Fertility & birth rates in Maldives and Tanzania

Fertility rate in Maldives vs Tanzania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Maldives was 1.58 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 Maldives 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
	Maldives	Tanzania
1960	6.71	6.54
1961	6.79	6.56
1962	6.89	6.61
1963	6.94	6.65
1964	7	6.68
1965	7.07	6.73
1966	7.15	6.8
1967	7.23	6.86
1968	7.28	6.9
1969	7.33	6.95
1970	7.39	7
1971	7.38	7.04
1972	7.37	7.05
1973	7.4	7.06
1974	7.38	7.12
1975	7.32	7.1
1976	7.29	7.09
1977	7.27	7.07
1978	7.23	7.06
1979	7.23	7.04
1980	7.23	6.99
1981	7.19	6.93
1982	7.15	6.87
1983	7.09	6.81
1984	7.03	6.72
1985	6.94	6.6
1986	6.85	6.49
1987	6.73	6.41
1988	6.58	6.38
1989	6.39	6.3
1990	6.13	6.2
1991	5.8	6.14
1992	5.44	6.08
1993	5.06	6
1994	4.69	5.89
1995	4.29	5.82
1996	3.86	5.83
1997	3.48	5.84
1998	3.17	5.81
1999	2.9	5.75
2000	2.69	5.67
2001	2.53	5.62
2002	2.42	5.57
2003	2.34	5.58
2004	2.26	5.6
2005	2.2	5.58
2006	2.2	5.51
2007	2.29	5.4
2008	2.37	5.32
2009	2.39	5.26
2010	2.35	5.23
2011	2.31	5.14
2012	2.25	5.14
2013	2.17	5.16
2014	2.09	5.12
2015	2	5.03
2016	1.9	5.01
2017	1.8	4.99
2018	1.71	4.93
2019	1.64	4.87
2020	1.61	4.8
2021	1.6	4.73
2022	1.58	4.67
2023	1.58	4.61
2024	1.56	4.54
2025	1.55	4.47
2026	1.53	4.41
2027	1.53	4.34
2028	1.52	4.28
2029	1.52	4.22
2030	1.52	4.16
2031	1.51	4.11
2032	1.51	4.04
2033	1.51	3.98
2034	1.51	3.94
2035	1.51	3.88
2036	1.52	3.83
2037	1.52	3.76
2038	1.52	3.72
2039	1.52	3.67
2040	1.52	3.63
2041	1.52	3.57
2042	1.52	3.54
2043	1.52	3.49
2044	1.52	3.46
2045	1.53	3.4
2046	1.53	3.39
2047	1.53	3.35
2048	1.54	3.31
2049	1.54	3.25
2050	1.54	3.23

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Maldives	Tanzania
1960	37.9%	44.9%
1961	38.2%	44.8%
1962	38.7%	44.8%
1963	39.4%	44.8%
1964	40.3%	45%
1965	41.8%	45.2%
1966	43.5%	45.4%
1967	44.7%	45.6%
1968	45.2%	45.8%
1969	45.4%	45.9%
1970	45.6%	46%
1971	45.8%	46.1%
1972	45.8%	46.1%
1973	45.7%	46.2%
1974	45.6%	46.3%
1975	45.6%	46.4%
1976	45.8%	46.5%
1977	45.7%	46.6%
1978	45.8%	46.7%
1979	45.9%	46.9%
1980	45.9%	47.2%
1981	45.9%	47.4%
1982	45.8%	47.5%
1983	45.6%	47.6%
1984	45.4%	47.5%
1985	45.5%	47.4%
1986	45.9%	47.2%
1987	46.3%	46.9%
1988	46.6%	46.7%
1989	46.8%	46.5%
1990	47%	46.3%
1991	47.1%	46.2%
1992	47%	46%
1993	46.8%	45.5%
1994	46.5%	44.9%
1995	45.8%	44.5%
1996	45%	44.7%
1997	44.1%	44.8%
1998	42.9%	44.7%
1999	41.6%	44.7%
2000	40.2%	44.6%
2001	38.7%	44.5%
2002	37.1%	44.6%
2003	35.6%	44.6%
2004	34.2%	44.7%
2005	32.7%	44.8%
2006	31.2%	44.9%
2007	29.5%	45%
2008	28%	45.1%
2009	26.7%	45.3%
2010	25.7%	45.3%
2011	24.9%	45.2%
2012	24.3%	45.1%
2013	23.9%	44.9%
2014	23.5%	44.8%
2015	23.2%	44.5%
2016	22.8%	44.2%
2017	22.5%	44%
2018	22.1%	43.8%
2019	21.7%	43.6%
2020	21.2%	43.4%
2021	20.8%	43.1%
2022	20.4%	42.9%
2023	20%	42.7%
2024	19.6%	42.5%
2025	19%	42.3%
2026	18.4%	42.1%
2027	17.8%	41.9%
2028	17.2%	41.7%
2029	16.6%	41.4%
2030	16%	41.1%
2031	15.5%	40.9%
2032	15.1%	40.5%
2033	14.6%	40.2%
2034	14.2%	39.8%
2035	13.9%	39.5%
2036	13.6%	39.1%
2037	13.4%	38.8%
2038	13.2%	38.4%
2039	13%	38.1%
2040	12.9%	37.8%
2041	12.8%	37.5%
2042	12.8%	37.1%
2043	12.8%	36.8%
2044	12.8%	36.5%
2045	12.8%	36.2%
2046	12.9%	35.9%
2047	12.9%	35.6%
2048	13%	35.4%
2049	13.1%	35.1%
2050	13.1%	34.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.6% of the population in Maldives and 42.5% in Tanzania in 2024, compared to 47% and 46.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Maldives and Tanzania compared.

Natural population change in Maldives vs Tanzania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.09% in Maldives 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
	Maldives	Tanzania
1960	2,241	275,814
1961	2,354	286,839
1962	2,475	300,663
1963	2,567	314,644
1964	2,660	328,527
1965	2,747	343,456
1966	2,845	360,229
1967	3,010	374,763
1968	3,150	389,467
1969	3,260	408,322
1970	3,415	427,988
1971	3,549	449,014
1972	3,707	467,305
1973	3,924	488,429
1974	4,136	515,152
1975	4,325	533,906
1976	4,538	553,617
1977	4,779	574,938
1978	4,812	595,024
1979	5,275	613,388
1980	5,526	629,444
1981	5,778	645,496
1982	6,058	662,627
1983	6,361	679,720
1984	6,680	687,435
1985	6,944	697,867
1986	7,153	705,677
1987	7,300	718,580
1988	7,414	736,551
1989	7,472	743,854
1990	7,444	750,825
1991	7,295	762,011
1992	7,096	767,961
1993	6,842	778,044
1994	6,550	803,953
1995	6,177	838,980
1996	5,705	868,524
1997	5,267	882,544
1998	4,919	920,806
1999	4,601	948,659
2000	4,372	985,185
2001	4,271	1,026,242
2002	4,257	1,063,195
2003	4,316	1,118,435
2004	4,287	1,175,379
2005	4,493	1,224,165
2006	4,766	1,257,927
2007	5,324	1,278,285
2008	5,856	1,303,728
2009	6,227	1,332,015
2010	6,350	1,363,477
2011	6,429	1,384,886
2012	6,445	1,439,325
2013	6,307	1,509,008
2014	6,122	1,565,630
2015	5,914	1,592,882
2016	5,652	1,659,502
2017	5,342	1,726,909
2018	5,088	1,777,852
2019	4,886	1,816,669
2020	4,594	1,861,377
2021	4,426	1,880,137
2022	4,752	1,927,960
2023	4,566	1,960,623

Maternal mortality chart: Maldives vs Tanzania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 32 deaths per 100,000 live births in Maldives, compared to 276 deaths in Tanzania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Maldives	Tanzania
1985	552	980
1986	508	971
1987	471	964
1988	424	949
1989	381	927
1990	346	900
1991	310	873
1992	281	864
1993	251	851
1994	222	816
1995	191	797
1996	167	775
1997	149	777
1998	136	739
1999	111	635
2000	94	568
2001	81	493
2002	76	454
2003	70	397
2004	65	365
2005	54	350
2006	52	366
2007	51	453
2008	53	511
2009	52	502
2010	49	486
2011	48	475
2012	47	448
2013	47	479
2014	43	454
2015	41	433
2016	41	396
2017	41	345
2018	40	319
2019	39	292
2020	48	160
2021	60	162
2022	34	152
2023	32	276

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.57% in Maldives 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
	Maldives	Tanzania
1960	-	24.2%
1961	-	24%
1962	33.4%	23.8%
1963	32.5%	23.6%
1964	31.5%	23.4%
1965	30.6%	23.1%
1966	29.7%	22.8%
1967	28.7%	22.5%
1968	27.7%	22.2%
1969	26.8%	21.9%
1970	25.8%	21.6%
1971	24.7%	21.2%
1972	23.6%	20.9%
1973	22.4%	20.5%
1974	21.2%	20.1%
1975	20.1%	19.6%
1976	18.9%	19.2%
1977	17.9%	18.8%
1978	16.9%	18.4%
1979	15.9%	18.1%
1980	15%	17.9%
1981	14.2%	17.8%
1982	13.4%	17.8%
1983	12.7%	17.8%
1984	12%	17.8%
1985	11.3%	17.7%
1986	10.7%	17.6%
1987	10.1%	17.4%
1988	9.59%	17.2%
1989	9.06%	16.9%
1990	8.57%	16.7%
1991	8.08%	16.5%
1992	7.61%	16.3%
1993	7.15%	16.1%
1994	6.68%	15.9%
1995	6.22%	15.6%
1996	5.74%	15.2%
1997	5.28%	14.8%
1998	4.81%	14.2%
1999	4.36%	13.6%
2000	3.9%	12.8%
2001	3.47%	12.1%
2002	3.08%	11.3%
2003	2.72%	10.5%
2004	2.7%	9.86%
2005	2.16%	9.24%
2006	1.94%	8.69%
2007	1.76%	8.16%
2008	1.61%	7.7%
2009	1.49%	7.24%
2010	1.38%	6.86%
2011	1.29%	6.5%
2012	1.21%	6.21%
2013	1.13%	5.95%
2014	1.05%	5.67%
2015	0.99%	5.48%
2016	0.92%	5.25%
2017	0.86%	5.02%
2018	0.8%	4.8%
2019	0.74%	4.6%
2020	0.69%	4.42%
2021	0.64%	4.22%
2022	0.6%	4.05%
2023	0.57%	3.89%