Fertility & birth rates in Tanzania and Yemen

Fertility rate in Tanzania vs Yemen 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 4.59 in Yemen in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Tanzania vs Yemen 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	Yemen
1960	6.54	7.99
1961	6.56	8
1962	6.61	8.01
1963	6.65	8.03
1964	6.68	8.07
1965	6.73	8.1
1966	6.8	8.14
1967	6.86	8.17
1968	6.9	8.19
1969	6.95	8.22
1970	7	8.23
1971	7.04	8.26
1972	7.05	8.27
1973	7.06	8.29
1974	7.12	8.33
1975	7.1	8.37
1976	7.09	8.42
1977	7.07	8.47
1978	7.06	8.5
1979	7.04	8.67
1980	6.99	8.71
1981	6.93	8.75
1982	6.87	8.79
1983	6.81	8.83
1984	6.72	8.85
1985	6.6	8.86
1986	6.49	8.86
1987	6.41	8.83
1988	6.38	8.79
1989	6.3	8.71
1990	6.2	8.61
1991	6.14	8.46
1992	6.08	8.27
1993	6	8.05
1994	5.89	7.8
1995	5.82	7.53
1996	5.83	7
1997	5.84	6.82
1998	5.81	6.64
1999	5.75	6.49
2000	5.67	6.32
2001	5.62	6.14
2002	5.57	5.97
2003	5.58	5.84
2004	5.6	5.71
2005	5.58	5.56
2006	5.51	5.41
2007	5.4	5.26
2008	5.32	5.11
2009	5.26	5
2010	5.23	4.81
2011	5.14	4.63
2012	5.14	4.63
2013	5.16	4.62
2014	5.12	4.62
2015	5.03	4.62
2016	5.01	4.61
2017	4.99	4.61
2018	4.93	4.61
2019	4.87	4.6
2020	4.8	4.6
2021	4.73	4.6
2022	4.67	4.59
2023	4.61	4.59
2024	4.54	4.5
2025	4.47	4.41
2026	4.41	4.33
2027	4.34	4.23
2028	4.28	4.14
2029	4.22	4.06
2030	4.16	3.97
2031	4.11	3.87
2032	4.04	3.8
2033	3.98	3.73
2034	3.94	3.66
2035	3.88	3.59
2036	3.83	3.51
2037	3.76	3.44
2038	3.72	3.38
2039	3.67	3.32
2040	3.63	3.26
2041	3.57	3.21
2042	3.54	3.16
2043	3.49	3.12
2044	3.46	3.07
2045	3.4	3.02
2046	3.39	2.97
2047	3.35	2.93
2048	3.31	2.89
2049	3.25	2.85
2050	3.23	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Tanzania	Yemen
1960	44.9%	40.3%
1961	44.8%	40.4%
1962	44.8%	40.4%
1963	44.8%	40.6%
1964	45%	40.9%
1965	45.2%	41.3%
1966	45.4%	41.8%
1967	45.6%	42.3%
1968	45.8%	42.8%
1969	45.9%	43.3%
1970	46%	43.8%
1971	46.1%	44.3%
1972	46.1%	44.8%
1973	46.2%	45.3%
1974	46.3%	45.7%
1975	46.4%	46.2%
1976	46.5%	46.6%
1977	46.6%	47%
1978	46.7%	47.5%
1979	46.9%	47.9%
1980	47.2%	48.3%
1981	47.4%	48.7%
1982	47.5%	49.1%
1983	47.6%	49.4%
1984	47.5%	49.7%
1985	47.4%	50%
1986	47.2%	50.3%
1987	46.9%	50.5%
1988	46.7%	50.7%
1989	46.5%	50.9%
1990	46.3%	51.1%
1991	46.2%	51.2%
1992	46%	51.2%
1993	45.5%	51.2%
1994	44.9%	51.1%
1995	44.5%	50.9%
1996	44.7%	50.6%
1997	44.8%	50.3%
1998	44.7%	49.9%
1999	44.7%	49.5%
2000	44.6%	49%
2001	44.5%	48.6%
2002	44.6%	48.1%
2003	44.6%	47.6%
2004	44.7%	47.1%
2005	44.8%	46.5%
2006	44.9%	45.9%
2007	45%	45.3%
2008	45.1%	44.7%
2009	45.3%	44.1%
2010	45.3%	43.5%
2011	45.2%	43%
2012	45.1%	42.7%
2013	44.9%	42.3%
2014	44.8%	42.1%
2015	44.5%	41.8%
2016	44.2%	41.7%
2017	44%	41.6%
2018	43.8%	41.5%
2019	43.6%	41.4%
2020	43.4%	41.4%
2021	43.1%	41.4%
2022	42.9%	41.3%
2023	42.7%	41.2%
2024	42.5%	41.1%
2025	42.3%	41%
2026	42.1%	40.9%
2027	41.9%	40.8%
2028	41.7%	40.6%
2029	41.4%	40.3%
2030	41.1%	40%
2031	40.9%	39.6%
2032	40.5%	39.2%
2033	40.2%	38.7%
2034	39.8%	38.2%
2035	39.5%	37.7%
2036	39.1%	37.1%
2037	38.8%	36.5%
2038	38.4%	36%
2039	38.1%	35.4%
2040	37.8%	34.8%
2041	37.5%	34.3%
2042	37.1%	33.8%
2043	36.8%	33.4%
2044	36.5%	33%
2045	36.2%	32.6%
2046	35.9%	32.3%
2047	35.6%	32%
2048	35.4%	31.7%
2049	35.1%	31.4%
2050	34.8%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 42.5% of the population in Tanzania and 41.1% in Yemen in 2024, compared to 46.3% and 51.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Tanzania and Yemen compared.

Natural population change in Tanzania vs Yemen by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.05% in Tanzania and +3.02% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	275,814	122,994
1961	286,839	129,787
1962	300,663	131,262
1963	314,644	133,781
1964	328,527	147,299
1965	343,456	155,398
1966	360,229	164,091
1967	374,763	173,637
1968	389,467	182,518
1969	408,322	196,305
1970	427,988	207,613
1971	449,014	219,095
1972	467,305	229,322
1973	488,429	240,235
1974	515,152	252,737
1975	533,906	266,815
1976	553,617	281,078
1977	574,938	296,115
1978	595,024	312,439
1979	613,388	336,378
1980	629,444	355,767
1981	645,496	374,482
1982	662,627	392,302
1983	679,720	414,823
1984	687,435	434,674
1985	697,867	455,576
1986	705,677	464,665
1987	718,580	493,337
1988	736,551	513,296
1989	743,854	530,464
1990	750,825	549,654
1991	762,011	565,837
1992	767,961	582,072
1993	778,044	595,459
1994	803,953	602,363
1995	838,980	607,966
1996	868,524	588,786
1997	882,544	604,443
1998	920,806	615,488
1999	948,659	633,166
2000	985,185	646,694
2001	1,026,242	658,704
2002	1,063,195	672,494
2003	1,118,435	694,457
2004	1,175,379	710,493
2005	1,224,165	726,708
2006	1,257,927	750,082
2007	1,278,285	764,780
2008	1,303,728	779,123
2009	1,332,015	798,911
2010	1,363,477	803,246
2011	1,384,886	806,359
2012	1,439,325	845,645
2013	1,509,008	884,929
2014	1,565,630	920,330
2015	1,592,882	939,922
2016	1,659,502	975,697
2017	1,726,909	1,006,725
2018	1,777,852	1,020,238
2019	1,816,669	1,056,432
2020	1,861,377	1,086,322
2021	1,880,137	1,103,622
2022	1,927,960	1,153,375
2023	1,960,623	1,198,150

Maternal mortality chart: Tanzania vs Yemen

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 118 deaths in Yemen.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Tanzania	Yemen
1985	980	430
1986	971	430
1987	964	400
1988	949	388
1989	927	371
1990	900	359
1991	873	341
1992	864	330
1993	851	319
1994	816	311
1995	797	296
1996	775	282
1997	777	271
1998	739	260
1999	635	250
2000	568	241
2001	493	231
2002	454	218
2003	397	205
2004	365	194
2005	350	181
2006	366	171
2007	453	161
2008	511	153
2009	502	149
2010	486	144
2011	475	140
2012	448	137
2013	479	135
2014	454	134
2015	433	135
2016	396	134
2017	345	142
2018	319	134
2019	292	131
2020	160	135
2021	162	156
2022	152	125
2023	276	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.89% in Tanzania and 3.93% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	24.2%	42.9%
1961	24%	42.2%
1962	23.8%	41.5%
1963	23.6%	40.8%
1964	23.4%	40%
1965	23.1%	39%
1966	22.8%	38%
1967	22.5%	36.8%
1968	22.2%	35.6%
1969	21.9%	34.3%
1970	21.6%	33%
1971	21.2%	31.8%
1972	20.9%	30.6%
1973	20.5%	29.5%
1974	20.1%	28.4%
1975	19.6%	27.2%
1976	19.2%	26%
1977	18.8%	24.7%
1978	18.4%	23.4%
1979	18.1%	22.1%
1980	17.9%	20.8%
1981	17.8%	19.6%
1982	17.8%	18.4%
1983	17.8%	17.2%
1984	17.8%	16.2%
1985	17.7%	15.3%
1986	17.6%	14.6%
1987	17.4%	14%
1988	17.2%	13.4%
1989	16.9%	12.9%
1990	16.7%	12.5%
1991	16.5%	12.1%
1992	16.3%	11.8%
1993	16.1%	11.6%
1994	15.9%	11.3%
1995	15.6%	11.1%
1996	15.2%	10.8%
1997	14.8%	10.5%
1998	14.2%	10.2%
1999	13.6%	9.77%
2000	12.8%	9.32%
2001	12.1%	8.84%
2002	11.3%	8.36%
2003	10.5%	7.9%
2004	9.86%	7.47%
2005	9.24%	7.06%
2006	8.69%	6.68%
2007	8.16%	6.33%
2008	7.7%	6.02%
2009	7.24%	5.74%
2010	6.86%	5.49%
2011	6.5%	5.3%
2012	6.21%	5.14%
2013	5.95%	4.95%
2014	5.67%	4.84%
2015	5.48%	4.9%
2016	5.25%	4.77%
2017	5.02%	4.66%
2018	4.8%	4.7%
2019	4.6%	4.59%
2020	4.42%	4.32%
2021	4.22%	4.24%
2022	4.05%	4.08%
2023	3.89%	3.93%