Moshi — UN urban centre
Moshi: 309,202 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,861 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 3247; territory: Tanzania (TZA). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: -3.3505, 37.3452. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 60,122 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 73,873 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 122,752 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 142,641 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 175,081 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 198,616 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 237,333 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 275,600 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 309,202 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 346,535 | Projection |
| 2035 | 412,588 | Projection |
| 2040 | 515,716 | Projection |
| 2045 | 582,497 | Projection |
| 2050 | 668,677 | Projection |
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