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Life Expectancy in Ethiopia vs Nigeria (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 67.9 years in Ethiopia vs 54.8 in Nigeria. Ethiopia is ranked 151/197 by life expectancy, and Nigeria is 197/197. In Ethiopia, the life expectancy is 64.6 years for males and 71.3 years for females. In Nigeria, it's 54.5 years for males and 55.1 years for females.

Ethiopia vs Nigeria life expectancy at birth by year chart

Ethiopia
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Ethiopia Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 35.5 32.3 39.1 35.5 33.6 37.5
1951 35.9 32.7 39.4 35.7 33.8 37.7
1952 36.2 33 39.7 35.9 34 37.9
1953 36.6 33.4 40.1 36 34.1 38.1
1954 37 33.8 40.5 36.2 34.3 38.3
1955 37.3 34.1 40.9 36.3 34.3 38.5
1956 37.8 34.5 41.4 36.5 34.5 38.6
1957 32.2 29.5 35.1 36.6 34.6 38.8
1958 32.6 29.9 35.6 36.8 34.8 39
1959 39.2 35.8 42.8 37 35 39.2
1960 39.6 36.2 43.3 37.2 35.2 39.3
1961 40.2 36.9 43.8 37.4 35.4 39.6
1962 40.5 37.3 44 37.6 35.6 39.7
1963 41 37.7 44.4 37.8 35.8 39.9
1964 41.3 38 44.7 38 35.9 40.1
1965 41.4 38.1 45 38.2 36.2 40.4
1966 39.3 36.3 42.6 38.4 36.4 40.5
1967 41.9 38.6 45.5 37.5 35.1 40.1
1968 42.1 38.8 45.6 38.6 36.4 41
1969 42.1 38.8 45.7 38.9 36.8 41.3
1970 42.1 38.8 45.6 40 38.4 41.7
1971 42.2 39 45.7 40.6 39 42.3
1972 41 37.9 44.4 41.3 39.5 43.1
1973 41.1 38 44.5 41.8 40 43.7
1974 39.1 36.1 42.3 42.5 40.6 44.5
1975 38.9 35.9 42.2 43.1 41 45.2
1976 41.3 37.9 45 44.2 42.7 45.7
1977 41.4 37.9 45.1 44.8 43.4 46.3
1978 41.5 38.1 45.2 45.3 43.8 46.9
1979 42.4 39 46 45.7 44.2 47.3
1980 42.8 39.4 46.4 46 44.3 47.6
1981 43.1 39.7 46.7 46.3 44.6 48
1982 43.4 40.1 47 46.4 44.7 48.2
1983 36.3 33.9 38.9 46.4 44.8 48.1
1984 36.7 34.5 39.1 46.3 44.7 48
1985 37.7 35.7 39.8 46.2 44.6 47.9
1986 38.4 36.6 40.1 46 44.5 47.5
1987 45.9 44.2 47.6 45.9 44.5 47.4
1988 45.7 44.1 47.2 45.8 44.4 47.3
1989 45.6 44 47.3 45.8 44.4 47.3
1990 45.1 43.5 46.8 45.7 44.4 47.1
1991 46.7 45.6 47.7 45.5 44.1 47
1992 47.3 46.5 48 45.6 44.2 47
1993 47.7 46.9 48.5 45.8 44.2 47.4
1994 47.9 47.1 48.8 45.7 44.2 47.3
1995 48.2 47.2 49.1 45.9 44.4 47.4
1996 48.7 47.9 49.5 45.8 44.4 47.3
1997 49.2 48.4 50.1 46 44.7 47.2
1998 49.8 48.9 50.7 46.1 45.1 47.2
1999 49.5 48.2 50.8 46.6 45.7 47.5
2000 50.9 50.2 51.6 47.1 46.3 48
2001 51.4 50.8 52.1 47.5 46.9 48.2
2002 52.1 51.3 52.9 48 47.5 48.5
2003 52.9 52 53.8 48.6 48.2 49.1
2004 53.7 52.6 54.9 49.1 48.8 49.5
2005 54.4 53.1 55.7 49.5 49 50.1
2006 55.4 53.9 56.9 49.9 49.3 50.4
2007 56.6 54.8 58.4 50.4 49.8 50.9
2008 57.7 55.8 59.8 50.7 50.3 51.2
2009 58.7 56.6 60.9 51.1 50.6 51.6
2010 59.7 57.5 62 51.3 50.9 51.8
2011 60.6 58.4 62.8 51.5 51.1 51.9
2012 61.4 59.2 63.8 51.7 51.3 52
2013 62.2 59.8 64.7 51.8 51.5 52.2
2014 62.9 60.4 65.6 51.9 51.6 52.3
2015 63.6 61 66.4 51.9 51.6 52.2
2016 64.2 61.4 67 52.2 51.9 52.4
2017 64.8 61.9 67.7 52.4 52.1 52.6
2018 65.3 62.4 68.3 52.7 52.4 52.9
2019 65.7 62.8 68.9 53 52.8 53.2
2020 66 62.8 69.4 53.1 52.7 53.4
2021 65.3 62.1 68.7 53.5 53.2 53.7
2022 66.9 63.7 70.3 54.1 53.8 54.4
2023 67.3 64.1 70.7 54.5 54.2 54.7
2024 67.6 64.4 71 54.6 54.3 54.9
2025 67.9 64.6 71.3 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 58.8 years in Ethiopia and 54.9 in Nigeria. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 13.3 healthy years in Ethiopia and 14 in Nigeria.

Ethiopia 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 Ethiopia 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:
43.5 vs 37.1 years

Mean expected age of death:
73.5 vs 67.1 years

Median expected age of death:
76.2 vs 70.0 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Ethiopia Nigeria
Male Female Male Female
40 95.8% 97.8% 92.9% 92.5%
50 90.0% 94.3% 83.8% 83.8%
60 79.9% 87.6% 70.3% 71.7%
65 71.9% 81.9% 60.9% 62.8%
70 61.1% 73.2% 49.1% 51.2%
75 47.2% 60.4% 35.0% 37.0%
80 31.1% 43.7% 20.7% 22.3%
85 15.9% 25.1% 9.1% 10.2%
90 5.4% 10.3% 2.5% 3.1%
95 0.9% 2.6% 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 Ethiopia vs Nigeria: 73.5 years vs 67.1 at 30, 79.7 vs 77.2 at 65, 86.4 vs 85.2 at 80 — significantly higher than the 67.9 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 Ethiopia and Nigeria.

Ethiopia
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Ethiopia Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 67.9 64.6 71.3 54.8 54.5 55.1
1 70 67 73.2 58.7 58.7 58.8
2 70.3 67.2 73.5 59.3 59.4 59.2
3 70.5 67.4 73.7 59.8 59.9 59.7
4 70.6 67.6 73.8 60.4 60.4 60.3
5 70.8 67.8 73.9 60.9 60.9 60.8
6 71 68 74 61.3 61.3 61.3
7 71.1 68.2 74.1 61.8 61.7 61.8
8 71.2 68.3 74.2 62.1 62 62.2
9 71.3 68.4 74.2 62.4 62.3 62.6
10 71.4 68.5 74.3 62.7 62.5 62.9
11 71.4 68.6 74.3 62.9 62.7 63.2
12 71.5 68.7 74.4 63.1 62.9 63.4
13 71.6 68.8 74.4 63.3 63 63.6
14 71.6 68.9 74.5 63.5 63.2 63.7
15 71.7 69 74.5 63.6 63.3 63.9
16 71.8 69.1 74.6 63.8 63.5 64.1
17 71.9 69.2 74.6 64 63.7 64.3
18 72 69.3 74.7 64.2 63.9 64.5
19 72.1 69.5 74.8 64.4 64.1 64.8
20 72.2 69.6 74.9 64.7 64.3 65
21 72.3 69.8 74.9 64.9 64.6 65.2
22 72.5 70 75 65.1 64.8 65.5
23 72.6 70.1 75.1 65.4 65.1 65.7
24 72.7 70.3 75.2 65.6 65.4 65.9
25 72.9 70.5 75.3 65.9 65.6 66.2
26 73 70.6 75.3 66.1 65.9 66.4
27 73.1 70.8 75.4 66.4 66.1 66.6
28 73.2 71 75.5 66.6 66.4 66.9
29 73.4 71.1 75.6 66.9 66.6 67.1
30 73.5 71.3 75.7 67.1 66.9 67.4
31 73.6 71.4 75.8 67.4 67.1 67.7
32 73.7 71.6 75.9 67.6 67.4 67.9
33 73.9 71.8 76 67.9 67.6 68.2
34 74 71.9 76 68.1 67.8 68.4
35 74.1 72.1 76.1 68.4 68.1 68.7
36 74.2 72.2 76.2 68.6 68.3 69
37 74.4 72.4 76.3 68.9 68.6 69.2
38 74.5 72.5 76.4 69.1 68.8 69.5
39 74.6 72.7 76.5 69.4 69 69.7
40 74.7 72.9 76.6 69.7 69.3 70
41 74.9 73 76.7 69.9 69.5 70.3
42 75 73.2 76.8 70.2 69.8 70.6
43 75.2 73.4 76.9 70.4 70 70.8
44 75.3 73.5 77 70.7 70.3 71.1
45 75.5 73.7 77.2 71 70.6 71.3
46 75.6 73.9 77.3 71.2 70.8 71.6
47 75.8 74.1 77.4 71.5 71.1 71.8
48 75.9 74.3 77.5 71.7 71.4 72.1
49 76.1 74.4 77.6 72 71.6 72.4
50 76.3 74.6 77.8 72.3 71.9 72.6
51 76.4 74.9 77.9 72.5 72.2 72.9
52 76.6 75.1 78.1 72.8 72.5 73.1
53 76.8 75.3 78.2 73.1 72.8 73.4
54 77 75.6 78.4 73.4 73.1 73.7
55 77.2 75.8 78.6 73.7 73.4 74
56 77.4 76 78.7 74 73.7 74.3
57 77.7 76.3 78.9 74.3 74.1 74.6
58 77.9 76.6 79.1 74.6 74.4 74.9
59 78.1 76.8 79.3 75 74.7 75.2
60 78.3 77.1 79.5 75.3 75.1 75.5
61 78.6 77.4 79.7 75.6 75.4 75.8
62 78.8 77.7 79.9 76 75.8 76.2
63 79.1 78 80.1 76.4 76.2 76.6
64 79.4 78.3 80.4 76.8 76.6 76.9
65 79.7 78.7 80.6 77.2 77 77.3
66 80 79.1 80.9 77.6 77.4 77.7
67 80.4 79.4 81.2 78 77.9 78.2
68 80.7 79.8 81.5 78.5 78.3 78.6
69 81.1 80.2 81.8 78.9 78.8 79.1
70 81.5 80.6 82.2 79.4 79.3 79.5
71 81.9 81.1 82.5 79.9 79.8 80
72 82.3 81.5 82.9 80.5 80.3 80.6
73 82.7 82 83.3 81 80.9 81.1
74 83.2 82.5 83.8 81.5 81.4 81.7
75 83.7 83 84.2 82.1 82 82.2
76 84.2 83.6 84.7 82.7 82.6 82.8
77 84.7 84.1 85.1 83.3 83.2 83.4
78 85.2 84.7 85.6 83.9 83.8 84
79 85.8 85.3 86.2 84.6 84.5 84.7
80 86.4 85.9 86.7 85.2 85.1 85.3
81 87 86.5 87.3 85.9 85.8 86
82 87.6 87.1 87.9 86.6 86.5 86.7
83 88.2 87.8 88.5 87.3 87.2 87.5
84 88.9 88.5 89.2 88.1 87.9 88.2
85 89.6 89.2 89.9 88.8 88.7 88.9
86 90.3 89.9 90.6 89.6 89.4 89.7
87 91 90.6 91.3 90.3 90.2 90.5
88 91.7 91.3 92 91.1 91 91.2
89 92.5 92.1 92.7 91.9 91.8 92
90 93.3 92.9 93.5 92.7 92.6 92.9
91 94 93.7 94.2 93.6 93.4 93.7
92 94.8 94.5 95 94.4 94.3 94.5
93 95.7 95.4 95.8 95.3 95.1 95.4
94 96.5 96.2 96.6 96.2 96 96.3
95 97.3 97.1 97.4 97.1 96.9 97.2
96 98.2 98 98.3 98 97.8 98.1
97 99.1 98.9 99.2 98.9 98.8 99
98 100 99.8 100 99.8 99.7 99.9
99 100.9 100.7 100.9 100.7 100.6 100.8
100 101.8 101.7 101.9 101.6 101.6 101.7

Odds of living to age in Ethiopia vs Nigeria

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 76.3% in Ethiopia and 55.7% in Nigeria are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 61.2% and 39.3% will live to 70 years or older, 34.1% and 16.9% to 80+ years, and 7.12% 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.

Ethiopia
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Ethiopia Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 96.9% 96.5% 97.4% 93.2% 92.7% 93.8%
2 96.6% 96.2% 97% 92.3% 91.7% 93%
3 96.3% 95.9% 96.8% 91.5% 90.8% 92.2%
4 96% 95.5% 96.6% 90.6% 89.9% 91.3%
5 95.8% 95.2% 96.4% 89.8% 89.2% 90.5%
6 95.6% 95% 96.3% 89.1% 88.5% 89.6%
7 95.4% 94.7% 96.2% 88.4% 87.9% 88.8%
8 95.2% 94.5% 96.1% 87.8% 87.4% 88.1%
9 95.1% 94.3% 96% 87.3% 87% 87.5%
10 95% 94.1% 95.9% 86.8% 86.6% 87%
11 94.8% 93.9% 95.8% 86.5% 86.3% 86.6%
12 94.7% 93.8% 95.7% 86.2% 86% 86.3%
13 94.6% 93.6% 95.7% 85.9% 85.8% 86%
14 94.5% 93.5% 95.6% 85.6% 85.5% 85.6%
15 94.4% 93.4% 95.5% 85.3% 85.2% 85.3%
16 94.3% 93.2% 95.4% 85% 84.9% 85%
17 94.1% 93% 95.3% 84.6% 84.6% 84.6%
18 94% 92.8% 95.2% 84.2% 84.2% 84.2%
19 93.8% 92.5% 95.1% 83.8% 83.9% 83.8%
20 93.6% 92.2% 95% 83.4% 83.4% 83.4%
21 93.3% 91.9% 94.8% 83% 83% 83%
22 93.1% 91.6% 94.7% 82.5% 82.5% 82.5%
23 92.9% 91.2% 94.6% 82% 81.9% 82.1%
24 92.6% 90.9% 94.4% 81.5% 81.4% 81.6%
25 92.4% 90.6% 94.2% 81% 80.9% 81.2%
26 92.1% 90.2% 94.1% 80.5% 80.4% 80.7%
27 91.9% 89.9% 93.9% 80% 79.9% 80.2%
28 91.6% 89.6% 93.7% 79.5% 79.3% 79.7%
29 91.3% 89.2% 93.6% 79% 78.8% 79.2%
30 91.1% 88.9% 93.4% 78.5% 78.3% 78.6%
31 90.8% 88.5% 93.2% 77.9% 77.8% 78.1%
32 90.5% 88.2% 93% 77.4% 77.3% 77.5%
33 90.3% 87.8% 92.8% 76.9% 76.7% 77%
34 90% 87.5% 92.6% 76.3% 76.2% 76.4%
35 89.7% 87.1% 92.5% 75.7% 75.7% 75.8%
36 89.4% 86.7% 92.3% 75.2% 75.1% 75.2%
37 89.1% 86.4% 92.1% 74.6% 74.6% 74.6%
38 88.8% 86% 91.8% 74% 74% 74%
39 88.5% 85.6% 91.6% 73.4% 73.4% 73.4%
40 88.2% 85.2% 91.4% 72.8% 72.8% 72.7%
41 87.8% 84.7% 91.1% 72.1% 72.2% 72.1%
42 87.5% 84.3% 90.8% 71.5% 71.5% 71.4%
43 87.1% 83.8% 90.5% 70.8% 70.9% 70.7%
44 86.7% 83.3% 90.2% 70.1% 70.2% 70.1%
45 86.3% 82.8% 89.9% 69.4% 69.5% 69.4%
46 85.8% 82.3% 89.5% 68.7% 68.8% 68.7%
47 85.4% 81.8% 89.2% 68% 68% 68%
48 84.9% 81.2% 88.8% 67.3% 67.3% 67.3%
49 84.4% 80.6% 88.4% 66.5% 66.5% 66.6%
50 83.9% 80% 88% 65.8% 65.6% 65.9%
51 83.3% 79.3% 87.6% 64.9% 64.8% 65.1%
52 82.7% 78.5% 87.1% 64.1% 63.8% 64.3%
53 82% 77.7% 86.5% 63.2% 62.9% 63.5%
54 81.3% 76.9% 86% 62.2% 61.9% 62.6%
55 80.6% 76% 85.4% 61.3% 60.8% 61.7%
56 79.8% 75.1% 84.7% 60.2% 59.8% 60.7%
57 79% 74.1% 84.1% 59.2% 58.7% 59.7%
58 78.2% 73.2% 83.4% 58.1% 57.5% 58.7%
59 77.3% 72.1% 82.6% 57% 56.3% 57.6%
60 76.3% 71% 81.9% 55.7% 55.1% 56.4%
61 75.3% 69.8% 81% 54.5% 53.8% 55.2%
62 74.1% 68.5% 80% 53.1% 52.4% 53.9%
63 72.9% 67% 78.9% 51.7% 50.9% 52.5%
64 71.5% 65.5% 77.8% 50.1% 49.3% 51%
65 70.1% 63.9% 76.5% 48.5% 47.7% 49.4%
66 68.5% 62.2% 75.1% 46.9% 46% 47.8%
67 66.9% 60.4% 73.6% 45.1% 44.2% 46%
68 65.1% 58.4% 72% 43.3% 42.4% 44.2%
69 63.2% 56.4% 70.3% 41.3% 40.4% 42.3%
70 61.2% 54.3% 68.4% 39.3% 38.4% 40.2%
71 59% 52.1% 66.3% 37.2% 36.3% 38.1%
72 56.7% 49.7% 64.1% 35.1% 34.2% 35.9%
73 54.3% 47.2% 61.7% 32.8% 32% 33.7%
74 51.7% 44.6% 59.1% 30.6% 29.7% 31.4%
75 49% 41.9% 56.4% 28.3% 27.4% 29.1%
76 46.2% 39.2% 53.6% 26% 25.2% 26.7%
77 43.3% 36.4% 50.6% 23.7% 22.9% 24.4%
78 40.3% 33.5% 47.4% 21.4% 20.6% 22.1%
79 37.2% 30.6% 44.2% 19.1% 18.4% 19.8%
80 34.1% 27.6% 40.8% 16.9% 16.2% 17.6%
81 30.9% 24.7% 37.4% 14.8% 14.2% 15.4%
82 27.7% 21.9% 33.8% 12.8% 12.2% 13.3%
83 24.6% 19.2% 30.3% 10.9% 10.3% 11.4%
84 21.6% 16.6% 26.8% 9.13% 8.64% 9.6%
85 18.6% 14.1% 23.5% 7.55% 7.11% 7.98%
86 15.9% 11.8% 20.2% 6.15% 5.75% 6.55%
87 13.4% 9.74% 17.2% 4.93% 4.56% 5.28%
88 11% 7.86% 14.4% 3.87% 3.54% 4.18%
89 8.96% 6.2% 11.9% 2.96% 2.67% 3.24%
90 7.12% 4.76% 9.66% 2.22% 1.97% 2.46%
91 5.55% 3.56% 7.69% 1.61% 1.4% 1.82%
92 4.22% 2.58% 6% 1.14% 0.97% 1.31%
93 3.13% 1.82% 4.56% 0.79% 0.65% 0.92%
94 2.26% 1.24% 3.38% 0.53% 0.42% 0.63%
95 1.58% 0.83% 2.43% 0.35% 0.27% 0.42%
96 1.08% 0.53% 1.69% 0.22% 0.16% 0.27%
97 0.71% 0.33% 1.14% 0.14% 0.1% 0.17%
98 0.46% 0.2% 0.74% 0.08% 0.06% 0.11%
99 0.28% 0.12% 0.47% 0.05% 0.03% 0.06%
100 0.17% 0.07% 0.29% 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 3.09% in the birth year in Ethiopia and 6.77% in Nigeria, 0.29% vs 0.68% at age 30, 1.37% vs 2.3% at 60, and 9.32% vs 12.6% at 80.

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

Ethiopia
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Ethiopia Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 3.09% 3.52% 2.64% 6.77% 7.31% 6.22%
1 0.33% 0.33% 0.33% 0.96% 1.08% 0.84%
2 0.29% 0.32% 0.26% 0.94% 1% 0.88%
3 0.27% 0.32% 0.21% 0.92% 0.91% 0.92%
4 0.25% 0.31% 0.18% 0.89% 0.83% 0.94%
5 0.22% 0.3% 0.14% 0.84% 0.74% 0.93%
6 0.2% 0.28% 0.12% 0.77% 0.66% 0.88%
7 0.18% 0.25% 0.1% 0.68% 0.57% 0.79%
8 0.16% 0.22% 0.09% 0.58% 0.49% 0.68%
9 0.14% 0.19% 0.08% 0.49% 0.42% 0.56%
10 0.12% 0.17% 0.08% 0.42% 0.37% 0.47%
11 0.11% 0.15% 0.07% 0.37% 0.34% 0.41%
12 0.11% 0.15% 0.07% 0.34% 0.32% 0.37%
13 0.11% 0.15% 0.08% 0.33% 0.31% 0.36%
14 0.12% 0.16% 0.08% 0.34% 0.32% 0.37%
15 0.14% 0.18% 0.09% 0.37% 0.34% 0.39%
16 0.16% 0.21% 0.1% 0.4% 0.38% 0.43%
17 0.18% 0.24% 0.11% 0.44% 0.42% 0.46%
18 0.2% 0.28% 0.12% 0.48% 0.47% 0.49%
19 0.22% 0.31% 0.13% 0.52% 0.52% 0.51%
20 0.24% 0.34% 0.14% 0.54% 0.56% 0.53%
21 0.25% 0.35% 0.15% 0.57% 0.6% 0.53%
22 0.26% 0.36% 0.15% 0.58% 0.62% 0.54%
23 0.26% 0.37% 0.16% 0.59% 0.64% 0.55%
24 0.27% 0.37% 0.17% 0.6% 0.64% 0.56%
25 0.27% 0.37% 0.17% 0.61% 0.64% 0.58%
26 0.27% 0.37% 0.18% 0.62% 0.64% 0.61%
27 0.28% 0.37% 0.18% 0.64% 0.64% 0.63%
28 0.28% 0.38% 0.19% 0.65% 0.64% 0.65%
29 0.29% 0.38% 0.19% 0.66% 0.65% 0.67%
30 0.29% 0.39% 0.2% 0.68% 0.66% 0.69%
31 0.3% 0.4% 0.2% 0.69% 0.67% 0.71%
32 0.3% 0.4% 0.2% 0.71% 0.69% 0.72%
33 0.31% 0.41% 0.2% 0.72% 0.7% 0.74%
34 0.31% 0.42% 0.21% 0.74% 0.71% 0.76%
35 0.32% 0.42% 0.21% 0.75% 0.73% 0.78%
36 0.33% 0.43% 0.22% 0.77% 0.74% 0.8%
37 0.34% 0.45% 0.23% 0.8% 0.77% 0.83%
38 0.36% 0.46% 0.25% 0.82% 0.79% 0.85%
39 0.38% 0.48% 0.27% 0.85% 0.82% 0.88%
40 0.4% 0.51% 0.29% 0.88% 0.86% 0.9%
41 0.42% 0.53% 0.31% 0.91% 0.9% 0.92%
42 0.44% 0.56% 0.33% 0.94% 0.93% 0.94%
43 0.46% 0.58% 0.35% 0.96% 0.97% 0.95%
44 0.48% 0.6% 0.36% 0.98% 1% 0.97%
45 0.49% 0.62% 0.37% 1.01% 1.03% 0.98%
46 0.52% 0.65% 0.38% 1.03% 1.07% 1%
47 0.54% 0.69% 0.4% 1.07% 1.12% 1.02%
48 0.58% 0.74% 0.43% 1.12% 1.18% 1.06%
49 0.63% 0.8% 0.47% 1.18% 1.25% 1.11%
50 0.69% 0.87% 0.52% 1.25% 1.33% 1.17%
51 0.75% 0.95% 0.57% 1.33% 1.42% 1.24%
52 0.81% 1.02% 0.62% 1.41% 1.5% 1.31%
53 0.87% 1.09% 0.66% 1.48% 1.59% 1.38%
54 0.91% 1.15% 0.7% 1.56% 1.67% 1.46%
55 0.96% 1.2% 0.74% 1.65% 1.75% 1.55%
56 1% 1.26% 0.77% 1.74% 1.84% 1.64%
57 1.06% 1.34% 0.82% 1.85% 1.95% 1.75%
58 1.14% 1.43% 0.88% 1.98% 2.08% 1.88%
59 1.24% 1.56% 0.97% 2.13% 2.23% 2.02%
60 1.37% 1.71% 1.07% 2.3% 2.41% 2.19%
61 1.51% 1.88% 1.19% 2.5% 2.61% 2.39%
62 1.67% 2.07% 1.33% 2.71% 2.83% 2.6%
63 1.85% 2.27% 1.48% 2.94% 3.07% 2.83%
64 2.03% 2.48% 1.64% 3.19% 3.31% 3.08%
65 2.22% 2.69% 1.81% 3.46% 3.57% 3.35%
66 2.42% 2.92% 1.99% 3.75% 3.86% 3.65%
67 2.65% 3.17% 2.2% 4.08% 4.18% 3.98%
68 2.9% 3.45% 2.44% 4.45% 4.54% 4.36%
69 3.2% 3.78% 2.71% 4.86% 4.95% 4.78%
70 3.53% 4.14% 3.01% 5.32% 5.41% 5.24%
71 3.89% 4.54% 3.35% 5.82% 5.92% 5.73%
72 4.3% 4.99% 3.73% 6.36% 6.47% 6.25%
73 4.74% 5.48% 4.13% 6.92% 7.05% 6.81%
74 5.21% 6.01% 4.58% 7.53% 7.68% 7.39%
75 5.74% 6.59% 5.06% 8.17% 8.35% 8.02%
76 6.31% 7.22% 5.6% 8.89% 9.08% 8.71%
77 6.95% 7.92% 6.2% 9.68% 9.88% 9.49%
78 7.66% 8.7% 6.87% 10.6% 10.8% 10.4%
79 8.45% 9.55% 7.63% 11.5% 11.7% 11.3%
80 9.32% 10.5% 8.48% 12.6% 12.8% 12.4%
81 10.3% 11.5% 9.4% 13.7% 13.9% 13.5%
82 11.3% 12.5% 10.4% 14.8% 15.1% 14.6%
83 12.3% 13.6% 11.5% 16% 16.4% 15.7%
84 13.5% 14.8% 12.6% 17.2% 17.7% 16.8%
85 14.7% 16.2% 13.7% 18.5% 19.1% 18%
86 16% 17.6% 14.9% 20% 20.7% 19.3%
87 17.4% 19.3% 16.2% 21.5% 22.5% 20.8%
88 18.9% 21.1% 17.5% 23.3% 24.4% 22.4%
89 20.5% 23.1% 18.9% 25.2% 26.5% 24.2%
90 22.2% 25.3% 20.4% 27.2% 28.6% 26.1%
91 24% 27.4% 22.1% 29.2% 30.8% 28%
92 25.8% 29.6% 23.9% 31.1% 33% 29.8%
93 27.8% 31.6% 26% 32.9% 35% 31.6%
94 29.8% 33.6% 28.2% 34.7% 36.9% 33.3%
95 31.9% 35.5% 30.4% 36.3% 38.8% 34.9%
96 34% 37.4% 32.6% 38% 40.6% 36.5%
97 36% 39.4% 34.8% 39.6% 42.4% 38.2%
98 38% 41.4% 36.8% 41.3% 44.2% 40%
99 39.9% 43.5% 38.7% 43% 46.1% 41.7%
100 42% 45.4% 40.9% 44.7% 47.9% 43.4%

Death rate by age in Ethiopia compared to Nigeria

In Ethiopia, the most common age of death is 80, compared to 0 in Nigeria. The median age of death is 74.6 in Ethiopia and 64.1 in Nigeria — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Ethiopia
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Ethiopia Nigeria
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 3,092 3,523 2,639 6,773 7,315 6,219
1 316 314 319 899 1,005 788
2 284.4 311 256.6 868 913 822
3 258.3 306 207.5 839 828 851
4 235.4 298.2 169 803 746 862
5 213.5 284 139.1 753 664 845
6 191.4 262.6 116.2 684 582 790
7 168.9 235.3 99 600 503 701
8 147.8 205.9 86.5 512 431 596
9 129.5 178.5 77.9 430 369 493
10 115.9 156.9 72.7 365 322 410
11 107.8 143.1 70.6 321 289.3 353
12 105.3 137.4 71.3 295 271.2 320
13 108.5 140.4 74.8 287.3 266.9 309
14 117.2 151.9 80.7 294.5 274.8 315
15 131.2 171.4 88.9 314 293.8 335
16 149.4 197.7 98.5 342 322 363
17 169.8 227.8 108.7 374 356 392
18 190.6 258.9 118.5 405 395 416
19 209.2 287 127.3 432 434 431
20 224.3 309 134.7 454 469 438
21 235.1 325 141 469 496 441
22 241.9 333 146.5 480 514 444
23 245.9 336 151.6 487 523 450
24 248.4 336 156.7 493 524 460
25 250.4 335 161.8 498 521 474
26 252.5 334 167 503 516 490
27 255.3 334 171.9 509 512 506
28 258.7 337 176.4 516 511 521
29 262.7 341 180.3 524 514 534
30 266.9 345 183.5 531 519 544
31 270.8 351 185.9 539 525 553
32 274.2 356 187.8 546 531 561
33 277.3 360 189.5 553 537 570
34 280.5 363 192 561 543 580
35 284.9 368 196.2 570 550 591
36 291.8 375 203 581 559 603
37 302 385 213.6 594 571 617
38 316 398 228 608 587 631
39 333 414 245.9 625 605 644
40 352 432 265.9 641 626 656
41 371 451 285.5 656 647 666
42 388 468 302 669 667 672
43 402 484 315 679 684 675
44 414 498 325 688 700 676
45 427 514 333 698 717 679
46 442 534 344 711 737 685
47 464 562 360 730 762 696
48 495 599 384 755 794 715
49 534 646 417 786 832 740
50 579 698 456 823 875 770
51 627 752 498 862 918 805
52 672 803 539 901 960 841
53 711 846 574 938 998 878
54 743 882 603 973 1,031 915
55 771 914 629 1,009 1,064 954
56 802 948 656 1,048 1,100 996
57 841 991 691 1,094 1,142 1,045
58 893 1,049 737 1,148 1,195 1,101
59 960 1,122 798 1,211 1,257 1,166
60 1,043 1,211 875 1,283 1,329 1,238
61 1,138 1,311 964 1,360 1,405 1,316
62 1,240 1,416 1,062 1,440 1,483 1,398
63 1,345 1,521 1,167 1,520 1,560 1,482
64 1,450 1,622 1,274 1,599 1,632 1,568
65 1,554 1,720 1,384 1,678 1,703 1,654
66 1,660 1,816 1,498 1,757 1,773 1,742
67 1,771 1,915 1,621 1,839 1,846 1,834
68 1,891 2,019 1,755 1,924 1,923 1,927
69 2,020 2,131 1,901 2,010 2,002 2,019
70 2,157 2,247 2,058 2,093 2,080 2,107
71 2,297 2,365 2,222 2,168 2,152 2,185
72 2,437 2,479 2,387 2,229 2,212 2,248
73 2,571 2,585 2,549 2,274 2,256 2,293
74 2,696 2,680 2,706 2,301 2,283 2,321
75 2,812 2,762 2,855 2,311 2,292 2,332
76 2,916 2,829 2,998 2,307 2,284 2,331
77 3,008 2,880 3,134 2,289 2,261 2,317
78 3,086 2,911 3,260 2,256 2,220 2,290
79 3,143 2,917 3,372 2,203 2,161 2,243
80 3,174 2,894 3,459 2,126 2,078 2,172
81 3,170 2,836 3,512 2,022 1,972 2,071
82 3,125 2,742 3,520 1,892 1,842 1,940
83 3,037 2,614 3,475 1,739 1,693 1,785
84 2,907 2,457 3,375 1,573 1,530 1,614
85 2,741 2,279 3,223 1,400 1,361 1,439
86 2,544 2,084 3,023 1,228 1,191 1,265
87 2,322 1,878 2,786 1,061 1,024 1,098
88 2,084 1,661 2,524 900 863 938
89 1,833 1,435 2,249 747 708 785
90 1,579 1,204 1,971 603 563 642
91 1,328 977 1,698 471 433 509
92 1,089 764 1,435 356 320 391
93 869 575 1,184 259.5 227.7 290.2
94 674 418 951 183.1 156.2 209
95 506 293.2 738 125.3 103.5 146.2
96 367 199.4 551 83.4 66.3 99.7
97 256.7 131.3 396 54 41.2 66.2
98 173.2 83.6 273 34 24.7 42.8
99 112.7 51.4 181.4 20.8 14.4 26.8
100 0 0 10.6 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 Ethiopia 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.

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