Life expectancy at birth in Nigeria was 49.1 years in 2004: 49.5 for women and 48.8 for men, a gap of 0.7 years. 2,254,944 people died; 14.8% of them were 65 or older and 42.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2004

Life expectancy at birth

49.1

Women

49.5

Men

48.8

Life expectancy at 65

11.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

98.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

160.5

Deaths

2,254,944

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.0

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

394

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

381

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2004's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2004

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	96.91	113.20	49.5	48.8
1-4	17.37	18.54	53.4	53.5
5-9	9.62	7.69	53.1	53.4
10-14	4.92	4.13	50.6	50.5
15-19	5.45	5.00	46.8	46.5
20-24	6.34	7.12	43.1	42.6
25-29	7.41	7.51	39.4	39.0
30-34	8.56	8.01	35.8	35.4
35-39	9.79	9.02	32.2	31.8
40-44	10.94	10.89	28.7	28.1
45-49	11.99	13.13	25.2	24.5
50-54	14.99	17.03	21.6	21.0
55-59	20.30	22.26	18.1	17.7
60-64	29.85	31.76	14.7	14.5
65-69	45.62	46.76	11.7	11.5
70-74	71.20	72.27	9.0	8.9
75-79	108.42	110.87	6.8	6.7
80-84	166.19	170.53	5.1	4.9
85-89	241.44	257.27	3.7	3.5
90-94	352.76	387.35	2.7	2.5
95-99	471.65	525.05	2.1	1.9
100+	603.83	666.71	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Nigeria by year

Mortality in Nigeria, 2004

Year

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