Largest Cities in Tanzania

34 cities with population over 100,000

Tanzania has 34 cities with a population over 100,000. The largest city is Dar es Salaam with 5,383,728 people. The capital city is Dodoma.

Country Population

68.2M

Major Cities

Largest City

Dar es Salaam

Capital

Dodoma

Top 10 Cities

Dar es Salaam

5.4M

Mwanza

1.1M

Dodoma

765,179

Zanzibar

709,809

Arusha

617,631

Mbeya

541,603

Morogoro

471,409

Kahama

453,654

Tanga

393,429

Geita

318,006

Cities in Tanzania ranked by population
#	City	Population	% of Country
1	Dar es Salaam	5,383,728	7.90%
2	Mwanza	1,104,521	1.62%
3	DodomaCapital	765,179	1.12%
4	Zanzibar	709,809	1.04%
5	Arusha	617,631	0.91%
6	Mbeya	541,603	0.79%
7	Morogoro	471,409	0.69%
8	Kahama	453,654	0.67%
9	Tanga	393,429	0.58%
10	Geita	318,006	0.47%
11	Tabora	308,741	0.45%
12	Sumbawanga	303,986	0.45%
13	Songea	286,285	0.42%
14	Kibaha	265,360	0.39%
15	Bariadi	260,927	0.38%
16	Kasulu	238,321	0.35%
17	Singida	232,459	0.34%
18	Kigoma	232,388	0.34%
19	Moshi	221,733	0.33%
20	Tunduma	219,309	0.32%
21	Ifakara	205,843	0.30%
22	Mpanda	204,338	0.30%
23	Iringa	202,490	0.30%
24	Bunda	182,970	0.27%
25	Musoma	164,172	0.24%
26	Bukoba	144,938	0.21%
27	Mtwara	140,793	0.21%
28	Shinyanga	139,727	0.21%
29	Tarime	133,043	0.20%
30	Nzega	125,193	0.18%
31	Makumbako	116,232	0.17%
32	Sengerema	110,000	0.16%
33	Handeni	108,968	0.16%
34	Katumba	108,558	0.16%