 million people 27.95 million people 22.52 million people United Kingdom
1860s 5.38 million people 30.00 million people 24.62 million people United Kingdom
1870s 5.32 million people 32.81 million people 27.49 million people United Kingdom
1880s 5.33 million people 35.86 million people 30.53 million people United Kingdom
1890s 5.19 million people 39.07 million people 33.88 million people United Kingdom
1900s 4.87 million people 42.76 million people 37.88 million people United Kingdom
1910s 4.76 million people 45.67 million people 40.91 million people United Kingdom
1920s 5.10 million people 46.29 million people 41.19 million people United Kingdom
1930s 5.88 million people 46.86 million people 40.98 million people United Kingdom
1940s 6.89 million people 48.99 million people 42.10 million people United Kingdom
1950s 8.57 million people 51.10 million people 42.53 million people United Kingdom
1960s 11.36 million people 54.11 million people 42.74 million people United Kingdom
1970s 15.93 million people 56.10 million people 40.17 million people United Kingdom
1980s 22.22 million people 56.61 million people 34.39 million people United Kingdom
1990s 29.68 million people 58.09 million people 28.41 million people United Kingdom
2000s 38.79 million people 60.56 million people 21.77 million people United Kingdom
2010s 51.54 million people 65.12 million people 13.58 million people United Kingdom
2020s 63.78 million people 67.97 million people 4.19 million people United Kingdom

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Tanzania or United Kingdom?
United Kingdom, at 68.68 million people against 66.62 million people in Tanzania as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Tanzania and United Kingdom?
2.07 million people, with United Kingdom ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Tanzania and United Kingdom?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Tanzania and United Kingdom rank globally for population?
Tanzania ranks 22nd and United Kingdom ranks 21st 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.

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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.