Fertility & birth rates in Russia and Tanzania

Fertility rate in Russia vs Tanzania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Russia was 1.41 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 Russia 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
	Russia	Tanzania
1960	2.52	6.54
1961	2.45	6.56
1962	2.36	6.61
1963	2.27	6.65
1964	2.18	6.68
1965	2.13	6.73
1966	2.1	6.8
1967	2.04	6.86
1968	1.99	6.9
1969	1.97	6.95
1970	1.99	7
1971	2.03	7.04
1972	2.04	7.05
1973	2.01	7.06
1974	2	7.12
1975	1.98	7.1
1976	1.97	7.09
1977	1.95	7.07
1978	1.92	7.06
1979	1.9	7.04
1980	1.89	6.99
1981	1.91	6.93
1982	2.04	6.87
1983	2.11	6.81
1984	2.06	6.72
1985	2.05	6.6
1986	2.15	6.49
1987	2.22	6.41
1988	2.12	6.38
1989	2.01	6.3
1990	1.89	6.2
1991	1.73	6.14
1992	1.55	6.08
1993	1.39	6
1994	1.4	5.89
1995	1.34	5.82
1996	1.27	5.83
1997	1.22	5.84
1998	1.23	5.81
1999	1.16	5.75
2000	1.2	5.67
2001	1.22	5.62
2002	1.29	5.57
2003	1.32	5.58
2004	1.34	5.6
2005	1.29	5.58
2006	1.31	5.51
2007	1.42	5.4
2008	1.5	5.32
2009	1.54	5.26
2010	1.57	5.23
2011	1.58	5.14
2012	1.69	5.14
2013	1.71	5.16
2014	1.75	5.12
2015	1.78	5.03
2016	1.76	5.01
2017	1.62	4.99
2018	1.58	4.93
2019	1.5	4.87
2020	1.51	4.8
2021	1.51	4.73
2022	1.42	4.67
2023	1.41	4.61
2024	1.42	4.54
2025	1.43	4.47
2026	1.43	4.41
2027	1.43	4.34
2028	1.44	4.28
2029	1.44	4.22
2030	1.45	4.16
2031	1.45	4.11
2032	1.45	4.04
2033	1.46	3.98
2034	1.46	3.94
2035	1.46	3.88
2036	1.47	3.83
2037	1.47	3.76
2038	1.47	3.72
2039	1.47	3.67
2040	1.48	3.63
2041	1.48	3.57
2042	1.48	3.54
2043	1.48	3.49
2044	1.49	3.46
2045	1.49	3.4
2046	1.49	3.39
2047	1.49	3.35
2048	1.5	3.31
2049	1.5	3.25
2050	1.5	3.23

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Russia	Tanzania
1960	30.5%	44.9%
1961	30.9%	44.8%
1962	30.8%	44.8%
1963	30.6%	44.8%
1964	30.2%	45%
1965	29.5%	45.2%
1966	28.9%	45.4%
1967	28.3%	45.6%
1968	27.6%	45.8%
1969	26.9%	45.9%
1970	26.1%	46%
1971	25.4%	46.1%
1972	24.8%	46.1%
1973	24.2%	46.2%
1974	23.6%	46.3%
1975	23%	46.4%
1976	22.5%	46.5%
1977	22.1%	46.6%
1978	21.8%	46.7%
1979	21.7%	46.9%
1980	21.7%	47.2%
1981	21.7%	47.4%
1982	21.9%	47.5%
1983	22.1%	47.6%
1984	22.4%	47.5%
1985	22.6%	47.4%
1986	22.8%	47.2%
1987	22.9%	46.9%
1988	23%	46.7%
1989	23%	46.5%
1990	22.9%	46.3%
1991	22.7%	46.2%
1992	22.4%	46%
1993	22%	45.5%
1994	21.6%	44.9%
1995	21.2%	44.5%
1996	20.7%	44.7%
1997	20.2%	44.8%
1998	19.5%	44.7%
1999	18.8%	44.7%
2000	18%	44.6%
2001	17.3%	44.5%
2002	16.6%	44.6%
2003	16%	44.6%
2004	15.6%	44.7%
2005	15.2%	44.8%
2006	14.9%	44.9%
2007	14.8%	45%
2008	14.9%	45.1%
2009	15%	45.3%
2010	15.2%	45.3%
2011	15.4%	45.2%
2012	15.7%	45.1%
2013	16.1%	44.9%
2014	16.5%	44.8%
2015	16.9%	44.5%
2016	17.2%	44.2%
2017	17.5%	44%
2018	17.6%	43.8%
2019	17.6%	43.6%
2020	17.7%	43.4%
2021	17.7%	43.1%
2022	17.7%	42.9%
2023	17.5%	42.7%
2024	17.3%	42.5%
2025	17%	42.3%
2026	16.7%	42.1%
2027	16.3%	41.9%
2028	15.9%	41.7%
2029	15.5%	41.4%
2030	15%	41.1%
2031	14.6%	40.9%
2032	14.2%	40.5%
2033	14%	40.2%
2034	13.8%	39.8%
2035	13.7%	39.5%
2036	13.6%	39.1%
2037	13.6%	38.8%
2038	13.6%	38.4%
2039	13.7%	38.1%
2040	13.9%	37.8%
2041	14%	37.5%
2042	14.2%	37.1%
2043	14.4%	36.8%
2044	14.6%	36.5%
2045	14.8%	36.2%
2046	15%	35.9%
2047	15.2%	35.6%
2048	15.4%	35.4%
2049	15.5%	35.1%
2050	15.7%	34.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.3% of the population in Russia and 42.5% in Tanzania in 2024, compared to 22.9% and 46.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Russia and Tanzania compared.

Natural population change in Russia vs Tanzania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.24% in Russia 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
	Russia	Tanzania
1960	1,962,834	275,814
1961	1,810,538	286,839
1962	1,573,701	300,663
1963	1,436,077	314,644
1964	1,233,520	328,527
1965	1,059,335	343,456
1966	989,279	360,229
1967	854,554	374,763
1968	787,621	389,467
1969	753,088	408,322
1970	785,554	427,988
1971	854,999	449,014
1972	872,050	467,305
1973	846,561	488,429
1974	883,186	515,152
1975	843,850	533,906
1976	852,237	553,617
1977	832,932	574,938
1978	812,766	595,024
1979	690,135	613,388
1980	681,149	629,444
1981	713,700	645,496
1982	830,855	662,627
1983	906,676	679,720
1984	756,548	687,435
1985	762,447	697,867
1986	985,279	705,677
1987	977,583	718,580
1988	778,343	736,551
1989	576,112	743,854
1990	325,533	750,825
1991	103,876	762,011
1992	-222,808	767,961
1993	-757,140	778,044
1994	-920,129	803,953
1995	-845,742	838,980
1996	-785,248	868,524
1997	-769,159	882,544
1998	-694,053	920,806
1999	-927,453	948,659
2000	-967,540	985,185
2001	-963,445	1,026,242
2002	-944,492	1,063,195
2003	-896,822	1,118,435
2004	-792,370	1,175,379
2005	-846,761	1,224,165
2006	-686,638	1,257,927
2007	-471,257	1,278,285
2008	-356,856	1,303,728
2009	-257,014	1,332,015
2010	-242,844	1,363,477
2011	-128,716	1,384,886
2012	0	1,439,325
2013	28,761	1,509,008
2014	28,848	1,565,630
2015	43,392	1,592,882
2016	0	1,659,502
2017	-130,764	1,726,909
2018	-232,637	1,777,852
2019	-319,997	1,816,669
2020	-697,177	1,861,377
2021	-1,027,702	1,880,137
2022	-576,948	1,927,960
2023	-503,392	1,960,623

Maternal mortality chart: Russia vs Tanzania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 9 deaths per 100,000 live births in Russia, compared to 276 deaths in Tanzania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Russia	Tanzania
1985	81	980
1986	69	971
1987	65	964
1988	63	949
1989	61	927
1990	58	900
1991	57	873
1992	62	864
1993	76	851
1994	85	816
1995	82	797
1996	69	775
1997	59	777
1998	53	739
1999	53	635
2000	51	568
2001	48	493
2002	47	454
2003	45	397
2004	41	365
2005	38	350
2006	32	366
2007	29	453
2008	27	511
2009	24	502
2010	23	486
2011	19	475
2012	18	448
2013	16	479
2014	16	454
2015	15	433
2016	14	396
2017	12	345
2018	12	319
2019	12	292
2020	19	160
2021	21	162
2022	13	152
2023	9	276

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.45% in Russia 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
	Russia	Tanzania
1960	4.55%	24.2%
1961	4.26%	24%
1962	3.99%	23.8%
1963	3.76%	23.6%
1964	3.55%	23.4%
1965	3.38%	23.1%
1966	3.23%	22.8%
1967	3.11%	22.5%
1968	3.02%	22.2%
1969	2.94%	21.9%
1970	2.88%	21.6%
1971	2.84%	21.2%
1972	2.81%	20.9%
1973	2.78%	20.5%
1974	2.77%	20.1%
1975	2.76%	19.6%
1976	2.76%	19.2%
1977	2.76%	18.8%
1978	2.76%	18.4%
1979	2.75%	18.1%
1980	2.73%	17.9%
1981	2.7%	17.8%
1982	2.66%	17.8%
1983	2.62%	17.8%
1984	2.56%	17.8%
1985	2.5%	17.7%
1986	2.42%	17.6%
1987	2.34%	17.4%
1988	2.26%	17.2%
1989	2.2%	16.9%
1990	2.17%	16.7%
1991	2.16%	16.5%
1992	2.17%	16.3%
1993	2.19%	16.1%
1994	2.2%	15.9%
1995	2.2%	15.6%
1996	2.17%	15.2%
1997	2.13%	14.8%
1998	2.08%	14.2%
1999	2.02%	13.6%
2000	1.94%	12.8%
2001	1.84%	12.1%
2002	1.73%	11.3%
2003	1.61%	10.5%
2004	1.5%	9.86%
2005	1.39%	9.24%
2006	1.29%	8.69%
2007	1.2%	8.16%
2008	1.13%	7.7%
2009	1.07%	7.24%
2010	1.04%	6.86%
2011	1.02%	6.5%
2012	0.99%	6.21%
2013	0.95%	5.95%
2014	0.89%	5.67%
2015	0.82%	5.48%
2016	0.75%	5.25%
2017	0.69%	5.02%
2018	0.63%	4.8%
2019	0.58%	4.6%
2020	0.54%	4.42%
2021	0.51%	4.22%
2022	0.47%	4.05%
2023	0.45%	3.89%