Life expectancy at birth in Niger is projected at 70.8 years in 2081: 72.8 for women and 68.8 for men, a gap of 4.0 years. 635,404 people are projected to die; 58.9% of them would be 65 or older and 8.1% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2081

Life expectancy at birth

70.8

Women

72.8

Men

68.8

Life expectancy at 65

14.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

23.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

37.4

Deaths

635,404

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.9

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

163

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

113

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2081's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2081

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	18.67	28.93	72.8	68.8
1-4	2.93	4.32	73.2	69.8
5-9	0.59	0.82	70.0	67.0
10-14	0.44	0.60	65.2	62.2
15-19	0.70	1.06	60.4	57.4
20-24	0.99	1.62	55.6	52.7
25-29	1.20	1.70	50.8	48.1
30-34	1.37	2.02	46.1	43.5
35-39	1.71	2.41	41.4	38.9
40-44	2.41	3.33	36.8	34.4
45-49	3.23	4.74	32.2	29.9
50-54	5.02	7.52	27.7	25.6
55-59	7.42	11.20	23.3	21.4
60-64	12.63	17.85	19.1	17.5
65-69	21.85	28.50	15.2	13.9
70-74	39.29	47.80	11.6	10.6
75-79	69.69	82.23	8.6	7.8
80-84	122.55	138.39	6.1	5.6
85-89	200.13	227.64	4.3	3.9
90-94	319.93	363.85	3.0	2.6
95-99	457.55	514.33	2.1	1.9
100+	613.12	655.65	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Niger by year

Mortality in Niger, 2081

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