Fertility & birth rates in Jordan and Tanzania

Fertility rate in Jordan vs Tanzania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Jordan was 2.64 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 Jordan 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
	Jordan	Tanzania
1960	7.6	6.54
1961	7.7	6.56
1962	7.79	6.61
1963	7.85	6.65
1964	7.91	6.68
1965	7.93	6.73
1966	7.99	6.8
1967	8.06	6.86
1968	8.14	6.9
1969	8.19	6.95
1970	8.18	7
1971	8.15	7.04
1972	8.12	7.05
1973	8.06	7.06
1974	8	7.12
1975	7.93	7.1
1976	7.83	7.09
1977	7.72	7.07
1978	7.59	7.06
1979	7.45	7.04
1980	7.29	6.99
1981	7.12	6.93
1982	6.96	6.87
1983	6.81	6.81
1984	6.67	6.72
1985	6.53	6.6
1986	6.39	6.49
1987	6.2	6.41
1988	6.01	6.38
1989	5.8	6.3
1990	5.54	6.2
1991	5.33	6.14
1992	5.14	6.08
1993	4.97	6
1994	4.82	5.89
1995	4.68	5.82
1996	4.51	5.83
1997	4.32	5.84
1998	4.11	5.81
1999	3.97	5.75
2000	3.86	5.67
2001	3.8	5.62
2002	3.81	5.57
2003	3.82	5.58
2004	3.73	5.6
2005	3.65	5.58
2006	3.71	5.51
2007	3.8	5.4
2008	3.88	5.32
2009	3.84	5.26
2010	3.78	5.23
2011	3.69	5.14
2012	3.57	5.14
2013	3.45	5.16
2014	3.3	5.12
2015	3.14	5.03
2016	3.07	5.01
2017	2.99	4.99
2018	2.92	4.93
2019	2.86	4.87
2020	2.79	4.8
2021	2.74	4.73
2022	2.68	4.67
2023	2.64	4.61
2024	2.6	4.54
2025	2.57	4.47
2026	2.54	4.41
2027	2.51	4.34
2028	2.48	4.28
2029	2.44	4.22
2030	2.42	4.16
2031	2.39	4.11
2032	2.36	4.04
2033	2.33	3.98
2034	2.3	3.94
2035	2.27	3.88
2036	2.25	3.83
2037	2.23	3.76
2038	2.21	3.72
2039	2.19	3.67
2040	2.16	3.63
2041	2.14	3.57
2042	2.12	3.54
2043	2.1	3.49
2044	2.08	3.46
2045	2.07	3.4
2046	2.05	3.39
2047	2.04	3.35
2048	2.02	3.31
2049	2.01	3.25
2050	1.99	3.23

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Jordan	Tanzania
1960	46.1%	44.9%
1961	46.6%	44.8%
1962	47.2%	44.8%
1963	47.7%	44.8%
1964	48.2%	45%
1965	48.7%	45.2%
1966	49.1%	45.4%
1967	49.4%	45.6%
1968	49.8%	45.8%
1969	50%	45.9%
1970	50.3%	46%
1971	50.4%	46.1%
1972	50.6%	46.1%
1973	50.6%	46.2%
1974	50.6%	46.3%
1975	50.6%	46.4%
1976	50.5%	46.5%
1977	50.4%	46.6%
1978	50.2%	46.7%
1979	50%	46.9%
1980	49.7%	47.2%
1981	49.5%	47.4%
1982	49.2%	47.5%
1983	48.9%	47.6%
1984	48.6%	47.5%
1985	48.2%	47.4%
1986	47.9%	47.2%
1987	47.6%	46.9%
1988	47.2%	46.7%
1989	46.8%	46.5%
1990	45%	46.3%
1991	43.1%	46.2%
1992	42.2%	46%
1993	41.5%	45.5%
1994	40.9%	44.9%
1995	40.5%	44.5%
1996	40.4%	44.7%
1997	40.4%	44.8%
1998	40.3%	44.7%
1999	40.2%	44.7%
2000	40.1%	44.6%
2001	39.8%	44.5%
2002	39.5%	44.6%
2003	39.2%	44.6%
2004	38.8%	44.7%
2005	38.4%	44.8%
2006	38%	44.9%
2007	37.5%	45%
2008	37%	45.1%
2009	36.5%	45.3%
2010	36%	45.3%
2011	35.5%	45.2%
2012	35.1%	45.1%
2013	34.9%	44.9%
2014	34.9%	44.8%
2015	34.8%	44.5%
2016	34.5%	44.2%
2017	34.1%	44%
2018	33.7%	43.8%
2019	33.3%	43.6%
2020	32.8%	43.4%
2021	32.4%	43.1%
2022	31.9%	42.9%
2023	31.2%	42.7%
2024	30.7%	42.5%
2025	30.2%	42.3%
2026	29.6%	42.1%
2027	29%	41.9%
2028	28.4%	41.7%
2029	27.8%	41.4%
2030	27.3%	41.1%
2031	26.9%	40.9%
2032	26.6%	40.5%
2033	26.2%	40.2%
2034	25.9%	39.8%
2035	25.7%	39.5%
2036	25.4%	39.1%
2037	25.2%	38.8%
2038	25%	38.4%
2039	24.9%	38.1%
2040	24.7%	37.8%
2041	24.6%	37.5%
2042	24.4%	37.1%
2043	24.3%	36.8%
2044	24.1%	36.5%
2045	23.9%	36.2%
2046	23.7%	35.9%
2047	23.5%	35.6%
2048	23.3%	35.4%
2049	23.1%	35.1%
2050	22.8%	34.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.7% of the population in Jordan and 42.5% in Tanzania in 2024, compared to 45% and 46.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Jordan and Tanzania compared.

Natural population change in Jordan vs Tanzania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.92% in Jordan 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
	Jordan	Tanzania
1960	29,491	275,814
1961	32,143	286,839
1962	34,598	300,663
1963	36,858	314,644
1964	39,205	328,527
1965	41,635	343,456
1966	44,580	360,229
1967	48,791	374,763
1968	53,336	389,467
1969	57,431	408,322
1970	60,321	427,988
1971	64,763	449,014
1972	67,707	467,305
1973	70,058	488,429
1974	72,212	515,152
1975	74,392	533,906
1976	75,981	553,617
1977	78,101	574,938
1978	79,908	595,024
1979	82,076	613,388
1980	84,508	629,444
1981	86,751	645,496
1982	89,473	662,627
1983	92,863	679,720
1984	96,092	687,435
1985	99,801	697,867
1986	103,551	705,677
1987	106,536	718,580
1988	109,754	736,551
1989	112,608	743,854
1990	114,912	750,825
1991	129,642	762,011
1992	134,241	767,961
1993	139,467	778,044
1994	144,199	803,953
1995	147,652	838,980
1996	147,852	868,524
1997	145,358	882,544
1998	140,696	920,806
1999	138,201	948,659
2000	136,414	985,185
2001	136,450	1,026,242
2002	139,250	1,063,195
2003	142,443	1,118,435
2004	141,752	1,175,379
2005	141,816	1,224,165
2006	147,643	1,257,927
2007	167,574	1,278,285
2008	175,048	1,303,728
2009	177,651	1,332,015
2010	177,748	1,363,477
2011	177,076	1,384,886
2012	175,437	1,439,325
2013	170,473	1,509,008
2014	184,169	1,565,630
2015	195,495	1,592,882
2016	205,891	1,659,502
2017	205,903	1,726,909
2018	205,333	1,777,852
2019	204,933	1,816,669
2020	198,138	1,861,377
2021	190,795	1,880,137
2022	199,900	1,927,960
2023	200,895	1,960,623

Maternal mortality chart: Jordan vs Tanzania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 31 deaths per 100,000 live births in Jordan, compared to 276 deaths in Tanzania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Jordan	Tanzania
1985	100	980
1986	93	971
1987	87	964
1988	82	949
1989	79	927
1990	72	900
1991	74	873
1992	72	864
1993	71	851
1994	70	816
1995	70	797
1996	69	775
1997	67	777
1998	65	739
1999	63	635
2000	61	568
2001	60	493
2002	58	454
2003	56	397
2004	54	365
2005	53	350
2006	49	366
2007	50	453
2008	50	511
2009	49	502
2010	48	486
2011	47	475
2012	47	448
2013	44	479
2014	43	454
2015	41	433
2016	40	396
2017	38	345
2018	36	319
2019	35	292
2020	41	160
2021	79	162
2022	35	152
2023	31	276

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.32% in Jordan 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
	Jordan	Tanzania
1960	15.5%	24.2%
1961	14.6%	24%
1962	13.8%	23.8%
1963	13%	23.6%
1964	12.3%	23.4%
1965	11.6%	23.1%
1966	11%	22.8%
1967	10.4%	22.5%
1968	9.87%	22.2%
1969	9.38%	21.9%
1970	8.91%	21.6%
1971	8.48%	21.2%
1972	8.06%	20.9%
1973	7.67%	20.5%
1974	7.31%	20.1%
1975	6.96%	19.6%
1976	6.63%	19.2%
1977	6.31%	18.8%
1978	6.02%	18.4%
1979	5.74%	18.1%
1980	5.48%	17.9%
1981	5.22%	17.8%
1982	4.99%	17.8%
1983	4.76%	17.8%
1984	4.55%	17.8%
1985	4.34%	17.7%
1986	4.16%	17.6%
1987	3.98%	17.4%
1988	3.82%	17.2%
1989	3.68%	16.9%
1990	3.54%	16.7%
1991	3.42%	16.5%
1992	3.31%	16.3%
1993	3.2%	16.1%
1994	3.1%	15.9%
1995	3.01%	15.6%
1996	2.91%	15.2%
1997	2.83%	14.8%
1998	2.74%	14.2%
1999	2.66%	13.6%
2000	2.58%	12.8%
2001	2.5%	12.1%
2002	2.42%	11.3%
2003	2.35%	10.5%
2004	2.27%	9.86%
2005	2.2%	9.24%
2006	2.13%	8.69%
2007	2.07%	8.16%
2008	2%	7.7%
2009	1.94%	7.24%
2010	1.89%	6.86%
2011	1.83%	6.5%
2012	1.78%	6.21%
2013	1.74%	5.95%
2014	1.69%	5.67%
2015	1.65%	5.48%
2016	1.6%	5.25%
2017	1.56%	5.02%
2018	1.52%	4.8%
2019	1.48%	4.6%
2020	1.44%	4.42%
2021	1.4%	4.22%
2022	1.36%	4.05%
2023	1.32%	3.89%