Life expectancy at birth in Niger was 35.9 years in 1953: 36.3 for women and 35.5 for men, a gap of 0.8 years. 79,474 people died; 3.5% of them were 65 or older and 65.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1953

Life expectancy at birth

35.9

Women

36.3

Men

35.5

Life expectancy at 65

9.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

124.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

327.2

Deaths

79,474

Deaths per 1,000 people

27.8

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

511

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

465

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1953

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	127.75	144.64	36.3	35.5
1-4	68.93	67.59	40.1	39.8
5-9	11.05	9.73	47.9	47.3
10-14	5.80	4.92	45.5	44.5
15-19	8.25	7.42	41.7	40.6
20-24	10.34	11.31	38.4	37.0
25-29	11.23	11.28	35.3	34.0
30-34	11.67	11.38	32.2	30.8
35-39	12.48	12.65	29.0	27.5
40-44	12.95	15.20	25.7	24.1
45-49	13.97	18.13	22.2	20.8
50-54	18.49	23.53	18.6	17.6
55-59	25.54	31.71	15.2	14.5
60-64	42.15	47.28	11.9	11.5
65-69	65.94	70.16	9.1	8.9
70-74	107.84	110.68	6.7	6.6
75-79	171.68	173.75	4.8	4.8
80-84	269.13	267.92	3.4	3.4
85-89	404.96	413.65	2.4	2.4
90-94	549.04	567.85	1.8	1.7
95-99	689.71	716.20	1.4	1.4
100+	828.64	859.18	1.2	1.2

Mortality in Niger by year

Mortality in Niger, 1953

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