Life expectancy at birth in Niger was 40.5 years in 1987: 40.4 for women and 40.4 for men, a gap of 0.0 years. 191,566 people died; 6.4% of them were 65 or older and 72.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1987

Life expectancy at birth

40.5

Women

40.4

Men

40.4

Life expectancy at 65

10.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

127.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

342.0

Deaths

191,566

Deaths per 1,000 people

25.3

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

354

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

334

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1987's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1987

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	131.22	147.94	40.4	40.4
1-4	76.16	72.91	44.9	45.7
5-9	5.96	4.82	55.6	55.8
10-14	3.51	2.54	52.2	52.1
15-19	4.92	3.88	48.1	47.7
20-24	6.21	5.93	44.2	43.6
25-29	6.85	5.91	40.5	39.9
30-34	7.13	6.41	36.8	36.0
35-39	7.78	7.26	33.1	32.1
40-44	8.41	9.12	29.3	28.2
45-49	9.43	11.45	25.4	24.4
50-54	12.67	15.58	21.5	20.7
55-59	17.70	21.78	17.8	17.1
60-64	28.97	32.72	14.2	13.8
65-69	46.26	49.31	11.0	10.8
70-74	77.59	79.63	8.2	8.1
75-79	127.28	129.63	6.0	5.9
80-84	206.42	207.17	4.2	4.2
85-89	326.41	337.39	2.9	2.8
90-94	462.87	486.44	2.1	2.0
95-99	613.71	647.09	1.6	1.5
100+	756.66	796.12	1.3	1.3

Mortality in Niger by year

Mortality in Niger, 1987

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