Mauritania vs Tanzania: Birth rate

Mauritania
34.42 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Tanzania
35.22 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Mauritania rank
14th
Tanzania rank
11th

Birth rate over time

  • Mauritania
  • Tanzania
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How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 35.22 births per 1,000 people against 34.42 births per 1,000 people in Mauritania, a difference of 0.8 births per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Tanzania ahead.

Mauritania ranks 14th and Tanzania ranks 11th of 236 countries.

Tanzania has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Tanzania Difference Ahead
1950s 44.33 births per 1,000 people 47.19 births per 1,000 people 2.86 births per 1,000 people Tanzania
1960s 47.24 births per 1,000 people 49.8 births per 1,000 people 2.56 births per 1,000 people Tanzania
1970s 46 births per 1,000 people 49.99 births per 1,000 people 3.99 births per 1,000 people Tanzania
1980s 43 births per 1,000 people 45.96 births per 1,000 people 2.96 births per 1,000 people Tanzania
1990s 40.51 births per 1,000 people 42.15 births per 1,000 people 1.63 births per 1,000 people Tanzania
2000s 38.43 births per 1,000 people 40.83 births per 1,000 people 2.41 births per 1,000 people Tanzania
2010s 37.83 births per 1,000 people 37.88 births per 1,000 people 0.0498 births per 1,000 people Tanzania
2020s 35.09 births per 1,000 people 35.83 births per 1,000 people 0.7418 births per 1,000 people Tanzania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, Mauritania or Tanzania?
Tanzania, at 35.22 births per 1,000 people against 34.42 births per 1,000 people in Mauritania as of 2023.
What is the difference in birth rate between Mauritania and Tanzania?
0.8 births per 1,000 people, with Tanzania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Tanzania?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Mauritania and Tanzania rank globally for birth rate?
Mauritania ranks 14th and Tanzania ranks 11th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Birth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Birth rate
Unit
births per 1,000 people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,723 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed

The total number of births per 1,000 people in a given year.