Fertility & birth rates in Syria and Tanzania

Fertility rate in Syria vs Tanzania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Syria was 2.71 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 Syria 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
	Syria	Tanzania
1960	7.51	6.54
1961	7.5	6.56
1962	7.51	6.61
1963	7.51	6.65
1964	7.53	6.68
1965	7.53	6.73
1966	7.55	6.8
1967	7.56	6.86
1968	7.57	6.9
1969	7.59	6.95
1970	7.62	7
1971	7.6	7.04
1972	7.57	7.05
1973	7.55	7.06
1974	7.52	7.12
1975	7.49	7.1
1976	7.45	7.09
1977	7.42	7.07
1978	7.35	7.06
1979	7.25	7.04
1980	7.12	6.99
1981	6.97	6.93
1982	6.81	6.87
1983	6.69	6.81
1984	6.59	6.72
1985	6.48	6.6
1986	6.37	6.49
1987	6.2	6.41
1988	6	6.38
1989	5.78	6.3
1990	5.56	6.2
1991	5.34	6.14
1992	5.14	6.08
1993	4.99	6
1994	4.86	5.89
1995	4.7	5.82
1996	4.54	5.83
1997	4.37	5.84
1998	4.25	5.81
1999	4.14	5.75
2000	4.07	5.67
2001	3.98	5.62
2002	3.87	5.57
2003	3.76	5.58
2004	3.68	5.6
2005	3.61	5.58
2006	3.56	5.51
2007	3.54	5.4
2008	3.48	5.32
2009	3.42	5.26
2010	3.36	5.23
2011	3.29	5.14
2012	3.22	5.14
2013	3.17	5.16
2014	3.12	5.12
2015	3.07	5.03
2016	3.01	5.01
2017	2.97	4.99
2018	2.93	4.93
2019	2.88	4.87
2020	2.84	4.8
2021	2.8	4.73
2022	2.75	4.67
2023	2.71	4.61
2024	2.7	4.54
2025	2.66	4.47
2026	2.62	4.41
2027	2.58	4.34
2028	2.54	4.28
2029	2.51	4.22
2030	2.48	4.16
2031	2.45	4.11
2032	2.42	4.04
2033	2.39	3.98
2034	2.36	3.94
2035	2.33	3.88
2036	2.31	3.83
2037	2.29	3.76
2038	2.26	3.72
2039	2.24	3.67
2040	2.22	3.63
2041	2.2	3.57
2042	2.18	3.54
2043	2.16	3.49
2044	2.14	3.46
2045	2.13	3.4
2046	2.11	3.39
2047	2.1	3.35
2048	2.08	3.31
2049	2.07	3.25
2050	2.05	3.23

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Syria	Tanzania
1960	45.3%	44.9%
1961	45.7%	44.8%
1962	46.1%	44.8%
1963	46.3%	44.8%
1964	46.6%	45%
1965	46.9%	45.2%
1966	47.3%	45.4%
1967	47.5%	45.6%
1968	47.8%	45.8%
1969	48%	45.9%
1970	48.2%	46%
1971	48.3%	46.1%
1972	48.4%	46.1%
1973	48.5%	46.2%
1974	48.5%	46.3%
1975	48.6%	46.4%
1976	48.6%	46.5%
1977	48.7%	46.6%
1978	48.7%	46.7%
1979	48.7%	46.9%
1980	48.7%	47.2%
1981	48.7%	47.4%
1982	48.5%	47.5%
1983	48.4%	47.6%
1984	48.2%	47.5%
1985	48%	47.4%
1986	47.7%	47.2%
1987	47.5%	46.9%
1988	47.2%	46.7%
1989	46.9%	46.5%
1990	46.6%	46.3%
1991	46.1%	46.2%
1992	45.7%	46%
1993	45.2%	45.5%
1994	44.7%	44.9%
1995	44.2%	44.5%
1996	43.8%	44.7%
1997	43.3%	44.8%
1998	42.9%	44.7%
1999	42.4%	44.7%
2000	41.9%	44.6%
2001	41.3%	44.5%
2002	40.8%	44.6%
2003	40.2%	44.6%
2004	39.6%	44.7%
2005	39.1%	44.8%
2006	38.1%	44.9%
2007	36.7%	45%
2008	36.3%	45.1%
2009	36.3%	45.3%
2010	36.1%	45.3%
2011	36.1%	45.2%
2012	36.5%	45.1%
2013	38%	44.9%
2014	39.8%	44.8%
2015	40.6%	44.5%
2016	40.2%	44.2%
2017	39.3%	44%
2018	37.9%	43.8%
2019	36.1%	43.6%
2020	34.6%	43.4%
2021	33.4%	43.1%
2022	31.9%	42.9%
2023	30.3%	42.7%
2024	29.2%	42.5%
2025	28.4%	42.3%
2026	27.9%	42.1%
2027	27.5%	41.9%
2028	27.3%	41.7%
2029	27.3%	41.4%
2030	27.6%	41.1%
2031	27.9%	40.9%
2032	28.3%	40.5%
2033	28.6%	40.2%
2034	28.8%	39.8%
2035	29%	39.5%
2036	29%	39.1%
2037	28.9%	38.8%
2038	28.7%	38.4%
2039	28.4%	38.1%
2040	28%	37.8%
2041	27.5%	37.5%
2042	27%	37.1%
2043	26.4%	36.8%
2044	25.8%	36.5%
2045	25.1%	36.2%
2046	24.5%	35.9%
2047	23.9%	35.6%
2048	23.3%	35.4%
2049	22.8%	35.1%
2050	22.3%	34.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.2% of the population in Syria and 42.5% in Tanzania in 2024, compared to 46.6% and 46.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Syria and Tanzania compared.

Natural population change in Syria vs Tanzania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.46% in Syria 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
	Syria	Tanzania
1960	143,687	275,814
1961	151,485	286,839
1962	159,155	300,663
1963	166,555	314,644
1964	174,549	328,527
1965	182,560	343,456
1966	191,122	360,229
1967	199,223	374,763
1968	209,454	389,467
1969	219,114	408,322
1970	230,117	427,988
1971	239,610	449,014
1972	249,027	467,305
1973	254,687	488,429
1974	270,735	515,152
1975	282,299	533,906
1976	294,267	553,617
1977	306,630	574,938
1978	316,724	595,024
1979	324,943	613,388
1980	332,464	629,444
1981	330,237	645,496
1982	319,664	662,627
1983	355,375	679,720
1984	366,768	687,435
1985	379,231	697,867
1986	390,821	705,677
1987	399,159	718,580
1988	404,285	736,551
1989	406,111	743,854
1990	409,177	750,825
1991	410,830	762,011
1992	412,878	767,961
1993	420,244	778,044
1994	426,996	803,953
1995	430,172	838,980
1996	430,765	868,524
1997	429,887	882,544
1998	433,447	920,806
1999	439,261	948,659
2000	446,211	985,185
2001	451,503	1,026,242
2002	453,967	1,063,195
2003	457,000	1,118,435
2004	461,209	1,175,379
2005	468,960	1,224,165
2006	480,616	1,257,927
2007	529,162	1,278,285
2008	576,593	1,303,728
2009	559,314	1,332,015
2010	558,666	1,363,477
2011	543,950	1,384,886
2012	475,520	1,439,325
2013	419,341	1,509,008
2014	333,116	1,565,630
2015	253,977	1,592,882
2016	236,007	1,659,502
2017	237,214	1,726,909
2018	242,530	1,777,852
2019	293,762	1,816,669
2020	327,992	1,861,377
2021	350,560	1,880,137
2022	369,750	1,927,960
2023	402,713	1,960,623

Maternal mortality chart: Syria vs Tanzania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 20 deaths per 100,000 live births in Syria, compared to 276 deaths in Tanzania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Syria	Tanzania
1985	55	980
1986	52	971
1987	48	964
1988	44	949
1989	41	927
1990	37	900
1991	35	873
1992	33	864
1993	32	851
1994	32	816
1995	33	797
1996	34	775
1997	34	777
1998	34	739
1999	32	635
2000	31	568
2001	29	493
2002	26	454
2003	24	397
2004	22	365
2005	21	350
2006	20	366
2007	19	453
2008	20	511
2009	19	502
2010	19	486
2011	21	475
2012	22	448
2013	25	479
2014	25	454
2015	24	433
2016	23	396
2017	23	345
2018	21	319
2019	24	292
2020	23	160
2021	30	162
2022	21	152
2023	20	276

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in Syria 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
	Syria	Tanzania
1960	16.9%	24.2%
1961	16.1%	24%
1962	15.3%	23.8%
1963	14.7%	23.6%
1964	14.1%	23.4%
1965	13.5%	23.1%
1966	12.9%	22.8%
1967	12.3%	22.5%
1968	11.7%	22.2%
1969	11.1%	21.9%
1970	10.5%	21.6%
1971	9.91%	21.2%
1972	9.4%	20.9%
1973	8.92%	20.5%
1974	8.47%	20.1%
1975	8.03%	19.6%
1976	7.61%	19.2%
1977	7.19%	18.8%
1978	6.79%	18.4%
1979	6.4%	18.1%
1980	6.03%	17.9%
1981	6.33%	17.8%
1982	7.06%	17.8%
1983	5.1%	17.8%
1984	4.84%	17.8%
1985	4.6%	17.7%
1986	4.39%	17.6%
1987	4.19%	17.4%
1988	4.02%	17.2%
1989	3.85%	16.9%
1990	3.7%	16.7%
1991	3.55%	16.5%
1992	3.4%	16.3%
1993	3.24%	16.1%
1994	3.09%	15.9%
1995	2.94%	15.6%
1996	2.8%	15.2%
1997	2.66%	14.8%
1998	2.53%	14.2%
1999	2.42%	13.6%
2000	2.32%	12.8%
2001	2.23%	12.1%
2002	2.15%	11.3%
2003	2.09%	10.5%
2004	2.03%	9.86%
2005	1.98%	9.24%
2006	1.95%	8.69%
2007	1.92%	8.16%
2008	1.9%	7.7%
2009	1.9%	7.24%
2010	1.9%	6.86%
2011	2.17%	6.5%
2012	3.39%	6.21%
2013	3.65%	5.95%
2014	3.53%	5.67%
2015	3.7%	5.48%
2016	3.22%	5.25%
2017	3.3%	5.02%
2018	3.26%	4.8%
2019	2.5%	4.6%
2020	2.24%	4.42%
2021	2.1%	4.22%
2022	2.11%	4.05%
2023	2.06%	3.89%