Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United Republic of Tanzania, 1983

United Republic of Tanzania
1983
Total fertility rate: 6.81
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Year

-5 -1   1983  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United Republic of Tanzania was 6.81 children per woman in 1983 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (285 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.8 years old. In total, 993,304 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.81
Births
993,304
Births per 1,000 people
47.1
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.52
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
21,079,874
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
10-147.20.5%9,683
15-19147.710.8%158,594
20-24285.220.9%262,662
25-29279.420.5%225,604
30-34262.519.3%169,226
35-39199.614.7%102,999
40-44136.010.0%50,912
45-4941.73.1%12,913
50-542.60.2%713