Life expectancy at birth in Nigeria was 38.6 years in 1968: 41.0 for women and 36.4 for men, a gap of 4.6 years. 1,351,693 people died; 11.4% of them were 65 or older and 52.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1968

Life expectancy at birth

38.6

Women

41.0

Men

36.4

Life expectancy at 65

10.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

148.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

290.8

Deaths

1,351,693

Deaths per 1,000 people

25.3

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

516

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

417

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1968's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1968

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	150.49	177.69	41.1	36.4
1-4	44.09	49.56	46.5	42.2
5-9	10.95	11.34	51.0	46.9
10-14	5.83	5.75	48.8	44.5
15-19	6.19	7.43	45.1	40.8
20-24	7.18	11.66	41.5	37.2
25-29	8.39	12.26	37.9	34.3
30-34	9.72	12.59	34.4	31.3
35-39	11.16	13.68	31.0	28.2
40-44	12.40	15.91	27.6	25.0
45-49	13.49	18.69	24.2	21.8
50-54	16.62	22.97	20.8	18.7
55-59	22.48	29.68	17.3	15.7
60-64	32.76	40.77	14.1	12.8
65-69	49.74	58.53	11.1	10.2
70-74	77.23	89.57	8.6	7.8
75-79	116.73	134.82	6.5	5.8
80-84	177.54	205.08	4.8	4.3
85-89	255.48	303.93	3.6	3.1
90-94	369.54	449.54	2.6	2.2
95-99	489.22	599.65	2.0	1.7
100+	617.93	758.96	1.6	1.3

Mortality in Nigeria by year

Mortality in Nigeria, 1968

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