Fertility & birth rates in Moldova and Tanzania

Fertility rate in Moldova vs Tanzania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Moldova was 1.73 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 Moldova 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
	Moldova	Tanzania
1960	3.32	6.54
1961	3.23	6.56
1962	3.04	6.61
1963	2.89	6.65
1964	2.71	6.68
1965	2.69	6.73
1966	2.65	6.8
1967	2.62	6.86
1968	2.59	6.9
1969	2.57	6.95
1970	2.57	7
1971	2.56	7.04
1972	2.56	7.05
1973	2.57	7.06
1974	2.56	7.12
1975	2.52	7.1
1976	2.47	7.09
1977	2.42	7.07
1978	2.39	7.06
1979	2.38	7.04
1980	2.38	6.99
1981	2.4	6.93
1982	2.45	6.87
1983	2.58	6.81
1984	2.67	6.72
1985	2.67	6.6
1986	2.74	6.49
1987	2.78	6.41
1988	2.63	6.38
1989	2.46	6.3
1990	2.39	6.2
1991	2.28	6.14
1992	2.22	6.08
1993	2.11	6
1994	1.99	5.89
1995	1.83	5.82
1996	1.71	5.83
1997	1.79	5.84
1998	1.65	5.81
1999	1.56	5.75
2000	1.5	5.67
2001	1.47	5.62
2002	1.45	5.57
2003	1.48	5.58
2004	1.54	5.6
2005	1.53	5.58
2006	1.54	5.51
2007	1.58	5.4
2008	1.64	5.32
2009	1.72	5.26
2010	1.7	5.23
2011	1.65	5.14
2012	1.66	5.14
2013	1.62	5.16
2014	1.82	5.12
2015	1.87	5.03
2016	1.89	5.01
2017	1.81	4.99
2018	1.81	4.93
2019	1.78	4.87
2020	1.77	4.8
2021	1.75	4.73
2022	1.69	4.67
2023	1.73	4.61
2024	1.73	4.54
2025	1.72	4.47
2026	1.72	4.41
2027	1.72	4.34
2028	1.72	4.28
2029	1.72	4.22
2030	1.72	4.16
2031	1.72	4.11
2032	1.72	4.04
2033	1.71	3.98
2034	1.71	3.94
2035	1.71	3.88
2036	1.71	3.83
2037	1.71	3.76
2038	1.71	3.72
2039	1.71	3.67
2040	1.71	3.63
2041	1.71	3.57
2042	1.71	3.54
2043	1.7	3.49
2044	1.7	3.46
2045	1.7	3.4
2046	1.7	3.39
2047	1.7	3.35
2048	1.7	3.31
2049	1.7	3.25
2050	1.7	3.23

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Moldova	Tanzania
1960	34.5%	44.9%
1961	34.9%	44.8%
1962	35.1%	44.8%
1963	35.1%	44.8%
1964	34.7%	45%
1965	34.2%	45.2%
1966	33.5%	45.4%
1967	32.8%	45.6%
1968	32.1%	45.8%
1969	31.3%	45.9%
1970	30.7%	46%
1971	30.1%	46.1%
1972	29.5%	46.1%
1973	28.9%	46.2%
1974	28.3%	46.3%
1975	27.7%	46.4%
1976	27.2%	46.5%
1977	26.8%	46.6%
1978	26.5%	46.7%
1979	26.7%	46.9%
1980	26.9%	47.2%
1981	26.9%	47.4%
1982	27%	47.5%
1983	27.1%	47.6%
1984	27.3%	47.5%
1985	27.5%	47.4%
1986	27.7%	47.2%
1987	27.8%	46.9%
1988	27.9%	46.7%
1989	27.8%	46.5%
1990	27.7%	46.3%
1991	27.6%	46.2%
1992	27.4%	46%
1993	27.2%	45.5%
1994	27%	44.9%
1995	26.7%	44.5%
1996	26.3%	44.7%
1997	25.8%	44.8%
1998	25.1%	44.7%
1999	24.4%	44.7%
2000	23.5%	44.6%
2001	22.5%	44.5%
2002	21.6%	44.6%
2003	20.7%	44.6%
2004	19.9%	44.7%
2005	19.3%	44.8%
2006	18.8%	44.9%
2007	18.4%	45%
2008	18%	45.1%
2009	17.7%	45.3%
2010	17.5%	45.3%
2011	17.4%	45.2%
2012	17.3%	45.1%
2013	17.4%	44.9%
2014	17.8%	44.8%
2015	18.2%	44.5%
2016	18.7%	44.2%
2017	19.1%	44%
2018	19.5%	43.8%
2019	19.8%	43.6%
2020	20%	43.4%
2021	20.1%	43.1%
2022	20.1%	42.9%
2023	20%	42.7%
2024	19.8%	42.5%
2025	19.5%	42.3%
2026	19.2%	42.1%
2027	18.9%	41.9%
2028	18.4%	41.7%
2029	17.9%	41.4%
2030	17.3%	41.1%
2031	16.8%	40.9%
2032	16.3%	40.5%
2033	15.9%	40.2%
2034	15.6%	39.8%
2035	15.4%	39.5%
2036	15.2%	39.1%
2037	15.1%	38.8%
2038	15.1%	38.4%
2039	15.1%	38.1%
2040	15.2%	37.8%
2041	15.3%	37.5%
2042	15.4%	37.1%
2043	15.6%	36.8%
2044	15.7%	36.5%
2045	15.9%	36.2%
2046	16.1%	35.9%
2047	16.3%	35.6%
2048	16.5%	35.4%
2049	16.6%	35.1%
2050	16.7%	34.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.8% of the population in Moldova and 42.5% in Tanzania in 2024, compared to 27.7% and 46.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Moldova and Tanzania compared.

Natural population change in Moldova vs Tanzania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.08% in Moldova 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
	Moldova	Tanzania
1960	36,352	275,814
1961	35,180	286,839
1962	32,082	300,663
1963	29,382	314,644
1964	25,860	328,527
1965	24,916	343,456
1966	23,720	360,229
1967	22,654	374,763
1968	22,005	389,467
1969	21,768	408,322
1970	22,314	427,988
1971	23,359	449,014
1972	24,626	467,305
1973	25,967	488,429
1974	27,219	515,152
1975	27,677	533,906
1976	27,801	553,617
1977	27,707	574,938
1978	27,622	595,024
1979	28,322	613,388
1980	30,053	629,444
1981	31,360	645,496
1982	32,814	662,627
1983	36,076	679,720
1984	38,108	687,435
1985	38,060	697,867
1986	39,463	705,677
1987	40,122	718,580
1988	35,608	736,551
1989	29,638	743,854
1990	25,824	750,825
1991	21,127	762,011
1992	17,373	767,961
1993	13,886	778,044
1994	9,921	803,953
1995	5,534	838,980
1996	2,655	868,524
1997	4,669	882,544
1998	2,140	920,806
1999	642	948,659
2000	-324	985,185
2001	-718	1,026,242
2002	-1,249	1,063,195
2003	-322	1,118,435
2004	1,714	1,175,379
2005	2,005	1,224,165
2006	2,406	1,257,927
2007	3,490	1,278,285
2008	5,210	1,303,728
2009	7,492	1,332,015
2010	7,456	1,363,477
2011	5,948	1,384,886
2012	5,581	1,439,325
2013	3,537	1,509,008
2014	7,248	1,565,630
2015	6,049	1,592,882
2016	4,580	1,659,502
2017	1,402	1,726,909
2018	-961	1,777,852
2019	-3,416	1,816,669
2020	-7,067	1,861,377
2021	-13,444	1,880,137
2022	-6,385	1,927,960
2023	-7,007	1,960,623

Maternal mortality chart: Moldova vs Tanzania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 19 deaths per 100,000 live births in Moldova, compared to 276 deaths in Tanzania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Moldova	Tanzania
1985	62	980
1986	60	971
1987	56	964
1988	53	949
1989	52	927
1990	53	900
1991	53	873
1992	55	864
1993	55	851
1994	56	816
1995	54	797
1996	53	775
1997	52	777
1998	48	739
1999	43	635
2000	38	568
2001	35	493
2002	31	454
2003	29	397
2004	28	365
2005	26	350
2006	25	366
2007	24	453
2008	23	511
2009	22	502
2010	20	486
2011	19	475
2012	19	448
2013	19	479
2014	20	454
2015	20	433
2016	21	396
2017	20	345
2018	20	319
2019	21	292
2020	29	160
2021	24	162
2022	19	152
2023	19	276

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.47% in Moldova 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
	Moldova	Tanzania
1960	-	24.2%
1961	-	24%
1962	-	23.8%
1963	-	23.6%
1964	-	23.4%
1965	-	23.1%
1966	-	22.8%
1967	-	22.5%
1968	-	22.2%
1969	-	21.9%
1970	-	21.6%
1971	6.39%	21.2%
1972	6.2%	20.9%
1973	6.03%	20.5%
1974	5.86%	20.1%
1975	5.68%	19.6%
1976	5.53%	19.2%
1977	5.38%	18.8%
1978	5.23%	18.4%
1979	5.08%	18.1%
1980	4.93%	17.9%
1981	4.78%	17.8%
1982	4.61%	17.8%
1983	4.41%	17.8%
1984	4.2%	17.8%
1985	4%	17.7%
1986	3.8%	17.6%
1987	3.62%	17.4%
1988	3.48%	17.2%
1989	3.38%	16.9%
1990	3.35%	16.7%
1991	3.39%	16.5%
1992	3.48%	16.3%
1993	3.62%	16.1%
1994	3.75%	15.9%
1995	3.84%	15.6%
1996	3.85%	15.2%
1997	3.78%	14.8%
1998	3.62%	14.2%
1999	3.4%	13.6%
2000	3.13%	12.8%
2001	2.85%	12.1%
2002	2.58%	11.3%
2003	2.34%	10.5%
2004	2.16%	9.86%
2005	2.01%	9.24%
2006	1.91%	8.69%
2007	1.83%	8.16%
2008	1.77%	7.7%
2009	1.73%	7.24%
2010	1.69%	6.86%
2011	1.66%	6.5%
2012	1.63%	6.21%
2013	1.6%	5.95%
2014	1.58%	5.67%
2015	1.55%	5.48%
2016	1.53%	5.25%
2017	1.52%	5.02%
2018	1.51%	4.8%
2019	1.5%	4.6%
2020	1.49%	4.42%
2021	1.48%	4.22%
2022	1.48%	4.05%
2023	1.47%	3.89%