Fertility & birth rates in Marshall Islands and Tanzania

Fertility rate in Marshall Islands vs Tanzania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Marshall Islands was 2.92 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 the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	Tanzania
1960	8.08	6.54
1961	8.12	6.56
1962	8.12	6.61
1963	8.12	6.65
1964	8.14	6.68
1965	8.16	6.73
1966	8.2	6.8
1967	8.17	6.86
1968	8.14	6.9
1969	8.11	6.95
1970	8.07	7
1971	8.04	7.04
1972	8	7.05
1973	7.95	7.06
1974	7.9	7.12
1975	7.83	7.1
1976	7.76	7.09
1977	7.67	7.07
1978	7.58	7.06
1979	7.47	7.04
1980	7.37	6.99
1981	7.27	6.93
1982	7.18	6.87
1983	7.08	6.81
1984	6.99	6.72
1985	6.87	6.6
1986	6.73	6.49
1987	6.57	6.41
1988	6.38	6.38
1989	6.18	6.3
1990	5.97	6.2
1991	5.76	6.14
1992	5.55	6.08
1993	5.38	6
1994	5.23	5.89
1995	5.09	5.82
1996	5.02	5.83
1997	4.96	5.84
1998	4.87	5.81
1999	4.78	5.75
2000	4.7	5.67
2001	4.58	5.62
2002	4.49	5.57
2003	4.42	5.58
2004	4.34	5.6
2005	4.28	5.58
2006	4.2	5.51
2007	4.09	5.4
2008	3.97	5.32
2009	3.83	5.26
2010	3.67	5.23
2011	3.53	5.14
2012	3.38	5.14
2013	3.25	5.16
2014	3.18	5.12
2015	3.13	5.03
2016	3.09	5.01
2017	3.06	4.99
2018	3.04	4.93
2019	3.01	4.87
2020	2.99	4.8
2021	2.96	4.73
2022	2.94	4.67
2023	2.92	4.61
2024	2.86	4.54
2025	2.82	4.47
2026	2.77	4.41
2027	2.73	4.34
2028	2.69	4.28
2029	2.65	4.22
2030	2.6	4.16
2031	2.57	4.11
2032	2.53	4.04
2033	2.5	3.98
2034	2.47	3.94
2035	2.44	3.88
2036	2.41	3.83
2037	2.38	3.76
2038	2.36	3.72
2039	2.34	3.67
2040	2.31	3.63
2041	2.29	3.57
2042	2.26	3.54
2043	2.24	3.49
2044	2.23	3.46
2045	2.21	3.4
2046	2.19	3.39
2047	2.17	3.35
2048	2.15	3.31
2049	2.13	3.25
2050	2.11	3.23

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Marshall Islands	Tanzania
1960	46.1%	44.9%
1961	46.7%	44.8%
1962	47.1%	44.8%
1963	47.4%	44.8%
1964	47.5%	45%
1965	47.5%	45.2%
1966	47.2%	45.4%
1967	46.7%	45.6%
1968	46.1%	45.8%
1969	45.3%	45.9%
1970	45%	46%
1971	45.6%	46.1%
1972	46.6%	46.1%
1973	47.3%	46.2%
1974	47.8%	46.3%
1975	48.2%	46.4%
1976	48.5%	46.5%
1977	49%	46.6%
1978	49.4%	46.7%
1979	49.8%	46.9%
1980	50.1%	47.2%
1981	50.3%	47.4%
1982	50.3%	47.5%
1983	50.4%	47.6%
1984	50.4%	47.5%
1985	50.6%	47.4%
1986	50.7%	47.2%
1987	50.8%	46.9%
1988	50.8%	46.7%
1989	50.6%	46.5%
1990	50.2%	46.3%
1991	49.7%	46.2%
1992	49.1%	46%
1993	48.4%	45.5%
1994	47.5%	44.9%
1995	46.6%	44.5%
1996	45.6%	44.7%
1997	44.7%	44.8%
1998	43.7%	44.7%
1999	42.8%	44.7%
2000	42%	44.6%
2001	41.3%	44.5%
2002	40.6%	44.6%
2003	39.9%	44.6%
2004	39.4%	44.7%
2005	39.1%	44.8%
2006	38.9%	44.9%
2007	39%	45%
2008	39.2%	45.1%
2009	39.4%	45.3%
2010	39.7%	45.3%
2011	39.7%	45.2%
2012	39.4%	45.1%
2013	38.8%	44.9%
2014	38.2%	44.8%
2015	37.5%	44.5%
2016	36.8%	44.2%
2017	36.2%	44%
2018	35.7%	43.8%
2019	35.1%	43.6%
2020	34.5%	43.4%
2021	34.4%	43.1%
2022	34.6%	42.9%
2023	34.7%	42.7%
2024	34.5%	42.5%
2025	33.9%	42.3%
2026	33.2%	42.1%
2027	32.6%	41.9%
2028	32%	41.7%
2029	31.4%	41.4%
2030	30.9%	41.1%
2031	30.3%	40.9%
2032	29.7%	40.5%
2033	29.2%	40.2%
2034	28.6%	39.8%
2035	28.1%	39.5%
2036	27.6%	39.1%
2037	27.3%	38.8%
2038	27.3%	38.4%
2039	27.4%	38.1%
2040	27.7%	37.8%
2041	28%	37.5%
2042	28.3%	37.1%
2043	28.6%	36.8%
2044	28.8%	36.5%
2045	29%	36.2%
2046	29.1%	35.9%
2047	29.1%	35.6%
2048	29%	35.4%
2049	28.8%	35.1%
2050	28.5%	34.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.5% of the population in the Marshall Islands and 42.5% in Tanzania in 2024, compared to 50.2% and 46.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Marshall Islands and Tanzania compared.

Natural population change in Marshall Islands vs Tanzania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.69% in the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	Tanzania
1960	452	275,814
1961	469	286,839
1962	488	300,663
1963	509	314,644
1964	536	328,527
1965	566	343,456
1966	603	360,229
1967	636	374,763
1968	685	389,467
1969	747	408,322
1970	819	427,988
1971	877	449,014
1972	913	467,305
1973	954	488,429
1974	1,000	515,152
1975	1,055	533,906
1976	1,109	553,617
1977	1,160	574,938
1978	1,207	595,024
1979	1,250	613,388
1980	1,287	629,444
1981	1,328	645,496
1982	1,375	662,627
1983	1,422	679,720
1984	1,470	687,435
1985	1,511	697,867
1986	1,544	705,677
1987	1,566	718,580
1988	1,575	736,551
1989	1,574	743,854
1990	1,556	750,825
1991	1,540	762,011
1992	1,525	767,961
1993	1,524	778,044
1994	1,524	803,953
1995	1,522	838,980
1996	1,542	868,524
1997	1,564	882,544
1998	1,576	920,806
1999	1,590	948,659
2000	1,592	985,185
2001	1,596	1,026,242
2002	1,594	1,063,195
2003	1,600	1,118,435
2004	1,595	1,175,379
2005	1,586	1,224,165
2006	1,556	1,257,927
2007	1,507	1,278,285
2008	1,443	1,303,728
2009	1,365	1,332,015
2010	1,273	1,363,477
2011	1,185	1,384,886
2012	1,097	1,439,325
2013	1,014	1,509,008
2014	959	1,565,630
2015	912	1,592,882
2016	866	1,659,502
2017	826	1,726,909
2018	785	1,777,852
2019	746	1,816,669
2020	689	1,861,377
2021	653	1,880,137
2022	606	1,927,960
2023	550	1,960,623

Maternal mortality chart: Marshall Islands vs Tanzania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 155 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Marshall Islands, compared to 276 deaths in Tanzania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Marshall Islands	Tanzania
1985	254	980
1986	274	971
1987	282	964
1988	276	949
1989	299	927
1990	311	900
1991	297	873
1992	322	864
1993	320	851
1994	303	816
1995	303	797
1996	292	775
1997	274	777
1998	259	739
1999	250	635
2000	251	568
2001	231	493
2002	223	454
2003	221	397
2004	238	365
2005	234	350
2006	233	366
2007	229	453
2008	226	511
2009	224	502
2010	212	486
2011	209	475
2012	207	448
2013	201	479
2014	199	454
2015	184	433
2016	183	396
2017	179	345
2018	167	319
2019	168	292
2020	178	160
2021	206	162
2022	174	152
2023	155	276

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.82% in the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	Tanzania
1960	12.2%	24.2%
1961	11.6%	24%
1962	11%	23.8%
1963	10.5%	23.6%
1964	10.1%	23.4%
1965	9.64%	23.1%
1966	9.25%	22.8%
1967	8.88%	22.5%
1968	8.53%	22.2%
1969	8.19%	21.9%
1970	7.87%	21.6%
1971	7.58%	21.2%
1972	7.33%	20.9%
1973	7.13%	20.5%
1974	6.97%	20.1%
1975	6.86%	19.6%
1976	6.77%	19.2%
1977	6.69%	18.8%
1978	6.61%	18.4%
1979	6.52%	18.1%
1980	6.42%	17.9%
1981	6.29%	17.8%
1982	6.15%	17.8%
1983	6%	17.8%
1984	5.83%	17.8%
1985	5.66%	17.7%
1986	5.49%	17.6%
1987	5.31%	17.4%
1988	5.13%	17.2%
1989	4.95%	16.9%
1990	4.76%	16.7%
1991	4.59%	16.5%
1992	4.43%	16.3%
1993	4.29%	16.1%
1994	4.2%	15.9%
1995	4.15%	15.6%
1996	4.14%	15.2%
1997	4.15%	14.8%
1998	4.19%	14.2%
1999	4.23%	13.6%
2000	4.25%	12.8%
2001	4.25%	12.1%
2002	4.24%	11.3%
2003	4.21%	10.5%
2004	4.18%	9.86%
2005	4.14%	9.24%
2006	4.1%	8.69%
2007	4.06%	8.16%
2008	4.02%	7.7%
2009	3.97%	7.24%
2010	3.94%	6.86%
2011	3.89%	6.5%
2012	3.82%	6.21%
2013	3.75%	5.95%
2014	3.66%	5.67%
2015	3.57%	5.48%
2016	3.48%	5.25%
2017	3.38%	5.02%
2018	3.29%	4.8%
2019	3.19%	4.6%
2020	3.1%	4.42%
2021	3%	4.22%
2022	2.91%	4.05%
2023	2.82%	3.89%