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Life Expectancy in Tanzania vs Zambia (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 67.4 years in Tanzania vs 66.7 in Zambia. Tanzania is ranked 155/197 by life expectancy, and Zambia is 162/197. In Tanzania, the life expectancy is 64.6 years for males and 70.2 years for females. In Zambia, it's 64.3 years for males and 69.1 years for females.

Tanzania vs Zambia life expectancy at birth by year chart

Tanzania
Male

Female
Zambia
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Tanzania Zambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 41 39.6 42.5 46.8 45.7 47.9
1951 41.2 39.7 42.6 47.2 46.1 48.2
1952 41.4 39.9 42.8 47.6 46.5 48.6
1953 41.5 40.1 42.9 48 47 49
1954 41.7 40.2 43.1 48.4 47.4 49.4
1955 41.8 40.4 43.3 48.8 47.7 49.8
1956 42 40.5 43.5 49.1 48.1 50.2
1957 42.1 40.7 43.5 49.5 48.4 50.5
1958 42.3 40.9 43.7 49.9 48.8 51
1959 42.5 41 43.9 50.3 49.2 51.4
1960 42.6 41.2 44 50.6 49.6 51.7
1961 42.8 41.5 44.2 51 50 52.1
1962 43.2 41.9 44.5 51.3 50.3 52.4
1963 43.6 42.3 44.9 51.6 50.6 52.6
1964 44.1 42.9 45.3 51.2 49.9 52.5
1965 44.5 43.4 45.7 52.1 50.9 53.2
1966 44.9 43.8 46.1 52.3 51.1 53.4
1967 45.2 43.8 46.5 52.5 51.3 53.7
1968 45.6 44.2 47.1 52.7 51.5 53.9
1969 46 44.5 47.6 53 51.8 54.2
1970 46.5 44.9 48.1 53.4 52.2 54.6
1971 47 45.4 48.6 53.9 52.7 55.1
1972 47.4 45.8 49.1 54.4 53.1 55.6
1973 47.9 46.2 49.7 54.9 53.7 56.1
1974 48.4 46.7 50.3 55.4 54.2 56.6
1975 48.9 47.1 50.8 55.7 54.5 57
1976 49.5 47.6 51.4 56.1 54.8 57.4
1977 50 48 52 56.3 54.8 57.7
1978 50.4 48.4 52.5 56.3 54.9 57.8
1979 50.8 48.9 52.8 56 54.4 57.7
1980 51.3 49.2 53.5 55.5 53.8 57.1
1981 51.7 49.5 54 55 53.2 56.7
1982 52 49.8 54.4 54.4 52.5 56.1
1983 52.2 49.9 54.6 53.7 51.9 55.3
1984 52.2 49.9 54.5 52.9 51.1 54.6
1985 52.2 50 54.5 52 50.2 53.7
1986 52.2 50.2 54.4 51.1 49.5 52.8
1987 52.2 50.3 54.2 50.4 48.8 51.9
1988 52.2 50.4 54.1 49.7 48.2 51.1
1989 52.1 50.4 53.9 48.9 47.5 50.2
1990 52 50.3 53.8 48.2 46.9 49.4
1991 51.8 50.2 53.5 47.4 46.2 48.6
1992 51.4 49.8 53.1 47 45.7 48.1
1993 51.2 49.7 52.8 46.7 45.4 47.8
1994 51.1 49.6 52.6 46.3 45.2 47.4
1995 51 49.6 52.4 46.1 44.9 47.1
1996 51.1 49.9 52.4 45.8 44.7 46.7
1997 51.2 50.1 52.4 45.7 44.7 46.7
1998 51.8 50.8 52.9 45.7 44.8 46.5
1999 52.4 51.4 53.4 45.9 45.1 46.7
2000 53.2 52.1 54.3 46.6 45.8 47.3
2001 54.1 52.9 55.3 47.4 46.6 48.1
2002 54.9 53.7 56.2 48.5 47.7 49.1
2003 55.9 54.6 57.2 49.6 48.7 50.4
2004 56.8 55.4 58.2 50.5 49.9 51.1
2005 57.7 56.2 59.1 51.6 51 52.1
2006 58.5 56.9 60.1 52.7 51.9 53.3
2007 59.3 57.6 60.9 53.7 52.9 54.5
2008 59.9 58.2 61.6 54.8 53.7 55.9
2009 60.5 58.8 62.2 55.9 54.7 56.9
2010 61.1 59.3 62.9 56.9 55.5 58.2
2011 61.6 59.8 63.4 57.8 56.2 59.4
2012 62.3 60.3 64.2 58.7 57 60.3
2013 62.8 60.8 64.8 59.4 57.6 61.2
2014 63.4 61.1 65.6 60.1 58.1 62
2015 63.9 61.6 66.2 60.7 58.5 62.8
2016 64.4 62 66.8 61.1 58.9 63.3
2017 65 62.4 67.6 61.6 59.2 63.9
2018 65.5 62.8 68.3 62.1 59.7 64.5
2019 66 63.1 68.9 62.9 60.3 65.4
2020 66.8 63.7 70 63.4 60.7 66
2021 66.1 63.2 69.1 62.4 59.8 64.9
2022 66.9 64.1 69.6 65.3 62.8 67.7
2023 67 64.2 69.8 66.3 63.9 68.7
2024 67.2 64.4 70 66.5 64.1 68.9
2025 67.4 64.6 70.2 66.7 64.3 69.1

Life expectancy is the average age of death for a hypothetical cohort of newborns if they experienced the age-specific mortality rates of one particular year throughout their entire life. It is a snapshot reflecting mortality rates at a given year that does not account for any future changes in these rates.

Healthy life expectancy at birth, defined by the World Health Organization as the average number of years a person can expect to live in full health, is 58.1 years in Tanzania and 53 in Zambia. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 13.4 healthy years in Tanzania and 11.3 in Zambia.

Tanzania vs Zambia life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator assesses the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on the current age for both males and females in Tanzania and Zambia, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2025 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
41.7 vs 41.9 years

Mean expected age of death:
71.7 vs 71.9 years

Median expected age of death:
73.9 vs 74.3 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Tanzania Zambia
Male Female Male Female
40 95.7% 97.0% 96.6% 98.0%
50 88.1% 91.6% 90.7% 94.1%
60 74.8% 82.1% 79.5% 86.4%
65 65.1% 74.6% 70.7% 79.5%
70 53.3% 65.0% 58.3% 69.0%
75 39.9% 53.4% 41.3% 52.8%
80 25.7% 40.7% 22.9% 33.0%
85 13.1% 27.1% 9.1% 15.6%
90 4.6% 14.3% 2.5% 5.2%
95 1.0% 5.4% 0.4% 1.1%
100 0.1% 1.4% 0.0% 0.1%

Remaining life expectancy by current age

Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. An adult has already survived early-age mortality causes and is expected to have a longer lifespan than calculated from birth.

The life expectancy from current ages in Tanzania vs Zambia: 71.7 years vs 71.9 at 30, 79.8 vs 77.9 at 65, 87.3 vs 85.3 at 80 — significantly higher than the 67.4 vs 66.7 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in Tanzania and Zambia.

Tanzania
Male

Female
Zambia
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Tanzania Zambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 67.4 64.6 70.2 66.7 64.3 69.1
1 69.3 66.6 72 69.2 67 71.4
2 69.6 66.9 72.3 69.6 67.4 71.7
3 69.8 67.1 72.4 69.9 67.7 71.9
4 69.9 67.2 72.6 70 67.9 72.1
5 70 67.3 72.7 70.2 68 72.2
6 70.1 67.3 72.7 70.2 68.1 72.3
7 70.1 67.4 72.8 70.3 68.2 72.3
8 70.2 67.4 72.8 70.4 68.3 72.4
9 70.2 67.5 72.9 70.4 68.3 72.4
10 70.2 67.5 72.9 70.5 68.4 72.5
11 70.3 67.6 72.9 70.5 68.4 72.5
12 70.3 67.6 73 70.6 68.5 72.6
13 70.3 67.6 73 70.6 68.5 72.6
14 70.4 67.7 73 70.7 68.6 72.6
15 70.4 67.7 73.1 70.7 68.6 72.7
16 70.5 67.8 73.1 70.8 68.7 72.7
17 70.5 67.8 73.2 70.8 68.7 72.8
18 70.6 67.9 73.2 70.9 68.8 72.8
19 70.7 68 73.3 71 68.9 72.9
20 70.8 68.1 73.4 71 69 72.9
21 70.8 68.2 73.4 71.1 69.1 73
22 70.9 68.3 73.5 71.2 69.2 73.1
23 71 68.4 73.6 71.3 69.3 73.1
24 71.1 68.5 73.6 71.4 69.4 73.2
25 71.2 68.6 73.7 71.4 69.5 73.2
26 71.3 68.7 73.8 71.5 69.6 73.3
27 71.4 68.8 73.9 71.6 69.7 73.4
28 71.5 69 74 71.7 69.8 73.4
29 71.6 69.1 74.1 71.8 69.9 73.5
30 71.7 69.2 74.2 71.9 70 73.6
31 71.9 69.3 74.3 72 70.1 73.6
32 72 69.5 74.4 72 70.2 73.7
33 72.1 69.6 74.5 72.1 70.4 73.8
34 72.2 69.7 74.6 72.2 70.5 73.8
35 72.4 69.9 74.7 72.3 70.6 73.9
36 72.5 70.1 74.9 72.4 70.7 74
37 72.7 70.2 75 72.5 70.8 74.1
38 72.8 70.4 75.1 72.6 71 74.2
39 73 70.6 75.3 72.8 71.1 74.3
40 73.1 70.7 75.4 72.9 71.2 74.4
41 73.3 70.9 75.5 73 71.4 74.4
42 73.5 71.1 75.7 73.1 71.5 74.5
43 73.7 71.3 75.9 73.3 71.7 74.7
44 73.8 71.5 76 73.4 71.8 74.8
45 74 71.7 76.2 73.5 72 74.9
46 74.2 71.9 76.4 73.7 72.2 75
47 74.4 72.2 76.5 73.8 72.4 75.1
48 74.7 72.4 76.7 74 72.5 75.2
49 74.9 72.7 76.9 74.2 72.7 75.4
50 75.1 72.9 77.1 74.3 72.9 75.5
51 75.4 73.2 77.3 74.5 73.1 75.7
52 75.6 73.5 77.6 74.7 73.4 75.8
53 75.9 73.7 77.8 74.9 73.6 76
54 76.1 74 78 75.1 73.8 76.2
55 76.4 74.3 78.3 75.3 74 76.3
56 76.7 74.7 78.5 75.5 74.3 76.5
57 77 75 78.8 75.7 74.6 76.7
58 77.3 75.3 79.1 76 74.8 76.9
59 77.6 75.7 79.4 76.2 75.1 77.1
60 78 76 79.6 76.5 75.4 77.3
61 78.3 76.4 80 76.7 75.7 77.5
62 78.7 76.8 80.3 77 76 77.8
63 79 77.2 80.6 77.3 76.3 78
64 79.4 77.6 81 77.6 76.6 78.3
65 79.8 78 81.4 77.9 77 78.6
66 80.3 78.5 81.7 78.2 77.3 78.9
67 80.7 78.9 82.1 78.5 77.7 79.2
68 81.1 79.4 82.6 78.9 78.1 79.5
69 81.6 79.8 83 79.3 78.5 79.9
70 82 80.3 83.4 79.7 78.9 80.2
71 82.5 80.8 83.9 80.1 79.4 80.7
72 83 81.3 84.3 80.6 79.9 81.1
73 83.5 81.9 84.8 81.1 80.4 81.6
74 84 82.4 85.3 81.6 81 82.1
75 84.5 83 85.7 82.2 81.6 82.6
76 85 83.5 86.2 82.8 82.2 83.1
77 85.6 84.1 86.8 83.4 82.8 83.7
78 86.2 84.7 87.3 84 83.4 84.3
79 86.7 85.3 87.8 84.6 84.1 84.9
80 87.3 86 88.3 85.3 84.8 85.6
81 87.9 86.6 88.9 86 85.6 86.3
82 88.5 87.3 89.4 86.7 86.3 87
83 89.2 87.9 90 87.5 87.1 87.7
84 89.9 88.7 90.6 88.2 87.9 88.4
85 90.5 89.4 91.2 89 88.7 89.2
86 91.3 90.1 91.9 89.8 89.5 90
87 92 90.9 92.5 90.6 90.3 90.8
88 92.7 91.7 93.2 91.4 91.1 91.5
89 93.5 92.5 93.9 92.2 92 92.4
90 94.3 93.3 94.6 93.1 92.8 93.2
91 95 94.1 95.4 93.9 93.7 94
92 95.8 94.9 96.1 94.8 94.6 94.8
93 96.6 95.8 96.9 95.6 95.4 95.7
94 97.4 96.6 97.7 96.5 96.3 96.6
95 98.3 97.5 98.4 97.4 97.2 97.4
96 99.1 98.4 99.3 98.3 98.1 98.3
97 100 99.2 100.1 99.2 99 99.2
98 100.8 100.1 100.9 100.1 99.9 100.1
99 101.7 101 101.7 101 100.9 101
100 102.5 101.9 102.6 101.9 101.8 102

Odds of living to age in Tanzania vs Zambia

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 73% in Tanzania and 76.3% in Zambia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 55.3% and 58.7% will live to 70 years or older, 31.1% and 26% to 80+ years, and 8.68% and 3.62% will live past 90 years old.

For longevity rates starting from an age other than 0, use the probability of survival to an age calculator provided above.

Tanzania
Male

Female
Zambia
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Tanzania Zambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.2% 97% 97.6% 96.3% 95.9% 96.8%
2 96.8% 96.5% 97.1% 95.8% 95.3% 96.3%
3 96.6% 96.3% 96.9% 95.4% 94.9% 96%
4 96.4% 96.1% 96.7% 95.2% 94.6% 95.8%
5 96.3% 96% 96.6% 95% 94.4% 95.6%
6 96.2% 95.9% 96.5% 94.9% 94.3% 95.5%
7 96.1% 95.8% 96.4% 94.8% 94.1% 95.4%
8 96% 95.7% 96.4% 94.7% 94% 95.3%
9 96% 95.6% 96.3% 94.6% 93.9% 95.3%
10 95.9% 95.6% 96.3% 94.5% 93.9% 95.2%
11 95.8% 95.5% 96.2% 94.5% 93.8% 95.1%
12 95.8% 95.4% 96.1% 94.4% 93.7% 95.1%
13 95.7% 95.4% 96.1% 94.3% 93.6% 95%
14 95.7% 95.3% 96% 94.2% 93.5% 95%
15 95.6% 95.2% 96% 94.2% 93.4% 94.9%
16 95.5% 95.1% 95.9% 94.1% 93.3% 94.8%
17 95.4% 95% 95.8% 94% 93.2% 94.7%
18 95.3% 94.9% 95.7% 93.9% 93.1% 94.6%
19 95.1% 94.7% 95.6% 93.7% 92.9% 94.6%
20 95% 94.5% 95.5% 93.6% 92.7% 94.5%
21 94.8% 94.3% 95.4% 93.5% 92.6% 94.3%
22 94.7% 94.1% 95.2% 93.3% 92.4% 94.2%
23 94.5% 93.9% 95.1% 93.1% 92.2% 94.1%
24 94.3% 93.7% 94.9% 93% 92% 94%
25 94.1% 93.5% 94.8% 92.8% 91.7% 93.9%
26 93.9% 93.2% 94.6% 92.6% 91.5% 93.8%
27 93.7% 93% 94.4% 92.5% 91.3% 93.6%
28 93.5% 92.7% 94.3% 92.3% 91.1% 93.5%
29 93.2% 92.4% 94.1% 92.1% 90.9% 93.4%
30 93% 92.1% 93.9% 91.9% 90.6% 93.2%
31 92.7% 91.8% 93.6% 91.7% 90.4% 93.1%
32 92.4% 91.5% 93.4% 91.5% 90.1% 92.9%
33 92.1% 91.1% 93.2% 91.3% 89.8% 92.8%
34 91.8% 90.8% 92.9% 91.1% 89.6% 92.6%
35 91.5% 90.4% 92.6% 90.8% 89.3% 92.4%
36 91.2% 90% 92.3% 90.6% 89% 92.2%
37 90.8% 89.6% 92% 90.3% 88.6% 92%
38 90.4% 89.1% 91.7% 90% 88.3% 91.8%
39 90% 88.6% 91.4% 89.7% 87.9% 91.6%
40 89.6% 88.1% 91% 89.4% 87.5% 91.3%
41 89.1% 87.6% 90.6% 89.1% 87.1% 91.1%
42 88.6% 87% 90.2% 88.7% 86.7% 90.8%
43 88.1% 86.4% 89.8% 88.4% 86.3% 90.5%
44 87.6% 85.8% 89.3% 88% 85.8% 90.2%
45 87% 85.1% 88.9% 87.5% 85.3% 89.8%
46 86.4% 84.4% 88.4% 87.1% 84.7% 89.5%
47 85.7% 83.7% 87.8% 86.6% 84.1% 89.1%
48 85.1% 82.9% 87.3% 86.1% 83.5% 88.7%
49 84.3% 82% 86.7% 85.5% 82.9% 88.3%
50 83.6% 81.1% 86% 84.9% 82.2% 87.8%
51 82.7% 80.1% 85.3% 84.3% 81.4% 87.3%
52 81.9% 79.1% 84.6% 83.6% 80.6% 86.7%
53 81% 78.1% 83.8% 82.9% 79.7% 86.1%
54 80% 76.9% 83% 82.1% 78.8% 85.5%
55 79% 75.8% 82.2% 81.3% 77.9% 84.8%
56 77.9% 74.5% 81.3% 80.4% 76.8% 84%
57 76.7% 73.2% 80.3% 79.5% 75.8% 83.3%
58 75.6% 71.9% 79.3% 78.5% 74.6% 82.4%
59 74.3% 70.4% 78.2% 77.4% 73.4% 81.5%
60 73% 68.9% 77.1% 76.3% 72.1% 80.5%
61 71.5% 67.3% 75.8% 75% 70.7% 79.4%
62 70.1% 65.6% 74.5% 73.7% 69.2% 78.3%
63 68.5% 63.8% 73.1% 72.3% 67.6% 77%
64 66.8% 61.9% 71.6% 70.8% 65.9% 75.6%
65 65% 59.9% 70.1% 69.1% 64.1% 74.2%
66 63.2% 57.9% 68.3% 67.4% 62.2% 72.6%
67 61.3% 55.8% 66.6% 65.5% 60.1% 70.8%
68 59.4% 53.6% 64.8% 63.4% 57.9% 68.8%
69 57.3% 51.4% 62.9% 61.2% 55.5% 66.7%
70 55.3% 49.1% 61% 58.7% 52.9% 64.3%
71 53.1% 46.8% 58.9% 56% 50% 61.7%
72 50.9% 44.4% 56.9% 53.2% 47.1% 58.9%
73 48.6% 41.9% 54.7% 50.1% 44% 55.8%
74 46.2% 39.3% 52.4% 46.9% 40.7% 52.6%
75 43.8% 36.7% 50.2% 43.5% 37.4% 49.2%
76 41.3% 34.1% 47.8% 40.1% 34% 45.6%
77 38.8% 31.5% 45.4% 36.5% 30.6% 41.9%
78 36.2% 28.9% 43% 33% 27.2% 38.2%
79 33.7% 26.3% 40.6% 29.5% 23.9% 34.5%
80 31.1% 23.7% 38.2% 26% 20.8% 30.8%
81 28.6% 21.2% 35.7% 22.7% 17.7% 27.1%
82 26.1% 18.8% 33.3% 19.6% 15% 23.7%
83 23.6% 16.4% 30.7% 16.7% 12.5% 20.4%
84 21.1% 14.2% 28.1% 14% 10.3% 17.4%
85 18.7% 12% 25.5% 11.6% 8.29% 14.6%
86 16.4% 10.1% 22.9% 9.5% 6.6% 12.1%
87 14.2% 8.34% 20.3% 7.64% 5.16% 9.83%
88 12.2% 6.78% 17.9% 6.06% 3.98% 7.9%
89 10.3% 5.43% 15.6% 4.72% 3.01% 6.24%
90 8.68% 4.27% 13.4% 3.62% 2.24% 4.85%
91 7.17% 3.29% 11.3% 2.72% 1.63% 3.69%
92 5.87% 2.5% 9.52% 2.02% 1.17% 2.77%
93 4.73% 1.85% 7.86% 1.46% 0.82% 2.03%
94 3.76% 1.35% 6.39% 1.04% 0.56% 1.46%
95 2.94% 0.96% 5.11% 0.72% 0.38% 1.03%
96 2.25% 0.66% 4% 0.49% 0.25% 0.7%
97 1.7% 0.45% 3.08% 0.32% 0.16% 0.47%
98 1.26% 0.3% 2.34% 0.21% 0.1% 0.31%
99 0.93% 0.19% 1.74% 0.13% 0.06% 0.2%
100 0.66% 0.12% 1.27% 0.08% 0.04% 0.12%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 2.75% in the birth year in Tanzania and 3.66% in Zambia, 0.28% vs 0.22% at age 30, 1.95% vs 1.63% at 60, and 8.15% vs 12.9% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in Tanzania compared to Zambia at any given age.

Tanzania
Male

Female
Zambia
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Tanzania Zambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.75% 3.05% 2.45% 3.66% 4.07% 3.24%
1 0.42% 0.41% 0.42% 0.59% 0.67% 0.5%
2 0.26% 0.27% 0.25% 0.36% 0.41% 0.3%
3 0.18% 0.19% 0.17% 0.25% 0.29% 0.21%
4 0.13% 0.14% 0.13% 0.18% 0.2% 0.16%
5 0.1% 0.11% 0.1% 0.14% 0.16% 0.12%
6 0.09% 0.09% 0.08% 0.12% 0.13% 0.1%
7 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.1% 0.11% 0.08%
8 0.07% 0.07% 0.06% 0.09% 0.1% 0.07%
9 0.06% 0.07% 0.06% 0.08% 0.09% 0.07%
10 0.06% 0.07% 0.06% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
11 0.06% 0.07% 0.06% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
12 0.06% 0.07% 0.06% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
13 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.08% 0.09% 0.07%
14 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.09% 0.1% 0.07%
15 0.09% 0.1% 0.08% 0.1% 0.11% 0.08%
16 0.11% 0.12% 0.09% 0.11% 0.13% 0.09%
17 0.12% 0.14% 0.1% 0.12% 0.15% 0.09%
18 0.14% 0.17% 0.11% 0.13% 0.17% 0.1%
19 0.15% 0.19% 0.12% 0.15% 0.18% 0.11%
20 0.17% 0.2% 0.13% 0.15% 0.2% 0.11%
21 0.18% 0.22% 0.14% 0.16% 0.21% 0.11%
22 0.19% 0.23% 0.15% 0.17% 0.22% 0.12%
23 0.2% 0.24% 0.16% 0.17% 0.23% 0.12%
24 0.21% 0.25% 0.16% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
25 0.22% 0.26% 0.17% 0.18% 0.24% 0.13%
26 0.23% 0.27% 0.19% 0.19% 0.24% 0.13%
27 0.24% 0.29% 0.2% 0.19% 0.25% 0.14%
28 0.25% 0.3% 0.21% 0.2% 0.25% 0.15%
29 0.27% 0.32% 0.22% 0.21% 0.26% 0.15%
30 0.28% 0.33% 0.23% 0.22% 0.27% 0.16%
31 0.3% 0.35% 0.24% 0.22% 0.28% 0.16%
32 0.32% 0.37% 0.26% 0.24% 0.3% 0.18%
33 0.33% 0.39% 0.28% 0.25% 0.31% 0.18%
34 0.36% 0.42% 0.29% 0.26% 0.33% 0.2%
35 0.38% 0.45% 0.31% 0.28% 0.35% 0.21%
36 0.4% 0.47% 0.33% 0.29% 0.37% 0.22%
37 0.43% 0.51% 0.35% 0.31% 0.39% 0.23%
38 0.46% 0.54% 0.38% 0.33% 0.41% 0.25%
39 0.48% 0.57% 0.4% 0.35% 0.43% 0.27%
40 0.52% 0.61% 0.43% 0.38% 0.47% 0.29%
41 0.54% 0.64% 0.45% 0.4% 0.49% 0.3%
42 0.58% 0.69% 0.48% 0.43% 0.53% 0.33%
43 0.61% 0.73% 0.5% 0.45% 0.56% 0.35%
44 0.65% 0.78% 0.53% 0.48% 0.59% 0.37%
45 0.7% 0.84% 0.57% 0.52% 0.64% 0.4%
46 0.74% 0.89% 0.6% 0.55% 0.68% 0.43%
47 0.79% 0.95% 0.64% 0.59% 0.73% 0.46%
48 0.85% 1.02% 0.69% 0.64% 0.79% 0.5%
49 0.91% 1.1% 0.74% 0.69% 0.85% 0.54%
50 0.99% 1.19% 0.8% 0.76% 0.93% 0.59%
51 1.05% 1.26% 0.84% 0.8% 0.98% 0.63%
52 1.13% 1.35% 0.91% 0.88% 1.07% 0.69%
53 1.2% 1.44% 0.97% 0.94% 1.15% 0.74%
54 1.28% 1.54% 1.03% 1.01% 1.23% 0.8%
55 1.36% 1.64% 1.1% 1.08% 1.32% 0.86%
56 1.46% 1.75% 1.18% 1.16% 1.41% 0.94%
57 1.55% 1.87% 1.26% 1.25% 1.52% 1.01%
58 1.67% 2.01% 1.36% 1.36% 1.65% 1.11%
59 1.79% 2.16% 1.46% 1.47% 1.78% 1.21%
60 1.95% 2.36% 1.6% 1.63% 1.96% 1.36%
61 2.08% 2.51% 1.71% 1.75% 2.1% 1.45%
62 2.26% 2.74% 1.88% 1.93% 2.31% 1.63%
63 2.43% 2.94% 2.04% 2.11% 2.5% 1.78%
64 2.63% 3.17% 2.22% 2.3% 2.72% 1.96%
65 2.84% 3.43% 2.43% 2.51% 2.96% 2.16%
66 2.99% 3.63% 2.56% 2.81% 3.31% 2.42%
67 3.18% 3.87% 2.72% 3.17% 3.73% 2.75%
68 3.4% 4.15% 2.9% 3.59% 4.2% 3.14%
69 3.62% 4.44% 3.08% 4.02% 4.7% 3.53%
70 3.94% 4.83% 3.36% 4.61% 5.34% 4.11%
71 4.16% 5.13% 3.51% 5.06% 5.87% 4.51%
72 4.54% 5.61% 3.83% 5.77% 6.64% 5.19%
73 4.88% 6.05% 4.08% 6.42% 7.37% 5.8%
74 5.26% 6.56% 4.37% 7.16% 8.19% 6.5%
75 5.69% 7.11% 4.69% 7.97% 9.09% 7.28%
76 6.1% 7.69% 4.97% 8.77% 10% 8.03%
77 6.51% 8.3% 5.26% 9.65% 11% 8.85%
78 7.07% 9.07% 5.67% 10.7% 12.1% 9.85%
79 7.53% 9.77% 5.97% 11.7% 13.2% 10.8%
80 8.15% 10.7% 6.42% 12.9% 14.6% 11.9%
81 8.65% 11.4% 6.81% 13.6% 15.4% 12.5%
82 9.65% 12.6% 7.71% 14.8% 16.7% 13.8%
83 10.5% 13.7% 8.48% 15.9% 17.9% 14.9%
84 11.5% 15% 9.39% 17.2% 19.2% 16.1%
85 12.3% 16.1% 10.2% 18.3% 20.4% 17.3%
86 13.3% 17.4% 11.1% 19.5% 21.7% 18.5%
87 14.2% 18.6% 12% 20.7% 23% 19.7%
88 15.2% 20% 13% 22.1% 24.3% 21%
89 16.1% 21.3% 13.9% 23.2% 25.6% 22.2%
90 17.4% 22.9% 15.4% 24.9% 27.2% 24%
91 18.1% 24.1% 16% 25.9% 28.3% 24.9%
92 19.4% 25.8% 17.5% 27.5% 29.9% 26.6%
93 20.6% 27.3% 18.7% 29% 31.3% 28.1%
94 21.8% 29% 20.1% 30.6% 32.9% 29.7%
95 23.3% 30.8% 21.6% 32.3% 34.6% 31.4%
96 24.5% 32.4% 23% 33.8% 36.1% 33%
97 25.7% 33.9% 24.3% 35.2% 37.5% 34.5%
98 26.8% 35.4% 25.5% 36.6% 38.8% 35.9%
99 28.3% 37.1% 27.1% 38.3% 40.5% 37.6%
100 29.4% 38.6% 28.4% 39.7% 41.8% 39.1%

Death rate by age in Tanzania compared to Zambia

In Tanzania, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in Zambia. The median age of death is 72.4 in Tanzania and 73 in Zambia — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Tanzania
Male

Female
Zambia
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Tanzania Zambia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,753 3,049 2,450 3,656 4,072 3,240
1 404 402 406 567 647 487
2 251.9 256.7 247 344 394 293.3
3 174.5 180.3 168.6 237.7 271.5 203.5
4 127.9 133.3 122.4 171.5 193.7 149
5 98.4 103 93.7 131.9 148.5 115
6 83.2 88.4 77.9 109.4 123.9 94.7
7 73.6 79.1 67.8 93.6 106.9 80.2
8 65.9 71.4 60.3 82.3 94.5 70
9 61.1 66.2 55.8 75 86.5 63.4
10 58.8 64 53.6 70.9 81.6 60
11 59 64.8 53 69.3 79.5 58.9
12 61.3 67.5 55 70.5 81 59.9
13 66.4 73.1 59.7 74.4 85.7 62.9
14 74.9 83.2 66.4 81.1 94.2 67.9
15 86.8 97.5 76 90.2 105.5 74.7
16 101 115.8 85.8 102.4 121.8 82.8
17 116.6 137 95.8 114 138.8 89
18 133.3 160 106.1 126.3 156.9 95.4
19 145.8 176 115.1 136 171.3 100.3
20 157.6 190.8 123.9 144.3 183.9 104.5
21 167.4 204.1 130.3 151.3 194.3 108
22 177.9 216.4 138.9 157.1 202.5 111.4
23 187.6 227.2 147.4 161.7 208.4 114.9
24 196.8 236.7 156.4 165.8 212.8 118.6
25 206.2 246.7 165.2 169.3 216.3 122.1
26 216 256.1 175.3 173.4 220.3 126.2
27 226.9 267.4 185.7 178 224.9 130.7
28 238 279.4 195.7 183.8 231.1 136.2
29 250.1 292.4 207 189.9 237.9 141.3
30 264.2 309 219 198.6 247.7 149
31 275.1 322 227.9 204.4 254.8 153.3
32 292.4 341 243.4 216.1 268.3 163.1
33 309 359 257.1 226.4 280.2 171.6
34 327 381 272.3 237.9 293.6 181
35 348 405 290.7 251.7 310 191.9
36 367 427 307 265.4 325 203.4
37 388 453 324 279.8 343 214.8
38 412 480 345 298.3 363 230.9
39 435 507 364 315 382 244.7
40 463 540 387 338 408 264.1
41 483 565 405 353 426 275.8
42 514 601 430 380 457 299.9
43 541 633 452 400 480 316
44 571 670 476 425 509 336
45 607 713 506 455 545 360
46 640 752 533 481 575 381
47 680 798 565 513 614 408
48 725 849 603 553 658 442
49 770 900 641 591 704 475
50 826 963 688 643 761 521
51 865 1,007 719 676 800 548
52 923 1,070 770 733 863 601
53 971 1,123 810 777 913 640
54 1,023 1,181 856 828 970 687
55 1,077 1,241 903 878 1,024 732
56 1,134 1,301 956 935 1,087 787
57 1,192 1,366 1,010 992 1,149 840
58 1,262 1,443 1,077 1,068 1,229 914
59 1,331 1,520 1,143 1,140 1,307 983
60 1,424 1,623 1,235 1,247 1,412 1,092
61 1,486 1,691 1,300 1,310 1,481 1,153
62 1,584 1,794 1,403 1,426 1,596 1,273
63 1,666 1,878 1,494 1,522 1,692 1,371
64 1,754 1,965 1,594 1,625 1,791 1,480
65 1,849 2,053 1,704 1,736 1,897 1,601
66 1,890 2,099 1,748 1,894 2,060 1,758
67 1,949 2,160 1,810 2,079 2,245 1,948
68 2,016 2,225 1,880 2,276 2,432 2,161
69 2,074 2,282 1,938 2,457 2,604 2,355
70 2,177 2,372 2,046 2,708 2,820 2,643
71 2,208 2,399 2,071 2,835 2,937 2,784
72 2,312 2,490 2,176 3,067 3,128 3,057
73 2,370 2,534 2,231 3,215 3,243 3,240
74 2,432 2,579 2,292 3,354 3,337 3,420
75 2,490 2,614 2,351 3,467 3,399 3,581
76 2,516 2,625 2,375 3,512 3,398 3,662
77 2,525 2,615 2,391 3,527 3,359 3,711
78 2,561 2,620 2,440 3,534 3,301 3,768
79 2,536 2,568 2,424 3,439 3,161 3,709
80 2,537 2,529 2,450 3,353 3,026 3,663
81 2,475 2,414 2,432 3,078 2,734 3,400
82 2,522 2,367 2,568 2,908 2,510 3,272
83 2,478 2,247 2,604 2,658 2,238 3,038
84 2,428 2,120 2,641 2,413 1,975 2,805
85 2,310 1,935 2,606 2,132 1,694 2,521
86 2,179 1,756 2,543 1,854 1,431 2,227
87 2,017 1,555 2,439 1,584 1,186 1,934
88 1,854 1,358 2,329 1,336 969 1,659
89 1,665 1,157 2,168 1,097 771 1,385
90 1,512 978 2,057 904 610 1,163
91 1,295 792 1,816 704 460 919
92 1,141 645 1,664 555 349 738
93 973 507 1,470 424 256.8 571
94 821 391 1,282 317 185.1 434
95 684 294.4 1,104 232.7 130.9 323
96 552 214.4 919 164.9 89.2 232.3
97 437 151.9 748 113.9 59.1 162.7
98 339 104.8 595 76.7 38.2 111.1
99 262 71 472 50.9 24.4 74.6
100 137.4 0.37 291.4 0 0 0

The chart above shows the number of deaths by age and gender per a 100,000 cohort of newborns, illustrating the distribution of expected mortality throughout life.

Note that the graph above does not represent rates per 100,000 population, as this would be skewed by age distribution and reveal more about Tanzania and Zambia demographics than the death rate. It also does not represent rates per 100,000 people in an age group, as this would be just the probability of death.

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