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 6,735 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.

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How many babies are born in Tanzania?

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

6,735births per day
281per hour
5per minute
33.9births per 1,000 people
4.41children per woman
72.56 millionpopulation

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Tanzania through history

Estimated annual births in Tanzania, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.

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	43.1	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
2024	2.39M	68.6M	34.8	UN projection
2026	2.46M	72.6M	33.9	UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Tanzania are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 2026, at about 2.46M. That is roughly 392 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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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), 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.