Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Tanzania

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Tanzania was 67 years. A difference of +0.12 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Tanzania were 64.2 years and 69.78 years respectively in 2023.

You can see similar information for other countries.

The World Bank defines life expectancy at birth as "the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if mortality patterns at the time of its birth remain constant in the future".

The chart and table below shows the total, male, and female life expectancies of Tanzania for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Tanzania (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Tanzania (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	42.6	41.2	43.99
1961	42.84	41.49	44.19
1962	43.22	41.91	44.51
1963	43.62	42.33	44.89
1964	44.08	42.85	45.29
1965	44.54	43.39	45.69
1966	44.94	43.79	46.09
1967	45.16	43.81	46.51
1968	45.63	44.18	47.08
1969	46.04	44.54	47.56
1970	46.5	44.91	48.11
1971	46.97	45.35	48.63
1972	47.44	45.79	49.13
1973	47.91	46.2	49.69
1974	48.42	46.67	50.26
1975	48.92	47.14	50.79
1976	49.46	47.59	51.43
1977	49.97	48.05	52.01
1978	50.35	48.37	52.47
1979	50.79	48.86	52.85
1980	51.27	49.21	53.48
1981	51.7	49.55	54.02
1982	51.99	49.76	54.4
1983	52.18	49.9	54.64
1984	52.15	49.93	54.53
1985	52.18	50.04	54.47
1986	52.21	50.17	54.37
1987	52.18	50.26	54.21
1988	52.22	50.45	54.09
1989	52.09	50.37	53.89
1990	51.99	50.29	53.75
1991	51.84	50.21	53.53
1992	51.43	49.81	53.11
1993	51.22	49.67	52.8
1994	51.08	49.63	52.56
1995	51.01	49.63	52.42
1996	51.13	49.87	52.41
1997	51.25	50.07	52.43
1998	51.81	50.76	52.85
1999	52.4	51.4	53.38
2000	53.24	52.15	54.33
2001	54.12	52.92	55.32
2002	54.94	53.7	56.16
2003	55.93	54.6	57.23
2004	56.84	55.44	58.21
2005	57.68	56.23	59.1
2006	58.51	56.93	60.08
2007	59.26	57.6	60.91
2008	59.9	58.18	61.6
2009	60.49	58.81	62.15
2010	61.13	59.33	62.9
2011	61.62	59.79	63.42
2012	62.29	60.32	64.23
2013	62.79	60.77	64.78
2014	63.36	61.12	65.6
2015	63.93	61.61	66.24
2016	64.4	61.97	66.84
2017	64.96	62.38	67.57
2018	65.49	62.76	68.25
2019	66.01	63.14	68.92
2020	66.77	63.67	69.96
2021	66.13	63.2	69.09
2022	66.88	64.12	69.63
2023	67	64.2	69.78