Life expectancy at birth in Niger was 58.0 years in 2012: 58.6 for women and 57.3 for men, a gap of 1.3 years. 196,021 people died; 14.7% of them were 65 or older and 56.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2012

Life expectancy at birth

58.0

Women

58.6

Men

57.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

71.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

132.8

Deaths

196,021

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.0

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

260

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

228

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2012

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	71.05	79.82	58.6	57.3
1-4	17.44	17.12	61.8	61.0
5-9	2.93	2.31	62.2	61.2
10-14	1.77	1.46	58.0	56.9
15-19	2.62	2.21	53.5	52.3
20-24	3.40	3.36	49.2	47.8
25-29	3.84	3.38	45.0	43.6
30-34	4.08	3.95	40.8	39.3
35-39	4.62	4.60	36.6	35.0
40-44	5.36	6.09	32.4	30.8
45-49	6.37	8.10	28.2	26.6
50-54	8.85	11.65	24.1	22.6
55-59	12.54	16.86	20.0	18.8
60-64	20.55	25.60	16.2	15.3
65-69	33.83	39.22	12.6	12.0
70-74	58.98	64.89	9.5	9.0
75-79	101.29	109.63	6.9	6.6
80-84	171.65	180.51	4.8	4.6
85-89	269.06	288.13	3.4	3.2
90-94	418.89	453.73	2.3	2.2
95-99	575.20	621.47	1.7	1.6
100+	728.01	775.01	1.4	1.3

Mortality in Niger by year

Mortality in Niger, 2012

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