Fertility in United Republic of Tanzania, 2021

United Republic of Tanzania
2021
Total fertility rate: 4.73
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of United Republic of Tanzania was 4.73 children per woman in 2021 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (213 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 2,262,827 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.73
Births
2,262,827
Births per 1,000 people
36.0
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.0
Population
62,830,412
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%6,391
15-19115.512.2%397,041
20-24213.522.5%619,915
25-29209.522.1%507,675
30-34182.019.2%372,537
35-39138.714.6%240,287
40-4468.67.2%98,969
45-4916.91.8%19,318
50-540.80.1%695