Mauritania vs Tanzania: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Mauritania
4.62 live births per woman
in 2024
Tanzania
4.54 live births per woman
in 2024
Mauritania rank
11th
Tanzania rank
13th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Mauritania
- Tanzania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 4.62 live births per woman against 4.54 live births per woman in Tanzania, a difference of 0.08 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Tanzania ahead.
Mauritania ranks 11th and Tanzania ranks 13th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 2 and Tanzania in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.92 live births per woman | 6.32 live births per woman | 0.4033 live births per woman | Tanzania |
| 1960s | 6.4 live births per woman | 6.73 live births per woman | 0.3231 live births per woman | Tanzania |
| 1970s | 6.71 live births per woman | 7.06 live births per woman | 0.3512 live births per woman | Tanzania |
| 1980s | 6.44 live births per woman | 6.65 live births per woman | 0.212 live births per woman | Tanzania |
| 1990s | 5.93 live births per woman | 5.93 live births per woman | 0.0025 live births per woman | Tanzania |
| 2000s | 5.4 live births per woman | 5.51 live births per woman | 0.1087 live births per woman | Tanzania |
| 2010s | 5.22 live births per woman | 5.06 live births per woman | 0.1598 live births per woman | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 4.77 live births per woman | 4.67 live births per woman | 0.0998 live births per woman | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Mauritania or Tanzania?
- Mauritania, at 4.62 live births per woman against 4.54 live births per woman in Tanzania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Mauritania and Tanzania?
- 0.08 live births per woman, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Tanzania?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Mauritania and Tanzania rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Mauritania ranks 11th and Tanzania ranks 13th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.