Fertility in United Republic of Tanzania, 2016

United Republic of Tanzania
2016
Total fertility rate: 5.01
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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 5.01 children per woman in 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (226 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 2,025,496 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.01
Births
2,025,496
Births per 1,000 people
37.6
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.9
Population
53,824,013
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
10-141.60.2%5,510
15-19122.412.2%357,430
20-24225.722.5%549,975
25-29221.522.1%456,915
30-34192.519.2%337,833
35-39146.714.6%215,821
40-4473.07.3%85,759
45-4918.01.8%15,690
50-540.80.1%564