Life Simulator

Tanzania: what if you were born here?

Every year 2,346,391 babies are born here — 2.6% of the births across the game’s 30 countries.

67.2 yearsLife expectancy
29%Lived to 80
Be born hereBe born anywhere, by real birth odds

1,000 lives born here, lived by the game

Each life starts from this country’s births and makes the choices most people make. Shares of adults are of the lives that reached 30. Next to each figure: the same for babies born anywhere in the game’s 30 countries.

Average lifespan66.5 years30 countries 71.4 years
Lived to 8028.6%30 countries 40.5%
Ever married96.8%30 countries 93.2%
Children, on average4.630 countries 2.54
Went to university3.5%30 countries 31.4%
Rose far above their start3.9%30 countries 7.4%
Moved abroad1.9%30 countries 2.3%

How these lives ended — the most common

  1. HIV/AIDS11.1%
  2. Stroke9.4%
  3. Other infectious diseases9%
  4. Other cardiovascular diseases8.4%
  5. Ischaemic heart disease8%

The most common work

  1. Farming55.4%
  2. Farm hands6.2%
  3. Labouring4.8%
  4. Trading4.8%
  5. Retail4%

Official statistics

YearSource
Life expectancy at birth, women70 years2024World Bank WDI
Life expectancy at birth, men64.4 years2024World Bank WDI
Infant deaths per 1,000 births28.72024World Bank WDI
Deaths before 5 per 1,000 births372024World Bank WDI
Births per woman4.542024World Bank WDI
Income per person (GDP, PPP)$4,4712025World Bank WDI
Inequality (Gini index)40.52018World Bank WDI
Expected years of schooling8.6 years2023UNDP Human Development Report 2025 via Our World in Data
Living in cities36.9%2025World Bank WDI
Using the internet31.2%2024World Bank WDI
Life satisfaction (0–10)3.92025World Happiness Report
Military serviceCompulsory2024CIA World Factbook 2024 reproduced by Theodora.com

Other countries

One life at a time, by real numbers

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