Fertility & birth rates in Tanzania and Vanuatu

Fertility rate in Tanzania vs Vanuatu 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 3.6 in Vanuatu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Tanzania vs Vanuatu 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	Vanuatu
1960	6.54	6.78
1961	6.56	6.73
1962	6.61	6.67
1963	6.65	6.62
1964	6.68	6.57
1965	6.73	6.52
1966	6.8	6.51
1967	6.86	6.51
1968	6.9	6.46
1969	6.95	6.41
1970	7	6.35
1971	7.04	6.29
1972	7.05	6.23
1973	7.06	6.15
1974	7.12	6.06
1975	7.1	5.98
1976	7.09	5.89
1977	7.07	5.81
1978	7.06	5.77
1979	7.04	5.73
1980	6.99	5.69
1981	6.93	5.65
1982	6.87	5.6
1983	6.81	5.55
1984	6.72	5.49
1985	6.6	5.43
1986	6.49	5.38
1987	6.41	5.33
1988	6.38	5.27
1989	6.3	5.21
1990	6.2	5.17
1991	6.14	5.13
1992	6.08	5.09
1993	6	5.02
1994	5.89	4.94
1995	5.82	4.85
1996	5.83	4.75
1997	5.84	4.66
1998	5.81	4.6
1999	5.75	4.56
2000	5.67	4.54
2001	5.62	4.5
2002	5.57	4.38
2003	5.58	4.29
2004	5.6	4.21
2005	5.58	4.13
2006	5.51	4.1
2007	5.4	4.12
2008	5.32	4.16
2009	5.26	4.16
2010	5.23	4.13
2011	5.14	4.09
2012	5.14	4.06
2013	5.16	4.04
2014	5.12	4
2015	5.03	3.95
2016	5.01	3.92
2017	4.99	3.88
2018	4.93	3.83
2019	4.87	3.79
2020	4.8	3.74
2021	4.73	3.7
2022	4.67	3.65
2023	4.61	3.6
2024	4.54	3.57
2025	4.47	3.53
2026	4.41	3.5
2027	4.34	3.46
2028	4.28	3.42
2029	4.22	3.39
2030	4.16	3.35
2031	4.11	3.32
2032	4.04	3.28
2033	3.98	3.25
2034	3.94	3.21
2035	3.88	3.18
2036	3.83	3.15
2037	3.76	3.13
2038	3.72	3.1
2039	3.67	3.08
2040	3.63	3.05
2041	3.57	3.03
2042	3.54	3
2043	3.49	2.97
2044	3.46	2.94
2045	3.4	2.92
2046	3.39	2.9
2047	3.35	2.88
2048	3.31	2.85
2049	3.25	2.83
2050	3.23	2.8

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Tanzania	Vanuatu
1960	44.9%	44.6%
1961	44.8%	44.8%
1962	44.8%	45.1%
1963	44.8%	45.2%
1964	45%	45.4%
1965	45.2%	45.5%
1966	45.4%	45.7%
1967	45.6%	45.8%
1968	45.8%	45.8%
1969	45.9%	45.8%
1970	46%	45.7%
1971	46.1%	45.7%
1972	46.1%	45.6%
1973	46.2%	45.5%
1974	46.3%	45.5%
1975	46.4%	45.4%
1976	46.5%	45.2%
1977	46.6%	45.1%
1978	46.7%	45%
1979	46.9%	44.5%
1980	47.2%	44%
1981	47.4%	43.9%
1982	47.5%	44%
1983	47.6%	44%
1984	47.5%	44.1%
1985	47.4%	44.2%
1986	47.2%	44.2%
1987	46.9%	44.1%
1988	46.7%	44.1%
1989	46.5%	44%
1990	46.3%	43.9%
1991	46.2%	43.9%
1992	46%	44.1%
1993	45.5%	44.8%
1994	44.9%	45.2%
1995	44.5%	45%
1996	44.7%	44.8%
1997	44.8%	44.4%
1998	44.7%	44%
1999	44.7%	43.5%
2000	44.6%	42.9%
2001	44.5%	42.4%
2002	44.6%	41.8%
2003	44.6%	41.3%
2004	44.7%	40.7%
2005	44.8%	40.2%
2006	44.9%	39.6%
2007	45%	39.2%
2008	45.1%	38.8%
2009	45.3%	38.5%
2010	45.3%	38.2%
2011	45.2%	38.1%
2012	45.1%	38.2%
2013	44.9%	38.2%
2014	44.8%	38.4%
2015	44.5%	38.5%
2016	44.2%	38.7%
2017	44%	38.8%
2018	43.8%	38.9%
2019	43.6%	39%
2020	43.4%	39%
2021	43.1%	39%
2022	42.9%	38.8%
2023	42.7%	38.6%
2024	42.5%	38.3%
2025	42.3%	38%
2026	42.1%	37.6%
2027	41.9%	37.1%
2028	41.7%	36.7%
2029	41.4%	36.2%
2030	41.1%	35.8%
2031	40.9%	35.3%
2032	40.5%	34.9%
2033	40.2%	34.5%
2034	39.8%	34.1%
2035	39.5%	33.7%
2036	39.1%	33.4%
2037	38.8%	33.2%
2038	38.4%	32.9%
2039	38.1%	32.7%
2040	37.8%	32.5%
2041	37.5%	32.3%
2042	37.1%	32.2%
2043	36.8%	32%
2044	36.5%	31.8%
2045	36.2%	31.6%
2046	35.9%	31.5%
2047	35.6%	31.3%
2048	35.4%	31.1%
2049	35.1%	30.9%
2050	34.8%	30.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 42.5% of the population in Tanzania and 38.3% in Vanuatu in 2024, compared to 46.3% and 43.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Tanzania and Vanuatu compared.

Natural population change in Tanzania vs Vanuatu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.05% in Tanzania and +2.53% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	275,814	1,796
1961	286,839	1,872
1962	300,663	1,947
1963	314,644	2,025
1964	328,527	2,098
1965	343,456	2,180
1966	360,229	2,278
1967	374,763	2,384
1968	389,467	2,470
1969	408,322	2,529
1970	427,988	2,597
1971	449,014	2,685
1972	467,305	2,775
1973	488,429	2,876
1974	515,152	2,968
1975	533,906	3,074
1976	553,617	3,174
1977	574,938	3,285
1978	595,024	3,428
1979	613,388	3,590
1980	629,444	3,383
1981	645,496	3,592
1982	662,627	3,778
1983	679,720	3,944
1984	687,435	4,088
1985	697,867	4,219
1986	705,677	4,360
1987	718,580	4,427
1988	736,551	4,577
1989	743,854	4,656
1990	750,825	4,762
1991	762,011	4,859
1992	767,961	4,941
1993	778,044	4,973
1994	803,953	4,973
1995	838,980	4,945
1996	868,524	4,897
1997	882,544	4,854
1998	920,806	4,866
1999	948,659	4,871
2000	985,185	5,026
2001	1,026,242	5,144
2002	1,063,195	5,181
2003	1,118,435	5,258
2004	1,175,379	5,353
2005	1,224,165	5,454
2006	1,257,927	5,606
2007	1,278,285	5,842
2008	1,303,728	6,138
2009	1,332,015	6,362
2010	1,363,477	6,548
2011	1,384,886	6,715
2012	1,439,325	6,877
2013	1,509,008	7,036
2014	1,565,630	7,143
2015	1,592,882	7,220
2016	1,659,502	7,315
2017	1,726,909	7,371
2018	1,777,852	7,379
2019	1,816,669	7,364
2020	1,861,377	7,233
2021	1,880,137	7,199
2022	1,927,960	7,358
2023	1,960,623	7,359

Maternal mortality chart: Tanzania vs Vanuatu

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 100 deaths in Vanuatu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Tanzania	Vanuatu
1985	980	211
1986	971	194
1987	964	200
1988	949	172
1989	927	162
1990	900	151
1991	873	140
1992	864	140
1993	851	133
1994	816	131
1995	797	131
1996	775	129
1997	777	131
1998	739	134
1999	635	146
2000	568	133
2001	493	132
2002	454	128
2003	397	131
2004	365	131
2005	350	127
2006	366	123
2007	453	120
2008	511	117
2009	502	114
2010	486	114
2011	475	112
2012	448	109
2013	479	110
2014	454	110
2015	433	109
2016	396	107
2017	345	107
2018	319	108
2019	292	105
2020	160	107
2021	162	124
2022	152	105
2023	276	100

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.89% in Tanzania and 1.68% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	24.2%	15.2%
1961	24%	14.7%
1962	23.8%	14.3%
1963	23.6%	13.8%
1964	23.4%	13.4%
1965	23.1%	12.9%
1966	22.8%	12.4%
1967	22.5%	12%
1968	22.2%	11.5%
1969	21.9%	11%
1970	21.6%	10.6%
1971	21.2%	10.2%
1972	20.9%	9.73%
1973	20.5%	9.34%
1974	20.1%	8.95%
1975	19.6%	8.58%
1976	19.2%	8.21%
1977	18.8%	7.84%
1978	18.4%	7.45%
1979	18.1%	7.07%
1980	17.9%	6.67%
1981	17.8%	6.27%
1982	17.8%	5.87%
1983	17.8%	5.48%
1984	17.8%	5.12%
1985	17.7%	4.78%
1986	17.6%	4.47%
1987	17.4%	4.2%
1988	17.2%	3.96%
1989	16.9%	3.76%
1990	16.7%	3.58%
1991	16.5%	3.43%
1992	16.3%	3.29%
1993	16.1%	3.18%
1994	15.9%	3.08%
1995	15.6%	3%
1996	15.2%	2.92%
1997	14.8%	2.86%
1998	14.2%	2.79%
1999	13.6%	2.74%
2000	12.8%	2.68%
2001	12.1%	2.63%
2002	11.3%	2.58%
2003	10.5%	2.54%
2004	9.86%	2.5%
2005	9.24%	2.45%
2006	8.69%	2.4%
2007	8.16%	2.34%
2008	7.7%	2.27%
2009	7.24%	2.2%
2010	6.86%	2.12%
2011	6.5%	2.05%
2012	6.21%	1.99%
2013	5.95%	1.94%
2014	5.67%	1.9%
2015	5.48%	1.87%
2016	5.25%	1.84%
2017	5.02%	1.82%
2018	4.8%	1.8%
2019	4.6%	1.78%
2020	4.42%	1.77%
2021	4.22%	1.74%
2022	4.05%	1.71%
2023	3.89%	1.68%