👥 Tanzanian Regions by Population
Population of each region at the 2022 census.
Dar es Salaam8.7%
Mwanza6%
Tabora5.5%
Morogoro5.2%
Dodoma5%
Kagera4.8%
Geita4.8%
Tanga4.2%
Kigoma4%
Mara3.8%
Arusha3.8%
Mbeya3.8%
Shinyanga3.6%
Simiyu3.5%
Pwani3.3%
Singida3.3%
Manyara3.1%
Kilimanjaro3%
Ruvuma3%
Mtwara2.6%
Rukwa2.5%
Songwe
Lindi
Iringa
Katavi
Mjini Magharibi Region (Zanzibar Urban West)
Njombe
1
Dar es SalaamDar es Salaam
5.38M
2
MwanzaMwanza
3.70M
3
TaboraTabora
3.39M
4
MorogoroMorogoro
3.20M
5
DodomaDodoma
3.09M
6
KageraBukoba
2.99M
7
GeitaGeita
2.98M
8
TangaTanga
2.62M
9
KigomaKigoma
2.47M
10
MaraMusoma
2.37M
11
ArushaArusha
2.36M
12
MbeyaMbeya
2.34M
13
ShinyangaShinyanga
2.24M
14
SimiyuBariadi
2.14M
15
PwaniKibaha
2.02M
16
SingidaSingida
2.01M
17
ManyaraBabati
1.89M
18
KilimanjaroMoshi
1.86M
19
RuvumaSongea
1.85M
20
MtwaraMtwara
1.63M
21
RukwaSumbawanga
1.54M
22
SongweVwawa
1.34M
23
LindiLindi
1.19M
24
IringaIringa
1.19M
25
KataviMpanda
1.15M
26
Mjini Magharibi Region (Zanzibar Urban West)Zanzibar City
0.89M
27
NjombeNjombe
0.89M
28
Pemba NorthWete
0.27M
29
Pemba SouthChake-Chake
0.27M
30
Unguja North Region (Zanzibar North)Mkokotoni
0.26M
31
Unguja South Region (Zanzibar South)Koani
0.20M
Highlights
Within Tanzania, Dar es Salaam ranks first in 2022 with 5.38M, followed by Mwanza (3.70M) and Tabora (3.39M).
Across 31 entries, values run from 5.38M (Dar es Salaam) to 0.20M (Unguja South Region (Zanzibar South)), with a median of 2.01M.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), 2022 census (via Wikipedia), 2022. Unit: million people.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), 2022 census (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 14, 2026