Fertility in United Republic of Tanzania (1950–2100)

United Republic of Tanzania
2026
Total fertility rate: 4.41
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of United Republic of Tanzania is projected at 4.41 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (198 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 2,459,538 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
4.41
Births
2,459,538
Births per 1,000 people
33.9
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.1
Population
72,563,780
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-141.40.2%6,327
15-19110.512.5%426,866
20-24197.722.4%672,550
25-29195.322.1%560,326
30-34169.319.2%404,737
35-39128.414.6%258,439
40-4463.87.2%108,076
45-4915.31.7%21,416
50-540.70.1%801