Fertility & birth rates in Tanzania and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in Tanzania vs United Kingdom 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 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Tanzania vs the United Kingdom 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	United Kingdom
1960	6.54	2.69
1961	6.56	2.78
1962	6.61	2.86
1963	6.65	2.88
1964	6.68	2.93
1965	6.73	2.86
1966	6.8	2.78
1967	6.86	2.68
1968	6.9	2.6
1969	6.95	2.51
1970	7	2.44
1971	7.04	2.41
1972	7.05	2.2
1973	7.06	2.04
1974	7.12	1.92
1975	7.1	1.81
1976	7.09	1.74
1977	7.07	1.69
1978	7.06	1.75
1979	7.04	1.86
1980	6.99	1.9
1981	6.93	1.82
1982	6.87	1.78
1983	6.81	1.77
1984	6.72	1.77
1985	6.6	1.79
1986	6.49	1.78
1987	6.41	1.81
1988	6.38	1.82
1989	6.3	1.79
1990	6.2	1.83
1991	6.14	1.82
1992	6.08	1.79
1993	6	1.76
1994	5.89	1.74
1995	5.82	1.71
1996	5.83	1.73
1997	5.84	1.72
1998	5.81	1.71
1999	5.75	1.68
2000	5.67	1.64
2001	5.62	1.63
2002	5.57	1.63
2003	5.58	1.7
2004	5.6	1.75
2005	5.58	1.76
2006	5.51	1.82
2007	5.4	1.86
2008	5.32	1.91
2009	5.26	1.89
2010	5.23	1.92
2011	5.14	1.91
2012	5.14	1.92
2013	5.16	1.83
2014	5.12	1.81
2015	5.03	1.8
2016	5.01	1.79
2017	4.99	1.74
2018	4.93	1.68
2019	4.87	1.63
2020	4.8	1.57
2021	4.73	1.58
2022	4.67	1.56
2023	4.61	1.56
2024	4.54	1.55
2025	4.47	1.54
2026	4.41	1.53
2027	4.34	1.53
2028	4.28	1.53
2029	4.22	1.52
2030	4.16	1.52
2031	4.11	1.52
2032	4.04	1.53
2033	3.98	1.53
2034	3.94	1.53
2035	3.88	1.53
2036	3.83	1.53
2037	3.76	1.53
2038	3.72	1.53
2039	3.67	1.53
2040	3.63	1.53
2041	3.57	1.54
2042	3.54	1.54
2043	3.49	1.54
2044	3.46	1.54
2045	3.4	1.54
2046	3.39	1.54
2047	3.35	1.54
2048	3.31	1.54
2049	3.25	1.55
2050	3.23	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Tanzania	United Kingdom
1960	44.9%	23.3%
1961	44.8%	23.3%
1962	44.8%	23.2%
1963	44.8%	23.2%
1964	45%	23.3%
1965	45.2%	23.4%
1966	45.4%	23.5%
1967	45.6%	23.7%
1968	45.8%	23.9%
1969	45.9%	24%
1970	46%	24.1%
1971	46.1%	24.1%
1972	46.1%	24%
1973	46.2%	23.9%
1974	46.3%	23.6%
1975	46.4%	23.3%
1976	46.5%	22.9%
1977	46.6%	22.4%
1978	46.7%	21.9%
1979	46.9%	21.4%
1980	47.2%	21%
1981	47.4%	20.6%
1982	47.5%	20.2%
1983	47.6%	19.8%
1984	47.5%	19.5%
1985	47.4%	19.3%
1986	47.2%	19.1%
1987	46.9%	18.9%
1988	46.7%	18.9%
1989	46.5%	19.1%
1990	46.3%	19.1%
1991	46.2%	19.3%
1992	46%	19.4%
1993	45.5%	19.5%
1994	44.9%	19.6%
1995	44.5%	19.5%
1996	44.7%	19.4%
1997	44.8%	19.3%
1998	44.7%	19.3%
1999	44.7%	19.2%
2000	44.6%	18.9%
2001	44.5%	18.7%
2002	44.6%	18.5%
2003	44.6%	18.4%
2004	44.7%	18.3%
2005	44.8%	18.2%
2006	44.9%	18%
2007	45%	17.9%
2008	45.1%	17.8%
2009	45.3%	17.8%
2010	45.3%	17.8%
2011	45.2%	17.7%
2012	45.1%	17.8%
2013	44.9%	17.8%
2014	44.8%	17.8%
2015	44.5%	17.9%
2016	44.2%	18%
2017	44%	18%
2018	43.8%	18.1%
2019	43.6%	18%
2020	43.4%	18%
2021	43.1%	17.8%
2022	42.9%	17.6%
2023	42.7%	17.4%
2024	42.5%	17.2%
2025	42.3%	17%
2026	42.1%	16.7%
2027	41.9%	16.5%
2028	41.7%	16.2%
2029	41.4%	16%
2030	41.1%	15.7%
2031	40.9%	15.5%
2032	40.5%	15.3%
2033	40.2%	15.2%
2034	39.8%	15.1%
2035	39.5%	15%
2036	39.1%	14.9%
2037	38.8%	14.9%
2038	38.4%	14.8%
2039	38.1%	14.8%
2040	37.8%	14.8%
2041	37.5%	14.8%
2042	37.1%	14.8%
2043	36.8%	14.9%
2044	36.5%	14.9%
2045	36.2%	14.9%
2046	35.9%	15%
2047	35.6%	15%
2048	35.4%	15%
2049	35.1%	15%
2050	34.8%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 42.5% of the population in Tanzania and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 46.3% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Tanzania and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in Tanzania vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.05% in Tanzania and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	275,814	314,400
1961	286,839	311,519
1962	300,663	340,800
1963	314,644	337,995
1964	328,527	405,000
1965	343,456	364,132
1966	360,229	333,356
1967	374,763	346,145
1968	389,467	292,622
1969	408,322	260,577
1970	427,988	244,918
1971	449,014	257,123
1972	467,305	162,650
1973	488,429	112,389
1974	515,152	67,476
1975	533,906	33,735
1976	553,617	-5,621
1977	574,938	0
1978	595,024	16,859
1979	613,388	61,872
1980	629,444	95,734
1981	645,496	73,234
1982	662,627	56,314
1983	679,720	61,966
1984	687,435	84,633
1985	697,867	79,170
1986	705,677	90,690
1987	718,580	136,325
1988	736,551	136,628
1989	743,854	119,861
1990	750,825	154,569
1991	762,011	143,562
1992	767,961	149,709
1993	778,044	103,893
1994	803,953	127,304
1995	838,980	87,028
1996	868,524	98,884
1997	882,544	99,138
1998	920,806	87,730
1999	948,659	64,551
2000	985,185	70,671
2001	1,026,242	65,032
2002	1,063,195	65,308
2003	1,118,435	89,471
2004	1,175,379	131,974
2005	1,224,165	144,963
2006	1,257,927	176,455
2007	1,278,285	196,232
2008	1,303,728	216,325
2009	1,332,015	230,422
2010	1,363,477	251,066
2011	1,384,886	259,361
2012	1,439,325	248,473
2013	1,509,008	198,830
2014	1,565,630	206,784
2015	1,592,882	175,738
2016	1,659,502	177,139
2017	1,726,909	145,125
2018	1,777,852	119,321
2019	1,816,669	108,342
2020	1,861,377	-4,272
2021	1,880,137	30,612
2022	1,927,960	39,751
2023	1,960,623	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: Tanzania vs United Kingdom

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 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Tanzania	United Kingdom
1985	980	2
1986	971	2
1987	964	3
1988	949	4
1989	927	5
1990	900	6
1991	873	7
1992	864	7
1993	851	8
1994	816	9
1995	797	9
1996	775	8
1997	777	9
1998	739	10
1999	635	11
2000	568	12
2001	493	13
2002	454	13
2003	397	14
2004	365	13
2005	350	12
2006	366	12
2007	453	11
2008	511	11
2009	502	11
2010	486	10
2011	475	10
2012	448	9
2013	479	9
2014	454	9
2015	433	9
2016	396	9
2017	345	9
2018	319	9
2019	292	9
2020	160	14
2021	162	13
2022	152	15
2023	276	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.89% in Tanzania and 0.45% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	24.2%	2.66%
1961	24%	2.61%
1962	23.8%	2.56%
1963	23.6%	2.49%
1964	23.4%	2.42%
1965	23.1%	2.34%
1966	22.8%	2.28%
1967	22.5%	2.22%
1968	22.2%	2.18%
1969	21.9%	2.14%
1970	21.6%	2.1%
1971	21.2%	2.06%
1972	20.9%	2%
1973	20.5%	1.94%
1974	20.1%	1.87%
1975	19.6%	1.8%
1976	19.2%	1.72%
1977	18.8%	1.64%
1978	18.4%	1.57%
1979	18.1%	1.49%
1980	17.9%	1.41%
1981	17.8%	1.34%
1982	17.8%	1.27%
1983	17.8%	1.22%
1984	17.8%	1.17%
1985	17.7%	1.14%
1986	17.6%	1.11%
1987	17.4%	1.08%
1988	17.2%	1.04%
1989	16.9%	0.99%
1990	16.7%	0.93%
1991	16.5%	0.87%
1992	16.3%	0.82%
1993	16.1%	0.77%
1994	15.9%	0.74%
1995	15.6%	0.72%
1996	15.2%	0.7%
1997	14.8%	0.69%
1998	14.2%	0.68%
1999	13.6%	0.67%
2000	12.8%	0.65%
2001	12.1%	0.64%
2002	11.3%	0.63%
2003	10.5%	0.63%
2004	9.86%	0.61%
2005	9.24%	0.6%
2006	8.69%	0.59%
2007	8.16%	0.58%
2008	7.7%	0.56%
2009	7.24%	0.54%
2010	6.86%	0.52%
2011	6.5%	0.5%
2012	6.21%	0.48%
2013	5.95%	0.46%
2014	5.67%	0.45%
2015	5.48%	0.45%
2016	5.25%	0.44%
2017	5.02%	0.44%
2018	4.8%	0.44%
2019	4.6%	0.44%
2020	4.42%	0.44%
2021	4.22%	0.44%
2022	4.05%	0.45%
2023	3.89%	0.45%