Fertility in United Republic of Tanzania, 2020

United Republic of Tanzania
2020
Total fertility rate: 4.80
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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 4.80 children per woman in 2020 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (217 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 2,221,661 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.80
Births
2,221,661
Births per 1,000 people
36.4
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.0
Population
60,972,798
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%6,284
15-19117.012.2%389,346
20-24216.522.5%609,742
25-29212.522.1%496,859
30-34184.619.2%366,720
35-39140.714.6%236,390
40-4469.67.3%96,969
45-4917.21.8%18,687
50-540.80.1%665