Life expectancy at birth in Niger was 42.3 years in 1991: 42.5 for women and 41.9 for men, a gap of 0.6 years. 201,763 people died; 7.0% of them were 65 or older and 72.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1991

Life expectancy at birth

42.3

Women

42.5

Men

41.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

124.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

325.7

Deaths

201,763

Deaths per 1,000 people

23.6

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

338

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

308

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1991's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1991

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	127.93	144.31	42.5	41.9
1-4	69.78	67.63	47.2	47.3
5-9	5.13	4.34	57.2	56.8
10-14	3.08	2.32	53.6	53.0
15-19	4.30	3.56	49.4	48.5
20-24	5.46	5.43	45.4	44.4
25-29	6.05	5.42	41.6	40.5
30-34	6.33	5.94	37.8	36.6
35-39	6.96	6.76	33.9	32.6
40-44	7.64	8.55	30.0	28.6
45-49	8.66	10.83	26.1	24.8
50-54	11.70	14.86	22.1	21.0
55-59	16.38	20.89	18.3	17.4
60-64	26.78	31.42	14.7	14.0
65-69	43.02	47.44	11.4	11.0
70-74	72.66	76.85	8.5	8.3
75-79	120.41	125.83	6.2	6.0
80-84	197.00	202.05	4.4	4.2
85-89	298.40	331.80	3.1	2.9
90-94	450.47	480.97	2.2	2.0
95-99	602.93	645.22	1.7	1.5
100+	745.55	794.28	1.3	1.3

Mortality in Niger by year

Mortality in Niger, 1991

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