Life expectancy at birth in Nigeria was 45.9 years in 1995: 47.4 for women and 44.4 for men, a gap of 3.0 years. 2,054,000 people died; 13.6% of them were 65 or older and 46.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1995

Life expectancy at birth

45.9

Women

47.4

Men

44.4

Life expectancy at 65

11.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

116.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

202.3

Deaths

2,054,000

Deaths per 1,000 people

18.5

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

436

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

377

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1995's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1995

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	116.77	135.70	47.4	44.4
1-4	24.86	26.58	52.1	49.7
5-9	9.42	9.47	53.4	51.0
10-14	4.94	4.93	50.8	48.4
15-19	5.38	5.74	47.0	44.5
20-24	6.25	8.14	43.3	40.7
25-29	7.31	8.62	39.5	37.3
30-34	8.44	9.20	35.9	33.8
35-39	9.66	10.40	32.4	30.3
40-44	10.79	12.57	28.8	26.8
45-49	11.83	15.13	25.3	23.4
50-54	14.79	19.28	21.7	20.0
55-59	20.04	25.22	18.2	16.8
60-64	29.47	35.52	14.8	13.7
65-69	45.05	51.75	11.7	10.9
70-74	70.32	79.85	9.1	8.4
75-79	107.13	121.59	6.9	6.3
80-84	164.25	185.74	5.1	4.6
85-89	238.69	277.22	3.8	3.3
90-94	348.81	412.91	2.8	2.4
95-99	466.46	553.12	2.1	1.8
100+	597.37	691.90	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Nigeria by year

Mortality in Nigeria, 1995

Year

Country