Life expectancy at birth in Niger was 54.2 years in 2006: 54.6 for women and 53.8 for men, a gap of 0.9 years. 193,858 people died; 12.2% of them were 65 or older and 59.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2006

Life expectancy at birth

54.2

Women

54.6

Men

53.8

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

83.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

165.1

Deaths

193,858

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.6

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

291

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

263

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2006's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2006

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	83.56	93.65	54.6	53.8
1-4	23.93	23.45	58.3	57.9
5-9	3.88	3.03	59.9	59.4
10-14	2.27	1.81	56.1	55.3
15-19	3.32	2.73	51.7	50.7
20-24	4.26	4.15	47.5	46.4
25-29	4.77	4.16	43.5	42.3
30-34	5.03	4.72	39.5	38.2
35-39	5.61	5.44	35.4	34.0
40-44	6.33	7.05	31.3	29.9
45-49	7.35	9.18	27.3	25.8
50-54	10.08	12.93	23.2	21.9
55-59	14.21	18.47	19.3	18.2
60-64	23.26	27.93	15.5	14.7
65-69	37.82	42.53	12.1	11.6
70-74	64.92	69.70	9.0	8.7
75-79	109.59	116.28	6.6	6.3
80-84	182.52	189.21	4.6	4.5
85-89	281.41	298.29	3.3	3.1
90-94	431.59	464.15	2.3	2.1
95-99	585.34	630.66	1.7	1.6
100+	733.46	780.46	1.4	1.3

Mortality in Niger by year

Mortality in Niger, 2006

Year

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