Fertility & birth rates in Namibia and Tanzania

Fertility rate in Namibia vs Tanzania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Namibia was 3.21 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 Namibia 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
	Namibia	Tanzania
1960	6.24	6.54
1961	6.29	6.56
1962	6.35	6.61
1963	6.41	6.65
1964	6.43	6.68
1965	6.45	6.73
1966	6.47	6.8
1967	6.49	6.86
1968	6.5	6.9
1969	6.51	6.95
1970	6.52	7
1971	6.52	7.04
1972	6.53	7.05
1973	6.54	7.06
1974	6.55	7.12
1975	6.53	7.1
1976	6.49	7.09
1977	6.44	7.07
1978	6.38	7.06
1979	6.31	7.04
1980	6.24	6.99
1981	6.16	6.93
1982	6.08	6.87
1983	6	6.81
1984	5.94	6.72
1985	5.88	6.6
1986	5.79	6.49
1987	5.7	6.41
1988	5.61	6.38
1989	5.52	6.3
1990	5.4	6.2
1991	5.29	6.14
1992	5.11	6.08
1993	4.91	6
1994	4.68	5.89
1995	4.42	5.82
1996	4.2	5.83
1997	4.17	5.84
1998	4.18	5.81
1999	4.14	5.75
2000	3.99	5.67
2001	3.83	5.62
2002	3.69	5.57
2003	3.58	5.58
2004	3.55	5.6
2005	3.57	5.58
2006	3.6	5.51
2007	3.61	5.4
2008	3.62	5.32
2009	3.63	5.26
2010	3.66	5.23
2011	3.66	5.14
2012	3.68	5.14
2013	3.65	5.16
2014	3.64	5.12
2015	3.6	5.03
2016	3.57	5.01
2017	3.51	4.99
2018	3.46	4.93
2019	3.4	4.87
2020	3.35	4.8
2021	3.3	4.73
2022	3.25	4.67
2023	3.21	4.61
2024	3.21	4.54
2025	3.17	4.47
2026	3.13	4.41
2027	3.09	4.34
2028	3.06	4.28
2029	3.02	4.22
2030	2.98	4.16
2031	2.94	4.11
2032	2.91	4.04
2033	2.88	3.98
2034	2.84	3.94
2035	2.81	3.88
2036	2.78	3.83
2037	2.75	3.76
2038	2.72	3.72
2039	2.68	3.67
2040	2.66	3.63
2041	2.63	3.57
2042	2.6	3.54
2043	2.58	3.49
2044	2.56	3.46
2045	2.53	3.4
2046	2.51	3.39
2047	2.49	3.35
2048	2.47	3.31
2049	2.45	3.25
2050	2.43	3.23

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Namibia	Tanzania
1960	42.2%	44.9%
1961	42.4%	44.8%
1962	42.6%	44.8%
1963	42.7%	44.8%
1964	42.9%	45%
1965	43%	45.2%
1966	43.2%	45.4%
1967	43.3%	45.6%
1968	43.5%	45.8%
1969	43.6%	45.9%
1970	43.8%	46%
1971	43.9%	46.1%
1972	44.1%	46.1%
1973	44.3%	46.2%
1974	44.6%	46.3%
1975	44.8%	46.4%
1976	45%	46.5%
1977	45.3%	46.6%
1978	45.9%	46.7%
1979	46.3%	46.9%
1980	46.6%	47.2%
1981	47.1%	47.4%
1982	47.2%	47.5%
1983	46.9%	47.6%
1984	46.6%	47.5%
1985	46.2%	47.4%
1986	45.8%	47.2%
1987	45.3%	46.9%
1988	44.8%	46.7%
1989	43.4%	46.5%
1990	42.3%	46.3%
1991	42.2%	46.2%
1992	42.2%	46%
1993	42.2%	45.5%
1994	42.2%	44.9%
1995	42.1%	44.5%
1996	42%	44.7%
1997	41.9%	44.8%
1998	41.8%	44.7%
1999	41.7%	44.7%
2000	41.5%	44.6%
2001	41.3%	44.5%
2002	41%	44.6%
2003	40.5%	44.6%
2004	40%	44.7%
2005	39.4%	44.8%
2006	38.7%	44.9%
2007	38.1%	45%
2008	37.5%	45.1%
2009	37.1%	45.3%
2010	36.8%	45.3%
2011	36.7%	45.2%
2012	36.6%	45.1%
2013	36.6%	44.9%
2014	36.5%	44.8%
2015	36.5%	44.5%
2016	36.5%	44.2%
2017	36.7%	44%
2018	36.8%	43.8%
2019	37%	43.6%
2020	37.1%	43.4%
2021	37.4%	43.1%
2022	37.5%	42.9%
2023	37.3%	42.7%
2024	37%	42.5%
2025	36.7%	42.3%
2026	36.3%	42.1%
2027	35.9%	41.9%
2028	35.5%	41.7%
2029	35.1%	41.4%
2030	34.6%	41.1%
2031	34%	40.9%
2032	33.5%	40.5%
2033	32.9%	40.2%
2034	32.4%	39.8%
2035	31.8%	39.5%
2036	31.1%	39.1%
2037	30.6%	38.8%
2038	30.3%	38.4%
2039	30%	38.1%
2040	29.7%	37.8%
2041	29.5%	37.5%
2042	29.2%	37.1%
2043	29%	36.8%
2044	28.8%	36.5%
2045	28.5%	36.2%
2046	28.3%	35.9%
2047	28.1%	35.6%
2048	27.9%	35.4%
2049	27.7%	35.1%
2050	27.5%	34.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37% of the population in Namibia and 42.5% in Tanzania in 2024, compared to 42.3% and 46.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Namibia and Tanzania compared.

Natural population change in Namibia vs Tanzania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.04% in Namibia 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
	Namibia	Tanzania
1960	14,307	275,814
1961	14,936	286,839
1962	15,656	300,663
1963	16,430	314,644
1964	17,134	328,527
1965	17,902	343,456
1966	18,635	360,229
1967	19,498	374,763
1968	20,470	389,467
1969	21,387	408,322
1970	22,414	427,988
1971	23,467	449,014
1972	24,606	467,305
1973	25,754	488,429
1974	26,844	515,152
1975	27,882	533,906
1976	28,785	553,617
1977	29,241	574,938
1978	29,821	595,024
1979	28,930	613,388
1980	28,142	629,444
1981	27,938	645,496
1982	27,474	662,627
1983	28,307	679,720
1984	29,395	687,435
1985	30,575	697,867
1986	31,764	705,677
1987	33,340	718,580
1988	34,798	736,551
1989	37,715	743,854
1990	43,956	750,825
1991	44,523	762,011
1992	43,945	767,961
1993	42,861	778,044
1994	41,316	803,953
1995	39,119	838,980
1996	37,177	868,524
1997	37,256	882,544
1998	37,500	920,806
1999	37,233	948,659
2000	35,280	985,185
2001	32,942	1,026,242
2002	31,947	1,063,195
2003	31,115	1,118,435
2004	31,478	1,175,379
2005	32,909	1,224,165
2006	34,690	1,257,927
2007	36,430	1,278,285
2008	38,147	1,303,728
2009	39,942	1,332,015
2010	42,046	1,363,477
2011	43,557	1,384,886
2012	46,204	1,439,325
2013	47,801	1,509,008
2014	49,581	1,565,630
2015	50,846	1,592,882
2016	52,228	1,659,502
2017	52,975	1,726,909
2018	53,970	1,777,852
2019	54,769	1,816,669
2020	55,034	1,861,377
2021	50,160	1,880,137
2022	54,534	1,927,960
2023	58,435	1,960,623

Maternal mortality chart: Namibia vs Tanzania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 139 deaths per 100,000 live births in Namibia, compared to 276 deaths in Tanzania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Namibia	Tanzania
1985	354	980
1986	348	971
1987	336	964
1988	342	949
1989	306	927
1990	325	900
1991	337	873
1992	346	864
1993	354	851
1994	367	816
1995	369	797
1996	387	775
1997	383	777
1998	396	739
1999	371	635
2000	384	568
2001	376	493
2002	313	454
2003	290	397
2004	282	365
2005	344	350
2006	408	366
2007	489	453
2008	537	511
2009	547	502
2010	531	486
2011	498	475
2012	439	448
2013	402	479
2014	369	454
2015	307	433
2016	250	396
2017	213	345
2018	198	319
2019	175	292
2020	143	160
2021	254	162
2022	127	152
2023	139	276

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.07% in Namibia 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
	Namibia	Tanzania
1960	-	24.2%
1961	-	24%
1962	-	23.8%
1963	-	23.6%
1964	-	23.4%
1965	-	23.1%
1966	-	22.8%
1967	9.66%	22.5%
1968	9.64%	22.2%
1969	9.65%	21.9%
1970	9.65%	21.6%
1971	9.67%	21.2%
1972	9.68%	20.9%
1973	9.73%	20.5%
1974	9.79%	20.1%
1975	9.89%	19.6%
1976	10%	19.2%
1977	10.2%	18.8%
1978	10.3%	18.4%
1979	10.3%	18.1%
1980	10.3%	17.9%
1981	10.2%	17.8%
1982	9.93%	17.8%
1983	9.61%	17.8%
1984	9.22%	17.8%
1985	8.81%	17.7%
1986	8.43%	17.6%
1987	8.09%	17.4%
1988	7.81%	17.2%
1989	7.57%	16.9%
1990	7.39%	16.7%
1991	7.24%	16.5%
1992	7.14%	16.3%
1993	7.1%	16.1%
1994	7.13%	15.9%
1995	7.24%	15.6%
1996	7.39%	15.2%
1997	7.56%	14.8%
1998	7.7%	14.2%
1999	7.79%	13.6%
2000	7.79%	12.8%
2001	7.71%	12.1%
2002	7.61%	11.3%
2003	7.51%	10.5%
2004	7.41%	9.86%
2005	7.05%	9.24%
2006	6.49%	8.69%
2007	6.06%	8.16%
2008	5.64%	7.7%
2009	5.29%	7.24%
2010	5.08%	6.86%
2011	5.16%	6.5%
2012	5.51%	6.21%
2013	5.4%	5.95%
2014	5.31%	5.67%
2015	5.5%	5.48%
2016	5.42%	5.25%
2017	5.19%	5.02%
2018	5.01%	4.8%
2019	4.78%	4.6%
2020	4.57%	4.42%
2021	4.38%	4.22%
2022	4.2%	4.05%
2023	4.07%	3.89%