Fertility in United Republic of Tanzania, 2010

United Republic of Tanzania
2010
Total fertility rate: 5.23
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 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 5.23 children per woman in 2010 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (240 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 1,734,654 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.23
Births
1,734,654
Births per 1,000 people
38.8
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
44,758,488
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
10-142.20.2%6,371
15-19117.311.2%278,581
20-24239.722.9%488,607
25-29230.122.0%401,405
30-34202.719.4%296,621
35-39157.815.1%183,099
40-4475.87.2%65,644
45-4919.71.9%13,684
50-541.00.1%642