Mortality in United Republic of Tanzania, 1955

United Republic of Tanzania
1955
Life expectancy: 41.8
Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex
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Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in United Republic of Tanzania was 41.8 years in 1955: 43.3 for women and 40.4 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 184,145 people died; 9.0% of them were 65 or older and 53.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
41.8
Women
43.3
Men
40.4
Life expectancy at 65
10.8
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
136.3
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
249.7
Deaths
184,145
Deaths per 1,000 people
21.3
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
491
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
426
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1955's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.
WomenMen
Show the life table data
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
0139.97161.2943.340.4
1-435.0336.6148.646.2
5-98.138.5751.549.1
10-144.995.0248.646.1
15-195.635.9344.742.2
20-247.508.7140.938.4
25-299.1710.1737.435.0
30-3410.3411.6834.031.7
35-3911.5513.7330.728.5
40-4412.6815.7627.425.3
45-4913.9618.3424.022.2
50-5417.4922.6520.619.1
55-5922.6428.0517.216.1
60-6433.4339.0214.013.1
65-6950.5056.4311.110.4
70-7479.2086.718.58.0
75-79118.96131.516.56.0
80-84172.76193.255.04.5
85-89245.44272.633.73.4
90-94333.22364.532.92.7
95-99438.88474.512.22.1
100+557.07591.371.81.7