Fertility & birth rates in Peru and Tanzania

Fertility rate in Peru vs Tanzania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Peru was 1.98 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 Peru 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
	Peru	Tanzania
1960	6.94	6.54
1961	6.92	6.56
1962	6.9	6.61
1963	6.86	6.65
1964	6.81	6.68
1965	6.75	6.73
1966	6.68	6.8
1967	6.6	6.86
1968	6.51	6.9
1969	6.42	6.95
1970	6.32	7
1971	6.21	7.04
1972	6.09	7.05
1973	5.97	7.06
1974	5.84	7.12
1975	5.71	7.1
1976	5.58	7.09
1977	5.44	7.07
1978	5.31	7.06
1979	5.17	7.04
1980	5.04	6.99
1981	4.92	6.93
1982	4.8	6.87
1983	4.68	6.81
1984	4.57	6.72
1985	4.46	6.6
1986	4.35	6.49
1987	4.25	6.41
1988	4.14	6.38
1989	4.03	6.3
1990	3.91	6.2
1991	3.79	6.14
1992	3.67	6.08
1993	3.55	6
1994	3.43	5.89
1995	3.32	5.82
1996	3.2	5.83
1997	3.1	5.84
1998	3	5.81
1999	2.92	5.75
2000	2.85	5.67
2001	2.74	5.62
2002	2.69	5.57
2003	2.66	5.58
2004	2.67	5.6
2005	2.64	5.58
2006	2.62	5.51
2007	2.58	5.4
2008	2.53	5.32
2009	2.48	5.26
2010	2.42	5.23
2011	2.41	5.14
2012	2.36	5.14
2013	2.32	5.16
2014	2.27	5.12
2015	2.23	5.03
2016	2.19	5.01
2017	2.15	4.99
2018	2.12	4.93
2019	2.09	4.87
2020	2.06	4.8
2021	2.03	4.73
2022	2	4.67
2023	1.98	4.61
2024	1.96	4.54
2025	1.94	4.47
2026	1.92	4.41
2027	1.91	4.34
2028	1.9	4.28
2029	1.88	4.22
2030	1.87	4.16
2031	1.86	4.11
2032	1.85	4.04
2033	1.84	3.98
2034	1.83	3.94
2035	1.83	3.88
2036	1.82	3.83
2037	1.81	3.76
2038	1.81	3.72
2039	1.8	3.67
2040	1.79	3.63
2041	1.79	3.57
2042	1.78	3.54
2043	1.78	3.49
2044	1.77	3.46
2045	1.77	3.4
2046	1.76	3.39
2047	1.75	3.35
2048	1.75	3.31
2049	1.75	3.25
2050	1.74	3.23

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Peru	Tanzania
1960	44%	44.9%
1961	44.2%	44.8%
1962	44.3%	44.8%
1963	44.3%	44.8%
1964	44.3%	45%
1965	44.3%	45.2%
1966	44.2%	45.4%
1967	44.2%	45.6%
1968	44.2%	45.8%
1969	44.1%	45.9%
1970	44%	46%
1971	43.9%	46.1%
1972	43.8%	46.1%
1973	43.7%	46.2%
1974	43.6%	46.3%
1975	43.5%	46.4%
1976	43.4%	46.5%
1977	43.2%	46.6%
1978	43%	46.7%
1979	42.8%	46.9%
1980	42.6%	47.2%
1981	42.4%	47.4%
1982	42.1%	47.5%
1983	41.8%	47.6%
1984	41.5%	47.5%
1985	41.2%	47.4%
1986	40.8%	47.2%
1987	40.5%	46.9%
1988	40.2%	46.7%
1989	39.8%	46.5%
1990	39.4%	46.3%
1991	39.1%	46.2%
1992	38.7%	46%
1993	38.3%	45.5%
1994	37.9%	44.9%
1995	37.4%	44.5%
1996	36.9%	44.7%
1997	36.4%	44.8%
1998	35.8%	44.7%
1999	35.3%	44.7%
2000	34.7%	44.6%
2001	34.1%	44.5%
2002	33.5%	44.6%
2003	32.9%	44.6%
2004	32.3%	44.7%
2005	31.7%	44.8%
2006	31.2%	44.9%
2007	30.7%	45%
2008	30.2%	45.1%
2009	29.7%	45.3%
2010	29.3%	45.3%
2011	28.9%	45.2%
2012	28.5%	45.1%
2013	28.2%	44.9%
2014	27.8%	44.8%
2015	27.5%	44.5%
2016	27.2%	44.2%
2017	26.8%	44%
2018	26.4%	43.8%
2019	25.9%	43.6%
2020	25.5%	43.4%
2021	25.1%	43.1%
2022	24.8%	42.9%
2023	24.4%	42.7%
2024	24%	42.5%
2025	23.6%	42.3%
2026	23.3%	42.1%
2027	22.9%	41.9%
2028	22.6%	41.7%
2029	22.3%	41.4%
2030	22.1%	41.1%
2031	21.8%	40.9%
2032	21.6%	40.5%
2033	21.3%	40.2%
2034	21%	39.8%
2035	20.8%	39.5%
2036	20.5%	39.1%
2037	20.3%	38.8%
2038	20.1%	38.4%
2039	19.8%	38.1%
2040	19.6%	37.8%
2041	19.4%	37.5%
2042	19.1%	37.1%
2043	18.9%	36.8%
2044	18.7%	36.5%
2045	18.5%	36.2%
2046	18.3%	35.9%
2047	18.1%	35.6%
2048	17.9%	35.4%
2049	17.8%	35.1%
2050	17.6%	34.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24% of the population in Peru and 42.5% in Tanzania in 2024, compared to 39.4% and 46.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Peru and Tanzania compared.

Natural population change in Peru vs Tanzania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.05% in Peru 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
	Peru	Tanzania
1960	302,924	275,814
1961	313,385	286,839
1962	321,716	300,663
1963	332,352	314,644
1964	341,570	328,527
1965	349,245	343,456
1966	356,819	360,229
1967	365,224	374,763
1968	372,379	389,467
1969	379,347	408,322
1970	318,022	427,988
1971	391,506	449,014
1972	396,960	467,305
1973	400,752	488,429
1974	408,299	515,152
1975	414,400	533,906
1976	420,284	553,617
1977	425,428	574,938
1978	432,127	595,024
1979	439,110	613,388
1980	445,100	629,444
1981	453,158	645,496
1982	461,107	662,627
1983	469,781	679,720
1984	477,968	687,435
1985	488,887	697,867
1986	496,712	705,677
1987	502,229	718,580
1988	508,429	736,551
1989	512,152	743,854
1990	515,233	750,825
1991	513,867	762,011
1992	514,618	767,961
1993	513,769	778,044
1994	512,735	803,953
1995	507,894	838,980
1996	501,855	868,524
1997	495,348	882,544
1998	489,436	920,806
1999	487,095	948,659
2000	484,222	985,185
2001	470,154	1,026,242
2002	463,709	1,063,195
2003	459,243	1,118,435
2004	459,617	1,175,379
2005	454,199	1,224,165
2006	445,884	1,257,927
2007	435,122	1,278,285
2008	413,640	1,303,728
2009	396,522	1,332,015
2010	382,510	1,363,477
2011	383,268	1,384,886
2012	376,501	1,439,325
2013	372,694	1,509,008
2014	368,708	1,565,630
2015	362,781	1,592,882
2016	355,859	1,659,502
2017	349,333	1,726,909
2018	343,123	1,777,852
2019	346,981	1,816,669
2020	301,950	1,861,377
2021	235,440	1,880,137
2022	327,859	1,927,960
2023	353,788	1,960,623

Maternal mortality chart: Peru vs Tanzania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 51 deaths per 100,000 live births in Peru, compared to 276 deaths in Tanzania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Peru	Tanzania
1985	198	980
1986	193	971
1987	192	964
1988	190	949
1989	190	927
1990	191	900
1991	201	873
1992	195	864
1993	192	851
1994	188	816
1995	179	797
1996	166	775
1997	152	777
1998	139	739
1999	124	635
2000	115	568
2001	109	493
2002	106	454
2003	104	397
2004	107	365
2005	103	350
2006	99	366
2007	94	453
2008	91	511
2009	89	502
2010	86	486
2011	83	475
2012	79	448
2013	75	479
2014	73	454
2015	71	433
2016	69	396
2017	67	345
2018	66	319
2019	60	292
2020	75	160
2021	141	162
2022	81	152
2023	51	276

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.58% in Peru 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
	Peru	Tanzania
1960	22.9%	24.2%
1961	22.2%	24%
1962	21.6%	23.8%
1963	20.9%	23.6%
1964	20.2%	23.4%
1965	19.4%	23.1%
1966	18.7%	22.8%
1967	18.1%	22.5%
1968	17.5%	22.2%
1969	17%	21.9%
1970	19.7%	21.6%
1971	16.1%	21.2%
1972	15.6%	20.9%
1973	15.1%	20.5%
1974	14.7%	20.1%
1975	14.2%	19.6%
1976	13.8%	19.2%
1977	13.5%	18.8%
1978	13.2%	18.4%
1979	12.9%	18.1%
1980	12.7%	17.9%
1981	12.4%	17.8%
1982	12%	17.8%
1983	11.6%	17.8%
1984	11.1%	17.8%
1985	10.5%	17.7%
1986	9.97%	17.6%
1987	9.43%	17.4%
1988	8.92%	17.2%
1989	8.46%	16.9%
1990	8.04%	16.7%
1991	7.63%	16.5%
1992	7.2%	16.3%
1993	6.75%	16.1%
1994	6.29%	15.9%
1995	5.82%	15.6%
1996	5.36%	15.2%
1997	4.92%	14.8%
1998	4.51%	14.2%
1999	4.13%	13.6%
2000	3.79%	12.8%
2001	3.49%	12.1%
2002	3.24%	11.3%
2003	3.01%	10.5%
2004	2.82%	9.86%
2005	2.65%	9.24%
2006	2.5%	8.69%
2007	2.37%	8.16%
2008	2.25%	7.7%
2009	2.14%	7.24%
2010	2.04%	6.86%
2011	1.96%	6.5%
2012	1.89%	6.21%
2013	1.84%	5.95%
2014	1.79%	5.67%
2015	1.76%	5.48%
2016	1.73%	5.25%
2017	1.71%	5.02%
2018	1.69%	4.8%
2019	1.68%	4.6%
2020	1.66%	4.42%
2021	1.64%	4.22%
2022	1.61%	4.05%
2023	1.58%	3.89%