Life expectancy at birth in Niger is projected at 63.6 years in 2034: 64.8 for women and 62.5 for men, a gap of 2.3 years. 267,907 people are projected to die; 24.4% of them would be 65 or older and 43.7% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2034

Life expectancy at birth

63.6

Women

64.8

Men

62.5

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

52.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

93.5

Deaths

267,907

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.4

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

208

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

168

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2034's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2034

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	50.05	59.16	64.8	62.5
1-4	10.95	11.41	67.1	65.2
5-9	1.57	1.35	66.0	64.2
10-14	1.02	0.95	61.5	59.6
15-19	1.53	1.46	56.8	54.9
20-24	2.03	2.25	52.2	50.3
25-29	2.37	2.31	47.7	45.8
30-34	2.58	2.80	43.3	41.3
35-39	3.05	3.32	38.8	36.8
40-44	3.78	4.54	34.4	32.4
45-49	4.73	6.31	30.0	28.1
50-54	6.83	9.46	25.6	23.9
55-59	9.89	14.08	21.4	19.9
60-64	16.40	21.67	17.4	16.2
65-69	27.71	33.79	13.6	12.8
70-74	49.59	56.87	10.3	9.7
75-79	87.54	98.11	7.5	7.0
80-84	152.56	164.86	5.2	4.9
85-89	245.60	269.09	3.6	3.4
90-94	390.70	430.91	2.5	2.3
95-99	546.82	600.18	1.8	1.7
100+	706.96	736.27	1.4	1.4

Mortality in Niger by year

Mortality in Niger, 2034

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