Life expectancy at birth in Nigeria is projected at 56.2 years in 2034: 56.7 for women and 55.6 for men, a gap of 1.1 years. 3,096,924 people are projected to die; 22.0% of them would be 65 or older and 24.6% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2034

Life expectancy at birth

56.2

Women

56.7

Men

55.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

62.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

94.1

Deaths

3,096,924

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.0

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

339

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

320

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2034's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2034

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	58.86	71.35	56.7	55.7
1-4	8.37	9.04	59.1	58.7
5-9	6.80	5.31	57.0	56.8
10-14	3.54	3.05	53.9	53.2
15-19	4.14	3.97	49.8	49.0
20-24	4.93	5.74	45.8	44.9
25-29	5.77	6.06	41.9	41.2
30-34	6.67	6.48	38.1	37.4
35-39	7.65	7.29	34.3	33.5
40-44	8.74	8.85	30.5	29.7
45-49	9.72	10.82	26.8	25.9
50-54	12.44	14.47	23.0	22.2
55-59	16.90	19.10	19.3	18.7
60-64	25.26	27.86	15.7	15.3
65-69	39.33	41.70	12.5	12.2
70-74	62.31	65.04	9.7	9.4
75-79	96.66	101.26	7.3	7.1
80-84	150.71	157.78	5.4	5.2
85-89	222.85	241.81	4.0	3.7
90-94	329.99	368.37	2.9	2.6
95-99	447.21	506.12	2.2	2.0
100+	597.98	628.26	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Nigeria by year

Mortality in Nigeria, 2034

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