Fertility in United Republic of Tanzania, 2024

United Republic of Tanzania
2024
Total fertility rate: 4.54
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2024 1994, 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 is projected at 4.54 children per woman in 2024 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (204 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 2,385,984 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
4.54
Births
2,385,984
Births per 1,000 people
34.8
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.1
Population
68,560,157
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%6,508
15-19112.612.4%419,187
20-24204.422.5%651,565
25-29201.022.1%541,510
30-34174.519.2%389,370
35-39132.814.6%251,541
40-4465.87.2%104,690
45-4916.01.8%20,839
50-540.80.1%773