Life expectancy at birth in Niger was 43.1 years in 1992: 43.4 for women and 42.7 for men, a gap of 0.7 years. 202,079 people died; 7.2% of them were 65 or older and 72.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1992

Life expectancy at birth

43.1

Women

43.4

Men

42.7

Life expectancy at 65

11.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

123.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

316.7

Deaths

202,079

Deaths per 1,000 people

22.9

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

332

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

301

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1992's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1992

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	125.97	142.11	43.4	42.7
1-4	66.58	64.59	48.0	48.0
5-9	4.93	4.20	57.5	57.0
10-14	2.96	2.26	53.9	53.2
15-19	4.16	3.46	49.7	48.8
20-24	5.28	5.27	45.7	44.6
25-29	5.86	5.26	41.8	40.7
30-34	6.14	5.79	38.0	36.7
35-39	6.76	6.59	34.1	32.7
40-44	7.44	8.36	30.2	28.8
45-49	8.46	10.63	26.3	24.9
50-54	11.47	14.63	22.3	21.1
55-59	16.08	20.59	18.4	17.5
60-64	26.31	31.00	14.8	14.1
65-69	42.34	46.87	11.5	11.1
70-74	71.66	76.08	8.6	8.3
75-79	119.07	124.84	6.2	6.0
80-84	195.19	200.70	4.4	4.2
85-89	296.18	329.99	3.1	2.9
90-94	447.74	478.68	2.2	2.1
95-99	599.48	641.83	1.7	1.6
100+	743.55	791.08	1.3	1.3

Mortality in Niger by year

Mortality in Niger, 1992

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