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Tanzania: cities by population

Tanzania has a population of 56,318,348, with Dodoma as its capital. The 50 largest of its 318 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Dar es Salaam	Dar es Salaam Region	5,383,728
2	Mwanza	Mwanza	1,104,521
3	Dodoma	Dodoma	765,179
4	Zanzibar	Zanzibar Urban/West	709,809
5	Arusha	Arusha	617,631
6	Mbeya	Mbeya	541,603
7	Morogoro	Morogoro	471,409
8	Kahama	Shinyanga	453,654
9	Tanga	Tanga	393,429
10	Geita	Geita	318,006
11	Tabora	Tabora	308,741
12	Sumbawanga	Rukwa	303,986
13	Songea	Ruvuma	286,285
14	Kibaha	Pwani	265,360
15	Bariadi	Simiyu	260,927
16	Kasulu	Kigoma	238,321
17	Singida	Singida	232,459
18	Kigoma	Kigoma	232,388
19	Moshi	Kilimanjaro	221,733
20	Tunduma	Songwe	219,309
21	Ifakara	Morogoro	205,843
22	Mpanda	Katavi	204,338
23	Iringa	Iringa	202,490
24	Bunda	Mara	182,970
25	Musoma	Mara	164,172
26	Bukoba	Kagera	144,938
27	Mtwara	Mtwara	140,793
28	Shinyanga	Shinyanga	139,727
29	Tarime	Mara	133,043
30	Nzega	Tabora	125,193
31	Makumbako	Njombe	116,232
32	Sengerema	Mwanza	110,000
33	Handeni	Tanga	108,968
34	Katumba	Mbeya	108,558
35	Mafinga	Iringa	99,305
36	Lindi	Lindi	95,096
37	Ushirombo	Geita	95,052
38	Njombe	Njombe	92,537
39	Kilosa	Morogoro	91,889
40	Masasi	Mtwara	89,700
41	Vwawa	Songwe	85,000
42	Bagamoyo	Pwani	82,426
43	Kondoa	Dodoma	80,443
44	Katoro	Geita	75,000
45	Vikindu	Pwani	70,000
46	Babati	Manyara	67,445
47	Korogwe	Tanga	62,032
48	Mbinga	Ruvuma	60,868
49	Uyovu	Geita	60,849
50	Buseresere	Geita	52,870

Twenty years earlier: Tanzania in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 37,103,500.