Fertility in United Republic of Tanzania, 2017

United Republic of Tanzania
2017
Total fertility rate: 4.99
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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 4.99 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (225 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 2,093,157 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.99
Births
2,093,157
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
55,652,890
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%5,713
15-19122.012.2%368,213
20-24224.922.5%570,457
25-29220.722.1%471,119
30-34191.819.2%348,030
35-39146.214.6%222,964
40-4472.67.3%89,529
45-4917.91.8%16,544
50-540.90.1%590