Life expectancy at birth in United Republic of Tanzania was 52.2 years in 1987: 54.2 for women and 50.3 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 346,090 people died; 14.1% of them were 65 or older and 52.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1987

Life expectancy at birth

52.2

Women

54.2

Men

50.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

105.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

173.4

Deaths

346,090

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.4

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

362

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

282

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1987's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1987

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	106.07	121.47	54.2	50.3
1-4	19.72	20.24	59.1	55.6
5-9	4.81	4.93	59.8	56.1
10-14	3.01	3.00	56.2	52.4
15-19	3.42	3.73	52.0	48.2
20-24	4.31	5.31	47.9	44.0
25-29	5.00	5.97	43.9	40.1
30-34	5.59	6.82	39.9	36.3
35-39	6.37	8.20	36.0	32.5
40-44	7.29	9.92	32.1	28.7
45-49	8.41	12.31	28.1	25.0
50-54	11.02	16.21	24.2	21.5
55-59	14.83	21.28	20.5	18.1
60-64	22.70	30.79	16.9	14.8
65-69	34.85	45.24	13.6	11.9
70-74	54.68	69.12	10.7	9.2
75-79	83.08	105.20	8.2	7.0
80-84	124.48	157.63	6.3	5.3
85-89	185.51	230.23	4.7	3.9
90-94	262.30	317.70	3.5	3.0
95-99	358.41	424.47	2.7	2.3
100+	471.54	541.30	2.1	1.9

Mortality in United Republic of Tanzania by year

Mortality in United Republic of Tanzania, 1987

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