Life expectancy at birth in Niger was 39.8 years in 1982: 40.0 for women and 39.6 for men, a gap of 0.4 years. 166,482 people died; 6.2% of them were 65 or older and 70.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1982

Life expectancy at birth

39.8

Women

40.0

Men

39.6

Life expectancy at 65

10.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

126.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

332.4

Deaths

166,482

Deaths per 1,000 people

25.6

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

391

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

359

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1982's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1982

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	129.32	145.64	40.0	39.6
1-4	72.28	69.31	44.4	44.6
5-9	6.89	5.86	54.0	53.7
10-14	3.94	3.04	50.8	50.3
15-19	5.57	4.65	46.8	46.0
20-24	7.00	7.13	43.1	42.0
25-29	7.69	7.07	39.5	38.5
30-34	7.97	7.52	35.9	34.8
35-39	8.63	8.45	32.3	31.0
40-44	9.21	10.45	28.6	27.2
45-49	10.21	12.87	24.8	23.5
50-54	13.63	17.23	21.0	19.9
55-59	18.99	23.81	17.3	16.5
60-64	31.07	35.69	13.8	13.3
65-69	49.36	53.51	10.7	10.4
70-74	82.26	85.80	8.0	7.8
75-79	133.70	138.04	5.8	5.6
80-84	215.44	218.68	4.1	4.0
85-89	336.52	350.88	2.8	2.7
90-94	474.00	500.93	2.1	2.0
95-99	623.33	659.56	1.6	1.5
100+	765.29	806.65	1.3	1.2

Mortality in Niger by year

Mortality in Niger, 1982

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