Life expectancy at birth in Nigeria is projected at 59.2 years in 2055: 60.3 for women and 58.3 for men, a gap of 2.0 years. 4,001,404 people are projected to die; 32.3% of them would be 65 or older and 16.0% 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, 2055

Life expectancy at birth

59.2

Women

60.3

Men

58.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

52.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

79.9

Deaths

4,001,404

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.5

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

305

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

274

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2055's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2055

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	48.13	60.80	60.3	58.3
1-4	7.00	7.82	62.2	60.9
5-9	4.97	4.29	59.9	58.7
10-14	2.66	2.48	56.3	55.0
15-19	3.15	3.30	52.1	50.6
20-24	3.81	4.80	47.8	46.4
25-29	4.51	5.09	43.7	42.5
30-34	5.26	5.50	39.6	38.5
35-39	6.13	6.25	35.6	34.5
40-44	7.20	7.69	31.7	30.5
45-49	8.21	9.57	27.7	26.6
50-54	10.81	13.07	23.8	22.8
55-59	14.95	17.49	20.0	19.2
60-64	22.78	25.91	16.3	15.7
65-69	36.08	39.27	13.0	12.5
70-74	58.03	61.82	10.0	9.7
75-79	91.28	97.14	7.6	7.3
80-84	144.02	152.47	5.6	5.3
85-89	215.13	235.31	4.1	3.8
90-94	319.53	358.17	3.0	2.7
95-99	435.94	494.01	2.2	2.0
100+	583.77	619.62	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Nigeria by year

Mortality in Nigeria, 2055

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