Life expectancy at birth in Nigeria is projected at 64.6 years in 2099: 66.5 for women and 62.9 for men, a gap of 3.6 years. 6,538,203 people are projected to die; 60.1% of them would be 65 or older and 6.0% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2099

Life expectancy at birth

64.6

Women

66.5

Men

62.9

Life expectancy at 65

13.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

39.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

58.4

Deaths

6,538,203

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.7

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

246

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

196

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2099's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2099

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	34.14	46.53	66.5	62.9
1-4	4.50	5.63	67.8	64.8
5-9	2.43	2.74	65.0	62.3
10-14	1.41	1.62	60.7	58.1
15-19	1.77	2.35	56.1	53.5
20-24	2.24	3.44	51.6	49.1
25-29	2.69	3.66	47.2	44.9
30-34	3.15	4.01	42.8	40.7
35-39	3.77	4.60	38.4	36.5
40-44	4.76	5.79	34.1	32.3
45-49	5.74	7.41	29.9	28.2
50-54	8.05	10.62	25.6	24.1
55-59	11.37	14.48	21.6	20.3
60-64	17.94	22.12	17.7	16.6
65-69	29.32	34.26	14.1	13.3
70-74	48.49	54.58	10.9	10.3
75-79	78.63	87.29	8.3	7.7
80-84	127.68	139.12	6.1	5.7
85-89	195.77	218.06	4.4	4.0
90-94	294.19	332.86	3.2	2.9
95-99	409.01	464.06	2.4	2.1
100+	551.85	596.52	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Nigeria by year

Mortality in Nigeria, 2099

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