Life expectancy at birth in Nigeria is projected at 58.9 years in 2053: 59.9 for women and 58.0 for men, a gap of 1.9 years. 3,908,971 people are projected to die; 31.4% of them would be 65 or older and 16.7% 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, 2053

Life expectancy at birth

58.9

Women

59.9

Men

58.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

53.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

81.2

Deaths

3,908,971

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.5

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

309

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

279

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2053's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2053

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	49.00	61.67	59.9	58.0
1-4	7.13	7.93	61.9	60.6
5-9	5.13	4.38	59.6	58.5
10-14	2.73	2.53	56.1	54.8
15-19	3.24	3.36	51.8	50.4
20-24	3.91	4.88	47.6	46.3
25-29	4.62	5.18	43.5	42.3
30-34	5.39	5.59	39.5	38.4
35-39	6.27	6.35	35.5	34.4
40-44	7.34	7.80	31.6	30.4
45-49	8.36	9.69	27.6	26.5
50-54	10.97	13.21	23.7	22.7
55-59	15.15	17.66	19.9	19.1
60-64	23.04	26.13	16.3	15.6
65-69	36.42	39.55	12.9	12.4
70-74	58.47	62.20	10.0	9.6
75-79	91.84	97.65	7.6	7.2
80-84	144.71	153.15	5.6	5.3
85-89	215.91	236.18	4.1	3.8
90-94	320.53	359.49	3.0	2.7
95-99	436.98	495.62	2.2	2.0
100+	585.00	620.96	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Nigeria by year

Mortality in Nigeria, 2053

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