Life expectancy at birth in United Republic of Tanzania was 62.3 years in 2012: 64.2 for women and 60.3 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 365,711 people died; 23.7% of them were 65 or older and 30.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2012

Life expectancy at birth

62.3

Women

64.2

Men

60.3

Life expectancy at 65

13.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

45.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

62.5

Deaths

365,711

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.7

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

328

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

276

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2012

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	42.25	51.16	64.2	60.3
1-4	4.42	4.82	66.0	62.4
5-9	1.29	1.48	63.1	59.6
10-14	1.03	1.18	58.5	55.0
15-19	1.68	2.05	53.8	50.4
20-24	2.54	3.20	49.2	45.8
25-29	3.49	4.03	44.8	41.5
30-34	4.54	5.13	40.6	37.3
35-39	5.90	6.77	36.4	33.2
40-44	7.44	8.87	32.4	29.3
45-49	9.48	11.77	28.6	25.5
50-54	12.59	15.99	24.8	21.9
55-59	16.83	21.53	21.3	18.5
60-64	24.31	30.91	17.9	15.3
65-69	34.46	43.63	14.9	12.5
70-74	47.14	62.73	12.3	9.9
75-79	64.03	92.83	9.9	7.6
80-84	91.45	139.96	7.7	5.7
85-89	141.92	209.36	5.7	4.2
90-94	207.50	295.43	4.3	3.2
95-99	292.58	401.59	3.2	2.4
100+	399.00	519.75	2.5	1.9

Mortality in United Republic of Tanzania by year

Mortality in United Republic of Tanzania, 2012

Year

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