Tanzania - Population Density 2008
48.1
+1.3 from 2007
Tanzania's population density was 48.1 in 2008, increased +1.3 from 46.8 in 2007. This was the 72nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2008▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greenland | 0.1 | -0.4% |
| 2nd | Mongolia | 1.7 | 1.6% |
| 3rd | Namibia | 2.5 | 1.4% |
| 4th | Australia | 2.8 | 2.0% |
| 5th | Mauritania | 3.1 | 2.9% |
| 6th | Iceland | 3.2 | 1.9% |
| 7th | Suriname | 3.3 | 1.2% |
| 8th | Botswana | 3.4 | 2.0% |
| 9th | Libya | 3.5 | 2.1% |
| 10th | Canada | 3.7 | 1.1% |
| 11th | Guyana | 3.8 | -0.3% |
| 12th | Kazakhstan | 6.1 | 1.0% |
| 13th | Gabon | 6.2 | 3.3% |
| 14th | Central African Republic | 7.3 | 2.2% |
| 15th | Oman | 8.5 | 2.2% |
| 16th | Russian Federation | 8.7 | 0.0% |
| 17th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 9.1 | 1.7% |
| 18th | Chad | 9.1 | 3.6% |
| 19th | Saudi Arabia | 10.8 | 4.1% |
| 20th | Turkmenistan | 11.4 | 1.9% |
| 21st | Congo, Republic of | 12.0 | 3.3% |
| 22nd | Niger | 12.1 | 3.8% |
| 23rd | Mali | 12.2 | 3.3% |
| 24th | Norway | 13.1 | 1.3% |
| 25th | Belize | 13.3 | 2.8% |
| 26th | New Caledonia | 13.9 | 1.2% |
| 27th | Paraguay | 14.1 | 1.0% |
| 28th | Algeria | 14.6 | 1.8% |
| 29th | Argentina | 14.8 | 1.0% |
| 30th | Papua New Guinea | 15.9 | 3.2% |
| 31st | New Zealand | 16.2 | 0.9% |
| 32nd | Angola | 17.3 | 3.9% |
| 33rd | Finland | 17.5 | 0.5% |
| 34th | Zambia | 17.5 | 3.6% |
| 35th | Bhutan | 18.0 | 1.1% |
| 36th | Solomon Islands | 18.2 | 1.7% |
| 37th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 18.6 | 3.0% |
| 38th | Vanuatu | 18.6 | 2.5% |
| 39th | Uruguay | 18.9 | 0.2% |
| 40th | Peru | 22.4 | 0.7% |
| 41st | Sweden | 22.6 | 0.8% |
| 42nd | Chile | 22.6 | 1.0% |
| 43rd | Brazil | 22.8 | 1.0% |
| 44th | Eritrea | 23.3 | 2.6% |
| 45th | Lao PDR | 26.6 | 1.5% |
| 46th | Kyrgyz Republic | 27.7 | 1.0% |
| 47th | Mozambique | 27.7 | 2.5% |
| 48th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 28.4 | 3.1% |
| 49th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 28.9 | 4.4% |
| 50th | Estonia | 31.5 | -0.3% |
| 51st | United States | 33.2 | 1.1% |
| 52nd | Zimbabwe | 33.5 | 1.2% |
| 53rd | Faroe Islands | 34.8 | 0.3% |
| 54th | Latvia | 35.0 | -1.0% |
| 55th | Bahamas, The | 35.8 | 1.4% |
| 56th | Madagascar | 36.0 | 3.0% |
| 57th | Djibouti | 38.5 | 2.1% |
| 58th | Equatorial Guinea | 38.7 | 4.7% |
| 59th | Cameroon | 39.3 | 2.9% |
| 60th | Colombia | 39.4 | 1.2% |
| 61st | Liberia | 39.7 | 4.1% |
| 62nd | Guinea | 40.3 | 2.4% |
| 63rd | Afghanistan | 40.6 | 2.2% |
| 64th | Palau | 41.3 | -1.5% |
| 65th | South Africa | 42.1 | 1.2% |
| 66th | Montenegro | 45.9 | 0.2% |
| 67th | Nicaragua | 46.3 | 1.4% |
| 68th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 46.4 | 1.2% |
| 69th | Belarus | 47.0 | -0.3% |
| 70th | Panama | 47.1 | 1.8% |
| 71st | Yemen, Republic of | 47.6 | 3.3% |
| 72nd | Tanzania | 48.1 | 2.7% |
| 73rd | Fiji | 49.4 | 0.6% |
| 74th | Lithuania | 51.0 | -1.0% |
| 75th | Tajikistan | 52.4 | 2.0% |
| 76th | Guinea-Bissau | 52.9 | 2.6% |
| 77th | Burkina Faso | 55.8 | 3.0% |
| 78th | Mexico | 56.8 | 1.5% |
| 79th | Ecuador | 58.7 | 1.7% |
| 80th | Senegal | 62.6 | 2.4% |
| 81st | Uzbekistan | 63.1 | 1.6% |
| 82nd | Eswatini | 63.8 | 0.7% |
| 83rd | Lesotho | 64.8 | 0.7% |
| 84th | Ireland | 65.2 | 2.1% |
| 85th | Iraq | 66.2 | 2.0% |
| 86th | Samoa | 67.2 | 0.7% |
| 87th | Georgia | 67.3 | -0.3% |
| 88th | Côte d'Ivoire | 67.7 | 2.3% |
| 89th | Tunisia | 67.9 | 1.0% |
| 90th | Kenya | 68.9 | 3.1% |
| 91st | Bulgaria | 69.0 | -0.7% |
| 92nd | Timor-Leste | 69.4 | 2.7% |
| 93rd | Morocco | 70.8 | 1.3% |
| 94th | Honduras | 71.6 | 2.3% |
| 95th | Brunei Darussalam | 71.7 | 1.9% |
| 96th | Myanmar | 74.1 | 0.6% |
| 97th | Croatia | 77.0 | 0.0% |
| 98th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 77.1 | -1.6% |
| 99th | French Polynesia | 77.3 | 0.7% |
| 100th | North Macedonia | 78.1 | -0.6% |
| 101st | Jordan | 79.2 | 2.4% |
| 102nd | Cambodia | 79.6 | 1.5% |
| 103rd | Ukraine | 80.8 | -0.5% |
| 104th | Sierra Leone | 81.7 | 2.5% |
| 105th | Benin | 81.8 | 3.1% |
| 106th | Malaysia | 83.9 | 2.1% |
| 107th | Serbia | 84.0 | -0.4% |
| 108th | Greece | 85.9 | 0.3% |
| 109th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 86.3 | 1.9% |
| 110th | Costa Rica | 87.0 | 1.4% |
| 111th | United Arab Emirates | 88.7 | 12.1% |
| 112th | Romania | 89.3 | -1.7% |
| 113th | Dominica | 91.8 | 0.0% |
| 114th | Spain | 92.1 | 1.7% |
| 115th | Türkiye | 92.3 | 1.3% |
| 116th | Moldova | 99.9 | -0.2% |
| 117th | Slovenia | 100.3 | 0.1% |
| 118th | Austria | 100.8 | 0.3% |
| 119th | Azerbaijan | 106.1 | 2.1% |
| 120th | Cuba | 106.1 | 0.0% |
| 121st | Ghana | 106.6 | 2.6% |
| 122nd | Albania | 107.6 | -0.8% |
| 123rd | Armenia | 108.4 | -0.7% |
| 124th | European Union | 110.3 | 0.4% |
| 125th | Slovak Republic | 111.8 | 0.1% |
| 126th | Hungary | 112.0 | -0.2% |
| 127th | Portugal | 115.4 | 0.1% |
| 128th | Togo | 117.1 | 2.9% |
| 129th | Syrian Arab Republic | 117.8 | 3.6% |
| 130th | Cyprus | 118.1 | 1.7% |
| 131st | France | 119.4 | 0.6% |
| 132nd | Qatar | 122.9 | 18.1% |
| 133rd | Northern Mariana Islands | 124.2 | -3.0% |
| 134th | Cabo Verde | 124.4 | 1.0% |
| 135th | Poland | 124.5 | 0.0% |
| 136th | Indonesia | 127.9 | 1.3% |
| 137th | Kiribati | 128.7 | 2.1% |
| 138th | Guatemala | 130.0 | 2.1% |
| 139th | Thailand | 132.4 | 0.8% |
| 140th | Czechia | 134.4 | 0.8% |
| 141st | Denmark | 137.3 | 0.6% |
| 142nd | China | 141.1 | 0.5% |
| 143rd | Isle of Man | 143.9 | 1.1% |
| 144th | Malawi | 148.2 | 2.9% |
| 145th | Tonga | 148.6 | 0.3% |
| 146th | Kuwait | 148.8 | 5.7% |
| 147th | Uganda | 152.8 | 3.0% |
| 148th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 155.6 | -0.9% |
| 149th | Nigeria | 173.0 | 2.8% |
| 150th | British Virgin Islands | 175.3 | 3.6% |
| 151st | Andorra | 177.6 | 2.0% |
| 152nd | Gambia, The | 179.6 | 2.9% |
| 153rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 180.1 | 0.3% |
| 154th | São Tomé and Principe | 181.0 | 2.4% |
| 155th | Nepal | 188.3 | 0.8% |
| 156th | Antigua and Barbuda | 188.4 | 1.5% |
| 157th | Seychelles | 189.0 | 2.3% |
| 158th | Luxembourg | 189.8 | 1.8% |
| 159th | Switzerland | 193.5 | 1.3% |
| 160th | Dominican Republic | 198.2 | 1.2% |
| 161st | Italy | 200.2 | 0.8% |
| 162nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 205.7 | 0.5% |
| 163rd | Cayman Islands | 213.1 | 2.9% |
| 164th | Liechtenstein | 221.7 | 0.6% |
| 165th | Germany | 235.5 | -0.2% |
| 166th | Pakistan | 245.8 | 2.7% |
| 167th | Jamaica | 251.7 | 0.4% |
| 168th | Trinidad and Tobago | 255.1 | 0.4% |
| 169th | United Kingdom | 255.5 | 0.8% |
| 170th | Viet Nam | 272.3 | 1.8% |
| 171st | St. Lucia | 276.7 | 0.6% |
| 172nd | American Samoa | 279.1 | -0.5% |
| 173rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 284.7 | -0.5% |
| 174th | Marshall Islands | 289.1 | 0.0% |
| 175th | El Salvador | 291.0 | 0.3% |
| 176th | Guam | 306.8 | 0.3% |
| 177th | Virgin Islands (US) | 309.7 | 0.1% |
| 178th | Philippines | 310.9 | 1.8% |
| 179th | Grenada | 326.2 | 0.3% |
| 180th | Sri Lanka | 329.0 | 0.7% |
| 181st | Burundi | 331.2 | 4.2% |
| 182nd | Israel | 337.7 | 1.8% |
| 183rd | Comoros | 338.2 | 2.0% |
| 184th | Tuvalu | 344.0 | 1.4% |
| 185th | Haiti | 345.8 | 1.7% |
| 186th | Japan | 351.3 | 0.0% |
| 187th | Belgium | 353.1 | 0.8% |
| 188th | Rwanda | 397.4 | 2.7% |
| 189th | India | 406.3 | 1.4% |
| 190th | Puerto Rico (US) | 424.0 | -0.6% |
| 191st | Lebanon | 481.5 | 1.7% |
| 192nd | Netherlands | 487.1 | 0.4% |
| 193rd | Nauru | 500.5 | -0.1% |
| 194th | Korea | 505.8 | 0.7% |
| 195th | San Marino | 527.7 | 1.4% |
| 196th | Aruba | 560.7 | 0.8% |
| 197th | West Bank and Gaza | 596.7 | 2.8% |
| 198th | Mauritius | 612.9 | 0.4% |
| 199th | Barbados | 634.2 | 0.5% |
| 200th | Channel Islands | 789.9 | 0.7% |
| 201st | Maldives | 1,120.6 | 3.6% |
| 202nd | Bangladesh | 1,148.3 | 1.0% |
| 203rd | Bermuda | 1,172.2 | 0.5% |
| 204th | Malta | 1,279.3 | 0.7% |
| 205th | Bahrain | 1,452.0 | 4.8% |
| 206th | Gibraltar | 3,041.3 | 1.4% |
| 207th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 6,626.5 | 0.6% |
| 208th | Singapore | 6,913.4 | 4.7% |
| 209th | Monaco | 15,706.0 | 0.0% |
| 210th | Macao SAR, China | 18,517.1 | 3.8% |
FAQ
What was Tanzania's population density in 2008?▾
Tanzania's population density in 2008 was 48.1. This ranked 72nd globally.
How did Tanzania's population density change in 2008?▾
Tanzania's population density increased by 2.7% in 2008 compared to 2007.
Which country had the highest population density in 2008?▾
Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2008 at 18,517.1.
What is the population density of Tanzania in 2008?▾
The population density of Tanzania in 2008 was 48.1. This ranked 72nd globally.
How does 2008 compare to 2007 for Tanzania's population density?▾
Tanzania's population density went from 46.8 in 2007 to 48.1 in 2008, a 2.7% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Tanzania matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2008. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 6.2%. View full analysis →
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