Benin vs Tanzania: Fertility rate, total (births per woman) (Fertility World Population)
Benin
4.48 births per woman
in 2024
Tanzania
4.54 births per woman
in 2024
Benin rank
14th
Tanzania rank
12th
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) (Fertility World Population) over time
- Benin
- Tanzania
How they compare
Tanzania currently reports 4.54 births per woman against 4.48 births per woman in Benin, a difference of 0.06 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Tanzania ahead.
Benin ranks 14th and Tanzania ranks 12th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 4 and Tanzania in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.55 births per woman | 6.73 births per woman | 0.1816 births per woman | Tanzania |
| 1970s | 6.82 births per woman | 7.06 births per woman | 0.2492 births per woman | Tanzania |
| 1980s | 6.97 births per woman | 6.65 births per woman | 0.3262 births per woman | Benin |
| 1990s | 6.39 births per woman | 5.93 births per woman | 0.4589 births per woman | Benin |
| 2000s | 5.71 births per woman | 5.51 births per woman | 0.1981 births per woman | Benin |
| 2010s | 5.28 births per woman | 5.06 births per woman | 0.2163 births per woman | Benin |
| 2020s | 4.63 births per woman | 4.67 births per woman | 0.0362 births per woman | Tanzania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Benin or Tanzania?
- Tanzania, at 4.54 births per woman against 4.48 births per woman in Benin as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Benin and Tanzania?
- 0.06 births per woman, with Tanzania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Tanzania?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Tanzania rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Benin ranks 14th and Tanzania ranks 12th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.