What is the population of Dar es Salaam?

5,383,728 people, per GeoNames.

DAR ES SALAAM

Dar es Salaam Region · TANZANIA (TZ) · 6.82°S / 39.27°E

ADM1 · ID GeoNames 160,263

Dar es Salaam is a city in Tanzania with a population of 5,383,728. It sits at -6.82/39.27, runs on Africa/Dar_es_Salaam, is 3 km from Magomeni.

Population 5,383,728

Place Type Regional Capital

Elevation n/a

Timezone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam

All facts

fields

Country: Tanzania
Subdivision: Dar es Salaam Region
Coords: 6.82°S / 39.27°E
UTC offset: +3
DST: Observed

Proximity

nearest 8 · within 50 km

NW Magomeni Dar es Salaam Region 19,086 3.4 km

S Mwandege Pwani 45,000 17.0 km

S Vikindu Pwani 70,000 20.5 km

W Kisarawe Pwani 12,507 24.0 km

S Mkuranga Pwani 28,037 33.3 km

NW Mapinga Pwani 40,000 33.4 km

W Kibaha Pwani 265,360 39.5 km

NE Mahonda Zanzibar Central/South 5,569 46.7 km

Air access

nearby

DAR

Julius Nyerere International Airport

Large airport

0.0 km

Universities

linked

University of Dar Es Salaam

udsm.ac.tz

FAQ

3 questions

What is the population of Dar es Salaam?: 5,383,728 people, per GeoNames.
Which timezone is Dar es Salaam in?: Africa/Dar_es_Salaam.
Which country is Dar es Salaam in?: Tanzania (TZ).

Get this page as JSON

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$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/cities/160263

{
  "data": {
    "id": 160263,
    "name": "Dar es Salaam",
    "ascii_name": "Dar es Salaam",
    "country_code": "TZ",
    "population": 5383728,
    "elevation": null,
    "timezone_id": "Africa/Dar_es_Salaam",
    "feature_class": "P",
    "feature_code": "PPLA",
    "latitude": -6.82349,
    "longitude": 39.26951
  }
}