Life expectancy at birth in Niger is projected at 65.2 years in 2042: 66.5 for women and 63.9 for men, a gap of 2.7 years. 294,078 people are projected to die; 29.1% of them would be 65 or older and 35.8% 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, 2042

Life expectancy at birth

65.2

Women

66.5

Men

63.9

Life expectancy at 65

13.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

45.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

80.1

Deaths

294,078

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.6

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

198

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

156

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2042's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2042

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	42.32	51.88	66.5	63.9
1-4	8.94	9.70	68.4	66.2
5-9	1.35	1.24	66.8	64.7
10-14	0.88	0.86	62.2	60.1
15-19	1.31	1.34	57.5	55.4
20-24	1.75	2.07	52.9	50.7
25-29	2.06	2.13	48.3	46.2
30-34	2.28	2.59	43.8	41.7
35-39	2.74	3.09	39.2	37.2
40-44	3.48	4.26	34.7	32.8
45-49	4.41	5.96	30.3	28.4
50-54	6.47	9.05	25.9	24.2
55-59	9.44	13.52	21.7	20.2
60-64	15.78	20.97	17.6	16.4
65-69	26.80	32.88	13.8	12.9
70-74	48.05	55.39	10.5	9.8
75-79	84.90	95.58	7.6	7.1
80-84	148.16	160.72	5.3	5.0
85-89	238.97	262.67	3.7	3.4
90-94	380.18	420.40	2.5	2.3
95-99	533.34	586.62	1.9	1.7
100+	692.38	723.59	1.4	1.4

Mortality in Niger by year

Mortality in Niger, 2042

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