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Life Expectancy in Eritrea vs Nigeria (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 69.2 years in Eritrea vs 54.8 in Nigeria. Eritrea is ranked 143/197 by life expectancy, and Nigeria is 197/197. In Eritrea, the life expectancy is 67 years for males and 71.2 years for females. In Nigeria, it's 54.5 years for males and 55.1 years for females.

Eritrea vs Nigeria life expectancy at birth by year chart

Eritrea
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Eritrea Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 33.3 31.3 35.4 35.5 33.6 37.5
1951 33.6 31.7 35.7 35.7 33.8 37.7
1952 34 32 36 35.9 34 37.9
1953 34.4 32.4 36.4 36 34.1 38.1
1954 34.8 32.8 36.9 36.2 34.3 38.3
1955 35.2 33.2 37.2 36.3 34.3 38.5
1956 35.6 33.6 37.7 36.5 34.5 38.6
1957 30.4 28.7 32.2 36.6 34.6 38.8
1958 30.9 29.2 32.7 36.8 34.8 39
1959 37 34.9 39.1 37 35 39.2
1960 37.4 35.4 39.5 37.2 35.2 39.3
1961 37.9 35.9 40 37.4 35.4 39.6
1962 38.3 36.3 40.4 37.6 35.6 39.7
1963 38.8 36.8 40.9 37.8 35.8 39.9
1964 39.2 37.1 41.3 38 35.9 40.1
1965 39.6 37.5 41.7 38.2 36.2 40.4
1966 37.6 35.7 39.6 38.4 36.4 40.5
1967 40.2 38.1 42.3 37.5 35.1 40.1
1968 40.5 38.4 42.6 38.6 36.4 41
1969 40.8 38.8 42.9 38.9 36.8 41.3
1970 41.2 39.1 43.2 40 38.4 41.7
1971 41.5 39.5 43.6 40.6 39 42.3
1972 40.7 38.8 42.7 41.3 39.5 43.1
1973 41.1 39.2 43.2 41.8 40 43.7
1974 39 36.8 41.4 42.5 40.6 44.5
1975 39 36.4 41.8 43.1 41 45.2
1976 42.6 39.7 45.6 44.2 42.7 45.7
1977 43 40.1 46.1 44.8 43.4 46.3
1978 43.4 40.5 46.4 45.3 43.8 46.9
1979 43.8 41 46.7 45.7 44.2 47.3
1980 44.6 42.1 47.2 46 44.3 47.6
1981 45 42.5 47.5 46.3 44.6 48
1982 44.9 42.1 47.8 46.4 44.7 48.2
1983 37.2 35 39.5 46.4 44.8 48.1
1984 37.7 35.4 40 46.3 44.7 48
1985 38.6 36.4 40.9 46.2 44.6 47.9
1986 39.5 37.6 41.5 46 44.5 47.5
1987 47.4 44.8 50 45.9 44.5 47.4
1988 48.1 45.6 50.6 45.8 44.4 47.3
1989 47.8 45.1 50.6 45.8 44.4 47.3
1990 49.7 47.5 52 45.7 44.4 47.1
1991 50.5 48.2 52.8 45.5 44.1 47
1992 52.4 51 53.9 45.6 44.2 47
1993 53.2 51.8 54.6 45.8 44.2 47.4
1994 54 52.6 55.4 45.7 44.2 47.3
1995 54.8 53.4 56.2 45.9 44.4 47.4
1996 55.5 54.1 56.9 45.8 44.4 47.3
1997 56.2 54.6 57.7 46 44.7 47.2
1998 50 43.8 57.6 46.1 45.1 47.2
1999 44.5 37.1 54.6 46.6 45.7 47.5
2000 56.3 54.1 58.5 47.1 46.3 48
2001 58.4 56.7 60 47.5 46.9 48.2
2002 58.9 57.2 60.6 48 47.5 48.5
2003 59.5 57.7 61.2 48.6 48.2 49.1
2004 60.1 58.3 61.7 49.1 48.8 49.5
2005 60.6 58.9 62.3 49.5 49 50.1
2006 61.5 59.8 63.1 49.9 49.3 50.4
2007 62 60.2 63.7 50.4 49.8 50.9
2008 62.4 60.6 64.2 50.7 50.3 51.2
2009 63.2 61.4 65 51.1 50.6 51.6
2010 63.7 61.8 65.5 51.3 50.9 51.8
2011 64.2 62.3 66.1 51.5 51.1 51.9
2012 64.7 62.8 66.6 51.7 51.3 52
2013 65 63 67 51.8 51.5 52.2
2014 65.5 63.5 67.5 51.9 51.6 52.3
2015 65.9 63.9 67.9 51.9 51.6 52.2
2016 66.2 64.1 68.3 52.2 51.9 52.4
2017 66.6 64.5 68.7 52.4 52.1 52.6
2018 67 64.8 69 52.7 52.4 52.9
2019 67.3 65.2 69.4 53 52.8 53.2
2020 67 64.6 69.3 53.1 52.7 53.4
2021 66.9 64.8 69 53.5 53.2 53.7
2022 67.8 65.7 69.8 54.1 53.8 54.4
2023 68.6 66.5 70.7 54.5 54.2 54.7
2024 68.9 66.8 70.9 54.6 54.3 54.9
2025 69.2 67 71.2 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 55.4 years in Eritrea and 54.9 in Nigeria. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.2 healthy years in Eritrea and 14 in Nigeria.

Eritrea 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 Eritrea 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:
43.9 vs 37.1 years

Mean expected age of death:
73.9 vs 67.1 years

Median expected age of death:
76.6 vs 70.0 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Eritrea Nigeria
Male Female Male Female
40 96.5% 97.6% 92.9% 92.5%
50 91.4% 93.8% 83.8% 83.8%
60 82.2% 86.8% 70.3% 71.7%
65 74.6% 80.9% 60.9% 62.8%
70 64.2% 72.0% 49.1% 51.2%
75 50.6% 59.0% 35.0% 37.0%
80 34.2% 42.4% 20.7% 22.3%
85 18.1% 24.1% 9.1% 10.2%
90 6.5% 9.8% 2.5% 3.1%
95 1.3% 2.5% 0.3% 0.5%
100 0.1% 0.3% 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 Eritrea vs Nigeria: 73.9 years vs 67.1 at 30, 79.9 vs 77.2 at 65, 86.4 vs 85.2 at 80 — significantly higher than the 69.2 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 Eritrea and Nigeria.

Eritrea
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Eritrea Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 69.2 67 71.2 54.8 54.5 55.1
1 70.9 69 72.8 58.7 58.7 58.8
2 71.1 69.1 72.9 59.3 59.4 59.2
3 71.2 69.3 73 59.8 59.9 59.7
4 71.3 69.4 73.1 60.4 60.4 60.3
5 71.5 69.6 73.2 60.9 60.9 60.8
6 71.6 69.7 73.4 61.3 61.3 61.3
7 71.7 69.8 73.5 61.8 61.7 61.8
8 71.8 69.9 73.5 62.1 62 62.2
9 71.9 70 73.6 62.4 62.3 62.6
10 72 70.1 73.7 62.7 62.5 62.9
11 72 70.2 73.7 62.9 62.7 63.2
12 72.1 70.3 73.8 63.1 62.9 63.4
13 72.2 70.3 73.8 63.3 63 63.6
14 72.2 70.4 73.9 63.5 63.2 63.7
15 72.3 70.5 73.9 63.6 63.3 63.9
16 72.3 70.6 74 63.8 63.5 64.1
17 72.4 70.7 74.1 64 63.7 64.3
18 72.5 70.8 74.1 64.2 63.9 64.5
19 72.6 70.9 74.2 64.4 64.1 64.8
20 72.7 71 74.3 64.7 64.3 65
21 72.9 71.2 74.4 64.9 64.6 65.2
22 73 71.3 74.5 65.1 64.8 65.5
23 73.1 71.5 74.6 65.4 65.1 65.7
24 73.2 71.6 74.7 65.6 65.4 65.9
25 73.3 71.8 74.8 65.9 65.6 66.2
26 73.5 71.9 74.8 66.1 65.9 66.4
27 73.6 72.1 74.9 66.4 66.1 66.6
28 73.7 72.2 75 66.6 66.4 66.9
29 73.8 72.3 75.1 66.9 66.6 67.1
30 73.9 72.5 75.2 67.1 66.9 67.4
31 74 72.6 75.3 67.4 67.1 67.7
32 74.2 72.7 75.4 67.6 67.4 67.9
33 74.3 72.9 75.5 67.9 67.6 68.2
34 74.4 73 75.6 68.1 67.8 68.4
35 74.5 73.2 75.7 68.4 68.1 68.7
36 74.6 73.3 75.8 68.6 68.3 69
37 74.7 73.4 75.9 68.9 68.6 69.2
38 74.9 73.6 76 69.1 68.8 69.5
39 75 73.7 76.1 69.4 69 69.7
40 75.1 73.8 76.2 69.7 69.3 70
41 75.2 74 76.3 69.9 69.5 70.3
42 75.4 74.1 76.5 70.2 69.8 70.6
43 75.5 74.3 76.6 70.4 70 70.8
44 75.7 74.4 76.7 70.7 70.3 71.1
45 75.8 74.6 76.8 71 70.6 71.3
46 75.9 74.7 77 71.2 70.8 71.6
47 76.1 74.9 77.1 71.5 71.1 71.8
48 76.2 75.1 77.2 71.7 71.4 72.1
49 76.4 75.2 77.3 72 71.6 72.4
50 76.5 75.4 77.5 72.3 71.9 72.6
51 76.7 75.6 77.6 72.5 72.2 72.9
52 76.9 75.8 77.8 72.8 72.5 73.1
53 77.1 76 78 73.1 72.8 73.4
54 77.3 76.2 78.1 73.4 73.1 73.7
55 77.5 76.5 78.3 73.7 73.4 74
56 77.7 76.7 78.5 74 73.7 74.3
57 77.9 76.9 78.7 74.3 74.1 74.6
58 78.1 77.2 78.8 74.6 74.4 74.9
59 78.3 77.4 79 75 74.7 75.2
60 78.5 77.7 79.2 75.3 75.1 75.5
61 78.8 77.9 79.4 75.6 75.4 75.8
62 79 78.2 79.7 76 75.8 76.2
63 79.3 78.5 79.9 76.4 76.2 76.6
64 79.6 78.8 80.2 76.8 76.6 76.9
65 79.9 79.2 80.4 77.2 77 77.3
66 80.2 79.5 80.7 77.6 77.4 77.7
67 80.5 79.9 81 78 77.9 78.2
68 80.9 80.3 81.4 78.5 78.3 78.6
69 81.2 80.6 81.7 78.9 78.8 79.1
70 81.6 81 82 79.4 79.3 79.5
71 82 81.5 82.4 79.9 79.8 80
72 82.4 81.9 82.8 80.5 80.3 80.6
73 82.8 82.4 83.2 81 80.9 81.1
74 83.3 82.8 83.6 81.5 81.4 81.7
75 83.8 83.3 84.1 82.1 82 82.2
76 84.3 83.8 84.6 82.7 82.6 82.8
77 84.8 84.4 85.1 83.3 83.2 83.4
78 85.3 84.9 85.6 83.9 83.8 84
79 85.9 85.5 86.1 84.6 84.5 84.7
80 86.4 86.1 86.7 85.2 85.1 85.3
81 87 86.7 87.2 85.9 85.8 86
82 87.6 87.3 87.9 86.6 86.5 86.7
83 88.3 88 88.5 87.3 87.2 87.5
84 89 88.7 89.1 88.1 87.9 88.2
85 89.6 89.4 89.8 88.8 88.7 88.9
86 90.4 90.1 90.5 89.6 89.4 89.7
87 91.1 90.8 91.2 90.3 90.2 90.5
88 91.8 91.6 92 91.1 91 91.2
89 92.6 92.3 92.7 91.9 91.8 92
90 93.3 93.1 93.5 92.7 92.6 92.9
91 94.1 93.9 94.2 93.6 93.4 93.7
92 94.9 94.7 95 94.4 94.3 94.5
93 95.7 95.5 95.8 95.3 95.1 95.4
94 96.6 96.3 96.6 96.2 96 96.3
95 97.4 97.2 97.4 97.1 96.9 97.2
96 98.3 98 98.3 98 97.8 98.1
97 99.2 98.9 99.2 98.9 98.8 99
98 100 99.8 100.1 99.8 99.7 99.9
99 101 100.8 101 100.7 100.6 100.8
100 101.9 101.8 101.9 101.6 101.6 101.7

Odds of living to age in Eritrea vs Nigeria

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 78.1% in Eritrea and 55.7% in Nigeria are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 63.1% and 39.3% will live to 70 years or older, 35.6% and 16.9% to 80+ years, and 7.63% 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.

Eritrea
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Eritrea Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.5% 97.1% 97.9% 93.2% 92.7% 93.8%
2 97.3% 96.9% 97.7% 92.3% 91.7% 93%
3 97.1% 96.7% 97.5% 91.5% 90.8% 92.2%
4 96.9% 96.5% 97.4% 90.6% 89.9% 91.3%
5 96.7% 96.3% 97.2% 89.8% 89.2% 90.5%
6 96.6% 96.1% 97.1% 89.1% 88.5% 89.6%
7 96.4% 95.9% 96.9% 88.4% 87.9% 88.8%
8 96.2% 95.7% 96.8% 87.8% 87.4% 88.1%
9 96.1% 95.5% 96.7% 87.3% 87% 87.5%
10 96% 95.4% 96.6% 86.8% 86.6% 87%
11 95.9% 95.3% 96.5% 86.5% 86.3% 86.6%
12 95.8% 95.2% 96.4% 86.2% 86% 86.3%
13 95.7% 95.1% 96.3% 85.9% 85.8% 86%
14 95.6% 94.9% 96.2% 85.6% 85.5% 85.6%
15 95.5% 94.8% 96.2% 85.3% 85.2% 85.3%
16 95.4% 94.7% 96.1% 85% 84.9% 85%
17 95.2% 94.5% 95.9% 84.6% 84.6% 84.6%
18 95.1% 94.3% 95.8% 84.2% 84.2% 84.2%
19 94.9% 94.1% 95.7% 83.8% 83.9% 83.8%
20 94.7% 93.8% 95.5% 83.4% 83.4% 83.4%
21 94.5% 93.6% 95.4% 83% 83% 83%
22 94.2% 93.3% 95.2% 82.5% 82.5% 82.5%
23 94% 93% 95.1% 82% 81.9% 82.1%
24 93.8% 92.7% 94.9% 81.5% 81.4% 81.6%
25 93.6% 92.4% 94.7% 81% 80.9% 81.2%
26 93.3% 92.2% 94.5% 80.5% 80.4% 80.7%
27 93.1% 91.9% 94.4% 80% 79.9% 80.2%
28 92.9% 91.6% 94.2% 79.5% 79.3% 79.7%
29 92.6% 91.3% 94% 79% 78.8% 79.2%
30 92.4% 91% 93.8% 78.5% 78.3% 78.6%
31 92.1% 90.7% 93.6% 77.9% 77.8% 78.1%
32 91.9% 90.4% 93.4% 77.4% 77.3% 77.5%
33 91.6% 90.1% 93.1% 76.9% 76.7% 77%
34 91.3% 89.8% 92.9% 76.3% 76.2% 76.4%
35 91.1% 89.5% 92.7% 75.7% 75.7% 75.8%
36 90.8% 89.1% 92.5% 75.2% 75.1% 75.2%
37 90.5% 88.8% 92.3% 74.6% 74.6% 74.6%
38 90.2% 88.5% 92% 74% 74% 74%
39 89.9% 88.1% 91.8% 73.4% 73.4% 73.4%
40 89.6% 87.8% 91.5% 72.8% 72.8% 72.7%
41 89.3% 87.4% 91.2% 72.1% 72.2% 72.1%
42 88.9% 87% 90.9% 71.5% 71.5% 71.4%
43 88.6% 86.6% 90.6% 70.8% 70.9% 70.7%
44 88.2% 86.2% 90.2% 70.1% 70.2% 70.1%
45 87.8% 85.7% 89.9% 69.4% 69.5% 69.4%
46 87.4% 85.3% 89.5% 68.7% 68.8% 68.7%
47 87% 84.8% 89.2% 68% 68% 68%
48 86.5% 84.3% 88.8% 67.3% 67.3% 67.3%
49 86% 83.8% 88.4% 66.5% 66.5% 66.6%
50 85.5% 83.2% 87.9% 65.8% 65.6% 65.9%
51 85% 82.5% 87.4% 64.9% 64.8% 65.1%
52 84.4% 81.8% 86.9% 64.1% 63.8% 64.3%
53 83.7% 81.1% 86.3% 63.2% 62.9% 63.5%
54 83% 80.3% 85.7% 62.2% 61.9% 62.6%
55 82.3% 79.5% 85.1% 61.3% 60.8% 61.7%
56 81.6% 78.6% 84.4% 60.2% 59.8% 60.7%
57 80.8% 77.7% 83.8% 59.2% 58.7% 59.7%
58 80% 76.8% 83% 58.1% 57.5% 58.7%
59 79.1% 75.8% 82.3% 57% 56.3% 57.6%
60 78.1% 74.8% 81.4% 55.7% 55.1% 56.4%
61 77.1% 73.6% 80.5% 54.5% 53.8% 55.2%
62 76% 72.4% 79.5% 53.1% 52.4% 53.9%
63 74.8% 71% 78.4% 51.7% 50.9% 52.5%
64 73.4% 69.5% 77.2% 50.1% 49.3% 51%
65 72% 67.9% 75.9% 48.5% 47.7% 49.4%
66 70.5% 66.2% 74.4% 46.9% 46% 47.8%
67 68.8% 64.5% 72.9% 45.1% 44.2% 46%
68 67% 62.6% 71.2% 43.3% 42.4% 44.2%
69 65.1% 60.6% 69.4% 41.3% 40.4% 42.3%
70 63.1% 58.5% 67.5% 39.3% 38.4% 40.2%
71 61% 56.2% 65.4% 37.2% 36.3% 38.1%
72 58.7% 53.9% 63.1% 35.1% 34.2% 35.9%
73 56.2% 51.4% 60.7% 32.8% 32% 33.7%
74 53.6% 48.7% 58.1% 30.6% 29.7% 31.4%
75 50.9% 46% 55.4% 28.3% 27.4% 29.1%
76 48% 43.2% 52.5% 26% 25.2% 26.7%
77 45.1% 40.2% 49.5% 23.7% 22.9% 24.4%
78 42% 37.2% 46.3% 21.4% 20.6% 22.1%
79 38.8% 34.2% 43.1% 19.1% 18.4% 19.8%
80 35.6% 31.1% 39.7% 16.9% 16.2% 17.6%
81 32.4% 28.1% 36.3% 14.8% 14.2% 15.4%
82 29.1% 25% 32.8% 12.8% 12.2% 13.3%
83 25.9% 22.1% 29.3% 10.9% 10.3% 11.4%
84 22.7% 19.2% 25.9% 9.13% 8.64% 9.6%
85 19.7% 16.5% 22.6% 7.55% 7.11% 7.98%
86 16.8% 13.9% 19.5% 6.15% 5.75% 6.55%
87 14.1% 11.5% 16.5% 4.93% 4.56% 5.28%
88 11.7% 9.38% 13.8% 3.87% 3.54% 4.18%
89 9.54% 7.5% 11.4% 2.96% 2.67% 3.24%
90 7.63% 5.88% 9.23% 2.22% 1.97% 2.46%
91 5.99% 4.52% 7.34% 1.61% 1.4% 1.82%
92 4.6% 3.38% 5.71% 1.14% 0.97% 1.31%
93 3.45% 2.47% 4.34% 0.79% 0.65% 0.92%
94 2.52% 1.74% 3.21% 0.53% 0.42% 0.63%
95 1.78% 1.19% 2.3% 0.35% 0.27% 0.42%
96 1.22% 0.78% 1.6% 0.22% 0.16% 0.27%
97 0.81% 0.5% 1.08% 0.14% 0.1% 0.17%
98 0.53% 0.3% 0.7% 0.08% 0.06% 0.11%
99 0.33% 0.18% 0.44% 0.05% 0.03% 0.06%
100 0.2% 0.1% 0.27% 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 2.5% in the birth year in Eritrea and 6.77% in Nigeria, 0.27% vs 0.68% at age 30, 1.31% vs 2.3% at 60, and 9.14% vs 12.6% at 80.

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

Eritrea
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Eritrea Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.5% 2.86% 2.12% 6.77% 7.31% 6.22%
1 0.2% 0.21% 0.18% 0.96% 1.08% 0.84%
2 0.2% 0.22% 0.18% 0.94% 1% 0.88%
3 0.2% 0.22% 0.17% 0.92% 0.91% 0.92%
4 0.19% 0.22% 0.16% 0.89% 0.83% 0.94%
5 0.19% 0.22% 0.16% 0.84% 0.74% 0.93%
6 0.18% 0.21% 0.14% 0.77% 0.66% 0.88%
7 0.16% 0.19% 0.13% 0.68% 0.57% 0.79%
8 0.14% 0.17% 0.12% 0.58% 0.49% 0.68%
9 0.12% 0.14% 0.1% 0.49% 0.42% 0.56%
10 0.11% 0.13% 0.09% 0.42% 0.37% 0.47%
11 0.1% 0.12% 0.08% 0.37% 0.34% 0.41%
12 0.1% 0.11% 0.08% 0.34% 0.32% 0.37%
13 0.1% 0.12% 0.08% 0.33% 0.31% 0.36%
14 0.11% 0.13% 0.09% 0.34% 0.32% 0.37%
15 0.13% 0.15% 0.1% 0.37% 0.34% 0.39%
16 0.15% 0.18% 0.11% 0.4% 0.38% 0.43%
17 0.17% 0.21% 0.13% 0.44% 0.42% 0.46%
18 0.19% 0.24% 0.14% 0.48% 0.47% 0.49%
19 0.21% 0.26% 0.15% 0.52% 0.52% 0.51%
20 0.22% 0.28% 0.16% 0.54% 0.56% 0.53%
21 0.23% 0.3% 0.17% 0.57% 0.6% 0.53%
22 0.24% 0.3% 0.17% 0.58% 0.62% 0.54%
23 0.24% 0.31% 0.18% 0.59% 0.64% 0.55%
24 0.25% 0.31% 0.18% 0.6% 0.64% 0.56%
25 0.25% 0.31% 0.19% 0.61% 0.64% 0.58%
26 0.25% 0.31% 0.2% 0.62% 0.64% 0.61%
27 0.26% 0.31% 0.2% 0.64% 0.64% 0.63%
28 0.26% 0.32% 0.21% 0.65% 0.64% 0.65%
29 0.27% 0.32% 0.21% 0.66% 0.65% 0.67%
30 0.27% 0.33% 0.22% 0.68% 0.66% 0.69%
31 0.28% 0.33% 0.22% 0.69% 0.67% 0.71%
32 0.28% 0.34% 0.22% 0.71% 0.69% 0.72%
33 0.29% 0.35% 0.23% 0.72% 0.7% 0.74%
34 0.29% 0.35% 0.23% 0.74% 0.71% 0.76%
35 0.3% 0.36% 0.24% 0.75% 0.73% 0.78%
36 0.3% 0.36% 0.25% 0.77% 0.74% 0.8%
37 0.32% 0.38% 0.26% 0.8% 0.77% 0.83%
38 0.33% 0.39% 0.28% 0.82% 0.79% 0.85%
39 0.35% 0.41% 0.3% 0.85% 0.82% 0.88%
40 0.37% 0.43% 0.32% 0.88% 0.86% 0.9%
41 0.4% 0.45% 0.34% 0.91% 0.9% 0.92%
42 0.42% 0.47% 0.36% 0.94% 0.93% 0.94%
43 0.43% 0.49% 0.38% 0.96% 0.97% 0.95%
44 0.45% 0.51% 0.39% 0.98% 1% 0.97%
45 0.46% 0.53% 0.4% 1.01% 1.03% 0.98%
46 0.48% 0.56% 0.41% 1.03% 1.07% 1%
47 0.51% 0.59% 0.43% 1.07% 1.12% 1.02%
48 0.54% 0.64% 0.46% 1.12% 1.18% 1.06%
49 0.59% 0.7% 0.5% 1.18% 1.25% 1.11%
50 0.65% 0.77% 0.55% 1.25% 1.33% 1.17%
51 0.71% 0.84% 0.6% 1.33% 1.42% 1.24%
52 0.77% 0.91% 0.65% 1.41% 1.5% 1.31%
53 0.83% 0.97% 0.7% 1.48% 1.59% 1.38%
54 0.87% 1.03% 0.74% 1.56% 1.67% 1.46%
55 0.91% 1.08% 0.78% 1.65% 1.75% 1.55%
56 0.96% 1.13% 0.82% 1.74% 1.84% 1.64%
57 1.02% 1.2% 0.87% 1.85% 1.95% 1.75%
58 1.09% 1.28% 0.93% 1.98% 2.08% 1.88%
59 1.19% 1.4% 1.02% 2.13% 2.23% 2.02%
60 1.31% 1.54% 1.12% 2.3% 2.41% 2.19%
61 1.45% 1.71% 1.25% 2.5% 2.61% 2.39%
62 1.61% 1.89% 1.39% 2.71% 2.83% 2.6%
63 1.78% 2.08% 1.54% 2.94% 3.07% 2.83%
64 1.96% 2.28% 1.71% 3.19% 3.31% 3.08%
65 2.15% 2.48% 1.88% 3.46% 3.57% 3.35%
66 2.35% 2.7% 2.07% 3.75% 3.86% 3.65%
67 2.57% 2.93% 2.29% 4.08% 4.18% 3.98%
68 2.82% 3.19% 2.53% 4.45% 4.54% 4.36%
69 3.1% 3.49% 2.8% 4.86% 4.95% 4.78%
70 3.42% 3.83% 3.12% 5.32% 5.41% 5.24%
71 3.78% 4.21% 3.46% 5.82% 5.92% 5.73%
72 4.18% 4.63% 3.84% 6.36% 6.47% 6.25%
73 4.61% 5.1% 4.26% 6.92% 7.05% 6.81%
74 5.08% 5.61% 4.71% 7.53% 7.68% 7.39%
75 5.61% 6.18% 5.2% 8.17% 8.35% 8.02%
76 6.19% 6.79% 5.74% 8.89% 9.08% 8.71%
77 6.82% 7.45% 6.35% 9.68% 9.88% 9.49%
78 7.52% 8.17% 7.03% 10.6% 10.8% 10.4%
79 8.29% 8.96% 7.79% 11.5% 11.7% 11.3%
80 9.14% 9.83% 8.64% 12.6% 12.8% 12.4%
81 10.1% 10.8% 9.57% 13.7% 13.9% 13.5%
82 11.1% 11.9% 10.6% 14.8% 15.1% 14.6%
83 12.2% 13% 11.6% 16% 16.4% 15.7%
84 13.4% 14.3% 12.7% 17.2% 17.7% 16.8%
85 14.6% 15.6% 13.9% 18.5% 19.1% 18%
86 15.9% 17.1% 15.1% 20% 20.7% 19.3%
87 17.2% 18.5% 16.3% 21.5% 22.5% 20.8%
88 18.5% 20% 17.6% 23.3% 24.4% 22.4%
89 20% 21.6% 19% 25.2% 26.5% 24.2%
90 21.5% 23.2% 20.5% 27.2% 28.6% 26.1%
91 23.2% 25.1% 22.2% 29.2% 30.8% 28%
92 25% 27.1% 24% 31.1% 33% 29.8%
93 27.1% 29.3% 26% 32.9% 35% 31.6%
94 29.2% 31.7% 28.2% 34.7% 36.9% 33.3%
95 31.4% 34.2% 30.4% 36.3% 38.8% 34.9%
96 33.4% 36.6% 32.6% 38% 40.6% 36.5%
97 35.2% 38.9% 34.8% 39.6% 42.4% 38.2%
98 37% 41.1% 36.8% 41.3% 44.2% 40%
99 39% 43% 38.7% 43% 46.1% 41.7%
100 40.8% 45.4% 40.8% 44.7% 47.9% 43.4%

Death rate by age in Eritrea compared to Nigeria

In Eritrea, the most common age of death is 81, compared to 0 in Nigeria. The median age of death is 75.3 in Eritrea and 64.1 in Nigeria — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Eritrea
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Eritrea Nigeria
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,497 2,860 2,123 6,773 7,315 6,219
1 191.7 208 174.8 899 1,005 788
2 192.2 212.7 171.1 868 913 822
3 191.7 215.9 166.7 839 828 851
4 188.6 215.8 160.6 803 746 862
5 181.6 210.3 152 753 664 845
6 169.7 198.1 140.4 684 582 790
7 153.6 179.8 126.5 600 503 701
8 135.7 158.7 112 512 431 596
9 118.8 138.4 98.7 430 369 493
10 105.6 122.3 88.3 365 322 410
11 97.3 112.3 81.8 321 289.3 353
12 94.5 109 79.5 295 271.2 320
13 97.6 113.1 81.6 287.3 266.9 309
14 106.3 124.3 87.7 294.5 274.8 315
15 120.6 143 97.6 314 293.8 335
16 139.3 167.8 110.1 342 322 363
17 160.3 196.1 123.4 374 356 392
18 180.8 224.6 135.8 405 395 416
19 198.1 249 145.7 432 434 431
20 211 267.2 153.1 454 469 438
21 219.4 278.5 158.5 469 496 441
22 224.4 284 162.9 480 514 444
23 227.6 285.7 167.6 487 523 450
24 230.1 285.4 172.9 493 524 460
25 232.8 284.7 179 498 521 474
26 236 284.7 185.5 503 516 490
27 239.8 286.1 191.7 509 512 506
28 244.1 289 197.4 516 511 521
29 248.6 293.4 201.9 524 514 534
30 252.8 298.4 205.4 531 519 544
31 256.6 303 207.9 539 525 553
32 259.7 308 209.8 546 531 561
33 262.3 311 211.7 553 537 570
34 265.2 314 214.4 561 543 580
35 269.4 318 219.1 570 550 591
36 276 324 226.7 581 559 603
37 286 333 238 594 571 617
38 299.5 346 253.1 608 587 631
39 316 361 271.7 625 605 644
40 335 378 292 641 626 656
41 353 396 312 656 647 666
42 370 412 329 669 667 672
43 383 426 341 679 684 675
44 394 439 351 688 700 676
45 405 455 359 698 717 679
46 420 474 370 711 737 685
47 441 502 386 730 762 696
48 472 539 411 755 794 715
49 511 585 444 786 832 740
50 557 639 484 823 875 770
51 606 695 526 862 918 805
52 652 747 567 901 960 841
53 691 790 604 938 998 878
54 724 825 634 973 1,031 915
55 752 856 661 1,009 1,064 954
56 782 888 689 1,048 1,100 996
57 821 930 725 1,094 1,142 1,045
58 873 986 773 1,148 1,195 1,101
59 941 1,061 836 1,211 1,257 1,166
60 1,025 1,152 914 1,283 1,329 1,238
61 1,121 1,255 1,005 1,360 1,405 1,316
62 1,225 1,366 1,105 1,440 1,483 1,398
63 1,332 1,476 1,210 1,520 1,560 1,482
64 1,439 1,583 1,318 1,599 1,632 1,568
65 1,545 1,686 1,429 1,678 1,703 1,654
66 1,653 1,786 1,544 1,757 1,773 1,742
67 1,766 1,889 1,667 1,839 1,846 1,834
68 1,887 1,997 1,801 1,924 1,923 1,927
69 2,018 2,113 1,947 2,010 2,002 2,019
70 2,158 2,237 2,103 2,093 2,080 2,107
71 2,304 2,365 2,264 2,168 2,152 2,185
72 2,450 2,494 2,426 2,229 2,212 2,248
73 2,592 2,620 2,584 2,274 2,256 2,293
74 2,726 2,737 2,735 2,301 2,283 2,321
75 2,855 2,841 2,879 2,311 2,292 2,332
76 2,973 2,929 3,014 2,307 2,284 2,331
77 3,074 2,997 3,141 2,289 2,261 2,317
78 3,157 3,042 3,257 2,256 2,220 2,290
79 3,219 3,064 3,357 2,203 2,161 2,243
80 3,256 3,059 3,433 2,126 2,078 2,172
81 3,262 3,028 3,473 2,022 1,972 2,071
82 3,231 2,968 3,469 1,892 1,842 1,940
83 3,157 2,875 3,414 1,739 1,693 1,785
84 3,037 2,745 3,305 1,573 1,530 1,614
85 2,873 2,576 3,145 1,400 1,361 1,439
86 2,667 2,369 2,940 1,228 1,191 1,265
87 2,429 2,133 2,702 1,061 1,024 1,098
88 2,170 1,878 2,440 900 863 938
89 1,904 1,619 2,168 747 708 785
90 1,641 1,368 1,895 603 563 642
91 1,389 1,132 1,628 471 433 509
92 1,153 917 1,372 356 320 391
93 934 723 1,130 259.5 227.7 290.2
94 735 553 905 183.1 156.2 209
95 559 407 701 125.3 103.5 146.2
96 408 286.8 523 83.4 66.3 99.7
97 286.1 193.2 375 54 41.2 66.2
98 195.3 124.4 258.8 34 24.7 42.8
99 129.7 76.8 172.1 20.8 14.4 26.8
100 0 0 9.44 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 Eritrea 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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