Life expectancy at birth in United Republic of Tanzania was 50.4 years in 1978: 52.5 for women and 48.4 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 289,885 people died; 12.0% of them were 65 or older and 54.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1978

Life expectancy at birth

50.4

Women

52.5

Men

48.4

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

110.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

185.0

Deaths

289,885

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.1

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

388

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

301

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1978's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1978

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	110.94	128.66	52.5	48.4
1-4	21.55	22.64	57.5	53.8
5-9	5.24	5.48	58.5	54.7
10-14	3.28	3.32	54.9	51.2
15-19	3.72	4.11	50.8	47.0
20-24	4.71	5.90	46.7	42.9
25-29	5.50	6.70	42.8	39.1
30-34	6.15	7.68	38.9	35.4
35-39	6.97	9.20	35.0	31.6
40-44	7.93	11.00	31.2	28.0
45-49	9.07	13.45	27.3	24.4
50-54	11.79	17.44	23.5	21.0
55-59	15.77	22.60	19.8	17.7
60-64	23.99	32.38	16.2	14.5
65-69	37.19	47.37	12.9	11.6
70-74	59.86	72.35	10.0	9.0
75-79	92.70	109.86	7.7	6.8
80-84	139.39	163.81	5.8	5.1
85-89	205.01	237.31	4.3	3.8
90-94	286.90	325.07	3.3	2.9
95-99	388.14	431.86	2.5	2.3
100+	505.02	548.28	2.0	1.8

Mortality in United Republic of Tanzania by year

Mortality in United Republic of Tanzania, 1978

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