Fertility & birth rates in Malaysia and Tanzania

Fertility rate in Malaysia vs Tanzania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Malaysia was 1.55 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 Malaysia 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
	Malaysia	Tanzania
1960	6.41	6.54
1961	6.37	6.56
1962	6.3	6.61
1963	6.19	6.65
1964	6.03	6.68
1965	5.84	6.73
1966	5.64	6.8
1967	5.43	6.86
1968	5.29	6.9
1969	5.16	6.95
1970	5.04	7
1971	4.92	7.04
1972	4.82	7.05
1973	4.73	7.06
1974	4.62	7.12
1975	4.5	7.1
1976	4.4	7.09
1977	4.28	7.07
1978	4.18	7.06
1979	4.09	7.04
1980	4.04	6.99
1981	4	6.93
1982	3.97	6.87
1983	3.93	6.81
1984	3.89	6.72
1985	3.8	6.6
1986	3.7	6.49
1987	3.57	6.41
1988	3.5	6.38
1989	3.31	6.3
1990	3.3	6.2
1991	3.34	6.14
1992	3.37	6.08
1993	3.36	6
1994	3.35	5.89
1995	3.32	5.82
1996	3.3	5.83
1997	3.23	5.84
1998	3.12	5.81
1999	3.07	5.75
2000	2.94	5.67
2001	2.81	5.62
2002	2.66	5.57
2003	2.6	5.58
2004	2.49	5.6
2005	2.39	5.58
2006	2.31	5.51
2007	2.25	5.4
2008	2.26	5.32
2009	2.22	5.26
2010	2.14	5.23
2011	2.15	5.14
2012	2.12	5.14
2013	2.07	5.16
2014	2.06	5.12
2015	2.01	5.03
2016	1.94	5.01
2017	1.89	4.99
2018	1.84	4.93
2019	1.78	4.87
2020	1.68	4.8
2021	1.56	4.73
2022	1.55	4.67
2023	1.55	4.61
2024	1.54	4.54
2025	1.53	4.47
2026	1.52	4.41
2027	1.51	4.34
2028	1.51	4.28
2029	1.51	4.22
2030	1.51	4.16
2031	1.5	4.11
2032	1.5	4.04
2033	1.5	3.98
2034	1.5	3.94
2035	1.5	3.88
2036	1.51	3.83
2037	1.51	3.76
2038	1.51	3.72
2039	1.51	3.67
2040	1.51	3.63
2041	1.51	3.57
2042	1.51	3.54
2043	1.52	3.49
2044	1.52	3.46
2045	1.52	3.4
2046	1.52	3.39
2047	1.52	3.35
2048	1.53	3.31
2049	1.53	3.25
2050	1.53	3.23

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malaysia	Tanzania
1960	45.4%	44.9%
1961	45.9%	44.8%
1962	46.3%	44.8%
1963	46.5%	44.8%
1964	46.6%	45%
1965	46.5%	45.2%
1966	46.2%	45.4%
1967	45.9%	45.6%
1968	45.5%	45.8%
1969	45%	45.9%
1970	44.5%	46%
1971	44%	46.1%
1972	43.4%	46.1%
1973	42.8%	46.2%
1974	42.2%	46.3%
1975	41.7%	46.4%
1976	41.1%	46.5%
1977	40.6%	46.6%
1978	40.1%	46.7%
1979	39.6%	46.9%
1980	39.2%	47.2%
1981	38.8%	47.4%
1982	38.6%	47.5%
1983	38.4%	47.6%
1984	38.2%	47.5%
1985	38.1%	47.4%
1986	38%	47.2%
1987	37.9%	46.9%
1988	37.7%	46.7%
1989	37.5%	46.5%
1990	37.2%	46.3%
1991	36.9%	46.2%
1992	36.6%	46%
1993	36.3%	45.5%
1994	36%	44.9%
1995	35.7%	44.5%
1996	35.5%	44.7%
1997	35.3%	44.8%
1998	35%	44.7%
1999	34.6%	44.7%
2000	34.2%	44.6%
2001	33.7%	44.5%
2002	33.2%	44.6%
2003	32.6%	44.6%
2004	32%	44.7%
2005	31.4%	44.8%
2006	30.7%	44.9%
2007	30%	45%
2008	29.4%	45.1%
2009	28.6%	45.3%
2010	27.9%	45.3%
2011	27.4%	45.2%
2012	27%	45.1%
2013	26.6%	44.9%
2014	26.2%	44.8%
2015	25.8%	44.5%
2016	25.5%	44.2%
2017	25.2%	44%
2018	24.9%	43.8%
2019	24.5%	43.6%
2020	24%	43.4%
2021	23.4%	43.1%
2022	22.8%	42.9%
2023	22.3%	42.7%
2024	21.8%	42.5%
2025	21.3%	42.3%
2026	20.8%	42.1%
2027	20.4%	41.9%
2028	19.9%	41.7%
2029	19.4%	41.4%
2030	19%	41.1%
2031	18.5%	40.9%
2032	18.1%	40.5%
2033	17.8%	40.2%
2034	17.6%	39.8%
2035	17.4%	39.5%
2036	17.3%	39.1%
2037	17.3%	38.8%
2038	17.2%	38.4%
2039	17.1%	38.1%
2040	17%	37.8%
2041	17%	37.5%
2042	16.9%	37.1%
2043	16.8%	36.8%
2044	16.7%	36.5%
2045	16.7%	36.2%
2046	16.6%	35.9%
2047	16.5%	35.6%
2048	16.4%	35.4%
2049	16.3%	35.1%
2050	16.2%	34.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Malaysia and 42.5% in Tanzania in 2024, compared to 37.2% and 46.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malaysia and Tanzania compared.

Natural population change in Malaysia vs Tanzania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Malaysia 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
	Malaysia	Tanzania
1960	251,090	275,814
1961	257,270	286,839
1962	262,140	300,663
1963	265,815	314,644
1964	266,406	328,527
1965	264,836	343,456
1966	262,162	360,229
1967	258,764	374,763
1968	260,705	389,467
1969	264,327	408,322
1970	269,341	427,988
1971	272,323	449,014
1972	276,263	467,305
1973	284,611	488,429
1974	289,880	515,152
1975	294,541	533,906
1976	300,615	553,617
1977	305,515	574,938
1978	311,027	595,024
1979	317,439	613,388
1980	326,947	629,444
1981	339,991	645,496
1982	353,138	662,627
1983	365,290	679,720
1984	376,797	687,435
1985	383,243	697,867
1986	385,799	705,677
1987	381,999	718,580
1988	386,507	736,551
1989	373,277	743,854
1990	384,518	750,825
1991	401,938	762,011
1992	418,900	767,961
1993	429,910	778,044
1994	437,873	803,953
1995	443,349	838,980
1996	450,174	868,524
1997	447,768	882,544
1998	436,316	920,806
1999	432,355	948,659
2000	417,371	985,185
2001	400,939	1,026,242
2002	381,084	1,063,195
2003	377,425	1,118,435
2004	365,138	1,175,379
2005	355,324	1,224,165
2006	349,509	1,257,927
2007	348,711	1,278,285
2008	362,380	1,303,728
2009	366,157	1,332,015
2010	360,260	1,363,477
2011	372,836	1,384,886
2012	371,497	1,439,325
2013	366,738	1,509,008
2014	367,587	1,565,630
2015	358,302	1,592,882
2016	345,681	1,659,502
2017	336,434	1,726,909
2018	324,568	1,777,852
2019	309,426	1,816,669
2020	283,282	1,861,377
2021	212,002	1,880,137
2022	237,560	1,927,960
2023	254,806	1,960,623

Maternal mortality chart: Malaysia vs Tanzania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 26 deaths per 100,000 live births in Malaysia, compared to 276 deaths in Tanzania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malaysia	Tanzania
1985	63	980
1986	59	971
1987	56	964
1988	55	949
1989	52	927
1990	51	900
1991	49	873
1992	48	864
1993	46	851
1994	44	816
1995	43	797
1996	42	775
1997	40	777
1998	39	739
1999	38	635
2000	37	568
2001	36	493
2002	34	454
2003	34	397
2004	33	365
2005	31	350
2006	30	366
2007	30	453
2008	29	511
2009	29	502
2010	29	486
2011	29	475
2012	29	448
2013	29	479
2014	30	454
2015	30	433
2016	30	396
2017	29	345
2018	29	319
2019	28	292
2020	29	160
2021	52	162
2022	38	152
2023	26	276

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.81% in Malaysia 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
	Malaysia	Tanzania
1960	9.46%	24.2%
1961	8.83%	24%
1962	8.25%	23.8%
1963	7.74%	23.6%
1964	7.28%	23.4%
1965	6.89%	23.1%
1966	6.56%	22.8%
1967	6.27%	22.5%
1968	6.02%	22.2%
1969	5.79%	21.9%
1970	5.56%	21.6%
1971	5.32%	21.2%
1972	5.06%	20.9%
1973	4.79%	20.5%
1974	4.5%	20.1%
1975	4.23%	19.6%
1976	3.97%	19.2%
1977	3.71%	18.8%
1978	3.48%	18.4%
1979	3.25%	18.1%
1980	3.04%	17.9%
1981	2.84%	17.8%
1982	2.65%	17.8%
1983	2.47%	17.8%
1984	2.32%	17.8%
1985	2.18%	17.7%
1986	2.05%	17.6%
1987	1.93%	17.4%
1988	1.83%	17.2%
1989	1.74%	16.9%
1990	1.66%	16.7%
1991	1.58%	16.5%
1992	1.51%	16.3%
1993	1.45%	16.1%
1994	1.39%	15.9%
1995	1.34%	15.6%
1996	1.29%	15.2%
1997	1.23%	14.8%
1998	1.15%	14.2%
1999	1.07%	13.6%
2000	1%	12.8%
2001	0.93%	12.1%
2002	0.88%	11.3%
2003	0.85%	10.5%
2004	0.84%	9.86%
2005	0.83%	9.24%
2006	0.83%	8.69%
2007	0.82%	8.16%
2008	0.82%	7.7%
2009	0.82%	7.24%
2010	0.81%	6.86%
2011	0.81%	6.5%
2012	0.8%	6.21%
2013	0.81%	5.95%
2014	0.81%	5.67%
2015	0.81%	5.48%
2016	0.82%	5.25%
2017	0.82%	5.02%
2018	0.82%	4.8%
2019	0.82%	4.6%
2020	0.81%	4.42%
2021	0.81%	4.22%
2022	0.81%	4.05%
2023	0.81%	3.89%