Tanzania: birth background and country comparison

Population
66,618,000 people
Annual births
2,346,391 births per year
Life expectancy at birth
67 years

Tanzania: the share of annual births across the 172 places in this game dataset is 1.7785%. The population baseline is 66,618,000, and annual births total 2,346,391. These figures describe a shared starting context, not an individual's future.

A mixed-year snapshot covering 172 countries, not live statistics. Sources, missing values and limitations

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Comparing: Tanzania and India

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IndicatorTanzaniaIndia
Populationpeople66,618,0001,438,070,000
Annual birthsbirths/year2,346,39123,219,488
Life expectancy at birthyears6772
Under-five mortalityper 1,000 live births38.528
Expected years of schoolingyears8.613
GDP per capita (PPP)international dollars (PPP)3,6218,871
Life satisfactionscore, 0–103.784.05

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How should I read these numbers?

Life expectancy and expected years of schooling describe populations, not an individual's lifespan or graduation date. Under-five mortality is per 1,000 live births, not a percentage. GDP per person at purchasing power parity is not salary. Reference years differ, so these rows do not establish causes or time trends.

More births does not mean the same population share

The two homepage sampling modes use different denominators. For the selected place (Tanzania), this table explains its weight in the dataset; it does not change your game settings.

Birth and population weights
Sampling basisCountry baselineShare of dataset
Annual births2,346,391 births per year1.7785%
Total population66,618,000 people0.8246%

Denominators: 131,932,758 births per year or 8,078,638,000 people across the 172 countries in this dataset. Both modes start at age zero. You cannot choose your birth country. These model weights are not live global statistics or your personal birth odds.

All 24 baseline indicators

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Population and families
Population and families
IndicatorValue
Annual births2,346,391 births per year
Population66,618,000 people
Urban population35%
Agricultural employment66%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)4.61
Women aged 20–24 who married before age 18 (%)29%
Education and living conditions
Education and living conditions
IndicatorValue
GDP per capita (PPP)3,621 international dollars
Gini index0.4 (0–1)
Expected years of schooling8.6 years
Gross tertiary enrollment5%
Internet use28%
Life satisfaction3.78 / 10
Health and model life expectancy
Health and model life expectancy
IndicatorValue
Life expectancy at birth67 years
Female life expectancy (game estimate)69 years
Male life expectancy (game estimate)65 years
Under-five mortality38.5 per 1,000 live births
Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births)29.7 per 1,000 live births
Maternal mortality238 per 100,000 live births
Other health and safety background
Other health and safety background
IndicatorValue
Intentional homicide rate3.7 per 100,000 people
Male tobacco use16%
Female tobacco use3%
Adult HIV prevalence (%)4.01%
Road traffic deaths (per 100,000 people)20 per 100,000 people
Out-of-pocket share of health expenditure (%)25%

More country context

The reference model lists Kenya: country profile and Uganda: country profile as migration destinations associated with this place. These links describe model background, not current migration flows or immigration advice.

Compare other places

For another life-expectancy context, read Myanmar: health and longevity. To compare a different share of annual births, explore births and population — Egypt. Continue through all country baselines, or start a life in 1in8B to experience the model through a fictional life.

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Country context beyond averages

These historical records retain their own dates and definitions. Religion data can be decades old; hazards are possibilities, not annual odds. Source excerpts are in English.

Capital or administrative seat: Dodoma

Religion in the source record

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Christian 63.1%, Muslim 34.1%, folk religion 1.1%, Buddhist <1%, Hindu <1%, Jewish <1%, other <1%, unspecified 1.6% (2020 est.) note: Zanzibar is almost entirely Muslim

Urban areas in the source record

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262,000 Dodoma (legislative capital) (2018), 7.776 million DAR ES SALAAM (administrative capital), 1.311 million Mwanza, 800,000 Zanzibar (2023)

Natural hazards in the source record

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flooding on the central plateau during the rainy season; drought volcanism: limited volcanic activity; Ol Doinyo Lengai (2,962 m) has emitted lava in recent years; other historically active volcanoes include Kieyo and Meru

Organized violence within country borders, 2023–24

UCDP records organized violence in at least one of these years.

These are historical event records, not a current safety assessment. A recorded event is not itself an active-war classification; no recorded event does not establish peace.

Reference snapshot retrieved 29 October 2026. World Factbook / factbook.json (CC0)

Sources and interpretation

The existing baseline draws on UN World Population Prospects 2024 and World Bank development indicators, among other public statistics. It combines different reference years; individual observation years and estimation flags were not retained. Consult the original series before using these figures for research or current decisions.

The supplementary indicators retain values from a reference model. Some missing observations in the original model may have been replaced with regional averages; affected values are not individually flagged. Individual values have not all been checked against the original statistical agencies. These are not current live measurements.

For definitions and source context, consult UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UNAIDS HIV data, WHO road safety and health expenditure data, and World Happiness Report. These are source-lineage references, not a claim that every value matches the current series.

The dataset covers 172 places. Birth shares are calculated within this covered set, not from a complete live global census. Missing values remain missing. Gross tertiary enrollment can exceed 100%; GDP at PPP is not a salary, and the Gini index here uses a 0–1 scale. Game estimates are not official forecasts.

For the underlying values and units, download the baseline data. The file contains the baseline used to generate these pages.