Fertility & birth rates in Tanzania and Togo

Fertility rate in Tanzania vs Togo chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Tanzania was 4.61 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.19 in Togo in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Tanzania vs Togo population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Tanzania	Togo
1960	6.54	6.8
1961	6.56	6.82
1962	6.61	6.86
1963	6.65	6.89
1964	6.68	6.92
1965	6.73	6.94
1966	6.8	6.96
1967	6.86	6.96
1968	6.9	6.97
1969	6.95	7.02
1970	7	7.04
1971	7.04	7.06
1972	7.05	7.07
1973	7.06	7.08
1974	7.12	7.09
1975	7.1	7.09
1976	7.09	7.06
1977	7.07	7.03
1978	7.06	6.98
1979	7.04	6.94
1980	6.99	6.88
1981	6.93	6.81
1982	6.87	6.73
1983	6.81	6.63
1984	6.72	6.54
1985	6.6	6.46
1986	6.49	6.38
1987	6.41	6.3
1988	6.38	6.23
1989	6.3	6.15
1990	6.2	6.07
1991	6.14	5.99
1992	6.08	5.89
1993	6	5.78
1994	5.89	5.67
1995	5.82	5.57
1996	5.83	5.46
1997	5.84	5.36
1998	5.81	5.29
1999	5.75	5.23
2000	5.67	5.17
2001	5.62	5.13
2002	5.57	5.09
2003	5.58	5.05
2004	5.6	5
2005	5.58	5.04
2006	5.51	5.08
2007	5.4	5.1
2008	5.32	5.1
2009	5.26	5.1
2010	5.23	5.09
2011	5.14	4.98
2012	5.14	4.85
2013	5.16	4.75
2014	5.12	4.7
2015	5.03	4.66
2016	5.01	4.63
2017	4.99	4.58
2018	4.93	4.51
2019	4.87	4.45
2020	4.8	4.39
2021	4.73	4.32
2022	4.67	4.25
2023	4.61	4.19
2024	4.54	4.12
2025	4.47	4.07
2026	4.41	4.01
2027	4.34	3.95
2028	4.28	3.89
2029	4.22	3.84
2030	4.16	3.79
2031	4.11	3.75
2032	4.04	3.7
2033	3.98	3.65
2034	3.94	3.61
2035	3.88	3.56
2036	3.83	3.52
2037	3.76	3.48
2038	3.72	3.44
2039	3.67	3.4
2040	3.63	3.37
2041	3.57	3.33
2042	3.54	3.3
2043	3.49	3.27
2044	3.46	3.23
2045	3.4	3.2
2046	3.39	3.16
2047	3.35	3.13
2048	3.31	3.1
2049	3.25	3.07
2050	3.23	3.04

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Tanzania	Togo
1960	44.9%	44%
1961	44.8%	44.1%
1962	44.8%	44.2%
1963	44.8%	44.4%
1964	45%	44.5%
1965	45.2%	44.6%
1966	45.4%	44.7%
1967	45.6%	44.8%
1968	45.8%	44.9%
1969	45.9%	45%
1970	46%	45.1%
1971	46.1%	45.2%
1972	46.1%	45.4%
1973	46.2%	45.5%
1974	46.3%	45.6%
1975	46.4%	45.8%
1976	46.5%	45.9%
1977	46.6%	46%
1978	46.7%	46.1%
1979	46.9%	46.2%
1980	47.2%	46.2%
1981	47.4%	46.2%
1982	47.5%	46.2%
1983	47.6%	46.1%
1984	47.5%	46%
1985	47.4%	45.9%
1986	47.2%	45.8%
1987	46.9%	45.7%
1988	46.7%	45.5%
1989	46.5%	45.3%
1990	46.3%	45.2%
1991	46.2%	44.9%
1992	46%	44.7%
1993	45.5%	44.5%
1994	44.9%	44.2%
1995	44.5%	44%
1996	44.7%	43.8%
1997	44.8%	43.5%
1998	44.7%	43.2%
1999	44.7%	42.9%
2000	44.6%	42.6%
2001	44.5%	42.4%
2002	44.6%	42.3%
2003	44.6%	42.2%
2004	44.7%	42%
2005	44.8%	41.9%
2006	44.9%	41.8%
2007	45%	41.6%
2008	45.1%	41.6%
2009	45.3%	41.5%
2010	45.3%	41.6%
2011	45.2%	41.6%
2012	45.1%	41.6%
2013	44.9%	41.6%
2014	44.8%	41.5%
2015	44.5%	41.5%
2016	44.2%	41.4%
2017	44%	41.2%
2018	43.8%	41.1%
2019	43.6%	40.9%
2020	43.4%	40.7%
2021	43.1%	40.5%
2022	42.9%	40.2%
2023	42.7%	39.9%
2024	42.5%	39.5%
2025	42.3%	39.2%
2026	42.1%	38.8%
2027	41.9%	38.4%
2028	41.7%	38.1%
2029	41.4%	37.8%
2030	41.1%	37.5%
2031	40.9%	37.2%
2032	40.5%	36.9%
2033	40.2%	36.6%
2034	39.8%	36.4%
2035	39.5%	36.1%
2036	39.1%	35.9%
2037	38.8%	35.6%
2038	38.4%	35.4%
2039	38.1%	35.2%
2040	37.8%	35%
2041	37.5%	34.8%
2042	37.1%	34.6%
2043	36.8%	34.4%
2044	36.5%	34.2%
2045	36.2%	33.9%
2046	35.9%	33.7%
2047	35.6%	33.5%
2048	35.4%	33.2%
2049	35.1%	33%
2050	34.8%	32.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 42.5% of the population in Tanzania and 39.5% in Togo in 2024, compared to 46.3% and 45.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Tanzania and Togo compared.

Natural population change in Tanzania vs Togo by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.05% in Tanzania and +2.46% in Togo. 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
	Tanzania	Togo
1960	275,814	43,307
1961	286,839	44,623
1962	300,663	46,201
1963	314,644	47,869
1964	328,527	49,449
1965	343,456	51,323
1966	360,229	53,640
1967	374,763	56,128
1968	389,467	59,110
1969	408,322	62,589
1970	427,988	65,851
1971	449,014	69,206
1972	467,305	72,008
1973	488,429	74,713
1974	515,152	77,347
1975	533,906	79,831
1976	553,617	82,321
1977	574,938	84,572
1978	595,024	86,950
1979	613,388	89,148
1980	629,444	91,445
1981	645,496	94,318
1982	662,627	97,003
1983	679,720	99,817
1984	687,435	102,425
1985	697,867	104,949
1986	705,677	107,957
1987	718,580	110,739
1988	736,551	112,915
1989	743,854	114,432
1990	750,825	116,200
1991	762,011	117,409
1992	767,961	118,876
1993	778,044	119,938
1994	803,953	113,074
1995	838,980	116,314
1996	868,524	119,418
1997	882,544	122,109
1998	920,806	125,392
1999	948,659	129,832
2000	985,185	133,873
2001	1,026,242	137,808
2002	1,063,195	141,643
2003	1,118,435	144,900
2004	1,175,379	147,574
2005	1,224,165	154,117
2006	1,257,927	160,671
2007	1,278,285	168,144
2008	1,303,728	173,677
2009	1,332,015	180,111
2010	1,363,477	185,294
2011	1,384,886	186,406
2012	1,439,325	186,061
2013	1,509,008	187,309
2014	1,565,630	190,667
2015	1,592,882	194,768
2016	1,659,502	199,364
2017	1,726,909	202,307
2018	1,777,852	204,942
2019	1,816,669	207,608
2020	1,861,377	208,663
2021	1,880,137	210,613
2022	1,927,960	215,090
2023	1,960,623	218,093

Maternal mortality chart: Tanzania vs Togo

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 276 deaths per 100,000 live births in Tanzania, compared to 349 deaths in Togo.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Tanzania	Togo
1985	980	668
1986	971	649
1987	964	636
1988	949	628
1989	927	644
1990	900	657
1991	873	676
1992	864	692
1993	851	728
1994	816	688
1995	797	663
1996	775	627
1997	777	600
1998	739	570
1999	635	529
2000	568	496
2001	493	478
2002	454	447
2003	397	431
2004	365	431
2005	350	434
2006	366	453
2007	453	448
2008	511	457
2009	502	471
2010	486	497
2011	475	501
2012	448	506
2013	479	500
2014	454	490
2015	433	470
2016	396	460
2017	345	443
2018	319	435
2019	292	416
2020	160	398
2021	162	397
2022	152	362
2023	276	349

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.89% in Tanzania and 5.83% in Togo. 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
	Tanzania	Togo
1960	24.2%	26%
1961	24%	25.8%
1962	23.8%	25.5%
1963	23.6%	25.2%
1964	23.4%	24.9%
1965	23.1%	24.6%
1966	22.8%	24.2%
1967	22.5%	23.8%
1968	22.2%	23.4%
1969	21.9%	23%
1970	21.6%	22.5%
1971	21.2%	22.1%
1972	20.9%	21.6%
1973	20.5%	21.1%
1974	20.1%	20.7%
1975	19.6%	20.2%
1976	19.2%	19.7%
1977	18.8%	19.2%
1978	18.4%	18.8%
1979	18.1%	18.3%
1980	17.9%	17.9%
1981	17.8%	17.5%
1982	17.8%	17.1%
1983	17.8%	16.7%
1984	17.8%	16.3%
1985	17.7%	16%
1986	17.6%	15.7%
1987	17.4%	15.4%
1988	17.2%	15.2%
1989	16.9%	14.9%
1990	16.7%	14.7%
1991	16.5%	14.5%
1992	16.3%	14.3%
1993	16.1%	14.1%
1994	15.9%	13.9%
1995	15.6%	13.6%
1996	15.2%	13.3%
1997	14.8%	13%
1998	14.2%	12.7%
1999	13.6%	12.3%
2000	12.8%	12%
2001	12.1%	11.6%
2002	11.3%	11.3%
2003	10.5%	10.9%
2004	9.86%	10.6%
2005	9.24%	10.3%
2006	8.69%	9.97%
2007	8.16%	9.69%
2008	7.7%	9.41%
2009	7.24%	9.14%
2010	6.86%	8.87%
2011	6.5%	8.59%
2012	6.21%	8.33%
2013	5.95%	8.07%
2014	5.67%	7.81%
2015	5.48%	7.56%
2016	5.25%	7.32%
2017	5.02%	7.09%
2018	4.8%	6.86%
2019	4.6%	6.63%
2020	4.42%	6.43%
2021	4.22%	6.22%
2022	4.05%	6.02%
2023	3.89%	5.83%