Life expectancy at birth in Nigeria was 49.5 years in 2005: 50.1 for women and 49.0 for men, a gap of 1.1 years. 2,275,677 people died; 15.0% of them were 65 or older and 41.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2005

Life expectancy at birth

49.5

Women

50.1

Men

49.0

Life expectancy at 65

11.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

95.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

155.4

Deaths

2,275,677

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.7

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

395

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

375

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2005's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2005

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	94.33	110.30	50.1	49.0
1-4	16.53	17.65	53.9	53.6
5-9	9.39	7.76	53.5	53.3
10-14	4.80	4.18	50.9	50.4
15-19	5.34	5.03	47.1	46.4
20-24	6.21	7.15	43.3	42.5
25-29	7.27	7.54	39.6	38.9
30-34	8.39	8.06	36.0	35.3
35-39	9.59	9.08	32.4	31.7
40-44	10.73	10.96	28.9	28.0
45-49	11.78	13.22	25.3	24.5
50-54	14.75	17.13	21.7	21.0
55-59	19.97	22.38	18.2	17.6
60-64	29.39	31.92	14.8	14.4
65-69	44.96	46.98	11.8	11.5
70-74	70.22	72.62	9.1	8.9
75-79	107.08	111.37	6.9	6.7
80-84	164.31	171.23	5.1	4.9
85-89	239.04	258.15	3.8	3.5
90-94	349.72	388.43	2.7	2.5
95-99	468.26	526.09	2.1	1.9
100+	600.71	667.56	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Nigeria by year

Mortality in Nigeria, 2005

Year

Country