Life expectancy at birth in Niger was 36.5 years in 1964: 36.9 for women and 35.9 for men, a gap of 1.0 years. 108,010 people died; 4.3% of them were 65 or older and 64.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1964

Life expectancy at birth

36.5

Women

36.9

Men

35.9

Life expectancy at 65

9.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

124.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

325.9

Deaths

108,010

Deaths per 1,000 people

27.4

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

500

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

450

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1964's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1964

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	127.62	144.49	36.9	35.9
1-4	68.53	67.14	40.8	40.3
5-9	10.45	9.40	48.7	47.8
10-14	5.52	4.75	46.2	45.0
15-19	7.85	7.17	42.4	41.0
20-24	9.84	10.92	39.0	37.4
25-29	10.69	10.89	35.9	34.4
30-34	11.11	11.01	32.7	31.2
35-39	11.90	12.26	29.4	27.8
40-44	12.38	14.75	26.1	24.4
45-49	13.40	17.63	22.6	21.1
50-54	17.75	22.92	19.0	17.8
55-59	24.53	30.92	15.5	14.6
60-64	40.44	46.12	12.2	11.7
65-69	63.33	68.45	9.3	9.0
70-74	103.71	108.07	6.9	6.7
75-79	165.36	169.86	5.0	4.9
80-84	259.90	262.35	3.5	3.5
85-89	392.91	406.36	2.5	2.4
90-94	535.26	559.55	1.9	1.8
95-99	676.76	708.60	1.5	1.4
100+	810.96	845.81	1.2	1.2

Mortality in Niger by year

Mortality in Niger, 1964

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