Life expectancy at birth in Niger was 40.8 years in 1988: 40.8 for women and 40.7 for men, a gap of 0.1 years. 195,076 people died; 6.5% of them were 65 or older and 72.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1988

Life expectancy at birth

40.8

Women

40.8

Men

40.7

Life expectancy at 65

11.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

127.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

340.7

Deaths

195,076

Deaths per 1,000 people

25.0

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

349

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

327

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1988's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1988

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	130.98	147.68	40.8	40.7
1-4	75.64	72.51	45.4	46.0
5-9	5.73	4.67	56.0	56.1
10-14	3.39	2.47	52.6	52.4
15-19	4.75	3.78	48.4	48.0
20-24	6.00	5.77	44.5	43.9
25-29	6.63	5.74	40.8	40.1
30-34	6.91	6.25	37.1	36.2
35-39	7.55	7.10	33.3	32.2
40-44	8.20	8.93	29.5	28.3
45-49	9.22	11.24	25.6	24.5
50-54	12.40	15.34	21.7	20.8
55-59	17.34	21.48	17.9	17.2
60-64	28.37	32.30	14.3	13.9
65-69	45.39	48.70	11.1	10.9
70-74	76.24	78.74	8.3	8.2
75-79	125.55	128.44	6.0	5.9
80-84	203.92	205.48	4.3	4.2
85-89	306.64	335.60	3.0	2.8
90-94	459.34	484.58	2.1	2.0
95-99	610.78	645.36	1.6	1.5
100+	751.94	795.29	1.3	1.3

Mortality in Niger by year

Mortality in Niger, 1988

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