Life expectancy at birth in United Republic of Tanzania was 51.1 years in 1994: 52.6 for women and 49.6 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 418,559 people died; 14.8% of them were 65 or older and 44.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1994

Life expectancy at birth

51.1

Women

52.6

Men

49.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

98.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

157.7

Deaths

418,559

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.2

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

419

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

366

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1994's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1994

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	98.16	112.30	52.6	49.6
1-4	17.03	17.47	56.9	54.4
5-9	4.28	4.47	56.7	54.2
10-14	2.91	2.91	52.9	50.3
15-19	3.76	3.91	48.6	46.0
20-24	5.25	5.89	44.5	41.9
25-29	6.69	7.10	40.6	38.1
30-34	7.89	8.50	36.9	34.4
35-39	9.24	10.44	33.3	30.7
40-44	10.55	12.58	29.8	27.2
45-49	12.12	15.34	26.2	23.9
50-54	15.39	19.60	22.7	20.6
55-59	20.03	24.99	19.3	17.4
60-64	29.23	35.16	16.1	14.4
65-69	41.90	49.36	13.2	11.7
70-74	58.60	70.90	10.7	9.2
75-79	80.40	103.35	8.6	7.2
80-84	114.19	152.47	6.6	5.4
85-89	172.10	224.18	5.0	4.0
90-94	245.63	311.29	3.7	3.0
95-99	338.59	417.93	2.8	2.3
100+	449.74	535.16	2.2	1.9

Mortality in United Republic of Tanzania by year

Mortality in United Republic of Tanzania, 1994

Year

Country