Life expectancy at birth in Nigeria is projected at 62.6 years in 2081: 64.1 for women and 61.1 for men, a gap of 3.0 years. 5,532,735 people are projected to die; 49.1% of them would be 65 or older and 8.8% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2081

Life expectancy at birth

62.6

Women

64.1

Men

61.1

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

43.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

66.3

Deaths

5,532,735

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.0

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

268

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

225

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2081's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2081

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	38.93	51.52	64.1	61.1
1-4	5.48	6.48	65.6	63.3
5-9	3.31	3.30	63.0	60.9
10-14	1.84	1.93	59.1	56.9
15-19	2.25	2.68	54.6	52.4
20-24	2.79	3.92	50.2	48.1
25-29	3.33	4.17	45.8	44.0
30-34	3.89	4.54	41.6	39.9
35-39	4.61	5.19	37.3	35.7
40-44	5.62	6.48	33.1	31.6
45-49	6.62	8.20	29.0	27.6
50-54	9.04	11.52	24.9	23.6
55-59	12.68	15.61	20.9	19.8
60-64	19.76	23.56	17.1	16.2
65-69	31.92	36.20	13.6	13.0
70-74	52.25	57.47	10.6	10.0
75-79	83.75	91.34	8.0	7.5
80-84	134.47	144.76	5.9	5.5
85-89	204.02	225.60	4.3	3.9
90-94	305.11	343.84	3.1	2.8
95-99	420.76	477.20	2.3	2.1
100+	565.77	607.28	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Nigeria by year

Mortality in Nigeria, 2081

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