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Life Expectancy in Afghanistan vs Nigeria (1950-2026)

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The average life expectancy at birth is 66.8 years in Afghanistan vs 55 in Nigeria. Afghanistan is ranked 163/197 by life expectancy, and Nigeria is 197/197. In Afghanistan, the life expectancy is 65.2 years for males and 68.3 years for females. In Nigeria, it's 54.6 years for males and 55.3 years for females.

Afghanistan vs Nigeria life expectancy at birth by year

Afghanistan
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
1x
Year Life expectancy, years
Afghanistan Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
2026 66.8 65.2 68.3 55 54.6 55.3
2025 66.5 64.9 68.1 54.8 54.5 55.1
2024 66.3 64.7 67.8 54.6 54.3 54.9
2023 66 64.5 67.5 54.5 54.2 54.7
2022 65.6 63.9 67.2 54.1 53.8 54.4
2021 60.4 57.1 64.1 53.5 53.2 53.7
2020 61.5 58.5 64.7 53.1 52.7 53.4
2019 62.9 59.9 66.1 53 52.8 53.2
2018 62.4 59.2 65.9 52.7 52.4 52.9
2017 62.4 59.4 65.6 52.4 52.1 52.6
2016 62.6 60.7 64.6 52.2 51.9 52.4
2015 62.3 60.4 64.2 51.9 51.6 52.2
2014 62.3 60.5 64 51.9 51.6 52.3
2013 62.2 60.5 63.8 51.8 51.5 52.2
2012 61.7 60.1 63.3 51.7 51.3 52
2011 61.3 59.6 62.9 51.5 51.1 51.9
2010 60.7 59.1 62.3 51.3 50.9 51.8
2009 60.2 58.7 61.8 51.1 50.6 51.6
2008 59.7 58 61.4 50.7 50.3 51.2
2007 59 57.1 60.8 50.4 49.8 50.9
2006 58.6 57 60.1 49.9 49.3 50.4
2005 58.2 56.9 59.6 49.5 49 50.1
2004 57.8 56.5 59.1 49.1 48.8 49.5
2003 57.2 55.8 58.5 48.6 48.2 49.1
2002 56.2 55 57.4 48 47.5 48.5
2001 55.5 53.9 57.1 47.5 46.9 48.2
2000 55 53.5 56.6 47.1 46.3 48
1999 54.5 53.1 56 46.6 45.7 47.5
1998 52.5 50.6 54.4 46.1 45.1 47.2
1997 53.2 51.7 54.7 46 44.7 47.2
1996 52.8 51.3 54.4 45.8 44.4 47.3
1995 52.1 50.5 53.7 45.9 44.4 47.4
1994 51 48.9 53.1 45.7 44.2 47.3
1993 51 49.8 52.3 45.8 44.2 47.4
1992 46.6 43.8 49.6 45.6 44.2 47
1991 45.5 43 48.3 45.5 44.1 47
1990 45.1 42.7 47.7 45.7 44.4 47.1
1989 44.5 42.1 47 45.8 44.4 47.3
1988 43.2 40.7 46 45.8 44.4 47.3
1987 38.8 35.6 42.6 45.9 44.5 47.4
1986 38.4 35.3 42.1 46 44.5 47.5
1985 32.1 28.4 37.1 46.2 44.6 47.9
1984 31.5 27.8 36.4 46.3 44.7 48
1983 36.5 33.6 40.1 46.4 44.8 48.1
1982 36.1 33.3 39.5 46.4 44.7 48.2
1981 39.4 37.4 41.7 46.3 44.6 48
1980 39.3 37.4 41.4 46 44.3 47.6
1979 38.8 37.1 40.9 45.7 44.2 47.3
1978 40.1 38.9 41.5 45.3 43.8 46.9
1977 41.1 40.4 41.9 44.8 43.4 46.3
1976 40.5 39.8 41.3 44.2 42.7 45.7
1975 40 39.3 40.8 43.1 41 45.2
1974 39.5 38.7 40.3 42.5 40.6 44.5
1973 39 38.2 39.8 41.8 40 43.7
1972 38.4 37.7 39.3 41.3 39.5 43.1
1971 37.9 37.2 38.8 40.6 39 42.3
1970 37.5 36.7 38.3 40 38.4 41.7
1969 37 36.3 37.8 38.9 36.8 41.3
1968 36.5 35.8 37.3 38.6 36.4 41
1967 36 35.3 36.9 37.5 35.1 40.1
1966 35.6 34.9 36.4 38.4 36.4 40.5
1965 35.1 34.4 35.9 38.2 36.2 40.4
1964 34.7 34 35.4 38 35.9 40.1
1963 34.2 33.5 34.9 37.8 35.8 39.9
1962 33.8 33.1 34.5 37.6 35.6 39.7
1961 33.3 32.6 34 37.4 35.4 39.6
1960 32.8 32.1 33.5 37.2 35.2 39.3
1959 32.3 31.7 33.1 37 35 39.2
1958 31.8 31.2 32.6 36.8 34.8 39
1957 31.3 30.7 32.1 36.6 34.6 38.8
1956 30.8 30.2 31.6 36.5 34.5 38.6
1955 30.4 29.7 31.1 36.3 34.3 38.5
1954 29.7 29.1 30.4 36.2 34.3 38.3
1953 29.5 28.8 30.2 36 34.1 38.1
1952 29 28.4 29.7 35.9 34 37.9
1951 28.6 28 29.3 35.7 33.8 37.7
1950 28.2 27.5 28.8 35.5 33.6 37.5

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (1950–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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Life expectancy is the average age of death for a hypothetical cohort of newborns if they experienced the age-specific mortality rates of one particular year throughout their entire lives. It's a snapshot reflecting mortality rates in a given year that does not account for any future changes in those rates.

Healthy life expectancy at birth, defined by the World Health Organization as the average number of years a person can expect to live in full health, is 50.4 years in Afghanistan and 54.9 in Nigeria. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 9.88 healthy years in Afghanistan and 14 in Nigeria.

Afghanistan vs Nigeria life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator shows the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on current age for both males and females in Afghanistan and Nigeria, along with mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
42.2 vs 37.2 years

Mean expected age of death:
72.2 vs 67.2 years

Median expected age of death:
74.5 vs 70.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Afghanistan Nigeria
Male Female Male Female
40 97.2% 97.5% 93.0% 92.6%
50 92.0% 93.3% 83.9% 83.9%
60 80.6% 84.9% 70.5% 71.9%
65 71.2% 77.7% 61.0% 63.0%
70 58.7% 67.2% 49.2% 51.4%
75 43.3% 52.6% 35.2% 37.2%
80 26.7% 35.0% 20.8% 22.5%
85 12.3% 17.6% 9.2% 10.2%
90 3.6% 6.0% 2.5% 3.2%
95 0.6% 1.2% 0.3% 0.5%
100 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%

Life expectancy by current age

Afghanistan
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
1x
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Afghanistan Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 101.7 101.7 101.8 101.6 101.6 101.7
99 100.8 100.7 100.8 100.7 100.6 100.8
98 99.9 99.8 99.9 99.8 99.7 99.9
97 99 98.9 99 98.9 98.8 99
96 98.1 98 98.2 98 97.8 98.1
95 97.2 97.1 97.3 97.1 96.9 97.2
94 96.3 96.2 96.4 96.2 96 96.3
93 95.5 95.3 95.5 95.3 95.2 95.4
92 94.6 94.5 94.7 94.4 94.3 94.5
91 93.8 93.6 93.9 93.6 93.4 93.7
90 93 92.8 93.1 92.7 92.6 92.9
89 92.2 92 92.3 91.9 91.8 92
88 91.4 91.2 91.5 91.1 91 91.3
87 90.6 90.4 90.7 90.3 90.2 90.5
86 89.8 89.6 90 89.6 89.4 89.7
85 89.1 88.8 89.2 88.8 88.7 88.9
84 88.3 88.1 88.5 88.1 87.9 88.2
83 87.6 87.4 87.8 87.3 87.2 87.5
82 87 86.7 87.1 86.6 86.5 86.7
81 86.3 86 86.5 85.9 85.8 86
80 85.7 85.4 85.9 85.2 85.1 85.4
79 85 84.7 85.2 84.6 84.5 84.7
78 84.4 84.1 84.7 83.9 83.8 84.1
77 83.9 83.5 84.1 83.3 83.2 83.4
76 83.3 82.9 83.6 82.7 82.6 82.8
75 82.8 82.3 83.1 82.1 82 82.2
74 82.2 81.8 82.6 81.6 81.4 81.7
73 81.7 81.3 82.1 81 80.9 81.1
72 81.3 80.8 81.7 80.5 80.3 80.6
71 80.8 80.3 81.2 79.9 79.8 80.1
70 80.4 79.8 80.8 79.4 79.3 79.6
69 79.9 79.3 80.4 79 78.8 79.1
68 79.5 78.9 80 78.5 78.4 78.6
67 79.1 78.5 79.7 78.1 77.9 78.2
66 78.8 78 79.4 77.6 77.5 77.8
65 78.4 77.6 79 77.2 77 77.4
64 78.1 77.3 78.7 76.8 76.6 77
63 77.7 76.9 78.4 76.4 76.2 76.6
62 77.4 76.6 78.2 76 75.8 76.2
61 77.1 76.2 77.9 75.7 75.5 75.9
60 76.8 75.9 77.6 75.3 75.1 75.5
59 76.6 75.6 77.4 75 74.8 75.2
58 76.3 75.3 77.2 74.7 74.4 74.9
57 76.1 75 77 74.4 74.1 74.6
56 75.8 74.7 76.7 74 73.8 74.3
55 75.6 74.5 76.5 73.7 73.5 74
54 75.4 74.2 76.4 73.4 73.1 73.7
53 75.2 74 76.2 73.1 72.8 73.4
52 75 73.8 76 72.9 72.5 73.2
51 74.8 73.6 75.8 72.6 72.2 72.9
50 74.6 73.4 75.7 72.3 71.9 72.7
49 74.4 73.2 75.5 72 71.7 72.4
48 74.3 73 75.3 71.8 71.4 72.1
47 74.1 72.9 75.2 71.5 71.1 71.9
46 73.9 72.7 75.1 71.3 70.9 71.6
45 73.8 72.6 74.9 71 70.6 71.4
44 73.7 72.4 74.8 70.7 70.3 71.1
43 73.5 72.3 74.7 70.5 70.1 70.9
42 73.4 72.1 74.6 70.2 69.8 70.6
41 73.3 72 74.5 70 69.6 70.3
40 73.2 71.9 74.3 69.7 69.3 70.1
39 73.1 71.8 74.2 69.4 69.1 69.8
38 73 71.7 74.1 69.2 68.8 69.5
37 72.8 71.6 74 68.9 68.6 69.3
36 72.7 71.5 73.9 68.7 68.4 69
35 72.6 71.4 73.8 68.4 68.1 68.8
34 72.5 71.3 73.7 68.2 67.9 68.5
33 72.5 71.2 73.6 68 67.7 68.2
32 72.4 71.1 73.5 67.7 67.4 68
31 72.3 71 73.5 67.5 67.2 67.7
30 72.2 70.9 73.4 67.2 66.9 67.5
29 72.1 70.8 73.3 67 66.7 67.2
28 72 70.7 73.2 66.7 66.4 67
27 71.9 70.6 73.1 66.5 66.2 66.7
26 71.8 70.5 73 66.2 65.9 66.5
25 71.7 70.4 72.9 66 65.7 66.2
24 71.6 70.3 72.9 65.7 65.4 66
23 71.5 70.2 72.8 65.5 65.2 65.8
22 71.4 70.1 72.7 65.2 64.9 65.5
21 71.3 70 72.6 65 64.6 65.3
20 71.3 69.9 72.5 64.7 64.4 65.1
19 71.2 69.8 72.5 64.5 64.2 64.9
18 71.1 69.7 72.4 64.3 63.9 64.6
17 71 69.6 72.3 64.1 63.8 64.4
16 71 69.6 72.3 63.9 63.6 64.2
15 70.9 69.5 72.2 63.7 63.4 64
14 70.8 69.4 72.2 63.5 63.3 63.8
13 70.8 69.4 72.1 63.4 63.1 63.7
12 70.7 69.3 72.1 63.2 62.9 63.5
11 70.7 69.3 72 63 62.8 63.3
10 70.7 69.2 72 62.8 62.6 63
9 70.6 69.2 71.9 62.5 62.4 62.7
8 70.6 69.1 71.9 62.2 62.1 62.4
7 70.5 69.1 71.8 61.9 61.8 61.9
6 70.4 69 71.8 61.4 61.4 61.4
5 70.3 68.9 71.7 61 61 60.9
4 70.2 68.8 71.6 60.5 60.5 60.4
3 70.1 68.6 71.4 60 60 59.9
2 69.8 68.4 71.2 59.4 59.5 59.4
1 69.5 68.1 70.9 58.9 58.8 58.9
0 66.8 65.2 68.3 55 54.6 55.3

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. However, an adult has already survived the causes of early-age mortality and can expect to live longer than the figure calculated at birth.

A 30-year-old in Afghanistan can expect to live to 72.2 years compared to 67.2 in Nigeria, rising to 78.4 and 77.2 at 65, and to 85.7 and 85.2 at 80 — higher than the 66.8 and 55 years calculated at birth.

The chart above accounts for remaining lifespan and displays total life expectancy by age and gender in Afghanistan and Nigeria.

Probability of surviving to a given age

Afghanistan
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
1x
Age Survival probability
Afghanistan Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 0.08% 0.04% 0.11% 0.03% 0.02% 0.04%
99 0.13% 0.08% 0.18% 0.05% 0.03% 0.07%
98 0.22% 0.13% 0.3% 0.08% 0.06% 0.11%
97 0.35% 0.22% 0.47% 0.14% 0.1% 0.18%
96 0.54% 0.35% 0.73% 0.22% 0.17% 0.28%
95 0.82% 0.54% 1.09% 0.35% 0.27% 0.42%
94 1.22% 0.82% 1.58% 0.54% 0.43% 0.64%
93 1.75% 1.21% 2.25% 0.8% 0.66% 0.93%
92 2.45% 1.73% 3.11% 1.16% 0.98% 1.33%
91 3.35% 2.42% 4.19% 1.63% 1.42% 1.84%
90 4.47% 3.31% 5.53% 2.24% 1.99% 2.49%
89 5.83% 4.41% 7.14% 3% 2.71% 3.28%
88 7.45% 5.74% 9.02% 3.91% 3.58% 4.23%
87 9.33% 7.32% 11.2% 4.98% 4.61% 5.34%
86 11.5% 9.14% 13.6% 6.22% 5.81% 6.62%
85 13.9% 11.2% 16.3% 7.63% 7.19% 8.07%
84 16.5% 13.5% 19.2% 9.22% 8.73% 9.7%
83 19.3% 15.9% 22.3% 11% 10.4% 11.5%
82 22.3% 18.6% 25.6% 12.9% 12.3% 13.5%
81 25.3% 21.4% 28.9% 14.9% 14.3% 15.5%
80 28.5% 24.3% 32.3% 17.1% 16.4% 17.7%
79 31.7% 27.2% 35.7% 19.3% 18.5% 20%
78 34.9% 30.3% 39% 21.5% 20.8% 22.3%
77 38% 33.3% 42.3% 23.8% 23% 24.6%
76 41.1% 36.4% 45.5% 26.2% 25.3% 27%
75 44.2% 39.4% 48.6% 28.5% 27.6% 29.3%
74 47.1% 42.3% 51.6% 30.8% 29.9% 31.6%
73 50% 45.2% 54.4% 33.1% 32.2% 33.9%
72 52.7% 48% 57.1% 35.3% 34.4% 36.2%
71 55.3% 50.8% 59.6% 37.5% 36.6% 38.4%
70 57.8% 53.4% 62% 39.6% 38.6% 40.5%
69 60.2% 55.9% 64.2% 41.6% 40.7% 42.5%
68 62.4% 58.3% 66.3% 43.5% 42.6% 44.5%
67 64.5% 60.5% 68.2% 45.4% 44.4% 46.3%
66 66.4% 62.7% 70% 47.1% 46.2% 48%
65 68.2% 64.7% 71.7% 48.8% 47.9% 49.7%
64 70% 66.6% 73.2% 50.4% 49.5% 51.3%
63 71.6% 68.5% 74.6% 51.9% 51.1% 52.8%
62 73.1% 70.2% 76% 53.4% 52.6% 54.1%
61 74.5% 71.8% 77.2% 54.7% 54% 55.5%
60 75.8% 73.3% 78.3% 56% 55.3% 56.7%
59 77% 74.7% 79.4% 57.2% 56.6% 57.9%
58 78.1% 76% 80.3% 58.4% 57.8% 59%
57 79.2% 77.2% 81.2% 59.5% 58.9% 60%
56 80.2% 78.3% 82.1% 60.5% 60% 61%
55 81.1% 79.4% 82.9% 61.5% 61.1% 62%
54 81.9% 80.3% 83.6% 62.5% 62.1% 62.9%
53 82.7% 81.2% 84.3% 63.4% 63.1% 63.7%
52 83.5% 82.1% 84.9% 64.3% 64.1% 64.6%
51 84.1% 82.8% 85.5% 65.2% 65% 65.4%
50 84.8% 83.6% 86.1% 66% 65.8% 66.2%
49 85.4% 84.2% 86.6% 66.8% 66.7% 66.9%
48 85.9% 84.8% 87.1% 67.5% 67.5% 67.6%
47 86.4% 85.4% 87.5% 68.3% 68.2% 68.3%
46 86.9% 85.9% 87.9% 69% 69% 69%
45 87.3% 86.4% 88.3% 69.7% 69.7% 69.7%
44 87.7% 86.8% 88.7% 70.4% 70.4% 70.3%
43 88.1% 87.2% 89.1% 71% 71.1% 71%
42 88.5% 87.6% 89.4% 71.7% 71.7% 71.7%
41 88.8% 88% 89.7% 72.4% 72.4% 72.3%
40 89.1% 88.3% 90% 73% 73% 73%
39 89.4% 88.6% 90.3% 73.6% 73.6% 73.6%
38 89.7% 88.9% 90.5% 74.2% 74.2% 74.3%
37 90% 89.2% 90.8% 74.8% 74.7% 74.9%
36 90.2% 89.5% 91% 75.4% 75.3% 75.5%
35 90.5% 89.7% 91.3% 76% 75.8% 76.1%
34 90.7% 90% 91.5% 76.5% 76.4% 76.6%
33 90.9% 90.2% 91.7% 77.1% 76.9% 77.2%
32 91.2% 90.4% 91.9% 77.6% 77.5% 77.8%
31 91.4% 90.7% 92.1% 78.1% 78% 78.3%
30 91.6% 90.9% 92.3% 78.7% 78.5% 78.9%
29 91.8% 91.1% 92.5% 79.2% 79% 79.4%
28 91.9% 91.3% 92.7% 79.7% 79.5% 79.9%
27 92.1% 91.5% 92.8% 80.2% 80% 80.4%
26 92.3% 91.7% 93% 80.7% 80.5% 80.9%
25 92.5% 91.9% 93.2% 81.2% 81.1% 81.4%
24 92.7% 92.1% 93.3% 81.7% 81.6% 81.8%
23 92.9% 92.3% 93.5% 82.2% 82.1% 82.3%
22 93% 92.5% 93.6% 82.7% 82.6% 82.7%
21 93.2% 92.7% 93.8% 83.1% 83.1% 83.1%
20 93.4% 92.9% 93.9% 83.6% 83.6% 83.6%
19 93.5% 93% 94.1% 84% 84% 84%
18 93.7% 93.2% 94.2% 84.4% 84.4% 84.4%
17 93.8% 93.3% 94.3% 84.8% 84.7% 84.8%
16 93.9% 93.5% 94.4% 85.1% 85.1% 85.2%
15 94% 93.6% 94.5% 85.4% 85.4% 85.5%
14 94.1% 93.7% 94.6% 85.7% 85.6% 85.8%
13 94.2% 93.8% 94.6% 86% 85.9% 86.1%
12 94.3% 93.8% 94.7% 86.3% 86.2% 86.4%
11 94.3% 93.9% 94.8% 86.6% 86.4% 86.8%
10 94.4% 94% 94.8% 87% 86.8% 87.2%
9 94.5% 94.1% 94.9% 87.4% 87.1% 87.7%
8 94.6% 94.2% 95% 87.9% 87.6% 88.3%
7 94.6% 94.2% 95.1% 88.5% 88.1% 89%
6 94.8% 94.4% 95.2% 89.2% 88.6% 89.7%
5 94.9% 94.5% 95.3% 89.9% 89.3% 90.6%
4 95.1% 94.7% 95.4% 90.7% 90% 91.4%
3 95.3% 94.9% 95.7% 91.6% 90.9% 92.3%
2 95.6% 95.2% 96% 92.4% 91.8% 93.1%
1 96% 95.6% 96.4% 93.3% 92.8% 93.9%

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 75.8% of newborns in Afghanistan and 56% in Nigeria are expected to live past 60, 57.8% and 39.6% past 70, 28.5% and 17.1% past 80, and only 4.47% and 2.24% past 90.

For longevity rates starting from a different age, use the calculator provided above.

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Odds of dying at each age

Afghanistan
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
1x
Age Probability of dying
Afghanistan Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 43% 45.1% 42.2% 44.7% 47.8% 43.4%
99 41.2% 43.2% 40.4% 43% 46% 41.7%
98 39.4% 41.4% 38.6% 41.3% 44.2% 39.9%
97 37.6% 39.6% 36.7% 39.6% 42.4% 38.2%
96 35.8% 37.7% 34.9% 37.9% 40.5% 36.5%
95 34% 35.9% 33.1% 36.3% 38.7% 34.9%
94 32.2% 34% 31.3% 34.6% 36.9% 33.2%
93 30.4% 32.2% 29.5% 32.9% 34.9% 31.6%
92 28.6% 30.3% 27.7% 31.1% 32.9% 29.8%
91 26.8% 28.5% 25.9% 29.2% 30.8% 28%
90 25.1% 26.7% 24.2% 27.2% 28.6% 26.1%
89 23.4% 25% 22.5% 25.2% 26.4% 24.2%
88 21.7% 23.2% 20.8% 23.3% 24.3% 22.4%
87 20.2% 21.6% 19.3% 21.5% 22.4% 20.8%
86 18.7% 19.9% 17.9% 19.9% 20.7% 19.3%
85 17.2% 18.4% 16.5% 18.5% 19.1% 18%
84 15.9% 16.9% 15.2% 17.2% 17.7% 16.8%
83 14.6% 15.5% 13.9% 16% 16.3% 15.7%
82 13.3% 14.2% 12.7% 14.8% 15.1% 14.5%
81 12.2% 13% 11.6% 13.7% 13.9% 13.4%
80 11.1% 11.9% 10.5% 12.5% 12.8% 12.3%
79 10.1% 10.9% 9.49% 11.5% 11.7% 11.3%
78 9.13% 9.99% 8.57% 10.5% 10.7% 10.3%
77 8.3% 9.15% 7.74% 9.65% 9.86% 9.47%
76 7.57% 8.37% 7% 8.86% 9.06% 8.69%
75 6.9% 7.66% 6.35% 8.15% 8.33% 8%
74 6.28% 7% 5.75% 7.5% 7.66% 7.37%
73 5.72% 6.4% 5.21% 6.9% 7.03% 6.78%
72 5.2% 5.85% 4.72% 6.33% 6.45% 6.23%
71 4.73% 5.35% 4.26% 5.8% 5.9% 5.71%
70 4.29% 4.89% 3.84% 5.3% 5.39% 5.22%
69 3.9% 4.47% 3.46% 4.84% 4.93% 4.76%
68 3.54% 4.09% 3.12% 4.43% 4.52% 4.34%
67 3.23% 3.75% 2.82% 4.06% 4.16% 3.97%
66 2.94% 3.43% 2.55% 3.73% 3.84% 3.63%
65 2.69% 3.15% 2.32% 3.44% 3.56% 3.33%
64 2.46% 2.89% 2.1% 3.18% 3.3% 3.06%
63 2.25% 2.65% 1.91% 2.93% 3.05% 2.81%
62 2.06% 2.43% 1.74% 2.7% 2.82% 2.58%
61 1.88% 2.23% 1.59% 2.49% 2.6% 2.37%
60 1.73% 2.05% 1.45% 2.29% 2.4% 2.18%
59 1.58% 1.88% 1.32% 2.12% 2.22% 2.01%
58 1.45% 1.72% 1.21% 1.97% 2.07% 1.87%
57 1.33% 1.58% 1.11% 1.84% 1.94% 1.74%
56 1.23% 1.44% 1.02% 1.73% 1.83% 1.63%
55 1.13% 1.32% 0.94% 1.64% 1.74% 1.54%
54 1.04% 1.21% 0.88% 1.56% 1.66% 1.45%
53 0.96% 1.1% 0.81% 1.48% 1.58% 1.37%
52 0.88% 1.01% 0.75% 1.4% 1.5% 1.3%
51 0.81% 0.93% 0.7% 1.32% 1.41% 1.23%
50 0.75% 0.85% 0.65% 1.24% 1.33% 1.16%
49 0.69% 0.78% 0.6% 1.17% 1.25% 1.1%
48 0.64% 0.72% 0.56% 1.11% 1.17% 1.05%
47 0.59% 0.66% 0.52% 1.07% 1.11% 1.02%
46 0.54% 0.61% 0.48% 1.03% 1.07% 0.99%
45 0.5% 0.56% 0.45% 1% 1.03% 0.97%
44 0.47% 0.51% 0.42% 0.98% 0.99% 0.96%
43 0.43% 0.48% 0.39% 0.95% 0.96% 0.95%
42 0.4% 0.44% 0.37% 0.93% 0.93% 0.93%
41 0.38% 0.41% 0.35% 0.9% 0.89% 0.92%
40 0.35% 0.38% 0.33% 0.88% 0.85% 0.9%
39 0.33% 0.36% 0.31% 0.85% 0.82% 0.87%
38 0.31% 0.33% 0.29% 0.82% 0.79% 0.85%
37 0.3% 0.31% 0.28% 0.79% 0.76% 0.82%
36 0.28% 0.3% 0.27% 0.77% 0.74% 0.8%
35 0.27% 0.28% 0.25% 0.75% 0.72% 0.77%
34 0.26% 0.27% 0.24% 0.73% 0.71% 0.75%
33 0.25% 0.26% 0.23% 0.71% 0.7% 0.73%
32 0.24% 0.25% 0.22% 0.7% 0.68% 0.72%
31 0.23% 0.24% 0.22% 0.69% 0.67% 0.7%
30 0.22% 0.23% 0.21% 0.67% 0.66% 0.69%
29 0.21% 0.22% 0.2% 0.66% 0.65% 0.67%
28 0.21% 0.22% 0.19% 0.64% 0.64% 0.65%
27 0.2% 0.22% 0.19% 0.63% 0.64% 0.63%
26 0.2% 0.22% 0.18% 0.62% 0.64% 0.6%
25 0.2% 0.22% 0.18% 0.61% 0.64% 0.58%
24 0.2% 0.22% 0.17% 0.6% 0.64% 0.56%
23 0.2% 0.22% 0.17% 0.59% 0.63% 0.54%
22 0.19% 0.22% 0.16% 0.58% 0.62% 0.53%
21 0.18% 0.21% 0.15% 0.56% 0.59% 0.53%
20 0.18% 0.2% 0.15% 0.54% 0.56% 0.52%
19 0.16% 0.19% 0.14% 0.51% 0.51% 0.51%
18 0.15% 0.17% 0.13% 0.48% 0.47% 0.49%
17 0.13% 0.15% 0.12% 0.44% 0.42% 0.46%
16 0.12% 0.13% 0.11% 0.4% 0.38% 0.42%
15 0.11% 0.12% 0.1% 0.36% 0.34% 0.39%
14 0.09% 0.1% 0.09% 0.34% 0.32% 0.36%
13 0.09% 0.09% 0.08% 0.33% 0.31% 0.35%
12 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.34% 0.31% 0.37%
11 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.37% 0.33% 0.4%
10 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.42% 0.37% 0.47%
9 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.49% 0.42% 0.56%
8 0.08% 0.09% 0.08% 0.58% 0.49% 0.67%
7 0.1% 0.1% 0.09% 0.67% 0.57% 0.78%
6 0.11% 0.12% 0.1% 0.76% 0.65% 0.87%
5 0.14% 0.15% 0.13% 0.83% 0.74% 0.92%
4 0.18% 0.19% 0.17% 0.88% 0.82% 0.93%
3 0.24% 0.24% 0.23% 0.91% 0.9% 0.91%
2 0.32% 0.32% 0.32% 0.93% 0.99% 0.88%
1 0.43% 0.42% 0.45% 0.96% 1.08% 0.84%
0 4% 4.38% 3.61% 6.69% 7.24% 6.13%

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/afghanistan/nigeria | CC BY

This chart displays the probability of dying at any given age in Afghanistan compared to Nigeria, as mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime.

The annual chance of dying is 4% in the birth year in Afghanistan and 6.69% in Nigeria, 0.22% vs 0.67% at age 30, 1.73% vs 2.29% at 60, and 11.1% vs 12.5% at 80.

Death rate by age in Afghanistan vs Nigeria

Afghanistan
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
1x
Age Death rate
Afghanistan Nigeria
Total Male Female Total Male Female
100 0 0 0 0 0 0
99 54.4 33 74.3 21.1 14.6 27.2
98 85.9 54 115.4 34.5 25.2 43.4
97 131.4 85.5 173.8 54.8 41.8 67.1
96 194.8 130.9 253.9 84.6 67.4 101
95 280.2 194 360 127 105 148.2
94 391 278.7 495 185.4 158.4 211.6
93 531 388 663 262.7 230.7 293.7
92 700 526 861 360 324 395
91 898 691 1,088 477 438 515
90 1,121 884 1,338 610 569 649
89 1,364 1,100 1,604 755 715 794
88 1,620 1,334 1,880 910 871 948
87 1,883 1,578 2,157 1,072 1,034 1,109
86 2,142 1,822 2,429 1,240 1,202 1,277
85 2,389 2,057 2,685 1,413 1,373 1,452
84 2,614 2,276 2,916 1,586 1,542 1,629
83 2,809 2,472 3,110 1,753 1,705 1,800
82 2,966 2,642 3,257 1,906 1,855 1,956
81 3,081 2,783 3,351 2,036 1,984 2,087
80 3,152 2,894 3,392 2,140 2,091 2,187
79 3,184 2,974 3,387 2,216 2,172 2,258
78 3,181 3,025 3,345 2,268 2,232 2,304
77 3,155 3,048 3,275 2,300 2,271 2,331
76 3,112 3,044 3,187 2,318 2,294 2,344
75 3,045 3,015 3,084 2,321 2,301 2,344
74 2,959 2,965 2,966 2,310 2,291 2,331
73 2,858 2,896 2,836 2,282 2,263 2,303
72 2,743 2,812 2,693 2,236 2,218 2,256
71 2,616 2,716 2,540 2,174 2,157 2,192
70 2,483 2,611 2,382 2,098 2,084 2,113
69 2,346 2,499 2,223 2,014 2,006 2,024
68 2,211 2,384 2,069 1,928 1,926 1,931
67 2,079 2,268 1,923 1,842 1,849 1,837
66 1,953 2,152 1,787 1,759 1,775 1,745
65 1,833 2,037 1,660 1,679 1,704 1,656
64 1,718 1,925 1,541 1,600 1,633 1,569
63 1,608 1,814 1,429 1,521 1,560 1,483
62 1,503 1,707 1,323 1,440 1,483 1,398
61 1,403 1,603 1,224 1,360 1,405 1,316
60 1,308 1,502 1,132 1,283 1,328 1,237
59 1,219 1,404 1,047 1,211 1,256 1,165
58 1,134 1,309 970 1,147 1,194 1,100
57 1,056 1,218 900 1,093 1,141 1,044
56 982 1,131 838 1,047 1,098 995
55 914 1,048 783 1,008 1,062 952
54 850 970 731 972 1,030 913
53 791 897 684 936 996 876
52 735 830 639 899 958 839
51 683 768 597 860 917 803
50 635 711 557 821 873 768
49 589 658 519 784 830 737
48 547 609 484 753 792 712
47 508 563 452 727 760 694
46 472 521 422 709 735 682
45 439 482 395 696 715 676
44 409 447 370 686 698 674
43 382 414 348 677 682 672
42 357 385 328 667 664 669
41 335 359 310 654 645 663
40 315 336 293.8 639 624 654
39 297.5 315 279.2 622 603 642
38 281.7 297 266 606 584 628
37 267.4 280.7 253.8 591 569 614
36 254.6 266.2 242.7 578 557 600
35 243 253.3 232.4 568 548 588
34 232.5 241.9 222.9 559 541 577
33 223 231.6 214.2 551 535 567
32 214.5 222.6 206.2 543 529 558
31 207 214.8 198.9 536 523 550
30 200.5 208.6 192.2 529 516 541
29 195.3 204.3 186.1 521 511 531
28 191.3 201.8 180.4 514 509 519
27 188.5 201.2 175.2 507 510 504
26 186.6 202.1 170.3 501 513 487
25 185.2 203.9 165.5 495 518 471
24 183.9 205.7 160.9 490 522 457
23 181.8 206 156.1 484 520 447
22 178.1 203.8 150.9 477 512 441
21 172.2 197.7 145 466 494 438
20 163.6 187.4 138.2 451 466 435
19 152.5 173.5 130.2 429 431 427
18 139.6 157.1 121 402 393 412
17 125.8 139.9 110.9 371 354 389
16 112.2 123.2 100.5 340 320 360
15 99.5 108 90.5 312 291.9 332
14 88.6 95.3 81.6 292.2 272.9 312
13 80.1 85.6 74.4 284.9 264.9 306
12 74.2 79.2 69 292.3 269.1 316
11 71 75.9 65.8 317 287 349
10 70.6 75.8 65.1 361 319 406
9 73.2 79 67.1 425 366 487
8 79.4 86.1 72.4 506 427 588
7 90.3 97.8 82.3 593 498 691
6 107.2 115.6 98.4 676 577 779
5 132.8 141.6 123.5 744 658 834
4 170.4 178.6 161.8 795 740 852
3 224.8 230.2 219.1 832 822 842
2 303 302 304 862 907 815
1 415 401 430 895 1,000 785
0 4,004 4,381 3,610 6,691 7,237 6,132

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/afghanistan/nigeria | CC BY

This chart shows the number of deaths by age up to 100 for 3 cohorts of 100,000 newborns each — male, female, and both combined — illustrating how expected mortality is distributed throughout life.

In Afghanistan, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in Nigeria. The median age of death is 73 in Afghanistan and 64.3 in Nigeria, meaning only half of each cohort is expected to live past that age.

Note that this chart does not show rates per 100,000 population, as those would be skewed by age structure differences and reflect the demographics of Afghanistan and Nigeria more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

1x

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (1960–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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