Morogoro Region is one of Tanzania's 30 administrative regions. The regional capital is the municipality of Morogoro. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 2,218,492, which was higher than the pre-census projection of 2,209,072 . For 2002-2012, the region's 2.4 percent average annual population growth rate was tied for the fourteenth highest in the country.