Life expectancy at birth in United Republic of Tanzania was 47.4 years in 1972: 49.1 for women and 45.8 for men, a gap of 3.3 years. 262,076 people died; 10.5% of them were 65 or older and 55.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1972

Life expectancy at birth

47.4

Women

49.1

Men

45.8

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

120.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

207.8

Deaths

262,076

Deaths per 1,000 people

18.1

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

417

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

342

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1972's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1972

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	122.18	140.20	49.1	45.8
1-4	26.12	27.01	54.3	51.5
5-9	6.22	6.42	56.1	53.1
10-14	3.86	3.82	52.8	49.7
15-19	4.36	4.62	48.8	45.6
20-24	5.62	6.69	44.8	41.7
25-29	6.66	7.65	41.0	38.0
30-34	7.45	8.77	37.3	34.4
35-39	8.38	10.42	33.6	30.8
40-44	9.37	12.27	29.9	27.3
45-49	10.54	14.74	26.2	23.9
50-54	13.50	18.79	22.5	20.5
55-59	17.82	23.96	18.9	17.3
60-64	26.83	34.02	15.4	14.2
65-69	41.20	49.43	12.3	11.3
70-74	65.69	75.21	9.5	8.8
75-79	100.68	113.74	7.3	6.7
80-84	149.53	168.72	5.5	5.0
85-89	217.35	243.12	4.1	3.8
90-94	301.06	331.20	3.1	2.9
95-99	403.46	438.11	2.4	2.2
100+	520.32	553.99	1.9	1.8

Mortality in United Republic of Tanzania by year

Mortality in United Republic of Tanzania, 1972

Year

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