Life expectancy at birth in United Republic of Tanzania was 45.6 years in 1968: 47.1 for women and 44.2 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 242,790 people died; 9.9% of them were 65 or older and 55.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1968

Life expectancy at birth

45.6

Women

47.1

Men

44.2

Life expectancy at 65

11.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

125.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

221.1

Deaths

242,790

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.3

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

438

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

372

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1968's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1968

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	128.22	146.91	47.1	44.2
1-4	28.89	29.82	52.3	49.9
5-9	6.82	7.04	54.5	52.0
10-14	4.23	4.16	51.3	48.7
15-19	4.79	4.99	47.3	44.7
20-24	6.27	7.23	43.4	40.8
25-29	7.53	8.31	39.7	37.2
30-34	8.45	9.52	36.1	33.7
35-39	9.47	11.26	32.6	30.2
40-44	10.51	13.16	29.0	26.8
45-49	11.72	15.65	25.5	23.4
50-54	14.87	19.78	21.9	20.1
55-59	19.46	25.01	18.3	17.0
60-64	29.06	35.31	15.0	13.9
65-69	44.22	51.18	11.9	11.1
70-74	69.70	77.87	9.2	8.6
75-79	105.66	117.64	7.1	6.5
80-84	155.51	173.99	5.4	4.9
85-89	224.65	249.55	4.0	3.7
90-94	309.48	338.53	3.1	2.8
95-99	412.79	446.21	2.4	2.2
100+	530.03	562.40	1.9	1.8

Mortality in United Republic of Tanzania by year

Mortality in United Republic of Tanzania, 1968

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