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Life Expectancy in Central African Republic vs Nigeria (1950-2026)

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The average life expectancy at birth is 58.2 years in the Central African Republic vs 55 in Nigeria. The Central African Republic is ranked 194/197 by life expectancy, and Nigeria is 197/197. In the Central African Republic, the life expectancy is 56 years for males and 60.1 years for females. In Nigeria, it's 54.6 years for males and 55.3 years for females.

Central African Republic vs Nigeria life expectancy at birth by year

Central African Republic
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
1x
Year Life expectancy, years
CAR Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
2026 58.2 56 60.1 55 54.6 55.3
2025 57.9 55.7 59.8 54.8 54.5 55.1
2024 57.7 55.5 59.6 54.6 54.3 54.9
2023 57.4 55.3 59.3 54.5 54.2 54.7
2022 18.8 15.4 25.6 54.1 53.8 54.4
2021 40.3 35.3 46 53.5 53.2 53.7
2020 50.6 47.2 54 53.1 52.7 53.4
2019 31.5 26.4 38.8 53 52.8 53.2
2018 52.3 49.4 55.2 52.7 52.4 52.9
2017 45.2 40.9 50.1 52.4 52.1 52.6
2016 51 48.2 53.9 52.2 51.9 52.4
2015 51.9 49.7 54.2 51.9 51.6 52.2
2014 40.3 35.7 45.7 51.9 51.6 52.3
2013 49.5 46.9 52.2 51.8 51.5 52.2
2012 51.3 49.9 52.8 51.7 51.3 52
2011 50.1 48.4 51.8 51.5 51.1 51.9
2010 46.9 44.5 49.4 51.3 50.9 51.8
2009 14.7 12.4 20 51.1 50.6 51.6
2008 49.9 49.1 50.7 50.7 50.3 51.2
2007 49.3 48.5 50.2 50.4 49.8 50.9
2006 48.7 47.9 49.6 49.9 49.3 50.4
2005 48.2 47.5 49 49.5 49 50.1
2004 47.7 47 48.5 49.1 48.8 49.5
2003 47.3 46.6 48.1 48.6 48.2 49.1
2002 46.8 45.9 47.8 48 47.5 48.5
2001 46.7 45.8 47.7 47.5 46.9 48.2
2000 46.6 45.7 47.6 47.1 46.3 48
1999 46.9 45.8 48.2 46.6 45.7 47.5
1998 47.1 45.8 48.5 46.1 45.1 47.2
1997 47.3 45.9 48.9 46 44.7 47.2
1996 47.7 46.2 49.4 45.8 44.4 47.3
1995 48.1 46.6 49.8 45.9 44.4 47.4
1994 48.5 47 50.3 45.7 44.2 47.3
1993 48.9 47.3 50.7 45.8 44.2 47.4
1992 49.2 47.7 51 45.6 44.2 47
1991 49.6 48 51.4 45.5 44.1 47
1990 49.9 48.3 51.7 45.7 44.4 47.1
1989 50.1 48.5 51.9 45.8 44.4 47.3
1988 50.2 48.7 52 45.8 44.4 47.3
1987 50.4 48.8 52.2 45.9 44.5 47.4
1986 50.4 48.9 52.2 46 44.5 47.5
1985 50.5 48.9 52.2 46.2 44.6 47.9
1984 50.4 48.9 52.1 46.3 44.7 48
1983 50.3 48.8 52 46.4 44.8 48.1
1982 50.2 48.7 51.8 46.4 44.7 48.2
1981 50 48.6 51.5 46.3 44.6 48
1980 49.8 48.4 51.2 46 44.3 47.6
1979 49.5 48.2 50.9 45.7 44.2 47.3
1978 49.2 47.9 50.5 45.3 43.8 46.9
1977 48.8 47.5 50 44.8 43.4 46.3
1976 48.4 47.2 49.6 44.2 42.7 45.7
1975 47.9 46.7 49.1 43.1 41 45.2
1974 47.4 46.3 48.5 42.5 40.6 44.5
1973 46.9 45.8 48 41.8 40 43.7
1972 46.3 45.3 47.4 41.3 39.5 43.1
1971 45.8 44.7 46.8 40.6 39 42.3
1970 45.2 44.1 46.2 40 38.4 41.7
1969 44.6 43.6 45.6 38.9 36.8 41.3
1968 44 43 45 38.6 36.4 41
1967 43.4 42.4 44.4 37.5 35.1 40.1
1966 42.8 41.8 43.8 38.4 36.4 40.5
1965 42.2 41.2 43.2 38.2 36.2 40.4
1964 41.6 40.6 42.7 38 35.9 40.1
1963 41.1 40.1 42.1 37.8 35.8 39.9
1962 40.6 39.5 41.6 37.6 35.6 39.7
1961 40.1 39 41.1 37.4 35.4 39.6
1960 39.6 38.5 40.6 37.2 35.2 39.3
1959 39.1 38 40.2 37 35 39.2
1958 38.7 37.6 39.8 36.8 34.8 39
1957 38.3 37.2 39.4 36.6 34.6 38.8
1956 37.8 36.7 39 36.5 34.5 38.6
1955 37.4 36.3 38.6 36.3 34.3 38.5
1954 37 35.9 38.2 36.2 34.3 38.3
1953 36.6 35.5 37.8 36 34.1 38.1
1952 36.2 35.1 37.4 35.9 34 37.9
1951 35.8 34.7 37 35.7 33.8 37.7
1950 35.4 34.3 36.7 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 45.4 years in the Central African Republic and 54.9 in Nigeria. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 9.03 healthy years in the Central African Republic and 14 in Nigeria.

Central African Republic 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 the Central African Republic 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:
37.2 vs 37.2 years

Mean expected age of death:
67.2 vs 67.2 years

Median expected age of death:
69.2 vs 70.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Central African Republic Nigeria
Male Female Male Female
40 92.5% 93.7% 93.0% 92.6%
50 81.6% 84.9% 83.9% 83.9%
60 65.7% 71.9% 70.5% 71.9%
65 55.2% 62.7% 61.0% 63.0%
70 43.3% 51.6% 49.2% 51.4%
75 30.8% 39.3% 35.2% 37.2%
80 18.8% 27.0% 20.8% 22.5%
85 9.0% 15.4% 9.2% 10.2%
90 3.0% 6.4% 2.5% 3.2%
95 0.6% 1.7% 0.3% 0.5%
100 0.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%

Life expectancy by current age

Central African Republic
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
1x
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
CAR Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 102.1 101.8 102.1 101.6 101.6 101.7
99 101.2 100.9 101.2 100.7 100.6 100.8
98 100.3 100 100.3 99.8 99.7 99.9
97 99.4 99.1 99.4 98.9 98.8 99
96 98.5 98.2 98.6 98 97.8 98.1
95 97.7 97.3 97.7 97.1 96.9 97.2
94 96.8 96.5 96.9 96.2 96 96.3
93 96 95.6 96 95.3 95.2 95.4
92 95.2 94.8 95.2 94.4 94.3 94.5
91 94.3 93.9 94.4 93.6 93.4 93.7
90 93.5 93.1 93.6 92.7 92.6 92.9
89 92.7 92.3 92.9 91.9 91.8 92
88 91.9 91.5 92.1 91.1 91 91.3
87 91.2 90.7 91.4 90.3 90.2 90.5
86 90.4 89.9 90.7 89.6 89.4 89.7
85 89.7 89.1 90 88.8 88.7 88.9
84 88.9 88.4 89.3 88.1 87.9 88.2
83 88.3 87.7 88.6 87.3 87.2 87.5
82 87.6 87 88 86.6 86.5 86.7
81 86.9 86.3 87.4 85.9 85.8 86
80 86.3 85.6 86.8 85.2 85.1 85.4
79 85.7 85 86.2 84.6 84.5 84.7
78 85 84.3 85.6 83.9 83.8 84.1
77 84.4 83.7 85 83.3 83.2 83.4
76 83.8 83.1 84.4 82.7 82.6 82.8
75 83.2 82.4 83.8 82.1 82 82.2
74 82.6 81.8 83.3 81.6 81.4 81.7
73 82.1 81.3 82.7 81 80.9 81.1
72 81.5 80.7 82.2 80.5 80.3 80.6
71 81 80.1 81.7 79.9 79.8 80.1
70 80.4 79.6 81.1 79.4 79.3 79.6
69 79.9 79 80.6 79 78.8 79.1
68 79.4 78.5 80.2 78.5 78.4 78.6
67 78.9 78 79.7 78.1 77.9 78.2
66 78.4 77.5 79.2 77.6 77.5 77.8
65 77.9 77 78.7 77.2 77 77.4
64 77.5 76.5 78.3 76.8 76.6 77
63 77 76 77.9 76.4 76.2 76.6
62 76.6 75.5 77.4 76 75.8 76.2
61 76.2 75.1 77.1 75.7 75.5 75.9
60 75.8 74.7 76.7 75.3 75.1 75.5
59 75.4 74.2 76.3 75 74.8 75.2
58 75 73.8 76 74.7 74.4 74.9
57 74.7 73.4 75.6 74.4 74.1 74.6
56 74.3 73.1 75.3 74 73.8 74.3
55 74 72.7 74.9 73.7 73.5 74
54 73.6 72.3 74.6 73.4 73.1 73.7
53 73.3 71.9 74.3 73.1 72.8 73.4
52 72.9 71.6 74 72.9 72.5 73.2
51 72.6 71.2 73.7 72.6 72.2 72.9
50 72.3 70.9 73.4 72.3 71.9 72.7
49 72 70.6 73.1 72 71.7 72.4
48 71.7 70.2 72.8 71.8 71.4 72.1
47 71.4 69.9 72.6 71.5 71.1 71.9
46 71.1 69.6 72.3 71.3 70.9 71.6
45 70.8 69.3 72 71 70.6 71.4
44 70.6 69 71.8 70.7 70.3 71.1
43 70.3 68.7 71.5 70.5 70.1 70.9
42 70 68.4 71.2 70.2 69.8 70.6
41 69.7 68.2 71 70 69.6 70.3
40 69.5 67.9 70.7 69.7 69.3 70.1
39 69.2 67.6 70.5 69.4 69.1 69.8
38 69 67.3 70.3 69.2 68.8 69.5
37 68.7 67.1 70 68.9 68.6 69.3
36 68.5 66.8 69.8 68.7 68.4 69
35 68.3 66.6 69.6 68.4 68.1 68.8
34 68 66.3 69.3 68.2 67.9 68.5
33 67.8 66.1 69.1 68 67.7 68.2
32 67.6 65.9 68.9 67.7 67.4 68
31 67.4 65.7 68.7 67.5 67.2 67.7
30 67.2 65.4 68.5 67.2 66.9 67.5
29 67 65.2 68.3 67 66.7 67.2
28 66.8 65 68.1 66.7 66.4 67
27 66.6 64.8 68 66.5 66.2 66.7
26 66.4 64.6 67.8 66.2 65.9 66.5
25 66.2 64.4 67.6 66 65.7 66.2
24 66 64.2 67.5 65.7 65.4 66
23 65.8 64 67.3 65.5 65.2 65.8
22 65.7 63.8 67.1 65.2 64.9 65.5
21 65.5 63.6 67 65 64.6 65.3
20 65.3 63.5 66.9 64.7 64.4 65.1
19 65.2 63.3 66.7 64.5 64.2 64.9
18 65.1 63.2 66.6 64.3 63.9 64.6
17 65 63.1 66.5 64.1 63.8 64.4
16 64.9 62.9 66.4 63.9 63.6 64.2
15 64.8 62.8 66.3 63.7 63.4 64
14 64.7 62.8 66.2 63.5 63.3 63.8
13 64.6 62.7 66.2 63.4 63.1 63.7
12 64.5 62.6 66.1 63.2 62.9 63.5
11 64.4 62.5 66 63 62.8 63.3
10 64.4 62.4 65.9 62.8 62.6 63
9 64.3 62.4 65.9 62.5 62.4 62.7
8 64.2 62.3 65.8 62.2 62.1 62.4
7 64.1 62.1 65.7 61.9 61.8 61.9
6 63.9 62 65.6 61.4 61.4 61.4
5 63.8 61.9 65.4 61 61 60.9
4 63.6 61.6 65.2 60.5 60.5 60.4
3 63.3 61.3 64.9 60 60 59.9
2 62.9 60.9 64.5 59.4 59.5 59.4
1 62.2 60.2 63.8 58.9 58.8 58.9
0 58.2 56 60.1 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 the Central African Republic can expect to live to 67.2 years compared to 67.2 in Nigeria, rising to 77.9 and 77.2 at 65, and to 86.3 and 85.2 at 80 — higher than the 58.2 and 55 years calculated at birth.

The chart above accounts for remaining lifespan and displays total life expectancy by age and gender in the Central African Republic and Nigeria.

Probability of surviving to a given age

Central African Republic
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
1x
Age Survival probability
CAR Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 0.15% 0.05% 0.23% 0.03% 0.02% 0.04%
99 0.23% 0.09% 0.35% 0.05% 0.03% 0.07%
98 0.35% 0.14% 0.52% 0.08% 0.06% 0.11%
97 0.51% 0.22% 0.75% 0.14% 0.1% 0.18%
96 0.74% 0.34% 1.07% 0.22% 0.17% 0.28%
95 1.03% 0.5% 1.49% 0.35% 0.27% 0.42%
94 1.4% 0.72% 2.01% 0.54% 0.43% 0.64%
93 1.86% 1.01% 2.67% 0.8% 0.66% 0.93%
92 2.45% 1.39% 3.46% 1.16% 0.98% 1.33%
91 3.15% 1.86% 4.4% 1.63% 1.42% 1.84%
90 4.01% 2.45% 5.51% 2.24% 1.99% 2.49%
89 5% 3.17% 6.76% 3% 2.71% 3.28%
88 6.14% 4.03% 8.17% 3.91% 3.58% 4.23%
87 7.44% 5.03% 9.73% 4.98% 4.61% 5.34%
86 8.87% 6.18% 11.4% 6.22% 5.81% 6.62%
85 10.4% 7.46% 13.2% 7.63% 7.19% 8.07%
84 12.1% 8.9% 15.1% 9.22% 8.73% 9.7%
83 13.9% 10.4% 17.1% 11% 10.4% 11.5%
82 15.8% 12.1% 19.1% 12.9% 12.3% 13.5%
81 17.7% 13.8% 21.1% 14.9% 14.3% 15.5%
80 19.6% 15.6% 23.1% 17.1% 16.4% 17.7%
79 21.6% 17.5% 25.2% 19.3% 18.5% 20%
78 23.7% 19.5% 27.3% 21.5% 20.8% 22.3%
77 25.8% 21.5% 29.4% 23.8% 23% 24.6%
76 27.9% 23.5% 31.6% 26.2% 25.3% 27%
75 30% 25.6% 33.7% 28.5% 27.6% 29.3%
74 32.2% 27.7% 35.9% 30.8% 29.9% 31.6%
73 34.3% 29.8% 38% 33.1% 32.2% 33.9%
72 36.5% 31.9% 40.1% 35.3% 34.4% 36.2%
71 38.5% 33.9% 42.2% 37.5% 36.6% 38.4%
70 40.6% 36% 44.2% 39.6% 38.6% 40.5%
69 42.6% 38% 46.2% 41.6% 40.7% 42.5%
68 44.6% 40% 48.2% 43.5% 42.6% 44.5%
67 46.5% 42% 50.1% 45.4% 44.4% 46.3%
66 48.4% 44% 51.9% 47.1% 46.2% 48%
65 50.3% 45.9% 53.8% 48.8% 47.9% 49.7%
64 52.1% 47.8% 55.5% 50.4% 49.5% 51.3%
63 53.8% 49.6% 57.2% 51.9% 51.1% 52.8%
62 55.5% 51.4% 58.8% 53.4% 52.6% 54.1%
61 57% 53% 60.2% 54.7% 54% 55.5%
60 58.5% 54.7% 61.7% 56% 55.3% 56.7%
59 60% 56.2% 63% 57.2% 56.6% 57.9%
58 61.3% 57.7% 64.3% 58.4% 57.8% 59%
57 62.6% 59.1% 65.5% 59.5% 58.9% 60%
56 63.9% 60.5% 66.7% 60.5% 60% 61%
55 65.1% 61.8% 67.8% 61.5% 61.1% 62%
54 66.2% 63.1% 68.9% 62.5% 62.1% 62.9%
53 67.4% 64.4% 69.9% 63.4% 63.1% 63.7%
52 68.5% 65.6% 70.9% 64.3% 64.1% 64.6%
51 69.5% 66.7% 71.9% 65.2% 65% 65.4%
50 70.5% 67.9% 72.8% 66% 65.8% 66.2%
49 71.5% 68.9% 73.7% 66.8% 66.7% 66.9%
48 72.4% 70% 74.6% 67.5% 67.5% 67.6%
47 73.3% 71% 75.4% 68.3% 68.2% 68.3%
46 74.2% 71.9% 76.2% 69% 69% 69%
45 75% 72.8% 76.9% 69.7% 69.7% 69.7%
44 75.8% 73.7% 77.7% 70.4% 70.4% 70.3%
43 76.6% 74.6% 78.4% 71% 71.1% 71%
42 77.3% 75.4% 79.1% 71.7% 71.7% 71.7%
41 78% 76.2% 79.8% 72.4% 72.4% 72.3%
40 78.8% 76.9% 80.4% 73% 73% 73%
39 79.4% 77.7% 81.1% 73.6% 73.6% 73.6%
38 80.1% 78.4% 81.7% 74.2% 74.2% 74.3%
37 80.7% 79.1% 82.3% 74.8% 74.7% 74.9%
36 81.3% 79.7% 82.8% 75.4% 75.3% 75.5%
35 81.9% 80.4% 83.4% 76% 75.8% 76.1%
34 82.5% 81% 83.9% 76.5% 76.4% 76.6%
33 83% 81.6% 84.4% 77.1% 76.9% 77.2%
32 83.5% 82.1% 84.9% 77.6% 77.5% 77.8%
31 84% 82.6% 85.4% 78.1% 78% 78.3%
30 84.5% 83.2% 85.8% 78.7% 78.5% 78.9%
29 85% 83.7% 86.2% 79.2% 79% 79.4%
28 85.4% 84.1% 86.6% 79.7% 79.5% 79.9%
27 85.8% 84.6% 87% 80.2% 80% 80.4%
26 86.2% 85.1% 87.4% 80.7% 80.5% 80.9%
25 86.6% 85.5% 87.8% 81.2% 81.1% 81.4%
24 87% 85.9% 88.1% 81.7% 81.6% 81.8%
23 87.4% 86.3% 88.4% 82.2% 82.1% 82.3%
22 87.7% 86.7% 88.7% 82.7% 82.6% 82.7%
21 88% 87.1% 89% 83.1% 83.1% 83.1%
20 88.3% 87.5% 89.2% 83.6% 83.6% 83.6%
19 88.6% 87.8% 89.5% 84% 84% 84%
18 88.9% 88% 89.7% 84.4% 84.4% 84.4%
17 89.1% 88.3% 89.9% 84.8% 84.7% 84.8%
16 89.3% 88.5% 90.1% 85.1% 85.1% 85.2%
15 89.4% 88.7% 90.2% 85.4% 85.4% 85.5%
14 89.6% 88.8% 90.4% 85.7% 85.6% 85.8%
13 89.7% 89% 90.5% 86% 85.9% 86.1%
12 89.9% 89.1% 90.6% 86.3% 86.2% 86.4%
11 90% 89.3% 90.7% 86.6% 86.4% 86.8%
10 90.1% 89.4% 90.9% 87% 86.8% 87.2%
9 90.3% 89.5% 91% 87.4% 87.1% 87.7%
8 90.4% 89.7% 91.1% 87.9% 87.6% 88.3%
7 90.6% 89.9% 91.3% 88.5% 88.1% 89%
6 90.8% 90.1% 91.5% 89.2% 88.6% 89.7%
5 91% 90.3% 91.7% 89.9% 89.3% 90.6%
4 91.4% 90.7% 92% 90.7% 90% 91.4%
3 91.8% 91.2% 92.4% 91.6% 90.9% 92.3%
2 92.5% 91.8% 93.1% 92.4% 91.8% 93.1%
1 93.5% 92.9% 94.1% 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. 58.5% of newborns in the Central African Republic and 56% in Nigeria are expected to live past 60, 40.6% and 39.6% past 70, 19.6% and 17.1% past 80, and only 4.01% 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

Central African Republic
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
1x
Age Probability of dying
CAR Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 37% 40.4% 36.3% 44.7% 47.8% 43.4%
99 35.1% 38.9% 34.7% 43% 46% 41.7%
98 33.7% 37.2% 32.8% 41.3% 44.2% 39.9%
97 31.8% 35.8% 31.2% 39.6% 42.4% 38.2%
96 30.2% 34.3% 29.6% 37.9% 40.5% 36.5%
95 28.3% 32.6% 28% 36.3% 38.7% 34.9%
94 26.5% 30.7% 26.1% 34.6% 36.9% 33.2%
93 25.1% 28.9% 24.5% 32.9% 34.9% 31.6%
92 23.8% 27.2% 22.9% 31.1% 32.9% 29.8%
91 22.3% 25.5% 21.2% 29.2% 30.8% 28%
90 21.4% 24.3% 20.2% 27.2% 28.6% 26.1%
89 19.8% 22.6% 18.5% 25.2% 26.4% 24.2%
88 18.6% 21.3% 17.3% 23.3% 24.3% 22.4%
87 17.4% 19.9% 16% 21.5% 22.4% 20.8%
86 16.2% 18.6% 14.8% 19.9% 20.7% 19.3%
85 15% 17.3% 13.7% 18.5% 19.1% 18%
84 14% 16.1% 12.6% 17.2% 17.7% 16.8%
83 12.8% 14.8% 11.5% 16% 16.3% 15.7%
82 11.8% 13.7% 10.5% 14.8% 15.1% 14.5%
81 10.6% 12.4% 9.4% 13.7% 13.9% 13.4%
80 9.98% 11.6% 8.78% 12.5% 12.8% 12.3%
79 9.27% 10.7% 8.18% 11.5% 11.7% 11.3%
78 8.73% 10.1% 7.74% 10.5% 10.7% 10.3%
77 8.11% 9.3% 7.21% 9.65% 9.86% 9.47%
76 7.61% 8.7% 6.8% 8.86% 9.06% 8.69%
75 7.15% 8.13% 6.41% 8.15% 8.33% 8%
74 6.67% 7.56% 6% 7.5% 7.66% 7.37%
73 6.23% 7.05% 5.62% 6.9% 7.03% 6.78%
72 5.83% 6.59% 5.28% 6.33% 6.45% 6.23%
71 5.38% 6.08% 4.88% 5.8% 5.9% 5.71%
70 5.12% 5.77% 4.65% 5.3% 5.39% 5.22%
69 4.72% 5.33% 4.29% 4.84% 4.93% 4.76%
68 4.44% 5.01% 4.05% 4.43% 4.52% 4.34%
67 4.17% 4.71% 3.8% 4.06% 4.16% 3.97%
66 3.93% 4.45% 3.59% 3.73% 3.84% 3.63%
65 3.73% 4.23% 3.41% 3.44% 3.56% 3.33%
64 3.45% 3.94% 3.14% 3.18% 3.3% 3.06%
63 3.19% 3.67% 2.9% 2.93% 3.05% 2.81%
62 2.96% 3.42% 2.68% 2.7% 2.82% 2.58%
61 2.73% 3.15% 2.46% 2.49% 2.6% 2.37%
60 2.57% 2.98% 2.31% 2.29% 2.4% 2.18%
59 2.36% 2.74% 2.13% 2.12% 2.22% 2.01%
58 2.21% 2.57% 1.99% 1.97% 2.07% 1.87%
57 2.07% 2.4% 1.86% 1.84% 1.94% 1.74%
56 1.96% 2.27% 1.76% 1.73% 1.83% 1.63%
55 1.86% 2.16% 1.66% 1.64% 1.74% 1.54%
54 1.77% 2.05% 1.58% 1.56% 1.66% 1.45%
53 1.68% 1.94% 1.49% 1.48% 1.58% 1.37%
52 1.6% 1.85% 1.42% 1.4% 1.5% 1.3%
51 1.5% 1.74% 1.34% 1.32% 1.41% 1.23%
50 1.44% 1.67% 1.28% 1.24% 1.33% 1.16%
49 1.35% 1.56% 1.2% 1.17% 1.25% 1.1%
48 1.28% 1.47% 1.14% 1.11% 1.17% 1.05%
47 1.21% 1.39% 1.08% 1.07% 1.11% 1.02%
46 1.15% 1.32% 1.03% 1.03% 1.07% 0.99%
45 1.11% 1.26% 0.99% 1% 1.03% 0.97%
44 1.05% 1.2% 0.95% 0.98% 0.99% 0.96%
43 1.01% 1.14% 0.91% 0.95% 0.96% 0.95%
42 0.97% 1.09% 0.88% 0.93% 0.93% 0.93%
41 0.92% 1.04% 0.85% 0.9% 0.89% 0.92%
40 0.9% 1% 0.82% 0.88% 0.85% 0.9%
39 0.85% 0.95% 0.78% 0.85% 0.82% 0.87%
38 0.82% 0.91% 0.75% 0.82% 0.79% 0.85%
37 0.78% 0.86% 0.72% 0.79% 0.76% 0.82%
36 0.75% 0.82% 0.69% 0.77% 0.74% 0.8%
35 0.71% 0.79% 0.66% 0.75% 0.72% 0.77%
34 0.68% 0.75% 0.62% 0.73% 0.71% 0.75%
33 0.65% 0.71% 0.6% 0.71% 0.7% 0.73%
32 0.62% 0.68% 0.57% 0.7% 0.68% 0.72%
31 0.59% 0.65% 0.54% 0.69% 0.67% 0.7%
30 0.57% 0.62% 0.52% 0.67% 0.66% 0.69%
29 0.54% 0.6% 0.5% 0.66% 0.65% 0.67%
28 0.52% 0.57% 0.47% 0.64% 0.64% 0.65%
27 0.5% 0.55% 0.45% 0.63% 0.64% 0.63%
26 0.48% 0.53% 0.43% 0.62% 0.64% 0.6%
25 0.46% 0.52% 0.4% 0.61% 0.64% 0.58%
24 0.43% 0.5% 0.38% 0.6% 0.64% 0.56%
23 0.41% 0.48% 0.35% 0.59% 0.63% 0.54%
22 0.39% 0.45% 0.33% 0.58% 0.62% 0.53%
21 0.37% 0.43% 0.31% 0.56% 0.59% 0.53%
20 0.34% 0.39% 0.29% 0.54% 0.56% 0.52%
19 0.31% 0.35% 0.27% 0.51% 0.51% 0.51%
18 0.28% 0.32% 0.25% 0.48% 0.47% 0.49%
17 0.25% 0.27% 0.22% 0.44% 0.42% 0.46%
16 0.22% 0.24% 0.2% 0.4% 0.38% 0.42%
15 0.19% 0.21% 0.18% 0.36% 0.34% 0.39%
14 0.17% 0.18% 0.16% 0.34% 0.32% 0.36%
13 0.16% 0.16% 0.15% 0.33% 0.31% 0.35%
12 0.15% 0.15% 0.14% 0.34% 0.31% 0.37%
11 0.14% 0.15% 0.13% 0.37% 0.33% 0.4%
10 0.15% 0.15% 0.14% 0.42% 0.37% 0.47%
9 0.15% 0.16% 0.14% 0.49% 0.42% 0.56%
8 0.17% 0.18% 0.16% 0.58% 0.49% 0.67%
7 0.19% 0.2% 0.18% 0.67% 0.57% 0.78%
6 0.22% 0.23% 0.2% 0.76% 0.65% 0.87%
5 0.26% 0.28% 0.25% 0.83% 0.74% 0.92%
4 0.35% 0.37% 0.33% 0.88% 0.82% 0.93%
3 0.49% 0.52% 0.46% 0.91% 0.9% 0.91%
2 0.71% 0.75% 0.68% 0.93% 0.99% 0.88%
1 1.14% 1.18% 1.09% 0.96% 1.08% 0.84%
0 6.48% 7.06% 5.9% 6.69% 7.24% 6.13%

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

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

The annual chance of dying is 6.48% in the birth year in the Central African Republic and 6.69% in Nigeria, 0.57% vs 0.67% at age 30, 2.57% vs 2.29% at 60, and 9.98% vs 12.5% at 80.

Death rate by age in Central African Republic vs Nigeria

Central African Republic
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
1x
Age Death rate
CAR Nigeria
Total Male Female Total Male Female
100 18.5 0 31 0 0 0
99 81.5 34.5 121.2 21.1 14.6 27.2
98 118.1 52.7 170.1 34.5 25.2 43.4
97 163.4 79 235.4 54.8 41.8 67.1
96 222 115 317 84.6 67.4 101
95 290.5 162 416 127 105 148.2
94 370 219.9 527 185.4 158.4 211.6
93 468 291 653 262.7 230.7 293.7
92 583 377 794 360 324 395
91 704 473 934 477 438 515
90 857 595 1,111 610 569 649
89 991 718 1,252 755 715 794
88 1,145 857 1,413 910 871 948
87 1,292 1,000 1,557 1,072 1,034 1,109
86 1,439 1,148 1,696 1,240 1,202 1,277
85 1,570 1,288 1,812 1,413 1,373 1,452
84 1,694 1,432 1,909 1,586 1,542 1,629
83 1,780 1,544 1,962 1,753 1,705 1,800
82 1,857 1,652 2,004 1,906 1,855 1,956
81 1,879 1,713 1,982 2,036 1,984 2,087
80 1,956 1,816 2,031 2,140 2,091 2,187
79 2,005 1,880 2,061 2,216 2,172 2,258
78 2,068 1,956 2,111 2,268 2,232 2,304
77 2,091 1,995 2,121 2,300 2,271 2,331
76 2,124 2,043 2,146 2,318 2,294 2,344
75 2,147 2,078 2,163 2,321 2,301 2,344
74 2,146 2,093 2,152 2,310 2,291 2,331
73 2,137 2,098 2,135 2,282 2,263 2,303
72 2,127 2,101 2,118 2,236 2,218 2,256
71 2,074 2,061 2,059 2,174 2,157 2,192
70 2,077 2,076 2,057 2,098 2,084 2,113
69 2,012 2,026 1,985 2,014 2,006 2,024
68 1,981 2,008 1,949 1,928 1,926 1,931
67 1,940 1,980 1,903 1,842 1,849 1,837
66 1,903 1,955 1,862 1,759 1,775 1,745
65 1,878 1,942 1,833 1,679 1,704 1,656
64 1,797 1,881 1,742 1,600 1,633 1,569
63 1,719 1,819 1,656 1,521 1,560 1,483
62 1,645 1,757 1,575 1,440 1,483 1,398
61 1,556 1,674 1,482 1,360 1,405 1,316
60 1,504 1,629 1,425 1,283 1,328 1,237
59 1,417 1,540 1,339 1,211 1,256 1,165
58 1,357 1,481 1,278 1,147 1,194 1,100
57 1,297 1,421 1,217 1,093 1,141 1,044
56 1,253 1,376 1,171 1,047 1,098 995
55 1,210 1,334 1,125 1,008 1,062 952
54 1,170 1,292 1,085 972 1,030 913
53 1,130 1,250 1,044 936 996 876
52 1,096 1,212 1,010 899 958 839
51 1,046 1,159 963 860 917 803
50 1,018 1,130 935 821 873 768
49 968 1,074 888 784 830 737
48 930 1,032 852 753 792 712
47 889 987 816 727 760 694
46 856 949 787 709 735 682
45 829 919 764 696 715 676
44 798 881 738 686 698 674
43 772 849 716 677 682 672
42 751 824 699 667 664 669
41 722 789 675 654 645 663
40 705 771 660 639 624 654
39 677 737 635 622 603 642
38 655 712 615 606 584 628
37 630 684 591 591 569 614
36 607 657 570 578 557 600
35 585 632 549 568 548 588
34 559 604 524 559 541 577
33 537 580 503 551 535 567
32 517 558 483 543 529 558
31 494 533 461 536 523 550
30 480 519 447 529 516 541
29 460 499 428 521 511 531
28 444 483 409 514 509 519
27 427 468 391 507 510 504
26 410 453 372 501 513 487
25 394 441 352 495 518 471
24 378 427 332 490 522 457
23 361 412 313 484 520 447
22 344 394 294 477 512 441
21 323 371 274.1 466 494 438
20 301 343 258.1 451 466 435
19 274.5 310 238.5 429 431 427
18 248.9 277.3 219.8 402 393 412
17 221.1 242.8 199 371 354 389
16 195.6 210.5 180.2 340 320 360
15 173 183.3 162.4 312 291.9 332
14 153.6 161.6 145.3 292.2 272.9 312
13 139.5 145.9 132.7 284.9 264.9 306
12 131.5 138 124.7 292.3 269.1 316
11 128.7 135.5 121.7 317 287 349
10 131.3 138.2 124.2 361 319 406
9 138.4 146.3 130.2 425 366 487
8 151.4 160.9 141.5 506 427 588
7 171.3 182.4 159.9 593 498 691
6 198.6 211.1 185.7 676 577 779
5 239.3 252.8 225.3 744 658 834
4 318 336 299.5 795 740 852
3 449 472 425 832 822 842
2 659 688 629 862 907 815
1 1,062 1,094 1,029 895 1,000 785
0 6,479 7,062 5,901 6,691 7,237 6,132

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

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/central-african-republic/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 the Central African Republic, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in Nigeria. The median age of death is 65.2 in the Central African Republic 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 the Central African Republic 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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