Fertility & birth rates in Djibouti and Tanzania

Fertility rate in Djibouti vs Tanzania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Djibouti was 2.61 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.61 in Tanzania in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Djibouti vs Tanzania population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Djibouti	Tanzania
1960	6.85	6.54
1961	6.85	6.56
1962	6.85	6.61
1963	6.86	6.65
1964	6.87	6.68
1965	6.86	6.73
1966	6.88	6.8
1967	6.87	6.86
1968	6.88	6.9
1969	6.88	6.95
1970	6.88	7
1971	6.88	7.04
1972	6.85	7.05
1973	6.82	7.06
1974	6.78	7.12
1975	6.74	7.1
1976	6.69	7.09
1977	6.64	7.07
1978	6.59	7.06
1979	6.52	7.04
1980	6.46	6.99
1981	6.4	6.93
1982	6.34	6.87
1983	6.3	6.81
1984	6.25	6.72
1985	6.19	6.6
1986	6.14	6.49
1987	6.09	6.41
1988	6.03	6.38
1989	5.97	6.3
1990	5.93	6.2
1991	5.86	6.14
1992	5.75	6.08
1993	5.64	6
1994	5.51	5.89
1995	5.33	5.82
1996	5.15	5.83
1997	4.97	5.84
1998	4.8	5.81
1999	4.69	5.75
2000	4.6	5.67
2001	4.52	5.62
2002	4.41	5.57
2003	4.3	5.58
2004	4.16	5.6
2005	4.04	5.58
2006	3.9	5.51
2007	3.76	5.4
2008	3.62	5.32
2009	3.52	5.26
2010	3.43	5.23
2011	3.34	5.14
2012	3.26	5.14
2013	3.19	5.16
2014	3.12	5.12
2015	3.04	5.03
2016	2.97	5.01
2017	2.92	4.99
2018	2.86	4.93
2019	2.8	4.87
2020	2.75	4.8
2021	2.7	4.73
2022	2.65	4.67
2023	2.61	4.61
2024	2.62	4.54
2025	2.58	4.47
2026	2.54	4.41
2027	2.51	4.34
2028	2.48	4.28
2029	2.45	4.22
2030	2.42	4.16
2031	2.39	4.11
2032	2.36	4.04
2033	2.33	3.98
2034	2.31	3.94
2035	2.29	3.88
2036	2.27	3.83
2037	2.25	3.76
2038	2.23	3.72
2039	2.21	3.67
2040	2.19	3.63
2041	2.17	3.57
2042	2.16	3.54
2043	2.14	3.49
2044	2.13	3.46
2045	2.11	3.4
2046	2.1	3.39
2047	2.09	3.35
2048	2.08	3.31
2049	2.06	3.25
2050	2.05	3.23

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Djibouti	Tanzania
1960	44.2%	44.9%
1961	44%	44.8%
1962	43.8%	44.8%
1963	43.7%	44.8%
1964	43.5%	45%
1965	43.6%	45.2%
1966	43.8%	45.4%
1967	44%	45.6%
1968	44.3%	45.8%
1969	44.5%	45.9%
1970	44.7%	46%
1971	44.9%	46.1%
1972	45%	46.1%
1973	45.2%	46.2%
1974	45.3%	46.3%
1975	45.4%	46.4%
1976	45.5%	46.5%
1977	45.5%	46.6%
1978	45.6%	46.7%
1979	45.5%	46.9%
1980	45.5%	47.2%
1981	45.4%	47.4%
1982	45.3%	47.5%
1983	45.1%	47.6%
1984	45%	47.5%
1985	44.8%	47.4%
1986	44.6%	47.2%
1987	44.4%	46.9%
1988	44.2%	46.7%
1989	44%	46.5%
1990	43.7%	46.3%
1991	43.5%	46.2%
1992	43.3%	46%
1993	43.1%	45.5%
1994	42.8%	44.9%
1995	42.5%	44.5%
1996	42.2%	44.7%
1997	41.5%	44.8%
1998	40.6%	44.7%
1999	40%	44.7%
2000	39.6%	44.6%
2001	39.1%	44.5%
2002	38.7%	44.6%
2003	38.6%	44.6%
2004	38.5%	44.7%
2005	38.4%	44.8%
2006	38.1%	44.9%
2007	37.7%	45%
2008	37.2%	45.1%
2009	36.8%	45.3%
2010	36.4%	45.3%
2011	35.9%	45.2%
2012	35.5%	45.1%
2013	35.1%	44.9%
2014	34.6%	44.8%
2015	34%	44.5%
2016	33.4%	44.2%
2017	32.8%	44%
2018	32.2%	43.8%
2019	31.6%	43.6%
2020	31%	43.4%
2021	30.5%	43.1%
2022	30%	42.9%
2023	29.6%	42.7%
2024	29.2%	42.5%
2025	28.8%	42.3%
2026	28.5%	42.1%
2027	28.1%	41.9%
2028	27.8%	41.7%
2029	27.5%	41.4%
2030	27.3%	41.1%
2031	27%	40.9%
2032	26.8%	40.5%
2033	26.6%	40.2%
2034	26.4%	39.8%
2035	26.2%	39.5%
2036	26.1%	39.1%
2037	25.9%	38.8%
2038	25.7%	38.4%
2039	25.5%	38.1%
2040	25.3%	37.8%
2041	25.1%	37.5%
2042	24.9%	37.1%
2043	24.7%	36.8%
2044	24.5%	36.5%
2045	24.3%	36.2%
2046	24.1%	35.9%
2047	23.8%	35.6%
2048	23.6%	35.4%
2049	23.4%	35.1%
2050	23.2%	34.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.2% of the population in Djibouti and 42.5% in Tanzania in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 46.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Djibouti and Tanzania compared.

Natural population change in Djibouti vs Tanzania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.43% in Djibouti and +3.05% in Tanzania. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Djibouti	Tanzania
1960	2,299	275,814
1961	2,412	286,839
1962	2,538	300,663
1963	2,687	314,644
1964	2,864	328,527
1965	3,054	343,456
1966	3,268	360,229
1967	3,484	374,763
1968	3,712	389,467
1969	3,950	408,322
1970	4,249	427,988
1971	4,484	449,014
1972	4,885	467,305
1973	5,234	488,429
1974	5,601	515,152
1975	6,034	533,906
1976	6,567	553,617
1977	7,195	574,938
1978	7,886	595,024
1979	8,573	613,388
1980	9,187	629,444
1981	9,654	645,496
1982	10,058	662,627
1983	10,391	679,720
1984	10,713	687,435
1985	11,106	697,867
1986	11,671	705,677
1987	12,357	718,580
1988	13,107	736,551
1989	13,851	743,854
1990	15,074	750,825
1991	16,553	762,011
1992	16,971	767,961
1993	15,805	778,044
1994	15,989	803,953
1995	15,651	838,980
1996	15,408	868,524
1997	15,255	882,544
1998	15,845	920,806
1999	16,491	948,659
2000	17,014	985,185
2001	17,710	1,026,242
2002	18,167	1,063,195
2003	18,341	1,118,435
2004	17,756	1,175,379
2005	17,361	1,224,165
2006	16,901	1,257,927
2007	16,647	1,278,285
2008	16,356	1,303,728
2009	16,323	1,332,015
2010	16,225	1,363,477
2011	16,169	1,384,886
2012	16,026	1,439,325
2013	15,986	1,509,008
2014	15,857	1,565,630
2015	15,718	1,592,882
2016	15,621	1,659,502
2017	15,593	1,726,909
2018	15,524	1,777,852
2019	15,368	1,816,669
2020	14,970	1,861,377
2021	14,555	1,880,137
2022	15,337	1,927,960
2023	15,349	1,960,623

Maternal mortality chart: Djibouti vs Tanzania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 162 deaths per 100,000 live births in Djibouti, compared to 276 deaths in Tanzania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Djibouti	Tanzania
1985	821	980
1986	804	971
1987	785	964
1988	768	949
1989	746	927
1990	725	900
1991	731	873
1992	780	864
1993	704	851
1994	682	816
1995	634	797
1996	609	775
1997	582	777
1998	555	739
1999	524	635
2000	501	568
2001	441	493
2002	404	454
2003	391	397
2004	364	365
2005	315	350
2006	298	366
2007	285	453
2008	273	511
2009	263	502
2010	243	486
2011	229	475
2012	221	448
2013	219	479
2014	212	454
2015	210	433
2016	204	396
2017	201	345
2018	199	319
2019	194	292
2020	192	160
2021	221	162
2022	174	152
2023	162	276

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.04% in Djibouti and 3.89% in Tanzania. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Djibouti	Tanzania
1960	-	24.2%
1961	-	24%
1962	-	23.8%
1963	-	23.6%
1964	-	23.4%
1965	-	23.1%
1966	-	22.8%
1967	-	22.5%
1968	-	22.2%
1969	-	21.9%
1970	-	21.6%
1971	-	21.2%
1972	-	20.9%
1973	-	20.5%
1974	-	20.1%
1975	-	19.6%
1976	17.1%	19.2%
1977	16.6%	18.8%
1978	16.2%	18.4%
1979	15.7%	18.1%
1980	15.3%	17.9%
1981	14.8%	17.8%
1982	14.4%	17.8%
1983	14%	17.8%
1984	13.6%	17.8%
1985	13.2%	17.7%
1986	12.8%	17.6%
1987	12.5%	17.4%
1988	12.2%	17.2%
1989	11.9%	16.9%
1990	11.6%	16.7%
1991	11.4%	16.5%
1992	11.2%	16.3%
1993	11.1%	16.1%
1994	10.9%	15.9%
1995	10.8%	15.6%
1996	10.7%	15.2%
1997	10.5%	14.8%
1998	10.3%	14.2%
1999	10.2%	13.6%
2000	9.95%	12.8%
2001	9.72%	12.1%
2002	9.48%	11.3%
2003	9.24%	10.5%
2004	9%	9.86%
2005	8.77%	9.24%
2006	8.53%	8.69%
2007	8.28%	8.16%
2008	8.03%	7.7%
2009	7.81%	7.24%
2010	7.59%	6.86%
2011	7.36%	6.5%
2012	7.14%	6.21%
2013	6.93%	5.95%
2014	6.72%	5.67%
2015	6.51%	5.48%
2016	6.33%	5.25%
2017	6.13%	5.02%
2018	5.94%	4.8%
2019	5.75%	4.6%
2020	5.56%	4.42%
2021	5.38%	4.22%
2022	5.22%	4.05%
2023	5.04%	3.89%