Fertility in United Republic of Tanzania, 2008

United Republic of Tanzania
2008
Total fertility rate: 5.32
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 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 5.32 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (244 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 1,684,906 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.32
Births
1,684,906
Births per 1,000 people
39.6
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.29
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
42,570,728
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
10-142.90.3%7,701
15-19120.711.3%273,396
20-24244.122.9%479,861
25-29233.721.9%391,929
30-34206.019.3%285,159
35-39159.314.9%169,417
40-4478.37.3%62,596
45-4920.51.9%14,150
50-541.10.1%695