Life expectancy at birth in Niger was 52.4 years in 2004: 52.7 for women and 52.0 for men, a gap of 0.7 years. 198,528 people died; 11.2% of them were 65 or older and 61.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2004

Life expectancy at birth

52.4

Women

52.7

Men

52.0

Life expectancy at 65

11.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

90.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

185.1

Deaths

198,528

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.0

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

302

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

276

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2004's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2004

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	90.52	101.37	52.7	52.0
1-4	28.40	27.76	56.6	56.4
5-9	4.22	3.30	59.1	58.8
10-14	2.46	1.92	55.4	54.7
15-19	3.58	2.91	51.0	50.2
20-24	4.58	4.43	46.9	45.9
25-29	5.12	4.44	42.9	41.9
30-34	5.38	4.99	39.0	37.8
35-39	5.98	5.73	35.0	33.7
40-44	6.69	7.38	30.9	29.6
45-49	7.72	9.55	26.9	25.6
50-54	10.54	13.37	22.9	21.7
55-59	14.83	19.03	19.0	18.0
60-64	24.27	28.73	15.2	14.6
65-69	39.33	43.67	11.9	11.4
70-74	67.20	71.37	8.9	8.6
75-79	112.85	118.60	6.4	6.3
80-84	186.97	192.29	4.5	4.4
85-89	286.80	301.92	3.2	3.1
90-94	437.80	468.26	2.2	2.1
95-99	591.55	634.32	1.7	1.6
100+	738.77	783.52	1.4	1.3

Mortality in Niger by year

Mortality in Niger, 2004

Year

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