Tanzania - Child and infant mortality

Number of infant deaths

The value for Number of infant deaths in Tanzania was 73,605 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 114,175 in 1996 and a minimum value of 67,930 in 1960.

Definition: Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1960 67,930
1961 69,378
1962 70,825
1963 72,212
1964 73,512
1965 74,790
1966 76,004
1967 77,153
1968 78,263
1969 79,385
1970 80,496
1971 81,546
1972 82,534
1973 83,472
1974 84,371
1975 85,159
1976 85,910
1977 86,613
1978 87,385
1979 88,337
1980 89,817
1981 91,848
1982 94,293
1983 96,956
1984 99,578
1985 101,922
1986 103,763
1987 105,223
1988 106,384
1989 107,467
1990 108,557
1991 109,750
1992 110,988
1993 112,167
1994 113,184
1995 113,893
1996 114,175
1997 113,752
1998 112,608
1999 110,595
2000 107,826
2001 104,483
2002 100,913
2003 97,569
2004 94,648
2005 91,897
2006 90,050
2007 87,513
2008 86,193
2009 84,114
2010 82,919
2011 81,508
2012 80,264
2013 79,752
2014 79,051
2015 78,689
2016 77,814
2017 76,284
2018 74,970
2019 74,386
2020 73,605

Number of under-five deaths

The value for Number of under-five deaths in Tanzania was 102,252 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 186,292 in 1996 and a minimum value of 102,252 in 2020.

Definition: Number of children dying before reaching age five.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1960 112,667
1961 115,067
1962 117,459
1963 119,735
1964 121,856
1965 123,939
1966 125,920
1967 127,805
1968 129,576
1969 131,299
1970 132,997
1971 134,560
1972 135,980
1973 137,277
1974 138,464
1975 139,449
1976 140,357
1977 141,217
1978 142,258
1979 143,665
1980 146,057
1981 149,445
1982 153,568
1983 158,017
1984 162,295
1985 165,990
1986 168,701
1987 170,765
1988 172,392
1989 174,040
1990 175,938
1991 178,121
1992 180,481
1993 182,756
1994 184,693
1995 185,997
1996 186,292
1997 185,218
1998 182,747
1999 178,712
2000 173,362
2001 167,129
2002 160,448
2003 154,208
2004 148,724
2005 143,812
2006 139,761
2007 135,394
2008 131,878
2009 127,676
2010 124,447
2011 120,717
2012 117,443
2013 114,772
2014 111,784
2015 110,432
2016 108,529
2017 106,728
2018 104,832
2019 103,540
2020 102,252

Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Tanzania was 43,285 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 51 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 47,532 in 1998 and a minimum value of 29,610 in 1969.

Definition: Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1969 29,610
1970 30,068
1971 30,536
1972 31,046
1973 31,624
1974 32,281
1975 33,010
1976 33,755
1977 34,527
1978 35,284
1979 36,052
1980 36,919
1981 37,888
1982 38,909
1983 39,971
1984 40,908
1985 41,689
1986 42,402
1987 43,026
1988 43,596
1989 44,028
1990 44,442
1991 44,852
1992 45,309
1993 45,728
1994 46,200
1995 46,641
1996 47,059
1997 47,373
1998 47,532
1999 47,473
2000 47,249
2001 46,852
2002 46,365
2003 45,906
2004 45,519
2005 45,217
2006 45,064
2007 44,908
2008 44,760
2009 44,665
2010 44,476
2011 44,281
2012 44,105
2013 43,888
2014 43,743
2015 43,638
2016 43,578
2017 43,542
2018 43,513
2019 43,373
2020 43,285

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality