Life expectancy at birth in United Republic of Tanzania was 43.2 years in 1962: 44.5 for women and 41.9 for men, a gap of 2.6 years. 217,937 people died; 9.4% of them were 65 or older and 54.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1962

Life expectancy at birth

43.2

Women

44.5

Men

41.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

131.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

236.7

Deaths

217,937

Deaths per 1,000 people

20.8

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

474

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

416

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1962's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1962

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

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	134.95	154.67	44.5	41.9
1-4	32.29	33.33	49.7	47.7
5-9	7.55	7.86	52.3	50.1
10-14	4.69	4.64	49.2	47.1
15-19	5.36	5.55	45.3	43.1
20-24	7.17	8.14	41.5	39.2
25-29	8.79	9.49	37.9	35.8
30-34	9.95	10.93	34.5	32.4
35-39	11.16	12.90	31.1	29.1
40-44	12.30	14.92	27.8	25.8
45-49	13.59	17.49	24.4	22.6
50-54	17.06	21.75	20.9	19.5
55-59	22.10	27.11	17.5	16.4
60-64	32.61	37.87	14.3	13.4
65-69	48.90	54.48	11.4	10.7
70-74	75.57	82.57	8.8	8.3
75-79	112.45	124.21	6.8	6.3
80-84	163.24	182.62	5.2	4.7
85-89	234.00	259.93	3.9	3.6
90-94	320.20	350.26	3.0	2.7
95-99	424.59	459.01	2.3	2.1
100+	542.24	575.47	1.8	1.7

Mortality in United Republic of Tanzania by year

Mortality in United Republic of Tanzania, 1962

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