Life expectancy at birth in Nigeria was 51.5 years in 2011: 51.9 for women and 51.1 for men, a gap of 0.8 years. 2,434,059 people died; 16.2% of them were 65 or older and 38.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2011

Life expectancy at birth

51.5

Women

51.9

Men

51.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

85.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

133.7

Deaths

2,434,059

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.2

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

380

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

364

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2011's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2011

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	83.54	97.65	51.9	51.1
1-4	13.25	14.05	55.3	55.2
5-9	8.95	7.01	54.2	54.3
10-14	4.54	3.86	51.6	51.2
15-19	5.11	4.74	47.7	47.1
20-24	5.96	6.77	43.8	43.2
25-29	6.97	7.13	40.1	39.6
30-34	8.03	7.61	36.4	35.9
35-39	9.18	8.57	32.8	32.2
40-44	10.31	10.34	29.2	28.5
45-49	11.34	12.51	25.7	24.9
50-54	14.25	16.35	22.0	21.3
55-59	19.29	21.40	18.4	17.9
60-64	28.41	30.70	15.0	14.7
65-69	43.57	45.33	12.0	11.7
70-74	68.12	70.15	9.3	9.0
75-79	104.10	107.93	7.0	6.8
80-84	160.10	166.45	5.2	5.0
85-89	233.60	252.00	3.8	3.6
90-94	342.81	380.84	2.8	2.5
95-99	460.33	518.02	2.1	1.9
100+	593.33	660.85	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Nigeria by year

Mortality in Nigeria, 2011

Year

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