Fertility & birth rates in Ecuador and Tanzania

Fertility rate in Ecuador vs Tanzania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ecuador was 1.82 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 Ecuador 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
	Ecuador	Tanzania
1960	6.72	6.54
1961	6.7	6.56
1962	6.68	6.61
1963	6.65	6.65
1964	6.61	6.68
1965	6.56	6.73
1966	6.51	6.8
1967	6.44	6.86
1968	6.35	6.9
1969	6.25	6.95
1970	6.14	7
1971	6.01	7.04
1972	5.87	7.05
1973	5.73	7.06
1974	5.58	7.12
1975	5.43	7.1
1976	5.28	7.09
1977	5.13	7.07
1978	4.99	7.06
1979	4.86	7.04
1980	4.73	6.99
1981	4.61	6.93
1982	4.5	6.87
1983	4.39	6.81
1984	4.31	6.72
1985	4.14	6.6
1986	4	6.49
1987	3.87	6.41
1988	3.79	6.38
1989	3.74	6.3
1990	3.68	6.2
1991	3.63	6.14
1992	3.58	6.08
1993	3.49	6
1994	3.42	5.89
1995	3.38	5.82
1996	3.35	5.83
1997	3.29	5.84
1998	3.23	5.81
1999	3.17	5.75
2000	3.1	5.67
2001	3.04	5.62
2002	2.97	5.57
2003	2.91	5.58
2004	2.85	5.6
2005	2.8	5.58
2006	2.75	5.51
2007	2.7	5.4
2008	2.69	5.32
2009	2.68	5.26
2010	2.62	5.23
2011	2.61	5.14
2012	2.51	5.14
2013	2.36	5.16
2014	2.27	5.12
2015	2.21	5.03
2016	2.12	5.01
2017	2.13	4.99
2018	2.11	4.93
2019	2.04	4.87
2020	1.97	4.8
2021	1.91	4.73
2022	1.86	4.67
2023	1.82	4.61
2024	1.81	4.54
2025	1.79	4.47
2026	1.78	4.41
2027	1.77	4.34
2028	1.76	4.28
2029	1.75	4.22
2030	1.75	4.16
2031	1.74	4.11
2032	1.73	4.04
2033	1.73	3.98
2034	1.72	3.94
2035	1.72	3.88
2036	1.72	3.83
2037	1.71	3.76
2038	1.71	3.72
2039	1.71	3.67
2040	1.71	3.63
2041	1.7	3.57
2042	1.7	3.54
2043	1.7	3.49
2044	1.69	3.46
2045	1.69	3.4
2046	1.69	3.39
2047	1.69	3.35
2048	1.69	3.31
2049	1.68	3.25
2050	1.68	3.23

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ecuador	Tanzania
1960	43.9%	44.9%
1961	44.1%	44.8%
1962	44.3%	44.8%
1963	44.4%	44.8%
1964	44.4%	45%
1965	44.4%	45.2%
1966	44.4%	45.4%
1967	44.4%	45.6%
1968	44.3%	45.8%
1969	44.3%	45.9%
1970	44.2%	46%
1971	44.2%	46.1%
1972	44.1%	46.1%
1973	43.9%	46.2%
1974	43.8%	46.3%
1975	43.6%	46.4%
1976	43.4%	46.5%
1977	43.2%	46.6%
1978	43%	46.7%
1979	42.7%	46.9%
1980	42.4%	47.2%
1981	42.1%	47.4%
1982	41.8%	47.5%
1983	41.4%	47.6%
1984	41.1%	47.5%
1985	40.7%	47.4%
1986	40.3%	47.2%
1987	39.9%	46.9%
1988	39.5%	46.7%
1989	39.1%	46.5%
1990	38.7%	46.3%
1991	38.4%	46.2%
1992	38.1%	46%
1993	37.7%	45.5%
1994	37.4%	44.9%
1995	37.1%	44.5%
1996	36.8%	44.7%
1997	36.4%	44.8%
1998	36.1%	44.7%
1999	35.7%	44.7%
2000	35.4%	44.6%
2001	35%	44.5%
2002	34.7%	44.6%
2003	34.3%	44.6%
2004	33.9%	44.7%
2005	33.5%	44.8%
2006	33%	44.9%
2007	32.6%	45%
2008	32.1%	45.1%
2009	31.7%	45.3%
2010	31.3%	45.3%
2011	30.9%	45.2%
2012	30.5%	45.1%
2013	30.1%	44.9%
2014	29.6%	44.8%
2015	29%	44.5%
2016	28.5%	44.2%
2017	28%	44%
2018	27.4%	43.8%
2019	26.9%	43.6%
2020	26.4%	43.4%
2021	26%	43.1%
2022	25.5%	42.9%
2023	25%	42.7%
2024	24.5%	42.5%
2025	23.9%	42.3%
2026	23.3%	42.1%
2027	22.8%	41.9%
2028	22.3%	41.7%
2029	21.9%	41.4%
2030	21.6%	41.1%
2031	21.2%	40.9%
2032	20.9%	40.5%
2033	20.6%	40.2%
2034	20.3%	39.8%
2035	20%	39.5%
2036	19.7%	39.1%
2037	19.5%	38.8%
2038	19.3%	38.4%
2039	19.1%	38.1%
2040	18.9%	37.8%
2041	18.8%	37.5%
2042	18.6%	37.1%
2043	18.4%	36.8%
2044	18.2%	36.5%
2045	18%	36.2%
2046	17.8%	35.9%
2047	17.6%	35.6%
2048	17.4%	35.4%
2049	17.2%	35.1%
2050	17%	34.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.5% of the population in Ecuador and 42.5% in Tanzania in 2024, compared to 38.7% and 46.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ecuador and Tanzania compared.

Natural population change in Ecuador vs Tanzania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.15% in Ecuador 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
	Ecuador	Tanzania
1960	130,368	275,814
1961	135,573	286,839
1962	140,943	300,663
1963	146,531	314,644
1964	152,263	328,527
1965	157,915	343,456
1966	163,317	360,229
1967	168,629	374,763
1968	173,828	389,467
1969	178,403	408,322
1970	183,517	427,988
1971	187,995	449,014
1972	192,136	467,305
1973	196,028	488,429
1974	199,276	515,152
1975	202,407	533,906
1976	205,366	553,617
1977	209,095	574,938
1978	212,497	595,024
1979	216,162	613,388
1980	220,120	629,444
1981	224,073	645,496
1982	227,606	662,627
1983	231,336	679,720
1984	236,543	687,435
1985	236,438	697,867
1986	237,084	705,677
1987	237,724	718,580
1988	241,191	736,551
1989	248,129	743,854
1990	252,919	750,825
1991	257,713	762,011
1992	259,787	767,961
1993	260,330	778,044
1994	261,788	803,953
1995	264,449	838,980
1996	267,695	868,524
1997	266,020	882,544
1998	263,927	920,806
1999	261,650	948,659
2000	259,837	985,185
2001	259,376	1,026,242
2002	259,446	1,063,195
2003	258,928	1,118,435
2004	257,436	1,175,379
2005	255,295	1,224,165
2006	254,184	1,257,927
2007	253,419	1,278,285
2008	257,894	1,303,728
2009	260,892	1,332,015
2010	257,404	1,363,477
2011	258,171	1,384,886
2012	249,825	1,439,325
2013	234,103	1,509,008
2014	225,790	1,565,630
2015	219,399	1,592,882
2016	208,245	1,659,502
2017	211,355	1,726,909
2018	219,513	1,777,852
2019	211,045	1,816,669
2020	156,458	1,861,377
2021	155,146	1,880,137
2022	179,308	1,927,960
2023	178,093	1,960,623

Maternal mortality chart: Ecuador vs Tanzania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 55 deaths per 100,000 live births in Ecuador, compared to 276 deaths in Tanzania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ecuador	Tanzania
1985	188	980
1986	181	971
1987	131	964
1988	166	949
1989	166	927
1990	168	900
1991	177	873
1992	172	864
1993	168	851
1994	155	816
1995	146	797
1996	138	775
1997	135	777
1998	131	739
1999	128	635
2000	123	568
2001	116	493
2002	109	454
2003	102	397
2004	97	365
2005	94	350
2006	90	366
2007	86	453
2008	83	511
2009	82	502
2010	80	486
2011	77	475
2012	72	448
2013	68	479
2014	65	454
2015	64	433
2016	65	396
2017	62	345
2018	61	319
2019	62	292
2020	91	160
2021	93	162
2022	69	152
2023	55	276

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.31% in Ecuador 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
	Ecuador	Tanzania
1960	17.6%	24.2%
1961	17.1%	24%
1962	16.6%	23.8%
1963	16.1%	23.6%
1964	15.7%	23.4%
1965	15.3%	23.1%
1966	14.9%	22.8%
1967	14.6%	22.5%
1968	14.3%	22.2%
1969	14%	21.9%
1970	13.7%	21.6%
1971	13.4%	21.2%
1972	13%	20.9%
1973	12.5%	20.5%
1974	12%	20.1%
1975	11.5%	19.6%
1976	11%	19.2%
1977	10.5%	18.8%
1978	10%	18.4%
1979	9.57%	18.1%
1980	9.12%	17.9%
1981	8.68%	17.8%
1982	8.23%	17.8%
1983	7.78%	17.8%
1984	7.35%	17.8%
1985	6.95%	17.7%
1986	6.58%	17.6%
1987	6.25%	17.4%
1988	5.94%	17.2%
1989	5.66%	16.9%
1990	5.39%	16.7%
1991	5.12%	16.5%
1992	4.86%	16.3%
1993	4.6%	16.1%
1994	4.34%	15.9%
1995	4.08%	15.6%
1996	3.82%	15.2%
1997	3.57%	14.8%
1998	3.34%	14.2%
1999	3.14%	13.6%
2000	2.96%	12.8%
2001	2.81%	12.1%
2002	2.68%	11.3%
2003	2.57%	10.5%
2004	2.46%	9.86%
2005	2.37%	9.24%
2006	2.28%	8.69%
2007	2.19%	8.16%
2008	2.1%	7.7%
2009	2%	7.24%
2010	1.92%	6.86%
2011	1.83%	6.5%
2012	1.74%	6.21%
2013	1.66%	5.95%
2014	1.59%	5.67%
2015	1.53%	5.48%
2016	1.48%	5.25%
2017	1.44%	5.02%
2018	1.41%	4.8%
2019	1.38%	4.6%
2020	1.36%	4.42%
2021	1.34%	4.22%
2022	1.32%	4.05%
2023	1.31%	3.89%