Suluhu: Tanzania’s Population Jumped by 37% to 61.7 million in a Decade
President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced the results of the national census on Monday and noted that Tanzania's population increased by more than 37 percent in a decade to 61.7 million. She also warned of the difficulties presented by growing populations.
Suluhu: Tanzania’s Population Jumped by 37% to 61.7 million in a Decade
President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced the results of the national census on Monday and noted that Tanzania’s population increased by more than 37 percent in a decade to 61.7 million. She also warned of the difficulties presented by growing populations.
Dar es Salaam, the commercial center of Tanzania, is on track to surpass other major cities in terms of population density.
According to the census conducted earlier this year, the country’s population increased from 44.9 million in 2012 to more than 60 million, reflecting a 3.2 percent yearly growth, according to Hassan.
During a live event streamed from the country’s capital Dodoma, Hassan said, “Such population might not be a big concern for a massive country like ours but it’s a hardship when it comes to allocating resources and delivering social services.”
To help these folks, she continued, “we need development methods.”
With over 5.4 million inhabitants, Dar es Salaam continues to be the region with the highest population, while Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous archipelago, now has 1.9 million inhabitants, a rise of 600,000.
As the country’s population is expected to reach 151.2 million people in 2050, Hassan remarked, “We need to start developing development projects for these people and make required modifications in our policies to fit with the current numbers.”
On the coast of Tanzania’s Indian Ocean, Dar es Salaam developed from a small fishing community to become the biggest metropolis in the nation.
According to a World Bank estimate from 2019, Dar es Salaam is “one of the fastest growing cities in Africa” and is anticipated to have 10 million residents by 2030 with a growth rate of 6.5 percent.
“Due to this city’s rapid growth, there are significant traffic and mobility issues, which are made worse by an underdeveloped road network.”
