Life expectancy at birth in United Republic of Tanzania was 51.7 years in 1981: 54.0 for women and 49.5 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 301,420 people died; 12.8% of them were 65 or older and 54.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1981

Life expectancy at birth

51.7

Women

54.0

Men

49.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

108.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

179.2

Deaths

301,420

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.2

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

367

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

273

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1981's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1981

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	108.32	125.22	54.0	49.6
1-4	20.55	21.49	59.0	55.0
5-9	4.99	5.19	59.9	55.7
10-14	3.08	3.13	56.4	52.1
15-19	3.43	3.86	52.2	47.9
20-24	4.24	5.48	48.1	43.8
25-29	4.85	6.14	44.1	39.9
30-34	5.38	7.00	40.1	36.1
35-39	6.09	8.39	36.1	32.3
40-44	6.97	10.11	32.1	28.6
45-49	8.03	12.49	28.2	24.9
50-54	10.56	16.40	24.2	21.3
55-59	14.28	21.49	20.4	18.0
60-64	22.01	31.05	16.7	14.7
65-69	34.43	45.75	13.4	11.7
70-74	55.89	70.31	10.4	9.1
75-79	87.18	107.37	8.0	6.9
80-84	131.94	160.84	6.0	5.2
85-89	195.14	234.05	4.5	3.9
90-94	274.22	321.82	3.4	3.0
95-99	372.52	428.80	2.6	2.3
100+	487.07	545.52	2.1	1.8

Mortality in United Republic of Tanzania by year

Mortality in United Republic of Tanzania, 1981

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