Fertility & birth rates in Pakistan and Tanzania

Fertility rate in Pakistan vs Tanzania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Pakistan was 3.61 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 Pakistan 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
	Pakistan	Tanzania
1960	6.8	6.54
1961	6.8	6.56
1962	6.8	6.61
1963	6.8	6.65
1964	6.8	6.68
1965	6.8	6.73
1966	6.8	6.8
1967	6.8	6.86
1968	6.8	6.9
1969	6.8	6.95
1970	6.8	7
1971	6.8	7.04
1972	6.81	7.05
1973	6.81	7.06
1974	6.81	7.12
1975	6.81	7.1
1976	6.81	7.09
1977	6.8	7.07
1978	6.78	7.06
1979	6.76	7.04
1980	6.73	6.99
1981	6.7	6.93
1982	6.67	6.87
1983	6.64	6.81
1984	6.62	6.72
1985	6.59	6.6
1986	6.55	6.49
1987	6.52	6.41
1988	6.48	6.38
1989	6.43	6.3
1990	6.36	6.2
1991	6.29	6.14
1992	6.21	6.08
1993	6.11	6
1994	6.01	5.89
1995	5.89	5.82
1996	5.77	5.83
1997	5.64	5.84
1998	5.51	5.81
1999	5.46	5.75
2000	5.35	5.67
2001	5.18	5.62
2002	5.01	5.57
2003	4.89	5.58
2004	4.68	5.6
2005	4.6	5.58
2006	4.59	5.51
2007	4.55	5.4
2008	4.51	5.32
2009	4.47	5.26
2010	4.4	5.23
2011	4.31	5.14
2012	4.2	5.14
2013	4.13	5.16
2014	4.06	5.12
2015	3.99	5.03
2016	3.9	5.01
2017	3.9	4.99
2018	3.86	4.93
2019	3.81	4.87
2020	3.77	4.8
2021	3.72	4.73
2022	3.66	4.67
2023	3.61	4.61
2024	3.55	4.54
2025	3.5	4.47
2026	3.44	4.41
2027	3.39	4.34
2028	3.34	4.28
2029	3.3	4.22
2030	3.25	4.16
2031	3.21	4.11
2032	3.16	4.04
2033	3.12	3.98
2034	3.08	3.94
2035	3.04	3.88
2036	3.01	3.83
2037	2.97	3.76
2038	2.94	3.72
2039	2.9	3.67
2040	2.87	3.63
2041	2.83	3.57
2042	2.8	3.54
2043	2.77	3.49
2044	2.74	3.46
2045	2.71	3.4
2046	2.69	3.39
2047	2.66	3.35
2048	2.63	3.31
2049	2.61	3.25
2050	2.58	3.23

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Pakistan	Tanzania
1960	41.3%	44.9%
1961	41.4%	44.8%
1962	41.6%	44.8%
1963	41.8%	44.8%
1964	42.2%	45%
1965	42.7%	45.2%
1966	43%	45.4%
1967	43.3%	45.6%
1968	43.5%	45.8%
1969	43.7%	45.9%
1970	43.9%	46%
1971	44%	46.1%
1972	44.1%	46.1%
1973	44.1%	46.2%
1974	44.1%	46.3%
1975	44.1%	46.4%
1976	44%	46.5%
1977	43.9%	46.6%
1978	43.8%	46.7%
1979	43.7%	46.9%
1980	43.3%	47.2%
1981	43.1%	47.4%
1982	43%	47.5%
1983	43.1%	47.6%
1984	43.3%	47.5%
1985	43.5%	47.4%
1986	43.6%	47.2%
1987	43.7%	46.9%
1988	43.8%	46.7%
1989	44%	46.5%
1990	44.1%	46.3%
1991	44.1%	46.2%
1992	44.3%	46%
1993	44.5%	45.5%
1994	44.5%	44.9%
1995	44.5%	44.5%
1996	44.3%	44.7%
1997	44.1%	44.8%
1998	43.9%	44.7%
1999	43.6%	44.7%
2000	43.3%	44.6%
2001	42.9%	44.5%
2002	42.6%	44.6%
2003	42.3%	44.6%
2004	41.8%	44.7%
2005	41.3%	44.8%
2006	40.9%	44.9%
2007	40.4%	45%
2008	40%	45.1%
2009	39.6%	45.3%
2010	39.3%	45.3%
2011	39.1%	45.2%
2012	39%	45.1%
2013	38.9%	44.9%
2014	38.9%	44.8%
2015	38.8%	44.5%
2016	38.6%	44.2%
2017	38.5%	44%
2018	38.3%	43.8%
2019	38.1%	43.6%
2020	37.9%	43.4%
2021	37.6%	43.1%
2022	37.3%	42.9%
2023	37%	42.7%
2024	36.7%	42.5%
2025	36.2%	42.3%
2026	35.8%	42.1%
2027	35.3%	41.9%
2028	34.9%	41.7%
2029	34.5%	41.4%
2030	34.2%	41.1%
2031	33.8%	40.9%
2032	33.5%	40.5%
2033	33.3%	40.2%
2034	33%	39.8%
2035	32.7%	39.5%
2036	32.5%	39.1%
2037	32.2%	38.8%
2038	32%	38.4%
2039	31.7%	38.1%
2040	31.5%	37.8%
2041	31.3%	37.5%
2042	31%	37.1%
2043	30.8%	36.8%
2044	30.5%	36.5%
2045	30.3%	36.2%
2046	30%	35.9%
2047	29.7%	35.6%
2048	29.5%	35.4%
2049	29.2%	35.1%
2050	28.9%	34.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.7% of the population in Pakistan and 42.5% in Tanzania in 2024, compared to 44.1% and 46.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Pakistan and Tanzania compared.

Natural population change in Pakistan vs Tanzania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.23% in Pakistan 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
	Pakistan	Tanzania
1960	1,217,147	275,814
1961	1,273,772	286,839
1962	1,328,675	300,663
1963	1,384,934	314,644
1964	1,447,394	328,527
1965	1,496,050	343,456
1966	1,566,343	360,229
1967	1,626,737	374,763
1968	1,683,296	389,467
1969	1,733,601	408,322
1970	1,793,570	427,988
1971	1,695,374	449,014
1972	1,912,774	467,305
1973	1,971,909	488,429
1974	2,028,061	515,152
1975	2,099,811	533,906
1976	2,171,812	553,617
1977	2,257,849	574,938
1978	2,356,601	595,024
1979	2,461,311	613,388
1980	2,598,421	629,444
1981	2,790,454	645,496
1982	2,934,689	662,627
1983	3,052,738	679,720
1984	3,145,772	687,435
1985	3,233,315	697,867
1986	3,341,643	705,677
1987	3,448,813	718,580
1988	3,554,755	736,551
1989	3,648,132	743,854
1990	3,731,730	750,825
1991	3,822,363	762,011
1992	3,888,637	767,961
1993	3,915,776	778,044
1994	3,956,699	803,953
1995	3,977,175	838,980
1996	4,021,758	868,524
1997	4,043,912	882,544
1998	4,104,824	920,806
1999	4,228,026	948,659
2000	4,281,169	985,185
2001	4,304,297	1,026,242
2002	4,307,607	1,063,195
2003	4,340,688	1,118,435
2004	4,294,654	1,175,379
2005	4,294,393	1,224,165
2006	4,538,426	1,257,927
2007	4,690,187	1,278,285
2008	4,885,855	1,303,728
2009	5,028,132	1,332,015
2010	5,147,142	1,363,477
2011	5,189,412	1,384,886
2012	5,191,263	1,439,325
2013	5,176,590	1,509,008
2014	5,148,994	1,565,630
2015	5,113,507	1,592,882
2016	5,044,922	1,659,502
2017	5,090,200	1,726,909
2018	5,103,858	1,777,852
2019	5,127,011	1,816,669
2020	5,011,177	1,861,377
2021	5,065,913	1,880,137
2022	5,268,077	1,927,960
2023	5,281,745	1,960,623

Maternal mortality chart: Pakistan 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 Pakistan, compared to 276 deaths in Tanzania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Pakistan	Tanzania
1985	432	980
1986	436	971
1987	442	964
1988	441	949
1989	439	927
1990	434	900
1991	443	873
1992	459	864
1993	473	851
1994	479	816
1995	485	797
1996	482	775
1997	476	777
1998	456	739
1999	438	635
2000	419	568
2001	400	493
2002	380	454
2003	358	397
2004	333	365
2005	316	350
2006	284	366
2007	265	453
2008	254	511
2009	246	502
2010	240	486
2011	234	475
2012	227	448
2013	220	479
2014	211	454
2015	202	433
2016	193	396
2017	184	345
2018	178	319
2019	173	292
2020	178	160
2021	193	162
2022	160	152
2023	155	276

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.85% in Pakistan 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
	Pakistan	Tanzania
1960	25%	24.2%
1961	24.1%	24%
1962	23.3%	23.8%
1963	22.5%	23.6%
1964	21.8%	23.4%
1965	21.2%	23.1%
1966	20.6%	22.8%
1967	20.2%	22.5%
1968	19.7%	22.2%
1969	19.4%	21.9%
1970	19%	21.6%
1971	18.7%	21.2%
1972	18.4%	20.9%
1973	18.1%	20.5%
1974	17.8%	20.1%
1975	17.6%	19.6%
1976	17.4%	19.2%
1977	17.1%	18.8%
1978	16.9%	18.4%
1979	16.7%	18.1%
1980	16.5%	17.9%
1981	16.3%	17.8%
1982	16.1%	17.8%
1983	15.8%	17.8%
1984	15.6%	17.8%
1985	15.3%	17.7%
1986	15%	17.6%
1987	14.8%	17.4%
1988	14.5%	17.2%
1989	14.2%	16.9%
1990	14%	16.7%
1991	13.7%	16.5%
1992	13.4%	16.3%
1993	13.1%	16.1%
1994	12.8%	15.9%
1995	12.5%	15.6%
1996	12.1%	15.2%
1997	11.8%	14.8%
1998	11.5%	14.2%
1999	11.1%	13.6%
2000	10.8%	12.8%
2001	10.5%	12.1%
2002	10.3%	11.3%
2003	10.1%	10.5%
2004	9.85%	9.86%
2005	9.65%	9.24%
2006	9.47%	8.69%
2007	9.29%	8.16%
2008	9.1%	7.7%
2009	8.91%	7.24%
2010	8.71%	6.86%
2011	8.49%	6.5%
2012	8.27%	6.21%
2013	8.04%	5.95%
2014	7.8%	5.67%
2015	7.56%	5.48%
2016	7.33%	5.25%
2017	7.1%	5.02%
2018	6.88%	4.8%
2019	6.67%	4.6%
2020	6.46%	4.42%
2021	6.25%	4.22%
2022	6.05%	4.05%
2023	5.85%	3.89%