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