Life expectancy at birth in Nigeria was 51.7 years in 2012: 52.0 for women and 51.3 for men, a gap of 0.7 years. 2,470,096 people died; 16.4% of them were 65 or older and 37.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2012

Life expectancy at birth

51.7

Women

52.0

Men

51.3

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

84.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

131.6

Deaths

2,470,096

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.0

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

378

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

363

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2012

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	82.45	96.31	52.0	51.4
1-4	12.94	13.70	55.4	55.4
5-9	8.92	6.91	54.2	54.4
10-14	4.52	3.81	51.6	51.3
15-19	5.09	4.71	47.7	47.2
20-24	5.94	6.73	43.9	43.3
25-29	6.95	7.09	40.1	39.7
30-34	8.01	7.56	36.5	36.0
35-39	9.15	8.51	32.8	32.3
40-44	10.28	10.26	29.3	28.6
45-49	11.31	12.42	25.7	24.9
50-54	14.22	16.26	22.0	21.4
55-59	19.24	21.29	18.5	18.0
60-64	28.35	30.55	15.1	14.7
65-69	43.48	45.15	12.0	11.7
70-74	67.98	69.89	9.3	9.1
75-79	103.91	107.59	7.0	6.8
80-84	159.83	165.99	5.2	5.0
85-89	233.25	251.47	3.9	3.6
90-94	342.32	380.28	2.8	2.5
95-99	459.79	517.66	2.1	1.9
100+	592.66	660.81	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Nigeria by year

Mortality in Nigeria, 2012

Year

Country