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Life Expectancy in Iceland vs Nigeria (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 83.3 years in Iceland vs 55 in Nigeria. Iceland is ranked 18/197 by life expectancy, and Nigeria is 197/197. In Iceland, the life expectancy is 82 years for males and 84.7 years for females. In Nigeria, it's 54.6 years for males and 55.3 years for females.

Iceland vs Nigeria life expectancy at birth by year chart

Iceland
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Iceland Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 71 68.6 73.5 35.5 33.6 37.5
1951 71 69.2 72.8 35.7 33.8 37.7
1952 72.4 70 74.8 35.9 34 37.9
1953 72.3 70.2 74.3 36 34.1 38.1
1954 73.3 71.1 75.6 36.2 34.3 38.3
1955 73.3 70.7 75.9 36.3 34.3 38.5
1956 72.9 71.5 74.3 36.5 34.5 38.6
1957 73.4 71.7 75.1 36.6 34.6 38.8
1958 73.3 70.9 75.9 36.8 34.8 39
1959 72.6 69.8 75.6 37 35 39.2
1960 74 72.4 75.7 37.2 35.2 39.3
1961 73.4 70.8 76.2 37.4 35.4 39.6
1962 73.6 71.3 76.1 37.6 35.6 39.7
1963 72.9 70.2 76 37.8 35.8 39.9
1964 73.5 70.9 76.3 38 35.9 40.1
1965 73.8 71.4 76.4 38.2 36.2 40.4
1966 73.1 70.2 76.3 38.4 36.4 40.5
1967 73.7 71.1 76.5 37.5 35.1 40.1
1968 73.9 71.5 76.4 38.6 36.4 41
1969 73.7 71.1 76.4 38.9 36.8 41.3
1970 73.8 70.7 77.2 40 38.4 41.7
1971 73.5 70.8 76.5 40.6 39 42.3
1972 74.4 72.1 76.9 41.3 39.5 43.1
1973 74.3 71.4 77.4 41.8 40 43.7
1974 74.1 70.9 77.7 42.5 40.6 44.5
1975 75.3 72.2 78.7 43.1 41 45.2
1976 76.6 73.7 79.8 44.2 42.7 45.7
1977 76.1 73.1 79.2 44.8 43.4 46.3
1978 76.4 73.6 79.3 45.3 43.8 46.9
1979 76.5 74 79.3 45.7 44.2 47.3
1980 76.6 73.4 80.1 46 44.3 47.6
1981 76.2 73.2 79.4 46.3 44.6 48
1982 76.8 74.4 79.3 46.4 44.7 48.2
1983 76.4 73.1 80.1 46.4 44.8 48.1
1984 77.3 74.6 80.1 46.3 44.7 48
1985 77.4 74.8 80.1 46.2 44.6 47.9
1986 77.9 75.2 80.6 46 44.5 47.5
1987 77.1 74.7 79.4 45.9 44.5 47.4
1988 76.9 74.3 79.6 45.8 44.4 47.3
1989 77.9 75.9 79.9 45.8 44.4 47.3
1990 77.7 75.2 80.4 45.7 44.4 47.1
1991 77.8 74.8 81 45.5 44.1 47
1992 78.6 76.6 80.6 45.6 44.2 47
1993 78.8 76.9 80.7 45.8 44.2 47.4
1994 79 77 81.1 45.7 44.2 47.3
1995 77.5 75.6 79.5 45.9 44.4 47.4
1996 78.6 76.4 81 45.8 44.4 47.3
1997 78.7 76.1 81.4 46 44.7 47.2
1998 79.4 77.5 81.3 46.1 45.1 47.2
1999 79.2 77.3 81.2 46.6 45.7 47.5
2000 79.5 77.7 81.3 47.1 46.3 48
2001 80.4 78.1 82.7 47.5 46.9 48.2
2002 80.3 78.3 82.2 48 47.5 48.5
2003 80.8 79.2 82.3 48.6 48.2 49.1
2004 80.7 78.7 82.7 49.1 48.8 49.5
2005 81.2 79.3 83 49.5 49 50.1
2006 80.9 79.2 82.6 49.9 49.3 50.4
2007 81.1 79.3 82.8 50.4 49.8 50.9
2008 81.2 79.6 82.9 50.7 50.3 51.2
2009 81.4 79.4 83.4 51.1 50.6 51.6
2010 81.6 79.6 83.7 51.3 50.9 51.8
2011 82 80.2 83.7 51.5 51.1 51.9
2012 82.3 81 83.6 51.7 51.3 52
2013 81.7 80.2 83.2 51.8 51.5 52.2
2014 82.4 80.9 83.9 51.9 51.6 52.3
2015 82.2 80.9 83.4 51.9 51.6 52.2
2016 81.8 80.1 83.6 52.2 51.9 52.4
2017 82.2 80.7 83.9 52.4 52.1 52.6
2018 82.5 80.9 84.1 52.7 52.4 52.9
2019 82.8 81.3 84.4 53 52.8 53.2
2020 82.7 81.2 84.2 53.1 52.7 53.4
2021 82.8 81.5 84.3 53.5 53.2 53.7
2022 81.6 79.4 84.1 54.1 53.8 54.4
2023 82.7 81 84.5 54.5 54.2 54.7
2024 83 81.6 84.5 54.6 54.3 54.9
2025 83.2 81.8 84.6 54.8 54.5 55.1
2026 83.3 82 84.7 55 54.6 55.3

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 71.4 years in Iceland and 54.9 in Nigeria. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 19.1 healthy years in Iceland and 14 in Nigeria.

Iceland 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 Iceland and Nigeria, also providing 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:
53.7 vs 37.2 years

Mean expected age of death:
83.7 vs 67.2 years

Median expected age of death:
85.9 vs 70.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Iceland Nigeria
Male Female Male Female
40 99.2% 99.6% 93.0% 92.6%
50 98.1% 98.9% 83.9% 83.9%
60 95.1% 96.8% 70.5% 71.9%
65 92.4% 94.5% 61.0% 63.0%
70 87.7% 91.1% 49.2% 51.4%
75 80.2% 85.3% 35.2% 37.2%
80 68.2% 75.1% 20.8% 22.5%
85 49.4% 58.8% 9.2% 10.2%
90 25.8% 35.9% 2.5% 3.2%
95 7.8% 14.0% 0.3% 0.5%
100 1.0% 2.7% 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 Iceland vs Nigeria: 83.7 years vs 67.2 at 30, 85.8 vs 77.2 at 65, 89.2 vs 85.2 at 80 — significantly higher than the 83.3 vs 55 years calculated at birth.

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

Iceland
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Iceland Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 83.3 82 84.7 55 54.6 55.3
1 83.4 82.1 84.8 58.9 58.8 58.9
2 83.4 82.1 84.8 59.4 59.5 59.4
3 83.4 82.1 84.8 60 60 59.9
4 83.4 82.1 84.8 60.5 60.5 60.4
5 83.4 82.1 84.8 61 61 60.9
6 83.4 82.1 84.8 61.4 61.4 61.4
7 83.4 82.1 84.8 61.9 61.8 61.9
8 83.4 82.1 84.8 62.2 62.1 62.4
9 83.4 82.1 84.8 62.5 62.4 62.7
10 83.4 82.1 84.8 62.8 62.6 63
11 83.4 82.1 84.8 63 62.8 63.3
12 83.4 82.1 84.8 63.2 62.9 63.5
13 83.4 82.1 84.8 63.4 63.1 63.7
14 83.5 82.1 84.8 63.5 63.3 63.8
15 83.5 82.1 84.8 63.7 63.4 64
16 83.5 82.1 84.9 63.9 63.6 64.2
17 83.5 82.2 84.9 64.1 63.8 64.4
18 83.5 82.2 84.9 64.3 63.9 64.6
19 83.5 82.2 84.9 64.5 64.2 64.9
20 83.5 82.2 84.9 64.7 64.4 65.1
21 83.5 82.2 84.9 65 64.6 65.3
22 83.6 82.3 84.9 65.2 64.9 65.5
23 83.6 82.3 84.9 65.5 65.2 65.8
24 83.6 82.3 84.9 65.7 65.4 66
25 83.6 82.4 84.9 66 65.7 66.2
26 83.7 82.4 85 66.2 65.9 66.5
27 83.7 82.4 85 66.5 66.2 66.7
28 83.7 82.5 85 66.7 66.4 67
29 83.7 82.5 85 67 66.7 67.2
30 83.7 82.5 85 67.2 66.9 67.5
31 83.8 82.6 85 67.5 67.2 67.7
32 83.8 82.6 85 67.7 67.4 68
33 83.8 82.6 85 68 67.7 68.2
34 83.9 82.7 85.1 68.2 67.9 68.5
35 83.9 82.7 85.1 68.4 68.1 68.8
36 83.9 82.8 85.1 68.7 68.4 69
37 83.9 82.8 85.1 68.9 68.6 69.3
38 84 82.8 85.1 69.2 68.8 69.5
39 84 82.9 85.2 69.4 69.1 69.8
40 84 82.9 85.2 69.7 69.3 70.1
41 84.1 82.9 85.2 70 69.6 70.3
42 84.1 83 85.2 70.2 69.8 70.6
43 84.1 83 85.3 70.5 70.1 70.9
44 84.2 83 85.3 70.7 70.3 71.1
45 84.2 83.1 85.3 71 70.6 71.4
46 84.2 83.1 85.4 71.3 70.9 71.6
47 84.3 83.2 85.4 71.5 71.1 71.9
48 84.3 83.2 85.4 71.8 71.4 72.1
49 84.3 83.3 85.5 72 71.7 72.4
50 84.4 83.3 85.5 72.3 71.9 72.7
51 84.4 83.4 85.5 72.6 72.2 72.9
52 84.5 83.4 85.6 72.9 72.5 73.2
53 84.6 83.5 85.6 73.1 72.8 73.4
54 84.6 83.6 85.7 73.4 73.1 73.7
55 84.7 83.7 85.7 73.7 73.5 74
56 84.8 83.7 85.8 74 73.8 74.3
57 84.9 83.8 85.9 74.4 74.1 74.6
58 84.9 83.9 85.9 74.7 74.4 74.9
59 85 84.1 86 75 74.8 75.2
60 85.1 84.2 86.1 75.3 75.1 75.5
61 85.3 84.3 86.2 75.7 75.5 75.9
62 85.4 84.4 86.3 76 75.8 76.2
63 85.5 84.5 86.4 76.4 76.2 76.6
64 85.6 84.7 86.6 76.8 76.6 77
65 85.8 84.8 86.7 77.2 77 77.4
66 85.9 85 86.8 77.6 77.5 77.8
67 86.1 85.1 87 78.1 77.9 78.2
68 86.2 85.3 87.1 78.5 78.4 78.6
69 86.4 85.5 87.3 79 78.8 79.1
70 86.6 85.7 87.4 79.4 79.3 79.6
71 86.8 86 87.6 79.9 79.8 80.1
72 87 86.2 87.7 80.5 80.3 80.6
73 87.2 86.4 87.9 81 80.9 81.1
74 87.4 86.7 88.2 81.6 81.4 81.7
75 87.7 87 88.4 82.1 82 82.2
76 88 87.2 88.7 82.7 82.6 82.8
77 88.3 87.6 88.9 83.3 83.2 83.4
78 88.6 87.9 89.2 83.9 83.8 84.1
79 88.9 88.2 89.5 84.6 84.5 84.7
80 89.2 88.6 89.9 85.2 85.1 85.4
81 89.6 89 90.2 85.9 85.8 86
82 90 89.4 90.6 86.6 86.5 86.7
83 90.4 89.8 91 87.3 87.2 87.5
84 90.9 90.3 91.4 88.1 87.9 88.2
85 91.4 90.8 91.8 88.8 88.7 88.9
86 91.9 91.4 92.3 89.6 89.4 89.7
87 92.4 92 92.8 90.3 90.2 90.5
88 93 92.6 93.4 91.1 91 91.3
89 93.6 93.2 94 91.9 91.8 92
90 94.3 93.9 94.6 92.7 92.6 92.9
91 94.9 94.6 95.2 93.6 93.4 93.7
92 95.6 95.3 95.9 94.4 94.3 94.5
93 96.3 96 96.6 95.3 95.2 95.4
94 97.1 96.8 97.3 96.2 96 96.3
95 97.9 97.6 98 97.1 96.9 97.2
96 98.6 98.4 98.8 98 97.8 98.1
97 99.5 99.2 99.6 98.9 98.8 99
98 100.3 100.1 100.4 99.8 99.7 99.9
99 101.1 100.9 101.2 100.7 100.6 100.8
100 102 101.8 102.1 101.6 101.6 101.7

Odds of living to age in Iceland vs Nigeria

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 95.3% in Iceland and 56% in Nigeria are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 88.7% and 39.6% will live to 70 years or older, 71.1% and 17.1% to 80+ years, and 30.6% and 2.24% 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.

Iceland
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Iceland Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99.9% 99.9% 99.9% 93.3% 92.8% 93.9%
2 99.9% 99.9% 99.9% 92.4% 91.8% 93.1%
3 99.9% 99.9% 99.9% 91.6% 90.9% 92.3%
4 99.9% 99.8% 99.9% 90.7% 90% 91.4%
5 99.8% 99.8% 99.9% 89.9% 89.3% 90.6%
6 99.8% 99.8% 99.9% 89.2% 88.6% 89.7%
7 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 88.5% 88.1% 89%
8 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 87.9% 87.6% 88.3%
9 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 87.4% 87.1% 87.7%
10 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 87% 86.8% 87.2%
11 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 86.6% 86.4% 86.8%
12 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 86.3% 86.2% 86.4%
13 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 86% 85.9% 86.1%
14 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 85.7% 85.6% 85.8%
15 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 85.4% 85.4% 85.5%
16 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 85.1% 85.1% 85.2%
17 99.8% 99.7% 99.8% 84.8% 84.7% 84.8%
18 99.7% 99.7% 99.8% 84.4% 84.4% 84.4%
19 99.7% 99.7% 99.8% 84% 84% 84%
20 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% 83.6% 83.6% 83.6%
21 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% 83.1% 83.1% 83.1%
22 99.6% 99.6% 99.7% 82.7% 82.6% 82.7%
23 99.6% 99.5% 99.7% 82.2% 82.1% 82.3%
24 99.6% 99.5% 99.7% 81.7% 81.6% 81.8%
25 99.5% 99.4% 99.7% 81.2% 81.1% 81.4%
26 99.5% 99.3% 99.6% 80.7% 80.5% 80.9%
27 99.5% 99.3% 99.6% 80.2% 80% 80.4%
28 99.4% 99.2% 99.6% 79.7% 79.5% 79.9%
29 99.4% 99.2% 99.6% 79.2% 79% 79.4%
30 99.3% 99.1% 99.6% 78.7% 78.5% 78.9%
31 99.3% 99.1% 99.5% 78.1% 78% 78.3%
32 99.2% 99% 99.5% 77.6% 77.5% 77.8%
33 99.2% 98.9% 99.5% 77.1% 76.9% 77.2%
34 99.1% 98.8% 99.4% 76.5% 76.4% 76.6%
35 99.1% 98.7% 99.4% 76% 75.8% 76.1%
36 99% 98.6% 99.4% 75.4% 75.3% 75.5%
37 98.9% 98.6% 99.3% 74.8% 74.7% 74.9%
38 98.9% 98.5% 99.3% 74.2% 74.2% 74.3%
39 98.8% 98.4% 99.2% 73.6% 73.6% 73.6%
40 98.8% 98.4% 99.2% 73% 73% 73%
41 98.7% 98.3% 99.1% 72.4% 72.4% 72.3%
42 98.6% 98.2% 99.1% 71.7% 71.7% 71.7%
43 98.5% 98.1% 99% 71% 71.1% 71%
44 98.5% 98% 98.9% 70.4% 70.4% 70.3%
45 98.4% 97.9% 98.9% 69.7% 69.7% 69.7%
46 98.3% 97.8% 98.8% 69% 69% 69%
47 98.2% 97.7% 98.7% 68.3% 68.2% 68.3%
48 98.1% 97.6% 98.6% 67.5% 67.5% 67.6%
49 97.9% 97.4% 98.5% 66.8% 66.7% 66.9%
50 97.8% 97.3% 98.4% 66% 65.8% 66.2%
51 97.7% 97.1% 98.3% 65.2% 65% 65.4%
52 97.5% 96.9% 98.2% 64.3% 64.1% 64.6%
53 97.3% 96.7% 98% 63.4% 63.1% 63.7%
54 97.1% 96.4% 97.9% 62.5% 62.1% 62.9%
55 96.9% 96.2% 97.7% 61.5% 61.1% 62%
56 96.6% 95.9% 97.5% 60.5% 60% 61%
57 96.4% 95.5% 97.3% 59.5% 58.9% 60%
58 96% 95.2% 97% 58.4% 57.8% 59%
59 95.7% 94.8% 96.7% 57.2% 56.6% 57.9%
60 95.3% 94.3% 96.4% 56% 55.3% 56.7%
61 94.9% 93.8% 96% 54.7% 54% 55.5%
62 94.4% 93.3% 95.6% 53.4% 52.6% 54.1%
63 93.9% 92.8% 95.2% 51.9% 51.1% 52.8%
64 93.4% 92.2% 94.7% 50.4% 49.5% 51.3%
65 92.8% 91.6% 94.1% 48.8% 47.9% 49.7%
66 92.1% 90.8% 93.5% 47.1% 46.2% 48%
67 91.4% 90% 92.9% 45.4% 44.4% 46.3%
68 90.6% 89.1% 92.2% 43.5% 42.6% 44.5%
69 89.7% 88.1% 91.5% 41.6% 40.7% 42.5%
70 88.7% 86.9% 90.7% 39.6% 38.6% 40.5%
71 87.7% 85.7% 89.8% 37.5% 36.6% 38.4%
72 86.5% 84.3% 88.8% 35.3% 34.4% 36.2%
73 85.2% 82.8% 87.7% 33.1% 32.2% 33.9%
74 83.8% 81.2% 86.4% 30.8% 29.9% 31.6%
75 82.1% 79.4% 84.9% 28.5% 27.6% 29.3%
76 80.3% 77.5% 83.2% 26.2% 25.3% 27%
77 78.3% 75.4% 81.4% 23.8% 23% 24.6%
78 76.1% 73% 79.4% 21.5% 20.8% 22.3%
79 73.8% 70.5% 77.2% 19.3% 18.5% 20%
80 71.1% 67.6% 74.8% 17.1% 16.4% 17.7%
81 68.2% 64.5% 72.1% 14.9% 14.3% 15.5%
82 65% 61.1% 69.1% 12.9% 12.3% 13.5%
83 61.5% 57.3% 65.9% 11% 10.4% 11.5%
84 57.8% 53.3% 62.4% 9.22% 8.73% 9.7%
85 53.7% 48.9% 58.5% 7.63% 7.19% 8.07%
86 49.4% 44.4% 54.4% 6.22% 5.81% 6.62%
87 44.8% 39.7% 49.9% 4.98% 4.61% 5.34%
88 40.1% 34.9% 45.3% 3.91% 3.58% 4.23%
89 35.4% 30.2% 40.6% 3% 2.71% 3.28%
90 30.6% 25.6% 35.7% 2.24% 1.99% 2.49%
91 26.1% 21.3% 30.9% 1.63% 1.42% 1.84%
92 21.7% 17.2% 26.2% 1.16% 0.98% 1.33%
93 17.6% 13.6% 21.7% 0.8% 0.66% 0.93%
94 14% 10.4% 17.6% 0.54% 0.43% 0.64%
95 10.8% 7.74% 13.9% 0.35% 0.27% 0.42%
96 8.07% 5.57% 10.7% 0.22% 0.17% 0.28%
97 5.86% 3.87% 7.92% 0.14% 0.1% 0.18%
98 4.11% 2.59% 5.69% 0.08% 0.06% 0.11%
99 2.78% 1.67% 3.95% 0.05% 0.03% 0.07%
100 1.82% 1.04% 2.65% 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 0.11% in the birth year in Iceland and 6.69% in Nigeria, 0.05% vs 0.67% at age 30, 0.44% vs 2.29% at 60, and 4.08% vs 12.5% at 80.

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

Iceland
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Iceland Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 0.11% 0.11% 0.11% 6.69% 7.24% 6.13%
1 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.96% 1.08% 0.84%
2 0.009% 0.01% 0.007% 0.93% 0.99% 0.88%
3 0.007% 0.009% 0.006% 0.91% 0.9% 0.91%
4 0.005% 0.005% 0.005% 0.88% 0.82% 0.93%
5 0.004% 0.004% 0.005% 0.83% 0.74% 0.92%
6 0.004% 0.003% 0.005% 0.76% 0.65% 0.87%
7 0.004% 0.003% 0.005% 0.67% 0.57% 0.78%
8 0.003% 0.002% 0.004% 0.58% 0.49% 0.67%
9 0.003% 0.002% 0.004% 0.49% 0.42% 0.56%
10 0.003% 0.002% 0.004% 0.42% 0.37% 0.47%
11 0.004% 0.003% 0.005% 0.37% 0.33% 0.4%
12 0.007% 0.007% 0.007% 0.34% 0.31% 0.37%
13 0.009% 0.01% 0.008% 0.33% 0.31% 0.35%
14 0.01% 0.02% 0.008% 0.34% 0.32% 0.36%
15 0.01% 0.02% 0.009% 0.36% 0.34% 0.39%
16 0.02% 0.02% 0.009% 0.4% 0.38% 0.42%
17 0.02% 0.03% 0.01% 0.44% 0.42% 0.46%
18 0.02% 0.03% 0.01% 0.48% 0.47% 0.49%
19 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.51% 0.51% 0.51%
20 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.54% 0.56% 0.52%
21 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.56% 0.59% 0.53%
22 0.03% 0.05% 0.02% 0.58% 0.62% 0.53%
23 0.04% 0.05% 0.02% 0.59% 0.63% 0.54%
24 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.6% 0.64% 0.56%
25 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.61% 0.64% 0.58%
26 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.62% 0.64% 0.6%
27 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.63% 0.64% 0.63%
28 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.64% 0.64% 0.65%
29 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.66% 0.65% 0.67%
30 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.67% 0.66% 0.69%
31 0.05% 0.08% 0.03% 0.69% 0.67% 0.7%
32 0.06% 0.08% 0.03% 0.7% 0.68% 0.72%
33 0.06% 0.09% 0.03% 0.71% 0.7% 0.73%
34 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.73% 0.71% 0.75%
35 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.75% 0.72% 0.77%
36 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.77% 0.74% 0.8%
37 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.79% 0.76% 0.82%
38 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.82% 0.79% 0.85%
39 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.85% 0.82% 0.87%
40 0.07% 0.08% 0.05% 0.88% 0.85% 0.9%
41 0.07% 0.09% 0.06% 0.9% 0.89% 0.92%
42 0.08% 0.09% 0.06% 0.93% 0.93% 0.93%
43 0.09% 0.1% 0.07% 0.95% 0.96% 0.95%
44 0.09% 0.1% 0.07% 0.98% 0.99% 0.96%
45 0.09% 0.1% 0.08% 1% 1.03% 0.97%
46 0.1% 0.11% 0.08% 1.03% 1.07% 0.99%
47 0.11% 0.13% 0.09% 1.07% 1.11% 1.02%
48 0.12% 0.15% 0.1% 1.11% 1.17% 1.05%
49 0.14% 0.17% 0.11% 1.17% 1.25% 1.1%
50 0.15% 0.19% 0.12% 1.24% 1.33% 1.16%
51 0.17% 0.2% 0.13% 1.32% 1.41% 1.23%
52 0.19% 0.22% 0.15% 1.4% 1.5% 1.3%
53 0.21% 0.25% 0.16% 1.48% 1.58% 1.37%
54 0.23% 0.28% 0.18% 1.56% 1.66% 1.45%
55 0.26% 0.31% 0.2% 1.64% 1.74% 1.54%
56 0.29% 0.35% 0.23% 1.73% 1.83% 1.63%
57 0.32% 0.39% 0.26% 1.84% 1.94% 1.74%
58 0.36% 0.43% 0.29% 1.97% 2.07% 1.87%
59 0.4% 0.48% 0.33% 2.12% 2.22% 2.01%
60 0.44% 0.51% 0.37% 2.29% 2.4% 2.18%
61 0.48% 0.54% 0.43% 2.49% 2.6% 2.37%
62 0.53% 0.58% 0.49% 2.7% 2.82% 2.58%
63 0.58% 0.62% 0.54% 2.93% 3.05% 2.81%
64 0.63% 0.69% 0.58% 3.18% 3.3% 3.06%
65 0.7% 0.79% 0.62% 3.44% 3.56% 3.33%
66 0.79% 0.9% 0.68% 3.73% 3.84% 3.63%
67 0.88% 1.02% 0.74% 4.06% 4.16% 3.97%
68 0.98% 1.16% 0.8% 4.43% 4.52% 4.34%
69 1.1% 1.31% 0.88% 4.84% 4.93% 4.76%
70 1.2% 1.44% 0.96% 5.3% 5.39% 5.22%
71 1.33% 1.58% 1.08% 5.8% 5.9% 5.71%
72 1.5% 1.75% 1.26% 6.33% 6.45% 6.23%
73 1.72% 1.95% 1.48% 6.9% 7.03% 6.78%
74 1.96% 2.19% 1.73% 7.5% 7.66% 7.37%
75 2.21% 2.47% 1.97% 8.15% 8.33% 8%
76 2.48% 2.76% 2.19% 8.86% 9.06% 8.69%
77 2.78% 3.11% 2.46% 9.65% 9.86% 9.47%
78 3.12% 3.5% 2.77% 10.5% 10.7% 10.3%
79 3.58% 4.01% 3.16% 11.5% 11.7% 11.3%
80 4.08% 4.59% 3.59% 12.5% 12.8% 12.3%
81 4.67% 5.31% 4.1% 13.7% 13.9% 13.4%
82 5.35% 6.15% 4.68% 14.8% 15.1% 14.5%
83 6.14% 7.09% 5.38% 16% 16.3% 15.7%
84 7.05% 8.14% 6.18% 17.2% 17.7% 16.8%
85 8.04% 9.29% 7.09% 18.5% 19.1% 18%
86 9.19% 10.6% 8.11% 19.9% 20.7% 19.3%
87 10.5% 12% 9.26% 21.5% 22.4% 20.8%
88 11.9% 13.5% 10.5% 23.3% 24.3% 22.4%
89 13.3% 15.2% 11.9% 25.2% 26.4% 24.2%
90 15% 17% 13.5% 27.2% 28.6% 26.1%
91 16.8% 19% 15.2% 29.2% 30.8% 28%
92 18.7% 21.1% 17% 31.1% 32.9% 29.8%
93 20.7% 23.3% 19% 32.9% 34.9% 31.6%
94 22.9% 25.7% 21.1% 34.6% 36.9% 33.2%
95 25.1% 28.1% 23.3% 36.3% 38.7% 34.9%
96 27.4% 30.5% 25.7% 37.9% 40.5% 36.5%
97 29.8% 33% 28.1% 39.6% 42.4% 38.2%
98 32.2% 35.5% 30.6% 41.3% 44.2% 39.9%
99 34.6% 38% 33.1% 43% 46% 41.7%
100 37% 40.5% 35.4% 44.7% 47.8% 43.4%

Death rate by age in Iceland compared to Nigeria

In Iceland, the most common age of death is 88, compared to 0 in Nigeria. The median age of death is 85.9 in Iceland and 64.3 in Nigeria — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Iceland
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Iceland Nigeria
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 114.6 114.4 114.7 6,691 7,237 6,132
1 13.8 17.6 9.72 895 1,000 785
2 9.29 11.8 6.6 862 907 815
3 7.25 8.57 5.84 832 822 842
4 5.24 5.27 5.21 795 740 852
5 4.13 3.5 4.81 744 658 834
6 3.84 3.04 4.7 676 577 779
7 3.69 2.8 4.65 593 498 691
8 3.25 2.18 4.44 506 427 588
9 2.86 1.66 4.13 425 366 487
10 3 1.79 4.27 361 319 406
11 4.04 3.03 5.11 317 287 349
12 6.68 6.6 6.75 292.3 269.1 316
13 9.46 11.2 7.74 284.9 264.9 306
14 11.9 15.4 8.13 292.2 272.9 312
15 14.3 19.8 8.54 312 291.9 332
16 17 24.2 9.38 340 320 360
17 20.6 29.4 11.2 371 354 389
18 24.3 34.4 13.6 402 393 412
19 27.1 38.2 15.4 429 431 427
20 29.3 41.2 16.8 451 466 435
21 31.6 44.6 17.9 466 494 438
22 33.6 48.4 18.4 477 512 441
23 35.3 52.1 18.2 484 520 447
24 36.8 55.3 17.6 490 522 457
25 36.8 55.6 17.2 495 518 471
26 37 55.4 18.3 501 513 487
27 38 55.2 20.3 507 510 504
28 40.1 56.9 22.3 514 509 519
29 43.4 61.3 24.1 521 511 531
30 48.1 68.5 26 529 516 541
31 52.8 75.3 28.2 536 523 550
32 57.6 81.5 31.3 543 529 558
33 61.1 85.2 33.9 551 535 567
34 59.9 81 34.8 559 541 577
35 59.6 78.4 37.4 568 548 588
36 59.3 75.5 40.6 578 557 600
37 60.5 74.3 44.2 591 569 614
38 60.4 71.7 46.6 606 584 628
39 61.8 72.1 49.7 622 603 642
40 65 75.3 53.4 639 624 654
41 73.1 85 59.7 654 645 663
42 77.4 89.5 63.6 667 664 669
43 84.7 97.7 69.8 677 682 672
44 88.1 100.4 73.6 686 698 674
45 90.5 102.4 76.9 696 715 676
46 97.6 110.8 82.7 709 735 682
47 106.3 122.6 88.5 727 760 694
48 119.4 141.5 95.8 753 792 712
49 135.6 163.1 105.5 784 830 737
50 150.7 180 118.3 821 873 768
51 164.3 193.5 132 860 917 803
52 180.5 212 145.7 899 958 839
53 201.4 238.7 161.5 936 996 876
54 226.1 269.1 180.1 972 1,030 913
55 252.7 301 199.9 1,008 1,062 952
56 279.5 334 221.7 1,047 1,098 995
57 313 372 249 1,093 1,141 1,044
58 348 413 280.6 1,147 1,194 1,100
59 384 452 317 1,211 1,256 1,165
60 421 482 359 1,283 1,328 1,237
61 459 508 411 1,360 1,405 1,316
62 500 537 465 1,440 1,483 1,398
63 544 579 510 1,521 1,560 1,483
64 590 635 545 1,600 1,633 1,569
65 654 719 586 1,679 1,704 1,656
66 727 816 634 1,759 1,775 1,745
67 803 919 685 1,842 1,849 1,837
68 888 1,031 740 1,928 1,926 1,931
69 984 1,154 805 2,014 2,006 2,024
70 1,065 1,252 873 2,098 2,084 2,113
71 1,163 1,351 970 2,174 2,157 2,192
72 1,299 1,472 1,117 2,236 2,218 2,256
73 1,465 1,618 1,302 2,282 2,263 2,303
74 1,639 1,781 1,493 2,310 2,291 2,331
75 1,818 1,959 1,670 2,321 2,301 2,344
76 1,990 2,136 1,823 2,318 2,294 2,344
77 2,174 2,342 2,002 2,300 2,271 2,331
78 2,379 2,556 2,200 2,268 2,232 2,304
79 2,640 2,824 2,439 2,216 2,172 2,258
80 2,899 3,104 2,685 2,140 2,091 2,187
81 3,188 3,427 2,953 2,036 1,984 2,087
82 3,480 3,758 3,238 1,906 1,855 1,956
83 3,782 4,068 3,543 1,753 1,705 1,800
84 4,075 4,336 3,853 1,586 1,542 1,629
85 4,316 4,549 4,148 1,413 1,373 1,452
86 4,536 4,693 4,410 1,240 1,202 1,277
87 4,703 4,755 4,624 1,072 1,034 1,109
88 4,766 4,725 4,772 910 871 948
89 4,718 4,597 4,841 755 715 794
90 4,582 4,367 4,817 610 569 649
91 4,370 4,042 4,690 477 438 515
92 4,055 3,635 4,460 360 324 395
93 3,659 3,169 4,131 262.7 230.7 293.7
94 3,204 2,671 3,718 185.4 158.4 211.6
95 2,706 2,171 3,243 127 105 148.2
96 2,214 1,699 2,735 84.6 67.4 101
97 1,748 1,277 2,224 54.8 41.8 67.1
98 1,325 920 1,740 34.5 25.2 43.4
99 964 634 1,307 21.1 14.6 27.2
100 480 184.2 789 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 Iceland 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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