Life expectancy at birth in Niger was 58.7 years in 2014: 59.4 for women and 57.9 for men, a gap of 1.5 years. 202,373 people died; 15.3% of them were 65 or older and 55.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2014

Life expectancy at birth

58.7

Women

59.4

Men

57.9

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

69.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

128.8

Deaths

202,373

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.5

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

253

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

218

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2014's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2014

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	69.32	78.03	59.5	57.9
1-4	16.63	16.44	62.6	61.5
5-9	2.68	2.15	62.8	61.6
10-14	1.64	1.39	58.6	57.2
15-19	2.44	2.10	54.1	52.6
20-24	3.17	3.19	49.7	48.1
25-29	3.60	3.20	45.5	43.9
30-34	3.83	3.78	41.2	39.5
35-39	4.36	4.42	37.0	35.2
40-44	5.10	5.87	32.7	31.0
45-49	6.09	7.87	28.5	26.8
50-54	8.50	11.38	24.3	22.8
55-59	12.07	16.53	20.3	19.0
60-64	19.79	25.12	16.4	15.4
65-69	32.69	38.56	12.8	12.1
70-74	57.26	63.96	9.6	9.1
75-79	98.84	108.46	7.0	6.6
80-84	168.34	179.14	4.9	4.6
85-89	265.09	286.94	3.4	3.2
90-94	414.44	453.21	2.3	2.2
95-99	570.83	622.47	1.7	1.6
100+	724.43	777.79	1.4	1.3

Mortality in Niger by year

Mortality in Niger, 2014

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