Niger Mortality 1975: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Niger was 36.6 years in 1975: 37.4 for women and 35.7 for men, a gap of 1.7 years. 147,041 people died; 5.7% of them were 65 or older and 66.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1975

Life expectancy at birth

36.6

Women

37.4

Men

35.7

Life expectancy at 65

9.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

128.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

343.8

Deaths

147,041

Deaths per 1,000 people

27.7

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

480

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

414

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1975's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1975

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	131.09	148.68	37.4	35.7
1-4	75.08	73.78	41.5	40.2
5-9	9.00	8.79	50.8	48.9
10-14	4.89	4.41	48.0	46.0
15-19	6.88	6.67	44.2	42.0
20-24	8.64	10.17	40.6	38.3
25-29	9.42	10.13	37.3	35.2
30-34	9.78	10.30	34.0	31.9
35-39	10.53	11.49	30.6	28.4
40-44	11.06	13.87	27.1	24.9
45-49	12.07	16.65	23.5	21.5
50-54	16.04	21.75	19.8	18.2
55-59	22.21	29.45	16.2	15.0
60-64	36.54	43.95	12.8	12.0
65-69	57.42	65.30	9.9	9.3
70-74	94.46	103.29	7.3	6.9
75-79	151.48	162.87	5.3	5.0
80-84	240.10	252.57	3.7	3.6
85-89	367.72	393.75	2.6	2.5
90-94	508.03	546.16	1.9	1.8
95-99	653.08	696.87	1.5	1.4
100+	791.39	837.52	1.3	1.2

Mortality in Niger by year

Mortality in Niger, 1975

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