Total fertility rate - Tanzania
Value & RankThe Total fertility rate of Tanzania is 4.95 (children born/woman) with a global rank of 17.
Tanzania compared to other CountriesThe Total fertility rate of Tanzania is similar to that of Mozambique, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Timor-Leste, Benin, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Liberia, Dem. Rep. Congo with a respective Total fertility rate of 5.27, 5.25, 5.23, 5.11, 5.04, 4.93, 4.83, 4.82, 4.81, 4.80 (children born/woman) and a global rank of 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22.Tanzania since the end of the Great RecessionTanzania's Total fertility rate had a positive growth of 19.0% since the end of the Great Recession
Tanzania compared to other CountriesThe Total fertility rate of Tanzania is similar to that of Mozambique, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Timor-Leste, Benin, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Liberia, Dem. Rep. Congo with a respective Total fertility rate of 5.27, 5.25, 5.23, 5.11, 5.04, 4.93, 4.83, 4.82, 4.81, 4.80 (children born/woman) and a global rank of 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22.Tanzania since the end of the Great RecessionTanzania's Total fertility rate had a positive growth of 19.0% since the end of the Great Recession
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Mozambique | 12 | 5.27 |
Nigeria | 13 | 5.25 |
Ethiopia | 14 | 5.23 |
Timor-Leste | 15 | 5.11 |
Benin | 16 | 5.04 |
Tanzania | 17 | 4.95 |
Guinea | 18 | 4.93 |
Sierra Leone | 19 | 4.83 |
Cameroon | 20 | 4.82 |
Liberia | 21 | 4.81 |
Dem. Rep. Congo | 22 | 4.80 |
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Datasource: CIA - The World Factbook