Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Tanzania

Total fertility rate in Tanzania in 2024 — 4.54 births. Ranked 12 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 30.5%.

2024 4.54 births −1.41% vs 2023
World rank 12of 217
Period maximum 7.12 births1974
Period minimum 4.54 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Tanzania, 1960–20244567819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.54 births1962: 6.61 births1964: 6.68 births1966: 6.8 births1968: 6.9 births1970: 7 births1972: 7.05 births1974: 7.12 births1976: 7.09 births1978: 7.06 births1980: 6.99 births1982: 6.87 births1984: 6.72 births1986: 6.49 births1988: 6.38 births1990: 6.2 births1992: 6.08 births1994: 5.89 births1996: 5.83 births1998: 5.81 births2000: 5.67 births2002: 5.57 births2004: 5.6 births2006: 5.51 births2008: 5.32 births2010: 5.23 births2012: 5.14 births2014: 5.12 births2016: 5.01 births2018: 4.93 births2020: 4.8 births2022: 4.67 births2024: 4.54 births
Change over the period: −2 (−30.52%) Average annual rate: -0.57 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Tanzania

Tanzania 4.54 births
World 2.19 births
Sub-Saharan Africa 4.26 births
Eastern Africa computed 4.06 births
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.55 births
Total fertility rate — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 4.54 −0.06 −1.41%
2023 4.61 −0.07 −1.39%
2022 4.67 −0.06 −1.33%
2021 4.73 −0.07 −1.4%
2020 4.8 −0.06 −1.34%
2019 4.87 −0.07 −1.34%
2018 4.93 −0.06 −1.12%
2017 4.99 −0.02 −0.36%
2016 5.01 −0.02 −0.38%
2015 5.03 −0.1 −1.89%
2014 5.12 −0.03 −0.66%
2013 5.16 +0.02 +0.37%
2012 5.14 −0 −0.08%
2011 5.14 −0.08 −1.61%
2010 5.23 −0.04 −0.67%
2009 5.26 −0.06 −1.2%
2008 5.32 −0.08 −1.46%
2007 5.4 −0.11 −1.96%
2006 5.51 −0.07 −1.22%
2005 5.58 −0.02 −0.32%
2004 5.6 +0.02 +0.34%
2003 5.58 +0.01 +0.14%
2002 5.57 −0.05 −0.84%
2001 5.62 −0.05 −0.93%
2000 5.67 −0.08 −1.34%
1999 5.75 −0.06 −1.1%
1998 5.81 −0.03 −0.43%
1997 5.84 +0.01 +0.17%
1996 5.83 +0 +0.07%
1995 5.82 −0.07 −1.22%
1994 5.89 −0.1 −1.72%
1993 6 −0.08 −1.33%
1992 6.08 −0.06 −0.93%
1991 6.14 −0.07 −1.06%
1990 6.2 −0.1 −1.62%
1989 6.3 −0.08 −1.19%
1988 6.38 −0.03 −0.42%
1987 6.41 −0.08 −1.26%
1986 6.49 −0.11 −1.67%
1985 6.6 −0.12 −1.74%
1984 6.72 −0.09 −1.32%
1983 6.81 −0.06 −0.92%
1982 6.87 −0.06 −0.89%
1981 6.93 −0.06 −0.87%
1980 6.99 −0.05 −0.74%
1979 7.04 −0.02 −0.24%
1978 7.06 −0.01 −0.17%
1977 7.07 −0.01 −0.2%
1976 7.09 −0.01 −0.21%
1975 7.1 −0.02 −0.31%
1974 7.12 +0.06 +0.86%
1973 7.06 +0.01 +0.14%
1972 7.05 +0.01 +0.11%
1971 7.04 +0.04 +0.61%
1970 7 +0.05 +0.68%
1969 6.95 +0.05 +0.78%
1968 6.9 +0.04 +0.52%
1967 6.86 +0.06 +0.88%
1966 6.8 +0.08 +1.14%
1965 6.73 +0.05 +0.7%
1964 6.68 +0.03 +0.5%
1963 6.65 +0.04 +0.64%
1962 6.61 +0.04 +0.66%
1961 6.56 +0.03 +0.4%
1960 6.54

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.