Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Tanzania

Life expectancy at birth in Tanzania in 2024 — 67.2 years. Ranked 176 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 57.8%.

2024 67.2 years +0.32% vs 2023
World rank 176of 217
Period maximum 67.2 years2024
Period minimum 42.6 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Tanzania, 1960–20244050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 42.6 years1962: 43.2 years1964: 44.1 years1966: 44.9 years1968: 45.6 years1970: 46.5 years1972: 47.4 years1974: 48.4 years1976: 49.5 years1978: 50.4 years1980: 51.3 years1982: 52 years1984: 52.2 years1986: 52.2 years1988: 52.2 years1990: 52 years1992: 51.4 years1994: 51.1 years1996: 51.1 years1998: 51.8 years2000: 53.2 years2002: 54.9 years2004: 56.8 years2006: 58.5 years2008: 59.9 years2010: 61.1 years2012: 62.3 years2014: 63.4 years2016: 64.4 years2018: 65.5 years2020: 66.8 years2022: 66.9 years2024: 67.2 years
Change over the period: +24.6 (+57.79%) Average annual rate: 0.72 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Tanzania

Tanzania 67.2 years
World 73.5 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 62.8 years
Eastern Africa computed 65.9 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 70.1 years
Life expectancy at birth — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 67.2 +0.2 +0.32%
2023 67 +0.1 +0.17%
2022 66.9 +0.7 +1.13%
2021 66.1 −0.6 −0.96%
2020 66.8 +0.8 +1.16%
2019 66 +0.5 +0.79%
2018 65.5 +0.5 +0.81%
2017 65 +0.6 +0.87%
2016 64.4 +0.5 +0.74%
2015 63.9 +0.6 +0.89%
2014 63.4 +0.6 +0.92%
2013 62.8 +0.5 +0.81%
2012 62.3 +0.7 +1.08%
2011 61.6 +0.5 +0.8%
2010 61.1 +0.6 +1.05%
2009 60.5 +0.6 +1%
2008 59.9 +0.6 +1.07%
2007 59.3 +0.7 +1.28%
2006 58.5 +0.8 +1.45%
2005 57.7 +0.8 +1.48%
2004 56.8 +0.9 +1.62%
2003 55.9 +1 +1.8%
2002 54.9 +0.8 +1.51%
2001 54.1 +0.9 +1.65%
2000 53.2 +0.8 +1.61%
1999 52.4 +0.6 +1.14%
1998 51.8 +0.6 +1.09%
1997 51.2 +0.1 +0.22%
1996 51.1 +0.1 +0.25%
1995 51 −0.1 −0.14%
1994 51.1 −0.1 −0.27%
1993 51.2 −0.2 −0.42%
1992 51.4 −0.4 −0.78%
1991 51.8 −0.1 −0.28%
1990 52 −0.1 −0.2%
1989 52.1 −0.1 −0.26%
1988 52.2 +0 +0.08%
1987 52.2 −0 −0.05%
1986 52.2 +0 +0.04%
1985 52.2 +0 +0.06%
1984 52.2 −0 −0.05%
1983 52.2 +0.2 +0.36%
1982 52 +0.3 +0.56%
1981 51.7 +0.4 +0.84%
1980 51.3 +0.5 +0.95%
1979 50.8 +0.4 +0.87%
1978 50.4 +0.4 +0.76%
1977 50 +0.5 +1.03%
1976 49.5 +0.5 +1.1%
1975 48.9 +0.5 +1.03%
1974 48.4 +0.5 +1.06%
1973 47.9 +0.5 +1%
1972 47.4 +0.5 +0.99%
1971 47 +0.5 +1.03%
1970 46.5 +0.5 +0.98%
1969 46 +0.4 +0.91%
1968 45.6 +0.5 +1.03%
1967 45.2 +0.2 +0.49%
1966 44.9 +0.4 +0.9%
1965 44.5 +0.5 +1.06%
1964 44.1 +0.5 +1.05%
1963 43.6 +0.4 +0.93%
1962 43.2 +0.4 +0.87%
1961 42.8 +0.2 +0.58%
1960 42.6

About the indicator

Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn would live if age-specific mortality rates stayed the same as in the year of calculation. It is not a forecast for any individual but a summary measure of the current mortality regime: the indicator falls sharply in years of epidemics and wars and recovers just as fast.

Important: The indicator is highly sensitive to infant mortality: a decline there adds more years than an improvement in the health of the elderly.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.