Niger Mortality 2009: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Niger was 56.5 years in 2009: 57.0 for women and 55.9 for men, a gap of 1.1 years. 191,323 people died; 13.5% of them were 65 or older and 57.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2009

Life expectancy at birth

56.5

Women

57.0

Men

55.9

Life expectancy at 65

12.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

75.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

144.0

Deaths

191,323

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.0

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

274

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

244

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2009's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2009

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	75.65	84.73	57.0	55.9
1-4	19.65	19.15	60.4	59.8
5-9	3.35	2.63	61.1	60.4
10-14	1.99	1.62	57.1	56.1
15-19	2.93	2.45	52.7	51.6
20-24	3.78	3.73	48.4	47.2
25-29	4.26	3.74	44.3	43.0
30-34	4.50	4.30	40.2	38.8
35-39	5.07	4.98	36.1	34.6
40-44	5.80	6.52	31.9	30.4
45-49	6.81	8.58	27.8	26.3
50-54	9.40	12.21	23.7	22.3
55-59	13.29	17.55	19.7	18.6
60-64	21.77	26.59	15.8	15.0
65-69	35.62	40.61	12.4	11.8
70-74	61.64	66.86	9.3	8.9
75-79	105.02	112.24	6.7	6.5
80-84	176.52	183.75	4.7	4.6
85-89	274.59	291.44	3.3	3.2
90-94	424.56	456.40	2.3	2.1
95-99	579.81	622.29	1.7	1.6
100+	730.25	773.40	1.4	1.3

Mortality in Niger by year

Mortality in Niger, 2009

Year

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