Life expectancy at birth in Nigeria is projected at 56.6 years in 2037: 57.2 for women and 56.0 for men, a gap of 1.2 years. 3,221,251 people are projected to die; 23.1% of them would be 65 or older and 23.4% 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, 2037

Life expectancy at birth

56.6

Women

57.2

Men

56.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

60.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

92.1

Deaths

3,221,251

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.8

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

334

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

313

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2037's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2037

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	57.22	69.76	57.2	56.0
1-4	8.19	8.87	59.5	59.0
5-9	6.52	5.16	57.4	57.0
10-14	3.40	2.96	54.3	53.5
15-19	3.99	3.86	50.2	49.2
20-24	4.76	5.60	46.1	45.1
25-29	5.58	5.91	42.2	41.3
30-34	6.46	6.34	38.3	37.5
35-39	7.43	7.14	34.5	33.6
40-44	8.51	8.68	30.7	29.8
45-49	9.50	10.64	26.9	26.0
50-54	12.21	14.28	23.1	22.3
55-59	16.63	18.88	19.4	18.7
60-64	24.92	27.60	15.8	15.3
65-69	38.89	41.38	12.6	12.2
70-74	61.74	64.63	9.7	9.4
75-79	95.95	100.75	7.4	7.1
80-84	149.83	157.13	5.4	5.2
85-89	221.83	241.04	4.0	3.7
90-94	328.57	367.11	2.9	2.6
95-99	445.64	504.61	2.2	2.0
100+	595.95	627.24	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Nigeria by year

Mortality in Nigeria, 2037

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