According to the 2022 Tanzania National Census, the population of Chunya District was 344,471.

[3] In 2015, Songwe District was split from the western part of Chunya District and integrated into the newly created Songwe Region.

[4] For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies.

Chunya District is administratively divided into twenty wards:[6]: 96

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