Life expectancy at birth in Niger was 35.3 years in 1971: 35.8 for women and 34.7 for men, a gap of 1.1 years. 136,864 people died; 5.3% of them were 65 or older and 64.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1971

Life expectancy at birth

35.3

Women

35.8

Men

34.7

Life expectancy at 65

9.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

128.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

343.6

Deaths

136,864

Deaths per 1,000 people

28.7

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

511

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

455

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1971's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1971

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	131.85	149.22	35.8	34.7
1-4	74.85	73.18	39.7	39.1
5-9	10.59	9.73	48.5	47.3
10-14	5.73	4.95	46.0	44.6
15-19	7.98	7.41	42.2	40.6
20-24	9.99	11.21	38.8	37.0
25-29	10.87	11.24	35.7	34.0
30-34	11.30	11.42	32.6	30.9
35-39	12.12	12.72	29.3	27.5
40-44	12.64	15.25	26.0	24.2
45-49	13.69	18.19	22.5	20.9
50-54	18.01	23.54	18.9	17.6
55-59	24.73	31.69	15.5	14.5
60-64	40.47	47.10	12.2	11.6
65-69	63.24	69.61	9.3	9.0
70-74	103.38	109.07	6.9	6.7
75-79	164.39	170.35	5.0	4.9
80-84	259.84	263.33	3.5	3.4
85-89	396.43	408.97	2.4	2.4
90-94	542.44	567.97	1.8	1.7
95-99	675.70	711.66	1.5	1.4
100+	808.80	852.88	1.2	1.2

Mortality in Niger by year

Mortality in Niger, 1971

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