Life expectancy at birth in Niger was 41.2 years in 1989: 41.3 for women and 41.0 for men, a gap of 0.3 years. 197,943 people died; 6.6% 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, 1989

Life expectancy at birth

41.2

Women

41.3

Men

41.0

Life expectancy at 65

11.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

127.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

337.6

Deaths

197,943

Deaths per 1,000 people

24.6

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

345

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

320

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1989's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1989

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	130.38	147.02	41.3	41.0
1-4	74.45	71.46	45.9	46.3
5-9	5.51	4.55	56.4	56.3
10-14	3.27	2.41	52.9	52.6
15-19	4.58	3.70	48.8	48.2
20-24	5.80	5.66	44.8	44.0
25-29	6.42	5.64	41.1	40.2
30-34	6.70	6.15	37.3	36.3
35-39	7.34	6.98	33.5	32.4
40-44	7.99	8.79	29.7	28.4
45-49	9.02	11.09	25.8	24.6
50-54	12.16	15.16	21.9	20.8
55-59	17.01	21.26	18.1	17.3
60-64	27.82	31.96	14.4	13.9
65-69	44.58	48.21	11.2	10.9
70-74	75.01	77.99	8.4	8.2
75-79	123.79	127.38	6.1	6.0
80-84	201.56	204.07	4.3	4.2
85-89	303.95	334.11	3.1	2.8
90-94	456.49	483.50	2.1	2.0
95-99	609.34	643.85	1.6	1.5
100+	750.24	793.90	1.3	1.3

Mortality in Niger by year

Mortality in Niger, 1989

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