Life expectancy at birth in Niger is projected at 66.3 years in 2049: 67.9 for women and 64.9 for men, a gap of 3.0 years. 325,625 people are projected to die; 33.4% of them would be 65 or older and 29.6% 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, 2049

Life expectancy at birth

66.3

Women

67.9

Men

64.9

Life expectancy at 65

13.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

40.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

70.4

Deaths

325,625

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.3

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

190

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

147

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2049's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2049

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	36.74	46.76	67.9	64.9
1-4	7.46	8.47	69.4	66.9
5-9	1.18	1.16	67.4	65.2
10-14	0.77	0.80	62.8	60.6
15-19	1.15	1.27	58.0	55.8
20-24	1.55	1.94	53.4	51.1
25-29	1.84	2.02	48.8	46.6
30-34	2.05	2.44	44.2	42.0
35-39	2.49	2.93	39.6	37.5
40-44	3.23	4.04	35.1	33.0
45-49	4.15	5.69	30.6	28.7
50-54	6.17	8.72	26.2	24.4
55-59	9.06	13.05	21.9	20.4
60-64	15.23	20.38	17.8	16.6
65-69	25.99	32.11	14.0	13.1
70-74	46.68	54.11	10.6	9.9
75-79	82.58	93.37	7.7	7.2
80-84	144.31	157.09	5.4	5.1
85-89	233.21	257.04	3.8	3.5
90-94	371.10	411.20	2.6	2.4
95-99	521.79	574.72	1.9	1.7
100+	679.86	712.30	1.5	1.4

Mortality in Niger by year

Mortality in Niger, 2049

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