Life expectancy at birth in Nigeria is projected at 57.4 years in 2042: 58.1 for women and 56.7 for men, a gap of 1.4 years. 3,422,103 people are projected to die; 25.4% of them would be 65 or older and 21.2% 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, 2042

Life expectancy at birth

57.4

Women

58.1

Men

56.7

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

58.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

88.4

Deaths

3,422,103

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.6

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

326

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

302

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2042's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2042

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	54.39	66.99	58.1	56.7
1-4	7.85	8.57	60.3	59.5
5-9	6.05	4.90	58.1	57.5
10-14	3.18	2.82	54.9	53.9
15-19	3.73	3.69	50.7	49.6
20-24	4.47	5.36	46.6	45.5
25-29	5.26	5.67	42.6	41.7
30-34	6.10	6.09	38.7	37.8
35-39	7.05	6.88	34.8	33.9
40-44	8.13	8.39	30.9	30.0
45-49	9.13	10.33	27.1	26.2
50-54	11.81	13.93	23.3	22.4
55-59	16.16	18.49	19.5	18.8
60-64	24.33	27.13	16.0	15.4
65-69	38.13	40.81	12.7	12.3
70-74	60.74	63.88	9.8	9.5
75-79	94.71	99.81	7.4	7.1
80-84	148.30	155.94	5.5	5.2
85-89	220.08	239.60	4.0	3.7
90-94	326.18	364.83	2.9	2.6
95-99	443.07	501.93	2.2	2.0
100+	592.66	625.43	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Nigeria by year

Mortality in Nigeria, 2042

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