Nigeria Mortality 2035: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Nigeria is projected at 56.3 years in 2035: 56.9 for women and 55.8 for men, a gap of 1.1 years. 3,138,899 people are projected to die; 22.4% of them would be 65 or older and 24.2% 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, 2035

Life expectancy at birth

56.3

Women

56.9

Men

55.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

61.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

93.5

Deaths

3,138,899

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.9

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

338

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

317

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2035's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2035

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	58.31	70.84	56.9	55.8
1-4	8.31	8.99	59.2	58.8
5-9	6.71	5.26	57.2	56.9
10-14	3.49	3.02	54.0	53.3
15-19	4.09	3.93	50.0	49.1
20-24	4.87	5.69	45.9	45.0
25-29	5.71	6.01	42.0	41.2
30-34	6.60	6.43	38.1	37.4
35-39	7.58	7.24	34.3	33.5
40-44	8.66	8.79	30.6	29.7
45-49	9.64	10.76	26.8	25.9
50-54	12.36	14.41	23.0	22.2
55-59	16.81	19.03	19.3	18.7
60-64	25.15	27.78	15.8	15.3
65-69	39.18	41.60	12.5	12.2
70-74	62.12	64.92	9.7	9.4
75-79	96.42	101.11	7.3	7.1
80-84	150.40	157.59	5.4	5.2
85-89	222.48	241.59	4.0	3.7
90-94	329.46	368.01	2.9	2.6
95-99	446.61	505.69	2.2	2.0
100+	597.19	628.02	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Nigeria by year

Mortality in Nigeria, 2035

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