Life expectancy at birth in Niger was 49.9 years in 2001: 50.2 for women and 49.5 for men, a gap of 0.7 years. 203,553 people died; 10.0% of them were 65 or older and 64.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2001

Life expectancy at birth

49.9

Women

50.2

Men

49.5

Life expectancy at 65

11.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

100.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

218.2

Deaths

203,553

Deaths per 1,000 people

17.1

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

312

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

286

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2001

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	100.93	113.20	50.2	49.5
1-4	36.51	35.62	54.4	54.3
5-9	4.50	3.58	58.5	58.2
10-14	2.64	2.03	54.8	54.2
15-19	3.80	3.09	50.5	49.8
20-24	4.85	4.70	46.4	45.5
25-29	5.40	4.70	42.5	41.5
30-34	5.67	5.24	38.6	37.4
35-39	6.28	6.01	34.6	33.4
40-44	6.98	7.70	30.6	29.3
45-49	8.01	9.90	26.6	25.3
50-54	10.91	13.78	22.6	21.5
55-59	15.33	19.55	18.8	17.9
60-64	25.09	29.49	15.0	14.4
65-69	40.54	44.75	11.7	11.3
70-74	69.01	72.94	8.8	8.5
75-79	115.42	120.75	6.4	6.2
80-84	190.43	195.14	4.5	4.4
85-89	290.94	305.17	3.2	3.0
90-94	442.44	471.76	2.2	2.1
95-99	596.01	636.77	1.7	1.6
100+	742.28	785.36	1.4	1.3

Mortality in Niger by year

Mortality in Niger, 2001

Year

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