Life expectancy at birth, total in Tanzania
Tanzania: Life expectancy at birth, total was 67.21 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Tanzania, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy at birth, total in Tanzania is 67.21 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Tanzania peaked at 67.21 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 42.6 years, in 1960.
That places Tanzania 174th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 44.27 years | 42.6 years | 46.04 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 48.67 years | 46.49 years | 50.79 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 52.02 years | 51.27 years | 52.22 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 51.51 years | 51.01 years | 52.4 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 57.09 years | 53.24 years | 60.49 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 63.6 years | 61.13 years | 66.01 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 66.8 years | 66.13 years | 67.21 years | 5 |
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More health data for Tanzania
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 986,433 (2025)
- Population, male 49.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 19.49 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 29.87 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 1.02 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 1.04 million (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 996,036 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 1.02 million (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 966,597 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 902,512 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Tanzania?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Tanzania was 67.21 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 67.21 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.6 years in 1960.
- How does Tanzania rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Tanzania ranks 174th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tanzania data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as part of Life expectancy at birth, total (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.