Fertility in United Republic of Tanzania, 1980

United Republic of Tanzania
1980
Total fertility rate: 6.99
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United Republic of Tanzania was 6.99 children per woman in 1980 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (287 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 927,103 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.99
Births
927,103
Births per 1,000 people
48.3
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.56
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
19,189,769
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
10-149.70.7%11,240
15-19158.911.4%150,263
20-24287.320.5%241,378
25-29286.220.5%208,209
30-34264.718.9%159,521
35-39209.815.0%94,725
40-44139.410.0%48,875
45-4940.52.9%12,251
50-542.40.2%642