Fertility in United Republic of Tanzania, 2000

United Republic of Tanzania
2000
Total fertility rate: 5.67
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 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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The total fertility rate of United Republic of Tanzania was 5.67 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (255 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 1,422,747 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.67
Births
1,422,747
Births per 1,000 people
41.5
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.4
Population
34,260,138
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
10-144.50.4%9,732
15-19132.511.7%252,449
20-24255.322.5%415,204
25-29245.021.6%319,083
30-34219.119.3%215,068
35-39159.214.0%126,148
40-4491.38.0%67,652
45-4925.92.3%16,652
50-541.50.1%760