Fertility & birth rates in Tanzania and Turkey

Fertility rate in Tanzania vs Turkey 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 1.51 in Turkey in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Tanzania vs Turkey 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	Turkey
1960	6.54	6.38
1961	6.56	6.42
1962	6.61	6.38
1963	6.65	6.34
1964	6.68	6.29
1965	6.73	6.22
1966	6.8	6.15
1967	6.86	6.06
1968	6.9	5.96
1969	6.95	5.87
1970	7	5.78
1971	7.04	5.67
1972	7.05	5.55
1973	7.06	5.41
1974	7.12	5.24
1975	7.1	5.09
1976	7.09	4.93
1977	7.07	4.78
1978	7.06	4.69
1979	7.04	4.58
1980	6.99	4.45
1981	6.93	4.35
1982	6.87	4.21
1983	6.81	4.06
1984	6.72	3.91
1985	6.6	3.78
1986	6.49	3.66
1987	6.41	3.54
1988	6.38	3.45
1989	6.3	3.34
1990	6.2	3.11
1991	6.14	3
1992	6.08	2.94
1993	6	2.92
1994	5.89	2.87
1995	5.82	2.84
1996	5.83	2.78
1997	5.84	2.74
1998	5.81	2.71
1999	5.75	2.63
2000	5.67	2.49
2001	5.62	2.39
2002	5.57	2.27
2003	5.58	2.2
2004	5.6	2.2
2005	5.58	2.2
2006	5.51	2.19
2007	5.4	2.16
2008	5.32	2.15
2009	5.26	2.1
2010	5.23	2.08
2011	5.14	2.05
2012	5.14	2.11
2013	5.16	2.11
2014	5.12	2.19
2015	5.03	2.16
2016	5.01	2.11
2017	4.99	2.08
2018	4.93	2
2019	4.87	1.89
2020	4.8	1.77
2021	4.73	1.71
2022	4.67	1.63
2023	4.61	1.51
2024	4.54	1.51
2025	4.47	1.5
2026	4.41	1.5
2027	4.34	1.5
2028	4.28	1.5
2029	4.22	1.5
2030	4.16	1.5
2031	4.11	1.5
2032	4.04	1.5
2033	3.98	1.5
2034	3.94	1.5
2035	3.88	1.5
2036	3.83	1.5
2037	3.76	1.5
2038	3.72	1.5
2039	3.67	1.5
2040	3.63	1.5
2041	3.57	1.5
2042	3.54	1.5
2043	3.49	1.5
2044	3.46	1.5
2045	3.4	1.5
2046	3.39	1.5
2047	3.35	1.5
2048	3.31	1.5
2049	3.25	1.5
2050	3.23	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Tanzania	Turkey
1960	44.9%	42%
1961	44.8%	42.2%
1962	44.8%	42.4%
1963	44.8%	42.5%
1964	45%	42.7%
1965	45.2%	42.8%
1966	45.4%	42.8%
1967	45.6%	42.9%
1968	45.8%	42.9%
1969	45.9%	42.8%
1970	46%	42.7%
1971	46.1%	42.5%
1972	46.1%	42.3%
1973	46.2%	42.1%
1974	46.3%	41.8%
1975	46.4%	41.5%
1976	46.5%	41.1%
1977	46.6%	40.7%
1978	46.7%	40.4%
1979	46.9%	40.1%
1980	47.2%	39.8%
1981	47.4%	39.6%
1982	47.5%	39.3%
1983	47.6%	38.9%
1984	47.5%	38.5%
1985	47.4%	38.1%
1986	47.2%	37.6%
1987	46.9%	37.2%
1988	46.7%	36.7%
1989	46.5%	36.3%
1990	46.3%	35.8%
1991	46.2%	35.3%
1992	46%	34.8%
1993	45.5%	34.3%
1994	44.9%	33.8%
1995	44.5%	33.2%
1996	44.7%	32.6%
1997	44.8%	32%
1998	44.7%	31.4%
1999	44.7%	30.8%
2000	44.6%	30.2%
2001	44.5%	29.7%
2002	44.6%	29.2%
2003	44.6%	28.7%
2004	44.7%	28.3%
2005	44.8%	27.9%
2006	44.9%	27.5%
2007	45%	27.1%
2008	45.1%	26.7%
2009	45.3%	26.3%
2010	45.3%	25.9%
2011	45.2%	25.5%
2012	45.1%	25.1%
2013	44.9%	24.7%
2014	44.8%	24.3%
2015	44.5%	23.9%
2016	44.2%	23.6%
2017	44%	23.3%
2018	43.8%	23.1%
2019	43.6%	23%
2020	43.4%	22.8%
2021	43.1%	22.5%
2022	42.9%	22.2%
2023	42.7%	21.8%
2024	42.5%	21.4%
2025	42.3%	21%
2026	42.1%	20.6%
2027	41.9%	20.1%
2028	41.7%	19.6%
2029	41.4%	19.2%
2030	41.1%	18.7%
2031	40.9%	18.2%
2032	40.5%	17.8%
2033	40.2%	17.4%
2034	39.8%	17.1%
2035	39.5%	16.8%
2036	39.1%	16.5%
2037	38.8%	16.3%
2038	38.4%	16.2%
2039	38.1%	16.1%
2040	37.8%	16%
2041	37.5%	15.8%
2042	37.1%	15.7%
2043	36.8%	15.6%
2044	36.5%	15.5%
2045	36.2%	15.4%
2046	35.9%	15.3%
2047	35.6%	15.2%
2048	35.4%	15.1%
2049	35.1%	15%
2050	34.8%	14.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 42.5% of the population in Tanzania and 21.4% in Turkey in 2024, compared to 46.3% and 35.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Tanzania and Turkey compared.

Natural population change in Tanzania vs Turkey by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.05% in Tanzania and +0.91% in Turkey. 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	Turkey
1960	275,814	773,009
1961	286,839	816,911
1962	300,663	837,473
1963	314,644	862,626
1964	328,527	884,152
1965	343,456	904,016
1966	360,229	925,790
1967	374,763	936,727
1968	389,467	950,778
1969	408,322	970,958
1970	427,988	991,950
1971	449,014	1,014,165
1972	467,305	1,023,781
1973	488,429	1,025,675
1974	515,152	1,020,053
1975	533,906	1,012,904
1976	553,617	1,009,999
1977	574,938	1,023,779
1978	595,024	1,054,863
1979	613,388	1,076,707
1980	629,444	1,090,538
1981	645,496	1,100,082
1982	662,627	1,091,863
1983	679,720	1,095,106
1984	687,435	1,096,529
1985	697,867	1,098,846
1986	705,677	1,102,660
1987	718,580	1,099,042
1988	736,551	1,101,266
1989	743,854	1,094,036
1990	750,825	1,044,467
1991	762,011	1,041,229
1992	767,961	1,039,125
1993	778,044	1,064,168
1994	803,953	1,078,208
1995	838,980	1,090,630
1996	868,524	1,091,827
1997	882,544	1,099,738
1998	920,806	1,103,242
1999	948,659	1,063,312
2000	985,185	1,020,515
2001	1,026,242	980,560
2002	1,063,195	922,927
2003	1,118,435	893,683
2004	1,175,379	896,025
2005	1,224,165	898,650
2006	1,257,927	897,351
2007	1,278,285	876,626
2008	1,303,728	868,749
2009	1,332,015	900,491
2010	1,363,477	892,334
2011	1,384,886	875,839
2012	1,439,325	917,145
2013	1,509,008	921,386
2014	1,565,630	957,055
2015	1,592,882	930,799
2016	1,659,502	895,841
2017	1,726,909	875,408
2018	1,777,852	830,353
2019	1,816,669	751,472
2020	1,861,377	608,708
2021	1,880,137	521,713
2022	1,927,960	535,373
2023	1,960,623	426,630

Maternal mortality chart: Tanzania vs Turkey

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 15 deaths in Turkey.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Tanzania	Turkey
1985	980	56
1986	971	53
1987	964	50
1988	949	47
1989	927	44
1990	900	42
1991	873	41
1992	864	40
1993	851	39
1994	816	38
1995	797	37
1996	775	36
1997	777	35
1998	739	34
1999	635	34
2000	568	32
2001	493	31
2002	454	30
2003	397	29
2004	365	28
2005	350	27
2006	366	26
2007	453	25
2008	511	24
2009	502	23
2010	486	23
2011	475	23
2012	448	21
2013	479	20
2014	454	20
2015	433	19
2016	396	19
2017	345	18
2018	319	17
2019	292	17
2020	160	19
2021	162	20
2022	152	21
2023	276	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.89% in Tanzania and 1.28% in Turkey. 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	Turkey
1960	24.2%	25.8%
1961	24%	25%
1962	23.8%	24.1%
1963	23.6%	23.3%
1964	23.4%	22.5%
1965	23.1%	21.7%
1966	22.8%	21%
1967	22.5%	20.4%
1968	22.2%	19.7%
1969	21.9%	19.2%
1970	21.6%	18.6%
1971	21.2%	18%
1972	20.9%	17.5%
1973	20.5%	16.9%
1974	20.1%	16.3%
1975	19.6%	15.7%
1976	19.2%	15.1%
1977	18.8%	14.5%
1978	18.4%	13.9%
1979	18.1%	13.3%
1980	17.9%	12.7%
1981	17.8%	12.1%
1982	17.8%	11.5%
1983	17.8%	10.9%
1984	17.8%	10.3%
1985	17.7%	9.79%
1986	17.6%	9.27%
1987	17.4%	8.77%
1988	17.2%	8.29%
1989	16.9%	7.83%
1990	16.7%	7.38%
1991	16.5%	6.95%
1992	16.3%	6.52%
1993	16.1%	6.11%
1994	15.9%	5.73%
1995	15.6%	5.35%
1996	15.2%	5%
1997	14.8%	4.66%
1998	14.2%	4.33%
1999	13.6%	4.03%
2000	12.8%	3.74%
2001	12.1%	3.47%
2002	11.3%	3.22%
2003	10.5%	2.99%
2004	9.86%	2.77%
2005	9.24%	2.57%
2006	8.69%	2.38%
2007	8.16%	2.21%
2008	7.7%	2.06%
2009	7.24%	1.92%
2010	6.86%	1.79%
2011	6.5%	1.68%
2012	6.21%	1.58%
2013	5.95%	1.49%
2014	5.67%	1.4%
2015	5.48%	1.33%
2016	5.25%	1.26%
2017	5.02%	1.2%
2018	4.8%	1.15%
2019	4.6%	1.1%
2020	4.42%	1.05%
2021	4.22%	1.01%
2022	4.05%	0.96%
2023	3.89%	1.28%