Fertility & birth rates in Qatar and Tanzania

Fertility rate in Qatar vs Tanzania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Qatar 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 Qatar 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
	Qatar	Tanzania
1960	6.53	6.54
1961	6.53	6.56
1962	6.53	6.61
1963	6.53	6.65
1964	6.53	6.68
1965	6.53	6.73
1966	6.52	6.8
1967	6.46	6.86
1968	6.39	6.9
1969	6.31	6.95
1970	6.23	7
1971	6.15	7.04
1972	6.07	7.05
1973	6.01	7.06
1974	5.94	7.12
1975	5.86	7.1
1976	5.78	7.09
1977	5.69	7.07
1978	5.58	7.06
1979	5.46	7.04
1980	5.33	6.99
1981	5.2	6.93
1982	5.04	6.87
1983	4.9	6.81
1984	4.76	6.72
1985	4.64	6.6
1986	4.57	6.49
1987	4.54	6.41
1988	4.51	6.38
1989	4.41	6.3
1990	4.23	6.2
1991	3.99	6.14
1992	3.85	6.08
1993	3.77	6
1994	3.67	5.89
1995	3.56	5.82
1996	3.44	5.83
1997	3.33	5.84
1998	3.21	5.81
1999	3.12	5.75
2000	3.07	5.67
2001	3.08	5.62
2002	3.01	5.57
2003	2.93	5.58
2004	2.79	5.6
2005	2.64	5.58
2006	2.51	5.51
2007	2.44	5.4
2008	2.37	5.32
2009	2.25	5.26
2010	2.14	5.23
2011	2.07	5.14
2012	2.04	5.14
2013	2.03	5.16
2014	2.03	5.12
2015	1.98	5.03
2016	1.86	5.01
2017	1.83	4.99
2018	1.76	4.93
2019	1.73	4.87
2020	1.68	4.8
2021	1.61	4.73
2022	1.74	4.67
2023	1.73	4.61
2024	1.72	4.54
2025	1.7	4.47
2026	1.69	4.41
2027	1.68	4.34
2028	1.67	4.28
2029	1.66	4.22
2030	1.66	4.16
2031	1.65	4.11
2032	1.64	4.04
2033	1.64	3.98
2034	1.64	3.94
2035	1.63	3.88
2036	1.63	3.83
2037	1.63	3.76
2038	1.63	3.72
2039	1.63	3.67
2040	1.63	3.63
2041	1.63	3.57
2042	1.63	3.54
2043	1.63	3.49
2044	1.63	3.46
2045	1.63	3.4
2046	1.63	3.39
2047	1.63	3.35
2048	1.63	3.31
2049	1.62	3.25
2050	1.62	3.23

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Qatar	Tanzania
1960	44.2%	44.9%
1961	42.5%	44.8%
1962	40.5%	44.8%
1963	38.7%	44.8%
1964	37.2%	45%
1965	36.2%	45.2%
1966	35.3%	45.4%
1967	34.7%	45.6%
1968	34.2%	45.8%
1969	33.9%	45.9%
1970	35.1%	46%
1971	36.9%	46.1%
1972	37.5%	46.1%
1973	37.4%	46.2%
1974	36.7%	46.3%
1975	35.7%	46.4%
1976	34.6%	46.5%
1977	33.3%	46.6%
1978	32.1%	46.7%
1979	31%	46.9%
1980	30%	47.2%
1981	29.2%	47.4%
1982	28.6%	47.5%
1983	28.1%	47.6%
1984	27.6%	47.5%
1985	27.2%	47.4%
1986	27%	47.2%
1987	27.2%	46.9%
1988	27.2%	46.7%
1989	27.1%	46.5%
1990	27%	46.3%
1991	26.8%	46.2%
1992	26.6%	46%
1993	26.4%	45.5%
1994	26.2%	44.9%
1995	26.1%	44.5%
1996	25.9%	44.7%
1997	25.5%	44.8%
1998	24.8%	44.7%
1999	24.1%	44.7%
2000	23.5%	44.6%
2001	23%	44.5%
2002	22.5%	44.6%
2003	22.2%	44.6%
2004	22.2%	44.7%
2005	22.5%	44.8%
2006	20.2%	44.9%
2007	16.4%	45%
2008	14.6%	45.1%
2009	14%	45.3%
2010	13.9%	45.3%
2011	14.2%	45.2%
2012	14.5%	45.1%
2013	14.6%	44.9%
2014	14.4%	44.8%
2015	13.9%	44.5%
2016	13.7%	44.2%
2017	13.7%	44%
2018	14%	43.8%
2019	14.6%	43.6%
2020	15.4%	43.4%
2021	15.5%	43.1%
2022	15.2%	42.9%
2023	15.2%	42.7%
2024	15.1%	42.5%
2025	15%	42.3%
2026	15%	42.1%
2027	15%	41.9%
2028	15.1%	41.7%
2029	15.2%	41.4%
2030	15.3%	41.1%
2031	15.4%	40.9%
2032	15.5%	40.5%
2033	15.6%	40.2%
2034	15.7%	39.8%
2035	15.9%	39.5%
2036	16.1%	39.1%
2037	16.2%	38.8%
2038	16.4%	38.4%
2039	16.5%	38.1%
2040	16.7%	37.8%
2041	16.8%	37.5%
2042	17%	37.1%
2043	17.1%	36.8%
2044	17.3%	36.5%
2045	17.4%	36.2%
2046	17.5%	35.9%
2047	17.6%	35.6%
2048	17.7%	35.4%
2049	17.7%	35.1%
2050	17.8%	34.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Qatar and 42.5% in Tanzania in 2024, compared to 27% and 46.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Qatar and Tanzania compared.

Natural population change in Qatar vs Tanzania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Qatar 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
	Qatar	Tanzania
1960	1,220	275,814
1961	1,357	286,839
1962	1,589	300,663
1963	1,854	314,644
1964	2,150	328,527
1965	2,472	343,456
1966	2,811	360,229
1967	3,167	374,763
1968	3,547	389,467
1969	3,941	408,322
1970	4,346	427,988
1971	4,433	449,014
1972	4,581	467,305
1973	4,780	488,429
1974	5,015	515,152
1975	5,289	533,906
1976	5,598	553,617
1977	5,925	574,938
1978	6,246	595,024
1979	6,579	613,388
1980	6,894	629,444
1981	7,202	645,496
1982	7,489	662,627
1983	7,765	679,720
1984	7,997	687,435
1985	8,212	697,867
1986	8,439	705,677
1987	8,806	718,580
1988	9,198	736,551
1989	9,407	743,854
1990	9,388	750,825
1991	9,182	762,011
1992	9,189	767,961
1993	9,250	778,044
1994	9,257	803,953
1995	9,186	838,980
1996	9,049	868,524
1997	8,846	882,544
1998	9,055	920,806
1999	9,431	948,659
2000	9,974	985,185
2001	10,683	1,026,242
2002	11,062	1,063,195
2003	11,291	1,118,435
2004	11,242	1,175,379
2005	11,392	1,224,165
2006	10,225	1,257,927
2007	11,351	1,278,285
2008	14,062	1,303,728
2009	15,595	1,332,015
2010	16,225	1,363,477
2011	16,543	1,384,886
2012	17,681	1,439,325
2013	19,669	1,509,008
2014	21,699	1,565,630
2015	22,568	1,592,882
2016	22,416	1,659,502
2017	23,244	1,726,909
2018	23,340	1,777,852
2019	24,112	1,816,669
2020	25,128	1,861,377
2021	21,297	1,880,137
2022	24,360	1,927,960
2023	23,845	1,960,623

Maternal mortality chart: Qatar vs Tanzania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Qatar, compared to 276 deaths in Tanzania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Qatar	Tanzania
1985	17	980
1986	16	971
1987	15	964
1988	15	949
1989	14	927
1990	13	900
1991	13	873
1992	13	864
1993	13	851
1994	13	816
1995	13	797
1996	13	775
1997	13	777
1998	12	739
1999	12	635
2000	11	568
2001	12	493
2002	11	454
2003	11	397
2004	11	365
2005	11	350
2006	10	366
2007	9	453
2008	9	511
2009	8	502
2010	8	486
2011	7	475
2012	7	448
2013	6	479
2014	6	454
2015	6	433
2016	5	396
2017	5	345
2018	5	319
2019	5	292
2020	6	160
2021	7	162
2022	8	152
2023	4	276

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.6% in Qatar 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
	Qatar	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	7.07%	21.9%
1970	6.6%	21.6%
1971	6.16%	21.2%
1972	5.77%	20.9%
1973	5.4%	20.5%
1974	5.06%	20.1%
1975	4.75%	19.6%
1976	4.48%	19.2%
1977	4.24%	18.8%
1978	4.02%	18.4%
1979	3.81%	18.1%
1980	3.62%	17.9%
1981	3.45%	17.8%
1982	3.29%	17.8%
1983	3.13%	17.8%
1984	2.98%	17.8%
1985	2.82%	17.7%
1986	2.68%	17.6%
1987	2.52%	17.4%
1988	2.37%	17.2%
1989	2.23%	16.9%
1990	2.08%	16.7%
1991	1.94%	16.5%
1992	1.82%	16.3%
1993	1.71%	16.1%
1994	1.61%	15.9%
1995	1.53%	15.6%
1996	1.46%	15.2%
1997	1.4%	14.8%
1998	1.34%	14.2%
1999	1.29%	13.6%
2000	1.25%	12.8%
2001	1.2%	12.1%
2002	1.16%	11.3%
2003	1.12%	10.5%
2004	1.08%	9.86%
2005	1.04%	9.24%
2006	1.01%	8.69%
2007	0.98%	8.16%
2008	0.96%	7.7%
2009	0.93%	7.24%
2010	0.91%	6.86%
2011	0.89%	6.5%
2012	0.87%	6.21%
2013	0.84%	5.95%
2014	0.82%	5.67%
2015	0.79%	5.48%
2016	0.75%	5.25%
2017	0.72%	5.02%
2018	0.69%	4.8%
2019	0.67%	4.6%
2020	0.64%	4.42%
2021	0.63%	4.22%
2022	0.61%	4.05%
2023	0.6%	3.89%