Tanzania
Infant mortality in Tanzania
Infant mortality in Tanzania: 139.6 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 28.9 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −110.7 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 47 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 7.8 per 1,000 live births
- UN projection (medium variant)
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 7.8 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 2.4 per 1,000 live births and 34.9 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Tanzania | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 28.9 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 30.1 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 31.4 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 32.6 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 34 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 35.3 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 36.8 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 38.3 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 39.8 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 41.4 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 43.1 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 45 | 35 |
| 2011 | 47.1 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 49.3 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 51.8 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 54.5 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 57.4 | 42 |
| 2006 | 60.5 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 63.9 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 67.5 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 71.3 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 75.4 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 79.4 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 83.2 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 86.8 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 89.9 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 92.8 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 94.8 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 96.6 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 98.1 | 62 |
| 1993 | 99.3 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 100.5 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 101.4 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 102.4 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 103.4 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 104.5 | 68 |
| 1987 | 105.4 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 106.2 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 106.8 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 107.2 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 107.5 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 107.7 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 108 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 108.5 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 109.3 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 110.6 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 112 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 113.7 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 115.4 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 117.1 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 118.7 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 120.2 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 121.7 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 123 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 124.3 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 125.5 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 126.7 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 127.8 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 128.8 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 129.8 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 130.7 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 131.5 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 132.3 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 133 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 133.7 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 134.3 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 135 | 120 |
| 1956 | 135.7 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 136.3 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 137 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 137.6 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 138.3 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 138.9 | 136 |
| 1950 | 139.6 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Tanzania | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28.222.7–33.2 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 27.520.2–34.9 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 26.917.8–36.5 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 26.316.3–37.3 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 25.614.8–38.2 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 24.913.8–38.7 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 24.212.5–39 | 24 |
| 2031 | 23.511.8–39 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 22.910.6–39.6 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 22.210.2–40.4 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 21.69.5–40.1 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 219–40.5 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 20.48.4–40.8 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 19.98–40.9 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 19.47.8–39.9 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 18.97.4–40.4 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 18.57.1–40.1 | 20 |
| 2041 | 18.17–41 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 17.76.7–39.6 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 17.26.5–39.8 | 19 |
| 2044 | 16.86.1–39.7 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 16.45.9–39.3 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 16.15.8–39.3 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 15.75.5–38.4 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 15.35.5–39.5 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 155.2–39 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 14.75–39.1 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 14.44.8–38.4 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 14.14.7–38.4 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 13.74.6–37.4 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 13.54.4–38.5 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 13.24.3–38.3 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 134.2–36.9 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 12.74–37 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 12.54–36.9 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 12.33.9–36.7 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 12.13.9–36.9 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 123.8–36.7 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 11.83.8–38 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 11.63.7–38.2 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 11.53.6–38.3 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 11.33.6–37.4 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 11.13.6–37.9 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 113.6–37.5 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 10.83.5–38.5 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 10.73.4–38.2 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 10.63.3–37.8 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 10.43.3–37.5 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 10.33.3–37.5 | 13 |
| 2073 | 10.13.2–37.2 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 103.2–36.3 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 9.93.1–36.1 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 9.83.1–35.7 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 9.63.1–34.9 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 9.53–35.2 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 9.43–35.8 | 12 |
| 2080 | 9.33–36.6 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 9.23–37.6 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 9.12.9–38.2 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 92.9–37.1 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 8.92.8–37.3 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 8.82.7–37.1 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 8.72.7–36.6 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 8.62.8–36.9 | 11 |
| 2088 | 8.62.7–37 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 8.52.7–37.9 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 8.42.7–36.6 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 8.42.7–36.1 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 8.32.7–36.9 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 8.32.7–36.9 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 8.22.6–35.9 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 8.12.5–36.1 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 8.12.5–36 | 10 |
| 2097 | 82.5–34.8 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 82.4–35.1 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 7.92.4–37.2 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 7.82.4–34.9 | 9.6 |
Good to know
- Babies who die before their first birthday, per 1,000 born alive.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending1.16% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$983M in 2025
- Military spending per person$15 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel28,000 people in 2020
- National power0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports4 million TIV in 2025