Call for Evidence-Based Urban Planning in Zanzibar

TLDR

• Everything depends on how you survive each day.” Her story echoes the findings presented during the dissemination of the 2022 Population and Housing Census Monograph on Migration and Urbanisation, officially launched by.
• Over the past decade, the share of people living in urban areas in Tanzania rose from 29.6 per cent in 2012 to 37.4 per cent in 2022.
• Urban population growth surged to nearly 49 per cent in 2022, up from 46.3 per cent in 2012, bringing the islands to the brink of becoming predominantly urban.
• By 2032, more than half of Zanzibar’s population is expected to live in towns and cities.
• In the Urban West Region, urban growth has reached an astonishing 79.5 per cent, signalling a future where nearly the entire population may reside in urban settings.