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How many babies are born in Tanzania?

2.46 million babies born in Tanzania in 2026. That is 1.86% of all births worldwide, and the 11th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Tanzania: history and projections

10K100K1M 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Tanzania’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~6.3K ~150K 41.8 Modelled estimate
1000 ~35K ~800K 43.2 Modelled estimate
1500 ~66K ~1.8M 37.9 Modelled estimate
1800 ~139K ~3M 46.5 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~231K ~4.98M 46.5 Historical reconstruction
1950 350K 7.63M 45.9 UN estimate
2000 1.42M 34.3M 41.5 UN estimate
2023 2.35M 66.6M 35.2 UN estimate
2026 2.46M 72.6M 33.9 UN projection
2050 3.34M 130M 25.8 UN projection
2075 3.95M 199M 19.9 UN projection
2100 4.16M 263M 15.8 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Tanzania among estimates through 2023 were in 2023, at about 2.35M. That is roughly 374 times the estimated ~6.27K births a year in 1 CE.

At 4.41 children per woman, fertility in Tanzania is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Tanzania each year?

An estimated 2.46 million babies are born in Tanzania in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 6,740 a day and 1.86% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Tanzania?

Tanzania has an estimated 33.9 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 4.41 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.