Life expectancy at birth in Nigeria was 38.0 years in 1964: 40.1 for women and 35.9 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 1,268,943 people died; 11.4% of them were 65 or older and 53.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1964

Life expectancy at birth

38.0

Women

40.1

Men

35.9

Life expectancy at 65

10.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

152.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

305.4

Deaths

1,268,943

Deaths per 1,000 people

25.9

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

494

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

425

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1964's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1964

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	153.99	185.39	40.1	35.9
1-4	46.61	55.26	45.6	42.0
5-9	11.46	12.12	50.5	47.7
10-14	6.08	6.07	48.3	45.5
15-19	6.41	6.87	44.7	41.9
20-24	7.38	9.72	41.1	38.2
25-29	8.64	10.31	37.5	35.0
30-34	10.03	11.02	34.1	31.7
35-39	11.49	12.51	30.7	28.4
40-44	12.66	15.11	27.4	25.1
45-49	13.78	18.15	24.0	21.8
50-54	16.96	22.70	20.5	18.7
55-59	23.04	29.64	17.1	15.6
60-64	33.65	41.18	13.9	12.7
65-69	51.07	59.46	11.0	10.0
70-74	79.22	91.74	8.5	7.6
75-79	119.46	138.61	6.4	5.7
80-84	181.24	210.32	4.7	4.1
85-89	259.88	325.48	3.5	2.9
90-94	374.50	454.60	2.6	2.2
95-99	493.70	597.13	2.0	1.7
100+	620.62	734.92	1.6	1.4

Mortality in Nigeria by year

Mortality in Nigeria, 1964

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