Fertility in United Republic of Tanzania, 2018

United Republic of Tanzania
2018
Total fertility rate: 4.93
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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 4.93 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (222 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 2,144,432 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.93
Births
2,144,432
Births per 1,000 people
37.3
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.9
Population
57,437,145
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%5,935
15-19120.612.2%376,076
20-24222.422.5%586,747
25-29218.322.1%481,157
30-34189.719.2%355,715
35-39144.514.6%228,389
40-4471.77.3%92,507
45-4917.71.8%17,292
50-540.90.1%614