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Life Expectancy in Afghanistan vs Nigeria (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 66.5 years in Afghanistan vs 54.8 in Nigeria. Afghanistan is ranked 163/197 by life expectancy, and Nigeria is 197/197. In Afghanistan, the life expectancy is 64.9 years for males and 68.1 years for females. In Nigeria, it's 54.5 years for males and 55.1 years for females.

Afghanistan vs Nigeria life expectancy at birth by year chart

Afghanistan
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

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

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 life. It is a snapshot reflecting mortality rates at a given year that does not account for any future changes in these 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 assesses the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on the current age for both males and females in Afghanistan and Nigeria, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2025 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
42.1 vs 37.1 years

Mean expected age of death:
72.1 vs 67.1 years

Median expected age of death:
74.4 vs 70.0 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Afghanistan Nigeria
Male Female Male Female
40 97.2% 97.4% 92.9% 92.5%
50 91.9% 93.1% 83.8% 83.8%
60 80.5% 84.7% 70.3% 71.7%
65 71.0% 77.4% 60.9% 62.8%
70 58.5% 66.9% 49.1% 51.2%
75 43.1% 52.4% 35.0% 37.0%
80 26.5% 34.8% 20.7% 22.3%
85 12.2% 17.5% 9.1% 10.2%
90 3.6% 5.9% 2.5% 3.1%
95 0.6% 1.2% 0.3% 0.5%
100 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%

Remaining life expectancy by current age

Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. An adult has already survived early-age mortality causes and is expected to have a longer lifespan than calculated from birth.

The life expectancy from current ages in Afghanistan vs Nigeria: 72.1 years vs 67.1 at 30, 78.4 vs 77.2 at 65, 85.6 vs 85.2 at 80 — significantly higher than the 66.5 vs 54.8 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in Afghanistan and Nigeria.

Afghanistan
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Afghanistan Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 66.5 64.9 68.1 54.8 54.5 55.1
1 69.4 68 70.7 58.7 58.7 58.8
2 69.7 68.3 71 59.3 59.4 59.2
3 69.9 68.5 71.3 59.8 59.9 59.7
4 70.1 68.7 71.4 60.4 60.4 60.3
5 70.2 68.8 71.6 60.9 60.9 60.8
6 70.3 68.9 71.6 61.3 61.3 61.3
7 70.4 69 71.7 61.8 61.7 61.8
8 70.4 69 71.8 62.1 62 62.2
9 70.5 69.1 71.8 62.4 62.3 62.6
10 70.5 69.1 71.9 62.7 62.5 62.9
11 70.6 69.2 71.9 62.9 62.7 63.2
12 70.6 69.2 71.9 63.1 62.9 63.4
13 70.7 69.3 72 63.3 63 63.6
14 70.7 69.3 72 63.5 63.2 63.7
15 70.8 69.4 72.1 63.6 63.3 63.9
16 70.8 69.5 72.1 63.8 63.5 64.1
17 70.9 69.5 72.2 64 63.7 64.3
18 71 69.6 72.3 64.2 63.9 64.5
19 71.1 69.7 72.3 64.4 64.1 64.8
20 71.2 69.8 72.4 64.7 64.3 65
21 71.2 69.9 72.5 64.9 64.6 65.2
22 71.3 70 72.6 65.1 64.8 65.5
23 71.4 70.1 72.7 65.4 65.1 65.7
24 71.5 70.2 72.7 65.6 65.4 65.9
25 71.6 70.3 72.8 65.9 65.6 66.2
26 71.7 70.4 72.9 66.1 65.9 66.4
27 71.8 70.5 73 66.4 66.1 66.6
28 71.9 70.6 73.1 66.6 66.4 66.9
29 72 70.7 73.2 66.9 66.6 67.1
30 72.1 70.8 73.3 67.1 66.9 67.4
31 72.2 70.9 73.4 67.4 67.1 67.7
32 72.3 71 73.5 67.6 67.4 67.9
33 72.4 71.1 73.6 67.9 67.6 68.2
34 72.5 71.2 73.6 68.1 67.8 68.4
35 72.6 71.3 73.7 68.4 68.1 68.7
36 72.7 71.4 73.8 68.6 68.3 69
37 72.8 71.5 73.9 68.9 68.6 69.2
38 72.9 71.6 74.1 69.1 68.8 69.5
39 73 71.7 74.2 69.4 69 69.7
40 73.1 71.8 74.3 69.7 69.3 70
41 73.2 72 74.4 69.9 69.5 70.3
42 73.3 72.1 74.5 70.2 69.8 70.6
43 73.5 72.2 74.6 70.4 70 70.8
44 73.6 72.4 74.7 70.7 70.3 71.1
45 73.7 72.5 74.9 71 70.6 71.3
46 73.9 72.7 75 71.2 70.8 71.6
47 74 72.8 75.1 71.5 71.1 71.8
48 74.2 73 75.3 71.7 71.4 72.1
49 74.4 73.2 75.4 72 71.6 72.4
50 74.5 73.4 75.6 72.3 71.9 72.6
51 74.7 73.6 75.8 72.5 72.2 72.9
52 74.9 73.8 75.9 72.8 72.5 73.1
53 75.1 74 76.1 73.1 72.8 73.4
54 75.3 74.2 76.3 73.4 73.1 73.7
55 75.5 74.5 76.5 73.7 73.4 74
56 75.8 74.7 76.7 74 73.7 74.3
57 76 75 76.9 74.3 74.1 74.6
58 76.3 75.3 77.1 74.6 74.4 74.9
59 76.5 75.6 77.4 75 74.7 75.2
60 76.8 75.9 77.6 75.3 75.1 75.5
61 77.1 76.2 77.9 75.6 75.4 75.8
62 77.4 76.5 78.1 76 75.8 76.2
63 77.7 76.9 78.4 76.4 76.2 76.6
64 78 77.2 78.7 76.8 76.6 76.9
65 78.4 77.6 79 77.2 77 77.3
66 78.7 78 79.3 77.6 77.4 77.7
67 79.1 78.4 79.7 78 77.9 78.2
68 79.5 78.9 80 78.5 78.3 78.6
69 79.9 79.3 80.4 78.9 78.8 79.1
70 80.3 79.8 80.8 79.4 79.3 79.5
71 80.8 80.2 81.2 79.9 79.8 80
72 81.2 80.7 81.6 80.5 80.3 80.6
73 81.7 81.2 82.1 81 80.9 81.1
74 82.2 81.8 82.6 81.5 81.4 81.7
75 82.7 82.3 83 82.1 82 82.2
76 83.3 82.9 83.6 82.7 82.6 82.8
77 83.8 83.5 84.1 83.3 83.2 83.4
78 84.4 84.1 84.6 83.9 83.8 84
79 85 84.7 85.2 84.6 84.5 84.7
80 85.6 85.4 85.8 85.2 85.1 85.3
81 86.3 86 86.5 85.9 85.8 86
82 86.9 86.7 87.1 86.6 86.5 86.7
83 87.6 87.4 87.8 87.3 87.2 87.5
84 88.3 88.1 88.5 88.1 87.9 88.2
85 89.1 88.8 89.2 88.8 88.7 88.9
86 89.8 89.6 89.9 89.6 89.4 89.7
87 90.6 90.4 90.7 90.3 90.2 90.5
88 91.3 91.2 91.5 91.1 91 91.2
89 92.1 92 92.2 91.9 91.8 92
90 93 92.8 93 92.7 92.6 92.9
91 93.8 93.6 93.9 93.6 93.4 93.7
92 94.6 94.5 94.7 94.4 94.3 94.5
93 95.5 95.3 95.5 95.3 95.1 95.4
94 96.3 96.2 96.4 96.2 96 96.3
95 97.2 97.1 97.3 97.1 96.9 97.2
96 98.1 98 98.1 98 97.8 98.1
97 99 98.9 99 98.9 98.8 99
98 99.9 99.8 99.9 99.8 99.7 99.9
99 100.8 100.7 100.8 100.7 100.6 100.8
100 101.7 101.7 101.8 101.6 101.6 101.7

Odds of living to age in Afghanistan vs Nigeria

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 75.4% in Afghanistan and 55.7% in Nigeria are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 57.5% and 39.3% will live to 70 years or older, 28.2% and 16.9% to 80+ years, and 4.39% and 2.22% will live past 90 years old.

For longevity rates starting from an age other than 0, use the probability of survival to an age calculator provided above.

Afghanistan
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Afghanistan Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 95.9% 95.5% 96.3% 93.2% 92.7% 93.8%
2 95.4% 95.1% 95.8% 92.3% 91.7% 93%
3 95.1% 94.8% 95.5% 91.5% 90.8% 92.2%
4 94.9% 94.5% 95.3% 90.6% 89.9% 91.3%
5 94.7% 94.3% 95.1% 89.8% 89.2% 90.5%
6 94.6% 94.2% 95% 89.1% 88.5% 89.6%
7 94.5% 94.1% 94.9% 88.4% 87.9% 88.8%
8 94.4% 94% 94.8% 87.8% 87.4% 88.1%
9 94.3% 93.9% 94.7% 87.3% 87% 87.5%
10 94.2% 93.8% 94.6% 86.8% 86.6% 87%
11 94.1% 93.7% 94.6% 86.5% 86.3% 86.6%
12 94.1% 93.7% 94.5% 86.2% 86% 86.3%
13 94% 93.6% 94.4% 85.9% 85.8% 86%
14 93.9% 93.5% 94.4% 85.6% 85.5% 85.6%
15 93.8% 93.4% 94.3% 85.3% 85.2% 85.3%
16 93.7% 93.3% 94.2% 85% 84.9% 85%
17 93.6% 93.2% 94.1% 84.6% 84.6% 84.6%
18 93.5% 93% 94% 84.2% 84.2% 84.2%
19 93.3% 92.9% 93.8% 83.8% 83.9% 83.8%
20 93.2% 92.7% 93.7% 83.4% 83.4% 83.4%
21 93% 92.5% 93.6% 83% 83% 83%
22 92.8% 92.3% 93.4% 82.5% 82.5% 82.5%
23 92.7% 92.1% 93.3% 82% 81.9% 82.1%
24 92.5% 91.9% 93.1% 81.5% 81.4% 81.6%
25 92.3% 91.7% 92.9% 81% 80.9% 81.2%
26 92.1% 91.5% 92.8% 80.5% 80.4% 80.7%
27 91.9% 91.2% 92.6% 80% 79.9% 80.2%
28 91.7% 91% 92.4% 79.5% 79.3% 79.7%
29 91.5% 90.8% 92.2% 79% 78.8% 79.2%
30 91.3% 90.6% 92% 78.5% 78.3% 78.6%
31 91.1% 90.4% 91.8% 77.9% 77.8% 78.1%
32 90.9% 90.2% 91.6% 77.4% 77.3% 77.5%
33 90.7% 90% 91.4% 76.9% 76.7% 77%
34 90.5% 89.7% 91.2% 76.3% 76.2% 76.4%
35 90.2% 89.5% 91% 75.7% 75.7% 75.8%
36 90% 89.2% 90.7% 75.2% 75.1% 75.2%
37 89.7% 89% 90.5% 74.6% 74.6% 74.6%
38 89.4% 88.7% 90.2% 74% 74% 74%
39 89.2% 88.4% 90% 73.4% 73.4% 73.4%
40 88.9% 88.1% 89.7% 72.8% 72.8% 72.7%
41 88.5% 87.7% 89.4% 72.1% 72.2% 72.1%
42 88.2% 87.4% 89.1% 71.5% 71.5% 71.4%
43 87.8% 87% 88.7% 70.8% 70.9% 70.7%
44 87.5% 86.6% 88.4% 70.1% 70.2% 70.1%
45 87% 86.1% 88% 69.4% 69.5% 69.4%
46 86.6% 85.6% 87.6% 68.7% 68.8% 68.7%
47 86.1% 85.1% 87.2% 68% 68% 68%
48 85.6% 84.5% 86.7% 67.3% 67.3% 67.3%
49 85.1% 83.9% 86.3% 66.5% 66.5% 66.6%
50 84.5% 83.3% 85.7% 65.8% 65.6% 65.9%
51 83.8% 82.5% 85.2% 64.9% 64.8% 65.1%
52 83.1% 81.8% 84.6% 64.1% 63.8% 64.3%
53 82.4% 80.9% 83.9% 63.2% 62.9% 63.5%
54 81.6% 80% 83.2% 62.2% 61.9% 62.6%
55 80.8% 79.1% 82.5% 61.3% 60.8% 61.7%
56 79.8% 78% 81.7% 60.2% 59.8% 60.7%
57 78.9% 76.9% 80.9% 59.2% 58.7% 59.7%
58 77.8% 75.7% 80% 58.1% 57.5% 58.7%
59 76.7% 74.3% 79% 57% 56.3% 57.6%
60 75.4% 72.9% 77.9% 55.7% 55.1% 56.4%
61 74.1% 71.4% 76.8% 54.5% 53.8% 55.2%
62 72.7% 69.8% 75.6% 53.1% 52.4% 53.9%
63 71.2% 68.1% 74.3% 51.7% 50.9% 52.5%
64 69.6% 66.3% 72.8% 50.1% 49.3% 51%
65 67.9% 64.4% 71.3% 48.5% 47.7% 49.4%
66 66.1% 62.3% 69.6% 46.9% 46% 47.8%
67 64.1% 60.2% 67.8% 45.1% 44.2% 46%
68 62% 57.9% 65.9% 43.3% 42.4% 44.2%
69 59.8% 55.6% 63.8% 41.3% 40.4% 42.3%
70 57.5% 53.1% 61.6% 39.3% 38.4% 40.2%
71 55% 50.5% 59.2% 37.2% 36.3% 38.1%
72 52.4% 47.7% 56.7% 35.1% 34.2% 35.9%
73 49.6% 44.9% 54% 32.8% 32% 33.7%
74 46.8% 42% 51.2% 30.6% 29.7% 31.4%
75 43.8% 39.1% 48.2% 28.3% 27.4% 29.1%
76 40.8% 36.1% 45.1% 26% 25.2% 26.7%
77 37.7% 33.1% 42% 23.7% 22.9% 24.4%
78 34.6% 30% 38.7% 21.4% 20.6% 22.1%
79 31.4% 27% 35.4% 19.1% 18.4% 19.8%
80 28.2% 24.1% 32% 16.9% 16.2% 17.6%
81 25.1% 21.2% 28.6% 14.8% 14.2% 15.4%
82 22% 18.4% 25.3% 12.8% 12.2% 13.3%
83 19.1% 15.8% 22.1% 10.9% 10.3% 11.4%
84 16.3% 13.3% 19% 9.13% 8.64% 9.6%
85 13.7% 11.1% 16.1% 7.55% 7.11% 7.98%
86 11.3% 9.03% 13.4% 6.15% 5.75% 6.55%
87 9.2% 7.23% 11% 4.93% 4.56% 5.28%
88 7.34% 5.66% 8.88% 3.87% 3.54% 4.18%
89 5.74% 4.35% 7.02% 2.96% 2.67% 3.24%
90 4.39% 3.26% 5.43% 2.22% 1.97% 2.46%
91 3.29% 2.39% 4.11% 1.61% 1.4% 1.82%
92 2.4% 1.7% 3.04% 1.14% 0.97% 1.31%
93 1.71% 1.19% 2.2% 0.79% 0.65% 0.92%
94 1.19% 0.8% 1.55% 0.53% 0.42% 0.63%
95 0.81% 0.53% 1.06% 0.35% 0.27% 0.42%
96 0.53% 0.34% 0.71% 0.22% 0.16% 0.27%
97 0.34% 0.21% 0.46% 0.14% 0.1% 0.17%
98 0.21% 0.13% 0.29% 0.08% 0.06% 0.11%
99 0.13% 0.07% 0.18% 0.05% 0.03% 0.06%
100 0.08% 0.04% 0.11% 0.03% 0.02% 0.04%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 4.14% in the birth year in Afghanistan and 6.77% in Nigeria, 0.22% vs 0.68% at age 30, 1.74% vs 2.3% at 60, and 11.1% vs 12.6% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in Afghanistan compared to Nigeria at any given age.

Afghanistan
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Afghanistan Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 4.14% 4.51% 3.75% 6.77% 7.31% 6.22%
1 0.45% 0.43% 0.46% 0.96% 1.08% 0.84%
2 0.33% 0.33% 0.33% 0.94% 1% 0.88%
3 0.24% 0.25% 0.24% 0.92% 0.91% 0.92%
4 0.18% 0.19% 0.18% 0.89% 0.83% 0.94%
5 0.14% 0.15% 0.13% 0.84% 0.74% 0.93%
6 0.12% 0.13% 0.11% 0.77% 0.66% 0.88%
7 0.1% 0.11% 0.09% 0.68% 0.57% 0.79%
8 0.09% 0.09% 0.08% 0.58% 0.49% 0.68%
9 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.49% 0.42% 0.56%
10 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.42% 0.37% 0.47%
11 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.37% 0.34% 0.41%
12 0.08% 0.09% 0.08% 0.34% 0.32% 0.37%
13 0.09% 0.09% 0.08% 0.33% 0.31% 0.36%
14 0.1% 0.1% 0.09% 0.34% 0.32% 0.37%
15 0.11% 0.12% 0.1% 0.37% 0.34% 0.39%
16 0.12% 0.13% 0.11% 0.4% 0.38% 0.43%
17 0.14% 0.15% 0.12% 0.44% 0.42% 0.46%
18 0.15% 0.17% 0.13% 0.48% 0.47% 0.49%
19 0.17% 0.19% 0.14% 0.52% 0.52% 0.51%
20 0.18% 0.21% 0.15% 0.54% 0.56% 0.53%
21 0.19% 0.22% 0.16% 0.57% 0.6% 0.53%
22 0.2% 0.22% 0.17% 0.58% 0.62% 0.54%
23 0.2% 0.23% 0.17% 0.59% 0.64% 0.55%
24 0.2% 0.23% 0.18% 0.6% 0.64% 0.56%
25 0.2% 0.23% 0.18% 0.61% 0.64% 0.58%
26 0.21% 0.22% 0.19% 0.62% 0.64% 0.61%
27 0.21% 0.22% 0.19% 0.64% 0.64% 0.63%
28 0.21% 0.23% 0.2% 0.65% 0.64% 0.65%
29 0.22% 0.23% 0.21% 0.66% 0.65% 0.67%
30 0.22% 0.23% 0.21% 0.68% 0.66% 0.69%
31 0.23% 0.24% 0.22% 0.69% 0.67% 0.71%
32 0.24% 0.25% 0.23% 0.71% 0.69% 0.72%
33 0.25% 0.26% 0.24% 0.72% 0.7% 0.74%
34 0.26% 0.27% 0.25% 0.74% 0.71% 0.76%
35 0.27% 0.29% 0.26% 0.75% 0.73% 0.78%
36 0.29% 0.3% 0.27% 0.77% 0.74% 0.8%
37 0.3% 0.32% 0.28% 0.8% 0.77% 0.83%
38 0.32% 0.34% 0.3% 0.82% 0.79% 0.85%
39 0.34% 0.36% 0.31% 0.85% 0.82% 0.88%
40 0.36% 0.39% 0.33% 0.88% 0.86% 0.9%
41 0.38% 0.41% 0.35% 0.91% 0.9% 0.92%
42 0.41% 0.45% 0.37% 0.94% 0.93% 0.94%
43 0.44% 0.48% 0.4% 0.96% 0.97% 0.95%
44 0.47% 0.52% 0.42% 0.98% 1% 0.97%
45 0.51% 0.56% 0.45% 1.01% 1.03% 0.98%
46 0.55% 0.61% 0.49% 1.03% 1.07% 1%
47 0.59% 0.67% 0.52% 1.07% 1.12% 1.02%
48 0.64% 0.72% 0.56% 1.12% 1.18% 1.06%
49 0.7% 0.79% 0.61% 1.18% 1.25% 1.11%
50 0.76% 0.86% 0.65% 1.25% 1.33% 1.17%
51 0.82% 0.93% 0.71% 1.33% 1.42% 1.24%
52 0.89% 1.02% 0.76% 1.41% 1.5% 1.31%
53 0.96% 1.11% 0.82% 1.48% 1.59% 1.38%
54 1.05% 1.22% 0.88% 1.56% 1.67% 1.46%
55 1.13% 1.33% 0.95% 1.65% 1.75% 1.55%
56 1.23% 1.45% 1.03% 1.74% 1.84% 1.64%
57 1.34% 1.59% 1.12% 1.85% 1.95% 1.75%
58 1.46% 1.73% 1.22% 1.98% 2.08% 1.88%
59 1.59% 1.89% 1.33% 2.13% 2.23% 2.02%
60 1.74% 2.06% 1.46% 2.3% 2.41% 2.19%
61 1.89% 2.25% 1.6% 2.5% 2.61% 2.39%
62 2.07% 2.45% 1.75% 2.71% 2.83% 2.6%
63 2.26% 2.66% 1.93% 2.94% 3.07% 2.83%
64 2.47% 2.9% 2.12% 3.19% 3.31% 3.08%
65 2.7% 3.16% 2.33% 3.46% 3.57% 3.35%
66 2.96% 3.45% 2.57% 3.75% 3.86% 3.65%
67 3.24% 3.76% 2.84% 4.08% 4.18% 3.98%
68 3.56% 4.11% 3.14% 4.45% 4.54% 4.36%
69 3.92% 4.49% 3.48% 4.86% 4.95% 4.78%
70 4.32% 4.91% 3.86% 5.32% 5.41% 5.24%
71 4.75% 5.37% 4.28% 5.82% 5.92% 5.73%
72 5.23% 5.88% 4.74% 6.36% 6.47% 6.25%
73 5.74% 6.43% 5.24% 6.92% 7.05% 6.81%
74 6.31% 7.03% 5.78% 7.53% 7.68% 7.39%
75 6.92% 7.69% 6.38% 8.17% 8.35% 8.02%
76 7.59% 8.4% 7.04% 8.89% 9.08% 8.71%
77 8.33% 9.18% 7.78% 9.68% 9.88% 9.49%
78 9.18% 10% 8.61% 10.6% 10.8% 10.4%
79 10.1% 11% 9.53% 11.5% 11.7% 11.3%
80 11.1% 12% 10.5% 12.6% 12.8% 12.4%
81 12.2% 13.1% 11.6% 13.7% 13.9% 13.5%
82 13.4% 14.3% 12.8% 14.8% 15.1% 14.6%
83 14.6% 15.5% 14% 16% 16.4% 15.7%
84 15.9% 16.9% 15.2% 17.2% 17.7% 16.8%
85 17.3% 18.4% 16.6% 18.5% 19.1% 18%
86 18.7% 20% 17.9% 20% 20.7% 19.3%
87 20.2% 21.6% 19.4% 21.5% 22.5% 20.8%
88 21.8% 23.3% 20.9% 23.3% 24.4% 22.4%
89 23.5% 25% 22.6% 25.2% 26.5% 24.2%
90 25.2% 26.8% 24.3% 27.2% 28.6% 26.1%
91 26.9% 28.6% 26% 29.2% 30.8% 28%
92 28.7% 30.4% 27.8% 31.1% 33% 29.8%
93 30.5% 32.2% 29.6% 32.9% 35% 31.6%
94 32.3% 34.1% 31.4% 34.7% 36.9% 33.3%
95 34.1% 36% 33.2% 36.3% 38.8% 34.9%
96 35.9% 37.8% 35% 38% 40.6% 36.5%
97 37.7% 39.7% 36.8% 39.6% 42.4% 38.2%
98 39.5% 41.5% 38.7% 41.3% 44.2% 40%
99 41.2% 43.3% 40.5% 43% 46.1% 41.7%
100 43% 45.1% 42.3% 44.7% 47.9% 43.4%

Death rate by age in Afghanistan compared to Nigeria

In Afghanistan, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in Nigeria. The median age of death is 72.9 in Afghanistan and 64.1 in Nigeria — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Afghanistan
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Afghanistan Nigeria
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 4,138 4,511 3,748 6,773 7,315 6,219
1 429 413 445 899 1,005 788
2 312 310 315 868 913 822
3 231.7 236.4 226.8 839 828 851
4 175.5 183.3 167.4 803 746 862
5 136.6 145.2 127.6 753 664 845
6 110.3 118.5 101.6 684 582 790
7 92.8 100.2 85 600 503 701
8 81.6 88.2 74.8 512 431 596
9 75.2 80.9 69.2 430 369 493
10 72.5 77.6 67.1 365 322 410
11 72.9 77.7 67.8 321 289.3 353
12 76.1 80.9 71.1 295 271.2 320
13 82.2 87.5 76.5 287.3 266.9 309
14 90.9 97.4 84 294.5 274.8 315
15 101.9 110.3 93 314 293.8 335
16 114.8 125.7 103.3 342 322 363
17 128.8 142.7 113.9 374 356 392
18 142.8 160.3 124.2 405 395 416
19 155.9 176.9 133.6 432 434 431
20 167.1 191.1 141.7 454 469 438
21 175.8 201.5 148.6 469 496 441
22 181.8 207.6 154.6 480 514 444
23 185.5 209.7 159.8 487 523 450
24 187.6 209.3 164.6 493 524 460
25 188.9 207.5 169.3 498 521 474
26 190.2 205.5 174.1 503 516 490
27 192 204.5 179 509 512 506
28 194.8 205.1 184.3 516 511 521
29 198.8 207.5 189.9 524 514 534
30 204.1 211.8 196.1 531 519 544
31 210.5 218 202.8 539 525 553
32 218.1 225.7 210.2 546 531 561
33 226.6 234.8 218.2 553 537 570
34 236.1 245.1 226.9 561 543 580
35 246.6 256.6 236.3 570 550 591
36 258.2 269.5 246.6 581 559 603
37 271.1 284 257.8 594 571 617
38 285.3 300 270 608 587 631
39 301 319 283.3 625 605 644
40 319 339 297.9 641 626 656
41 339 363 314 656 647 666
42 361 389 332 669 667 672
43 385 418 352 679 684 675
44 413 450 374 688 700 676
45 443 486 399 698 717 679
46 476 525 426 711 737 685
47 512 567 456 730 762 696
48 551 612 488 755 794 715
49 593 661 524 786 832 740
50 638 714 561 823 875 770
51 687 771 601 862 918 805
52 738 833 644 901 960 841
53 794 900 688 938 998 878
54 853 973 735 973 1,031 915
55 917 1,051 787 1,009 1,064 954
56 985 1,133 842 1,048 1,100 996
57 1,058 1,220 904 1,094 1,142 1,045
58 1,136 1,311 973 1,148 1,195 1,101
59 1,220 1,406 1,050 1,211 1,257 1,166
60 1,309 1,504 1,135 1,283 1,329 1,238
61 1,404 1,604 1,227 1,360 1,405 1,316
62 1,504 1,708 1,326 1,440 1,483 1,398
63 1,608 1,815 1,431 1,520 1,560 1,482
64 1,718 1,924 1,543 1,599 1,632 1,568
65 1,833 2,036 1,662 1,678 1,703 1,654
66 1,953 2,150 1,788 1,757 1,773 1,742
67 2,079 2,265 1,924 1,839 1,846 1,834
68 2,210 2,381 2,069 1,924 1,923 1,927
69 2,345 2,495 2,222 2,010 2,002 2,019
70 2,481 2,606 2,380 2,093 2,080 2,107
71 2,613 2,710 2,537 2,168 2,152 2,185
72 2,738 2,805 2,689 2,229 2,212 2,248
73 2,852 2,888 2,831 2,274 2,256 2,293
74 2,953 2,956 2,960 2,301 2,283 2,321
75 3,036 3,005 3,076 2,311 2,292 2,332
76 3,096 3,032 3,177 2,307 2,284 2,331
77 3,143 3,034 3,264 2,289 2,261 2,317
78 3,172 3,011 3,331 2,256 2,220 2,290
79 3,172 2,959 3,372 2,203 2,161 2,243
80 3,138 2,878 3,375 2,126 2,078 2,172
81 3,064 2,766 3,332 2,022 1,972 2,071
82 2,947 2,624 3,236 1,892 1,842 1,940
83 2,789 2,454 3,088 1,739 1,693 1,785
84 2,593 2,258 2,893 1,573 1,530 1,614
85 2,368 2,040 2,662 1,400 1,361 1,439
86 2,121 1,805 2,405 1,228 1,191 1,265
87 1,862 1,562 2,134 1,061 1,024 1,098
88 1,602 1,320 1,858 900 863 938
89 1,347 1,087 1,584 747 708 785
90 1,106 873 1,319 603 563 642
91 885 682 1,071 471 433 509
92 689 518 847 356 320 391
93 522 382 651 259.5 227.7 290.2
94 384 273.9 486 183.1 156.2 209
95 274.6 190.4 352 125.3 103.5 146.2
96 190.6 128.3 248 83.4 66.3 99.7
97 128.3 83.7 169.5 54 41.2 66.2
98 83.8 52.8 112.4 34 24.7 42.8
99 53 32.2 72.2 20.8 14.4 26.8
100 0 0 0 0 0 0

The chart above shows the number of deaths by age and gender per a 100,000 cohort of newborns, illustrating the distribution of expected mortality throughout life.

Note that the graph above does not represent rates per 100,000 population, as this would be skewed by age distribution and reveal more about Afghanistan and Nigeria demographics than the death rate. It also does not represent rates per 100,000 people in an age group, as this would be just the probability of death.

Life expectancy in other countries

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