Fertility & birth rates in Spain and Tanzania

Fertility rate in Spain vs Tanzania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Spain was 1.12 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 Spain 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
	Spain	Tanzania
1960	2.86	6.54
1961	2.77	6.56
1962	2.8	6.61
1963	2.88	6.65
1964	3.01	6.68
1965	2.94	6.73
1966	2.91	6.8
1967	2.94	6.86
1968	2.87	6.9
1969	2.86	6.95
1970	2.84	7
1971	2.9	7.04
1972	2.87	7.05
1973	2.84	7.06
1974	2.88	7.12
1975	2.77	7.1
1976	2.77	7.09
1977	2.65	7.07
1978	2.54	7.06
1979	2.37	7.04
1980	2.22	6.99
1981	2.04	6.93
1982	1.94	6.87
1983	1.8	6.81
1984	1.73	6.72
1985	1.64	6.6
1986	1.56	6.49
1987	1.49	6.41
1988	1.45	6.38
1989	1.4	6.3
1990	1.36	6.2
1991	1.33	6.14
1992	1.31	6.08
1993	1.26	6
1994	1.19	5.89
1995	1.16	5.82
1996	1.14	5.83
1997	1.15	5.84
1998	1.13	5.81
1999	1.17	5.75
2000	1.22	5.67
2001	1.23	5.62
2002	1.25	5.57
2003	1.3	5.58
2004	1.31	5.6
2005	1.33	5.58
2006	1.36	5.51
2007	1.38	5.4
2008	1.45	5.32
2009	1.38	5.26
2010	1.37	5.23
2011	1.34	5.14
2012	1.32	5.14
2013	1.27	5.16
2014	1.32	5.12
2015	1.33	5.03
2016	1.33	5.01
2017	1.31	4.99
2018	1.26	4.93
2019	1.23	4.87
2020	1.18	4.8
2021	1.18	4.73
2022	1.16	4.67
2023	1.12	4.61
2024	1.13	4.54
2025	1.14	4.47
2026	1.14	4.41
2027	1.15	4.34
2028	1.16	4.28
2029	1.16	4.22
2030	1.17	4.16
2031	1.17	4.11
2032	1.18	4.04
2033	1.18	3.98
2034	1.19	3.94
2035	1.19	3.88
2036	1.2	3.83
2037	1.2	3.76
2038	1.2	3.72
2039	1.21	3.67
2040	1.21	3.63
2041	1.22	3.57
2042	1.23	3.54
2043	1.23	3.49
2044	1.24	3.46
2045	1.24	3.4
2046	1.24	3.39
2047	1.25	3.35
2048	1.25	3.31
2049	1.25	3.25
2050	1.26	3.23

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Spain	Tanzania
1960	27.4%	44.9%
1961	27.4%	44.8%
1962	27.4%	44.8%
1963	27.4%	44.8%
1964	27.4%	45%
1965	27.5%	45.2%
1966	27.6%	45.4%
1967	27.7%	45.6%
1968	27.8%	45.8%
1969	27.8%	45.9%
1970	27.9%	46%
1971	27.8%	46.1%
1972	27.8%	46.1%
1973	27.7%	46.2%
1974	27.5%	46.3%
1975	27.3%	46.4%
1976	27.2%	46.5%
1977	27%	46.6%
1978	26.8%	46.7%
1979	26.4%	46.9%
1980	26%	47.2%
1981	25.5%	47.4%
1982	24.9%	47.5%
1983	24.4%	47.6%
1984	23.8%	47.5%
1985	23.2%	47.4%
1986	22.5%	47.2%
1987	21.9%	46.9%
1988	21.2%	46.7%
1989	20.5%	46.5%
1990	19.8%	46.3%
1991	19.1%	46.2%
1992	18.4%	46%
1993	17.8%	45.5%
1994	17.2%	44.9%
1995	16.6%	44.5%
1996	16.1%	44.7%
1997	15.7%	44.8%
1998	15.3%	44.7%
1999	15%	44.7%
2000	14.8%	44.6%
2001	14.7%	44.5%
2002	14.6%	44.6%
2003	14.5%	44.6%
2004	14.5%	44.7%
2005	14.5%	44.8%
2006	14.5%	44.9%
2007	14.6%	45%
2008	14.7%	45.1%
2009	14.8%	45.3%
2010	14.9%	45.3%
2011	15%	45.2%
2012	15.1%	45.1%
2013	15.1%	44.9%
2014	15.1%	44.8%
2015	15%	44.5%
2016	14.9%	44.2%
2017	14.8%	44%
2018	14.7%	43.8%
2019	14.4%	43.6%
2020	14.2%	43.4%
2021	13.9%	43.1%
2022	13.6%	42.9%
2023	13.3%	42.7%
2024	12.9%	42.5%
2025	12.6%	42.3%
2026	12.3%	42.1%
2027	12.1%	41.9%
2028	11.8%	41.7%
2029	11.6%	41.4%
2030	11.4%	41.1%
2031	11.2%	40.9%
2032	11%	40.5%
2033	10.9%	40.2%
2034	10.8%	39.8%
2035	10.7%	39.5%
2036	10.7%	39.1%
2037	10.7%	38.8%
2038	10.8%	38.4%
2039	10.8%	38.1%
2040	10.8%	37.8%
2041	10.9%	37.5%
2042	11%	37.1%
2043	11%	36.8%
2044	11.1%	36.5%
2045	11.2%	36.2%
2046	11.3%	35.9%
2047	11.3%	35.6%
2048	11.4%	35.4%
2049	11.5%	35.1%
2050	11.5%	34.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 12.9% of the population in Spain and 42.5% in Tanzania in 2024, compared to 19.8% and 46.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Spain and Tanzania compared.

Natural population change in Spain vs Tanzania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.13% in Spain 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
	Spain	Tanzania
1960	398,960	275,814
1961	396,537	286,839
1962	384,690	300,663
1963	394,338	314,644
1964	429,885	328,527
1965	405,819	343,456
1966	397,084	360,229
1967	402,001	374,763
1968	387,423	389,467
1969	367,851	408,322
1970	378,723	427,988
1971	369,625	449,014
1972	391,030	467,305
1973	374,381	488,429
1974	396,182	515,152
1975	371,882	533,906
1976	375,834	553,617
1977	361,465	574,938
1978	339,157	595,024
1979	312,407	613,388
1980	281,184	629,444
1981	237,879	645,496
1982	231,714	662,627
1983	183,223	679,720
1984	172,487	687,435
1985	146,184	697,867
1986	131,188	705,677
1987	116,054	718,580
1988	100,794	736,551
1989	81,538	743,854
1990	66,075	750,825
1991	58,450	762,011
1992	62,652	767,961
1993	47,234	778,044
1994	31,639	803,953
1995	15,889	838,980
1996	11,967	868,524
1997	20,028	882,544
1998	4,022	920,806
1999	8,077	948,659
2000	36,512	985,185
2001	44,936	1,026,242
2002	53,861	1,063,195
2003	54,844	1,118,435
2004	85,844	1,175,379
2005	78,576	1,224,165
2006	110,994	1,257,927
2007	108,545	1,278,285
2008	133,267	1,303,728
2009	106,635	1,332,015
2010	102,469	1,363,477
2011	84,137	1,384,886
2012	51,450	1,439,325
2013	37,284	1,509,008
2014	32,522	1,565,630
2015	-4,642	1,592,882
2016	0	1,659,502
2017	-32,600	1,726,909
2018	-56,139	1,777,852
2019	-56,542	1,816,669
2020	-151,551	1,861,377
2021	-113,865	1,880,137
2022	-133,801	1,927,960
2023	-111,201	1,960,623

Maternal mortality chart: Spain vs Tanzania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in Spain, compared to 276 deaths in Tanzania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Spain	Tanzania
1985	6	980
1986	7	971
1987	7	964
1988	7	949
1989	7	927
1990	6	900
1991	6	873
1992	6	864
1993	6	851
1994	6	816
1995	6	797
1996	6	775
1997	5	777
1998	5	739
1999	5	635
2000	5	568
2001	5	493
2002	5	454
2003	4	397
2004	5	365
2005	5	350
2006	4	366
2007	4	453
2008	4	511
2009	4	502
2010	4	486
2011	4	475
2012	4	448
2013	4	479
2014	4	454
2015	4	433
2016	3	396
2017	3	345
2018	3	319
2019	3	292
2020	4	160
2021	4	162
2022	4	152
2023	3	276

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.31% in Spain 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
	Spain	Tanzania
1960	5.47%	24.2%
1961	5.2%	24%
1962	4.94%	23.8%
1963	4.68%	23.6%
1964	4.45%	23.4%
1965	4.23%	23.1%
1966	4.03%	22.8%
1967	3.83%	22.5%
1968	3.61%	22.2%
1969	3.39%	21.9%
1970	3.16%	21.6%
1971	2.94%	21.2%
1972	2.72%	20.9%
1973	2.52%	20.5%
1974	2.33%	20.1%
1975	2.17%	19.6%
1976	2.02%	19.2%
1977	1.87%	18.8%
1978	1.74%	18.4%
1979	1.61%	18.1%
1980	1.49%	17.9%
1981	1.38%	17.8%
1982	1.3%	17.8%
1983	1.23%	17.8%
1984	1.17%	17.8%
1985	1.11%	17.7%
1986	1.07%	17.6%
1987	1.03%	17.4%
1988	0.99%	17.2%
1989	0.95%	16.9%
1990	0.92%	16.7%
1991	0.88%	16.5%
1992	0.83%	16.3%
1993	0.79%	16.1%
1994	0.74%	15.9%
1995	0.69%	15.6%
1996	0.65%	15.2%
1997	0.61%	14.8%
1998	0.58%	14.2%
1999	0.56%	13.6%
2000	0.54%	12.8%
2001	0.53%	12.1%
2002	0.51%	11.3%
2003	0.5%	10.5%
2004	0.49%	9.86%
2005	0.47%	9.24%
2006	0.45%	8.69%
2007	0.44%	8.16%
2008	0.42%	7.7%
2009	0.4%	7.24%
2010	0.38%	6.86%
2011	0.37%	6.5%
2012	0.36%	6.21%
2013	0.35%	5.95%
2014	0.34%	5.67%
2015	0.33%	5.48%
2016	0.33%	5.25%
2017	0.32%	5.02%
2018	0.32%	4.8%
2019	0.32%	4.6%
2020	0.32%	4.42%
2021	0.31%	4.22%
2022	0.31%	4.05%
2023	0.31%	3.89%