The largest city of Tanzania, Dar es Salam, had a population of around *** million people in 2022. On the shore of Lake Victoria, Mwanza ranked as the second most populated city in the country, with some *** thousand inhabitants. Zanzibar City, the capital of Zanzibar's archipelago, had around *** thousand dwellers.

This statistic shows the biggest cities in Tanzania in 2022. In 2022, approximately **** million people lived in Dar es Salaam, making it the biggest city in Tanzania.

Tanzania TZ: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data was reported at 30.194 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 30.104 % for 2016. Tanzania TZ: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 30.753 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 34.123 % in 1967 and a record low of 29.695 % in 1996. Tanzania TZ: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Tanzania – Table TZ.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; Weighted average;

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Accessibility to major cities dataset is modelled as raster-based travel time/cost analysis, computed for the 10 largest cities (>200k habitants) in the country, normalized from 0 to 100, where 0 corresponds to the lowest city accessibility. The following cities are included: City - Population Dar es Salaam - 4,364,541 Mwanza - 706,453 Zanzibar - 501,459 Arusha - 416,442 Mbeya - 385,279 Morogoro - 305,840 Tanga - 221,127 Kigoma - 215,458 Dodoma - 213,636 Songea - 203,309 This 1km resolution raster dataset is part of FAO’s Hand-in-Hand Initiative, Geographical Information Systems - Multicriteria Decision Analysis (GIS-MCDA) aimed at the identification of value chain infrastructure sites (or optimal location)

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This horizontal bar chart displays male population (people) by capital city using the aggregation sum in Tanzania. The data is about countries per year.

Major cities demand dataset is modelled as raster-based travel time/cost analysis and weighted using the population/market size dimension as a measure of demand. Individual cumulative travel time/cost maps were produced for the country’s 10 largest cities (>200k habitants). The final market/demand layer consists of an arithmetic weighted sum of normalized (0-100) city accessibility grids. The following values were assumed for major cities population of Tanzania: City - Population - Weight % Dar es Salaam - 4,364,541 - 0.579 Mwanza - 706,453 - 0.094 Zanzibar - 501,459 - 0.067 Arusha - 416,442 - 0.055 Mbeya - 385,279 - 0.051 Morogoro - 305,840 - 0.041 Tanga - 221,127 - 0.029 Kigoma - 215,458 - 0.029 Dodoma - 213,636 - 0.028 Songea - 203,309 - 0.027 This 1km resolution raster dataset is part of FAO’s Hand-in-Hand Initiative, Geographical Information Systems - Multicriteria Decision Analysis (GIS-MCDA) aimed at the identification of value chain infrastructure sites (optimal location).

This horizontal bar chart displays countries yearly by capital city using the aggregation count in Tanzania. The data is filtered where the date is 2023. The data is about countries per year.

Dar es Salaam was the most populated region in Tanzania as of 2021. Around 5.5 million people lived in the area. The namesake Dar es Salaam city is the capital of the region and Tanzania's largest city. Mwanza followed as second-leading region by number of inhabitants, roughly four million people.

This horizontal bar chart displays forest area (km²) by capital city using the aggregation sum in Tanzania. The data is filtered where the date is 2021. The data is about countries per year.

This horizontal bar chart displays GDP (current US$) by capital city using the aggregation sum in Tanzania. The data is filtered where the date is 2021. The data is about countries per year.

Nigeria has the largest population in Africa. As of 2025, the country counted over 237.5 million individuals, whereas Ethiopia, which ranked second, has around 135.5 million inhabitants. Egypt registered the largest population in North Africa, reaching nearly 118.4 million people. In terms of inhabitants per square kilometer, Nigeria only ranked seventh, while Mauritius had the highest population density on the whole African continent in 2023. The fastest-growing world region Africa is the second most populous continent in the world, after Asia. Nevertheless, Africa records the highest growth rate worldwide, with figures rising by over two percent every year. In some countries, such as Chad, South Sudan, Somalia, and the Central African Republic, the population increase peaks at over 3.4 percent. With so many births, Africa is also the youngest continent in the world. However, this coincides with a low life expectancy. African cities on the rise The last decades have seen high urbanization rates in Asia, mainly in China and India. African cities are also growing at large rates. Indeed, the continent has three megacities and is expected to add four more by 2050. Furthermore, Africa's fastest-growing cities are forecast to be Bujumbura, in Burundi, and Zinder, Nigeria, by 2035.

TZ：最大城市人口占城市总人口的百分比在12-01-2017达30.194%，相较于12-01-2016的30.104%有所增长。TZ：最大城市人口占城市总人口的百分比数据按年更新，12-01-1960至12-01-2017期间平均值为30.753%，共58份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-1967，达34.123%，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-1996，为29.695%。CEIC提供的TZ：最大城市人口占城市总人口的百分比数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于Global Database的坦桑尼亚 – 表 TZ.世界银行：人口和城市化进程统计。

This horizontal bar chart displays vulnerable employment (% of total employment) by capital city using the aggregation average in Tanzania. The data is filtered where the date is 2021. The data is about countries per year.

In 2024, Gabon had the highest urbanization rate in Africa, with over 90 percent of the population living in urban areas. Libya and Djibouti followed at around 82 percent and 79 percent, respectively. On the other hand, many countries on the continent had the majority of the population residing in rural areas. As of 2023, urbanization in Malawi, Rwanda, Niger, and Burundi was below 20 percent. A growing urban population On average, the African urbanization rate stood at approximately 45 percent in 2023. The number of people living in urban areas has been growing steadily since 2000 and is forecast to increase further in the coming years. The urbanization process is particularly rapid in Burundi, Uganda, and Tanzania. In these countries, the urban population grew by over five percent in 2023 compared to the previous year. However, in 39 countries on the continent, the urban population growth was over three percent. The most populous cities in Africa Africa’s largest city is Lagos in Nigeria, counting around nine million people. It is followed by Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cairo in Egypt, each with over seven million inhabitants. Moreover, other cities on the continent are growing rapidly. The population of Bujumbura in Burundi will increase by 123 percent between 2020 and 2035, registering the highest growth rate on the continent. Other fast-growing cities are Zinder in Niger, Kampala in Uganda, and Kabinda in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Between December 2017 and November 2018, Dar es Salaam registered the highest average monthly household consumption in Tanzania with 720 thousand Tanzanian shillings (TZS) (roughly 311 U.S. dollars). It is significantly higher compared to the total average consumption in Tanzania (416 thousand TZS, around 180 U.S. dollars). Dar es Salaam is the largest city and former capital of Tanzania. Furthermore, it is also the largest city in East Africa.

This horizontal bar chart displays greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) (Mt of CO2 equivalent) by capital city using the aggregation sum in Tanzania. The data is filtered where the date is 2023. The data is about countries per year.

As of 2019, most bank branches in Tanzania were located in the region of Dar es Salaam, the country's largest city. A total of *** bank branches were situated in the formal capital. Together, the regions of Arusha, Mwanza, Moshi, and Dodoma housed a share of nearly ** percent of the bank branches. Other *** bank branches were distributed in other regions of the country that year.

In 2020, Dar es Salaam was the region in Tanzania with the highest Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which amounted to roughly 25.3 trillion Tanzanian shillings (TZS), approximately 10.9 billion U.S. dollars. To follow, the Mwanza region recorded a GDP at about 11 trillion TZS (4.7 billion U.S. dollars). By the same year, Tanzania's GDP reached around 64.4 billion U.S. dollars.