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Life Expectancy in India vs Nigeria (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 72.5 years in India vs 54.8 in Nigeria. India is ranked 118/197 by life expectancy, and Nigeria is 197/197. In India, the life expectancy is 71 years for males and 74.1 years for females. In Nigeria, it's 54.5 years for males and 55.1 years for females.

India vs Nigeria life expectancy at birth by year chart

India
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
India Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 41.2 41.9 40.4 35.5 33.6 37.5
1951 41.6 42.3 40.8 35.7 33.8 37.7
1952 42.1 42.8 41.3 35.9 34 37.9
1953 42.4 43.1 41.7 36 34.1 38.1
1954 43.2 43.9 42.5 36.2 34.3 38.3
1955 43.7 44.4 43 36.3 34.3 38.5
1956 44.1 44.8 43.4 36.5 34.5 38.6
1957 44.4 45.1 43.7 36.6 34.6 38.8
1958 44.8 45.5 44.1 36.8 34.8 39
1959 45.3 45.9 44.5 37 35 39.2
1960 45.6 46.3 44.9 37.2 35.2 39.3
1961 45.8 46.5 45.1 37.4 35.4 39.6
1962 46.1 46.8 45.4 37.6 35.6 39.7
1963 46.5 47.1 45.8 37.8 35.8 39.9
1964 46.7 47.3 46.1 38 35.9 40.1
1965 45.6 46.1 45 38.2 36.2 40.4
1966 45.9 46.4 45.3 38.4 36.4 40.5
1967 46.2 46.7 45.6 37.5 35.1 40.1
1968 47.9 48.5 47.3 38.6 36.4 41
1969 48.3 48.8 47.7 38.9 36.8 41.3
1970 48.6 49.1 48 40 38.4 41.7
1971 48.9 49.4 48.3 40.6 39 42.3
1972 49.2 49.7 48.7 41.3 39.5 43.1
1973 49.6 50.1 49.1 41.8 40 43.7
1974 50.3 50.7 49.7 42.5 40.6 44.5
1975 50.8 51.2 50.3 43.1 41 45.2
1976 51.3 51.7 50.9 44.2 42.7 45.7
1977 51.8 52.2 51.4 44.8 43.4 46.3
1978 52.4 52.7 52.1 45.3 43.8 46.9
1979 53 53.2 52.8 45.7 44.2 47.3
1980 53.6 53.7 53.5 46 44.3 47.6
1981 54.2 54.2 54.2 46.3 44.6 48
1982 54.7 54.7 54.8 46.4 44.7 48.2
1983 55.3 55.1 55.5 46.4 44.8 48.1
1984 55.8 55.5 56.1 46.3 44.7 48
1985 56.3 56 56.7 46.2 44.6 47.9
1986 56.8 56.4 57.3 46 44.5 47.5
1987 57.3 56.8 57.9 45.9 44.5 47.4
1988 57.7 57.2 58.4 45.8 44.4 47.3
1989 58.2 57.6 58.9 45.8 44.4 47.3
1990 58.6 58 59.4 45.7 44.4 47.1
1991 59 58.3 59.8 45.5 44.1 47
1992 59.4 58.7 60.2 45.6 44.2 47
1993 59.8 59.1 60.6 45.8 44.2 47.4
1994 60.2 59.5 61 45.7 44.2 47.3
1995 60.6 59.9 61.4 45.9 44.4 47.4
1996 61 60.2 61.9 45.8 44.4 47.3
1997 61.4 60.6 62.3 46 44.7 47.2
1998 61.9 61 62.8 46.1 45.1 47.2
1999 62.3 61.4 63.2 46.6 45.7 47.5
2000 62.7 61.8 63.8 47.1 46.3 48
2001 63.2 62.1 64.3 47.5 46.9 48.2
2002 63.6 62.5 64.9 48 47.5 48.5
2003 64.1 62.9 65.4 48.6 48.2 49.1
2004 64.5 63.2 65.8 49.1 48.8 49.5
2005 64.9 63.6 66.4 49.5 49 50.1
2006 65.4 64 66.9 49.9 49.3 50.4
2007 65.8 64.4 67.4 50.4 49.8 50.9
2008 66.2 64.8 67.8 50.7 50.3 51.2
2009 66.7 65.2 68.3 51.1 50.6 51.6
2010 67.2 65.6 68.8 51.3 50.9 51.8
2011 67.6 66.1 69.3 51.5 51.1 51.9
2012 68.1 66.5 69.7 51.7 51.3 52
2013 68.5 67 70.2 51.8 51.5 52.2
2014 68.9 67.4 70.6 51.9 51.6 52.3
2015 69.3 67.8 70.9 51.9 51.6 52.2
2016 69.7 68.2 71.3 52.2 51.9 52.4
2017 70.1 68.6 71.6 52.4 52.1 52.6
2018 70.4 69 72 52.7 52.4 52.9
2019 70.7 69.3 72.3 53 52.8 53.2
2020 70.2 68.5 71.9 53.1 52.7 53.4
2021 67.3 65.9 68.8 53.5 53.2 53.7
2022 71.7 70.2 73.3 54.1 53.8 54.4
2023 72 70.5 73.6 54.5 54.2 54.7
2024 72.2 70.7 73.9 54.6 54.3 54.9
2025 72.5 71 74.1 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 58.1 years in India and 54.9 in Nigeria. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.5 healthy years in India and 14 in Nigeria.

India 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 India 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:
45.5 vs 37.1 years

Mean expected age of death:
75.5 vs 67.1 years

Median expected age of death:
77.4 vs 70.0 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
India Nigeria
Male Female Male Female
40 97.8% 98.7% 92.9% 92.5%
50 93.4% 96.1% 83.8% 83.8%
60 84.0% 89.2% 70.3% 71.7%
65 76.3% 83.1% 60.9% 62.8%
70 65.8% 74.2% 49.1% 51.2%
75 52.4% 62.0% 35.0% 37.0%
80 37.4% 46.7% 20.7% 22.3%
85 22.5% 30.0% 9.1% 10.2%
90 10.7% 15.1% 2.5% 3.1%
95 3.6% 5.3% 0.3% 0.5%
100 0.8% 1.1% 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 India vs Nigeria: 75.5 years vs 67.1 at 30, 80.9 vs 77.2 at 65, 87.6 vs 85.2 at 80 — significantly higher than the 72.5 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 India and Nigeria.

India
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
India Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 72.5 71 74.1 54.8 54.5 55.1
1 74.1 72.5 75.8 58.7 58.7 58.8
2 74.3 72.7 76 59.3 59.4 59.2
3 74.4 72.8 76.1 59.8 59.9 59.7
4 74.4 72.9 76.1 60.4 60.4 60.3
5 74.5 72.9 76.2 60.9 60.9 60.8
6 74.5 73 76.2 61.3 61.3 61.3
7 74.6 73 76.3 61.8 61.7 61.8
8 74.6 73 76.3 62.1 62 62.2
9 74.6 73.1 76.3 62.4 62.3 62.6
10 74.7 73.1 76.4 62.7 62.5 62.9
11 74.7 73.1 76.4 62.9 62.7 63.2
12 74.7 73.1 76.4 63.1 62.9 63.4
13 74.7 73.1 76.4 63.3 63 63.6
14 74.7 73.2 76.4 63.5 63.2 63.7
15 74.8 73.2 76.5 63.6 63.3 63.9
16 74.8 73.2 76.5 63.8 63.5 64.1
17 74.8 73.3 76.5 64 63.7 64.3
18 74.9 73.3 76.6 64.2 63.9 64.5
19 74.9 73.3 76.6 64.4 64.1 64.8
20 75 73.4 76.7 64.7 64.3 65
21 75 73.4 76.7 64.9 64.6 65.2
22 75.1 73.5 76.7 65.1 64.8 65.5
23 75.1 73.5 76.8 65.4 65.1 65.7
24 75.2 73.6 76.8 65.6 65.4 65.9
25 75.2 73.7 76.9 65.9 65.6 66.2
26 75.3 73.7 76.9 66.1 65.9 66.4
27 75.3 73.8 77 66.4 66.1 66.6
28 75.4 73.8 77 66.6 66.4 66.9
29 75.4 73.9 77.1 66.9 66.6 67.1
30 75.5 74 77.1 67.1 66.9 67.4
31 75.5 74 77.2 67.4 67.1 67.7
32 75.6 74.1 77.2 67.6 67.4 67.9
33 75.7 74.2 77.3 67.9 67.6 68.2
34 75.7 74.3 77.3 68.1 67.8 68.4
35 75.8 74.4 77.4 68.4 68.1 68.7
36 75.9 74.4 77.4 68.6 68.3 69
37 76 74.5 77.5 68.9 68.6 69.2
38 76 74.6 77.5 69.1 68.8 69.5
39 76.1 74.7 77.6 69.4 69 69.7
40 76.2 74.8 77.7 69.7 69.3 70
41 76.3 74.9 77.7 69.9 69.5 70.3
42 76.4 75.1 77.8 70.2 69.8 70.6
43 76.5 75.2 77.9 70.4 70 70.8
44 76.6 75.3 77.9 70.7 70.3 71.1
45 76.7 75.4 78 71 70.6 71.3
46 76.8 75.6 78.1 71.2 70.8 71.6
47 76.9 75.7 78.2 71.5 71.1 71.8
48 77.1 75.9 78.3 71.7 71.4 72.1
49 77.2 76 78.4 72 71.6 72.4
50 77.3 76.2 78.5 72.3 71.9 72.6
51 77.5 76.4 78.6 72.5 72.2 72.9
52 77.6 76.6 78.8 72.8 72.5 73.1
53 77.8 76.7 78.9 73.1 72.8 73.4
54 78 77 79.1 73.4 73.1 73.7
55 78.2 77.2 79.2 73.7 73.4 74
56 78.4 77.4 79.4 74 73.7 74.3
57 78.6 77.7 79.6 74.3 74.1 74.6
58 78.9 77.9 79.8 74.6 74.4 74.9
59 79.1 78.2 80.1 75 74.7 75.2
60 79.4 78.5 80.3 75.3 75.1 75.5
61 79.7 78.8 80.5 75.6 75.4 75.8
62 79.9 79.1 80.8 76 75.8 76.2
63 80.2 79.4 81 76.4 76.2 76.6
64 80.5 79.8 81.3 76.8 76.6 76.9
65 80.9 80.1 81.6 77.2 77 77.3
66 81.2 80.5 81.9 77.6 77.4 77.7
67 81.5 80.9 82.2 78 77.9 78.2
68 81.9 81.3 82.5 78.5 78.3 78.6
69 82.3 81.7 82.9 78.9 78.8 79.1
70 82.7 82.1 83.3 79.4 79.3 79.5
71 83.1 82.6 83.6 79.9 79.8 80
72 83.6 83 84 80.5 80.3 80.6
73 84 83.5 84.5 81 80.9 81.1
74 84.5 84 84.9 81.5 81.4 81.7
75 85 84.5 85.3 82.1 82 82.2
76 85.5 85.1 85.8 82.7 82.6 82.8
77 86 85.6 86.3 83.3 83.2 83.4
78 86.5 86.2 86.8 83.9 83.8 84
79 87.1 86.8 87.3 84.6 84.5 84.7
80 87.6 87.4 87.9 85.2 85.1 85.3
81 88.2 88 88.4 85.9 85.8 86
82 88.9 88.6 89 86.6 86.5 86.7
83 89.5 89.3 89.6 87.3 87.2 87.5
84 90.1 89.9 90.3 88.1 87.9 88.2
85 90.8 90.6 90.9 88.8 88.7 88.9
86 91.4 91.3 91.5 89.6 89.4 89.7
87 92.1 92 92.2 90.3 90.2 90.5
88 92.8 92.7 92.9 91.1 91 91.2
89 93.6 93.5 93.6 91.9 91.8 92
90 94.3 94.2 94.3 92.7 92.6 92.9
91 95 95 95.1 93.6 93.4 93.7
92 95.8 95.8 95.9 94.4 94.3 94.5
93 96.6 96.6 96.6 95.3 95.1 95.4
94 97.4 97.4 97.4 96.2 96 96.3
95 98.2 98.2 98.2 97.1 96.9 97.2
96 99 99 99.1 98 97.8 98.1
97 99.9 99.9 99.9 98.9 98.8 99
98 100.7 100.7 100.8 99.8 99.7 99.9
99 101.6 101.6 101.6 100.7 100.6 100.8
100 102.5 102.4 102.5 101.6 101.6 101.7

Odds of living to age in India vs Nigeria

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 82.6% in India and 55.7% in Nigeria are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 66.7% and 39.3% will live to 70 years or older, 40% and 16.9% to 80+ years, and 12.2% 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.

India
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
India Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.8% 97.8% 97.9% 93.2% 92.7% 93.8%
2 97.5% 97.5% 97.6% 92.3% 91.7% 93%
3 97.4% 97.5% 97.4% 91.5% 90.8% 92.2%
4 97.4% 97.4% 97.4% 90.6% 89.9% 91.3%
5 97.3% 97.3% 97.3% 89.8% 89.2% 90.5%
6 97.2% 97.2% 97.2% 89.1% 88.5% 89.6%
7 97.2% 97.2% 97.2% 88.4% 87.9% 88.8%
8 97.1% 97.1% 97.1% 87.8% 87.4% 88.1%
9 97.1% 97.1% 97.1% 87.3% 87% 87.5%
10 97.1% 97% 97.1% 86.8% 86.6% 87%
11 97% 97% 97% 86.5% 86.3% 86.6%
12 97% 97% 97% 86.2% 86% 86.3%
13 97% 97% 97% 85.9% 85.8% 86%
14 96.9% 96.9% 96.9% 85.6% 85.5% 85.6%
15 96.9% 96.9% 96.9% 85.3% 85.2% 85.3%
16 96.8% 96.8% 96.8% 85% 84.9% 85%
17 96.7% 96.7% 96.8% 84.6% 84.6% 84.6%
18 96.7% 96.7% 96.7% 84.2% 84.2% 84.2%
19 96.6% 96.6% 96.6% 83.8% 83.9% 83.8%
20 96.5% 96.5% 96.6% 83.4% 83.4% 83.4%
21 96.5% 96.4% 96.5% 83% 83% 83%
22 96.4% 96.3% 96.4% 82.5% 82.5% 82.5%
23 96.3% 96.2% 96.3% 82% 81.9% 82.1%
24 96.2% 96.1% 96.3% 81.5% 81.4% 81.6%
25 96.1% 96% 96.2% 81% 80.9% 81.2%
26 96% 95.9% 96.1% 80.5% 80.4% 80.7%
27 95.9% 95.8% 96% 80% 79.9% 80.2%
28 95.8% 95.6% 95.9% 79.5% 79.3% 79.7%
29 95.6% 95.5% 95.8% 79% 78.8% 79.2%
30 95.5% 95.4% 95.7% 78.5% 78.3% 78.6%
31 95.4% 95.2% 95.6% 77.9% 77.8% 78.1%
32 95.3% 95.1% 95.5% 77.4% 77.3% 77.5%
33 95.1% 94.9% 95.4% 76.9% 76.7% 77%
34 95% 94.7% 95.3% 76.3% 76.2% 76.4%
35 94.8% 94.5% 95.2% 75.7% 75.7% 75.8%
36 94.7% 94.3% 95.1% 75.2% 75.1% 75.2%
37 94.5% 94% 94.9% 74.6% 74.6% 74.6%
38 94.3% 93.8% 94.8% 74% 74% 74%
39 94.1% 93.5% 94.7% 73.4% 73.4% 73.4%
40 93.8% 93.3% 94.5% 72.8% 72.8% 72.7%
41 93.6% 93% 94.3% 72.1% 72.2% 72.1%
42 93.4% 92.6% 94.1% 71.5% 71.5% 71.4%
43 93.1% 92.3% 93.9% 70.8% 70.9% 70.7%
44 92.8% 91.9% 93.7% 70.1% 70.2% 70.1%
45 92.5% 91.5% 93.5% 69.4% 69.5% 69.4%
46 92.1% 91.1% 93.2% 68.7% 68.8% 68.7%
47 91.8% 90.6% 93% 68% 68% 68%
48 91.4% 90.1% 92.7% 67.3% 67.3% 67.3%
49 90.9% 89.6% 92.4% 66.5% 66.5% 66.6%
50 90.5% 89.1% 92% 65.8% 65.6% 65.9%
51 90% 88.5% 91.6% 64.9% 64.8% 65.1%
52 89.5% 87.9% 91.2% 64.1% 63.8% 64.3%
53 88.9% 87.2% 90.7% 63.2% 62.9% 63.5%
54 88.2% 86.4% 90.1% 62.2% 61.9% 62.6%
55 87.4% 85.6% 89.5% 61.3% 60.8% 61.7%
56 86.6% 84.6% 88.8% 60.2% 59.8% 60.7%
57 85.7% 83.6% 88% 59.2% 58.7% 59.7%
58 84.8% 82.5% 87.2% 58.1% 57.5% 58.7%
59 83.7% 81.3% 86.3% 57% 56.3% 57.6%
60 82.6% 80.1% 85.4% 55.7% 55.1% 56.4%
61 81.5% 78.8% 84.4% 54.5% 53.8% 55.2%
62 80.2% 77.4% 83.3% 53.1% 52.4% 53.9%
63 78.9% 75.9% 82.2% 51.7% 50.9% 52.5%
64 77.5% 74.4% 80.9% 50.1% 49.3% 51%
65 76% 72.7% 79.6% 48.5% 47.7% 49.4%
66 74.4% 71% 78.1% 46.9% 46% 47.8%
67 72.7% 69.1% 76.5% 45.1% 44.2% 46%
68 70.8% 67.1% 74.8% 43.3% 42.4% 44.2%
69 68.8% 65% 73% 41.3% 40.4% 42.3%
70 66.7% 62.8% 71% 39.3% 38.4% 40.2%
71 64.5% 60.4% 68.9% 37.2% 36.3% 38.1%
72 62.1% 57.9% 66.7% 35.1% 34.2% 35.9%
73 59.7% 55.3% 64.4% 32.8% 32% 33.7%
74 57.1% 52.7% 61.9% 30.6% 29.7% 31.4%
75 54.5% 50% 59.3% 28.3% 27.4% 29.1%
76 51.8% 47.2% 56.6% 26% 25.2% 26.7%
77 48.9% 44.4% 53.8% 23.7% 22.9% 24.4%
78 46% 41.5% 50.9% 21.4% 20.6% 22.1%
79 43.1% 38.6% 47.9% 19.1% 18.4% 19.8%
80 40% 35.7% 44.7% 16.9% 16.2% 17.6%
81 37% 32.7% 41.6% 14.8% 14.2% 15.4%
82 33.9% 29.8% 38.3% 12.8% 12.2% 13.3%
83 30.9% 26.9% 35.1% 10.9% 10.3% 11.4%
84 27.9% 24.1% 31.9% 9.13% 8.64% 9.6%
85 25% 21.5% 28.7% 7.55% 7.11% 7.98%
86 22.1% 18.9% 25.6% 6.15% 5.75% 6.55%
87 19.4% 16.5% 22.6% 4.93% 4.56% 5.28%
88 16.9% 14.2% 19.7% 3.87% 3.54% 4.18%
89 14.5% 12.1% 17% 2.96% 2.67% 3.24%
90 12.2% 10.2% 14.4% 2.22% 1.97% 2.46%
91 10.2% 8.43% 12.1% 1.61% 1.4% 1.82%
92 8.39% 6.88% 9.97% 1.14% 0.97% 1.31%
93 6.79% 5.54% 8.09% 0.79% 0.65% 0.92%
94 5.4% 4.39% 6.45% 0.53% 0.42% 0.63%
95 4.22% 3.42% 5.06% 0.35% 0.27% 0.42%
96 3.24% 2.62% 3.89% 0.22% 0.16% 0.27%
97 2.43% 1.96% 2.92% 0.14% 0.1% 0.17%
98 1.79% 1.45% 2.15% 0.08% 0.06% 0.11%
99 1.29% 1.04% 1.55% 0.05% 0.03% 0.06%
100 0.91% 0.73% 1.08% 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 2.17% in the birth year in India and 6.77% in Nigeria, 0.13% vs 0.68% at age 30, 1.4% vs 2.3% at 60, and 7.65% vs 12.6% at 80.

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

India
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
India Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.17% 2.2% 2.14% 6.77% 7.31% 6.22%
1 0.29% 0.26% 0.31% 0.96% 1.08% 0.84%
2 0.11% 0.1% 0.12% 0.94% 1% 0.88%
3 0.08% 0.07% 0.08% 0.92% 0.91% 0.92%
4 0.08% 0.08% 0.08% 0.89% 0.83% 0.94%
5 0.07% 0.07% 0.07% 0.84% 0.74% 0.93%
6 0.06% 0.06% 0.06% 0.77% 0.66% 0.88%
7 0.05% 0.05% 0.05% 0.68% 0.57% 0.79%
8 0.04% 0.04% 0.04% 0.58% 0.49% 0.68%
9 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.49% 0.42% 0.56%
10 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.42% 0.37% 0.47%
11 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.37% 0.34% 0.41%
12 0.04% 0.04% 0.04% 0.34% 0.32% 0.37%
13 0.04% 0.04% 0.04% 0.33% 0.31% 0.36%
14 0.05% 0.05% 0.05% 0.34% 0.32% 0.37%
15 0.06% 0.06% 0.06% 0.37% 0.34% 0.39%
16 0.06% 0.07% 0.06% 0.4% 0.38% 0.43%
17 0.07% 0.07% 0.06% 0.44% 0.42% 0.46%
18 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.48% 0.47% 0.49%
19 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.52% 0.52% 0.51%
20 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.54% 0.56% 0.53%
21 0.09% 0.1% 0.08% 0.57% 0.6% 0.53%
22 0.09% 0.1% 0.08% 0.58% 0.62% 0.54%
23 0.1% 0.11% 0.09% 0.59% 0.64% 0.55%
24 0.11% 0.12% 0.09% 0.6% 0.64% 0.56%
25 0.11% 0.13% 0.09% 0.61% 0.64% 0.58%
26 0.11% 0.13% 0.09% 0.62% 0.64% 0.61%
27 0.12% 0.14% 0.1% 0.64% 0.64% 0.63%
28 0.12% 0.14% 0.1% 0.65% 0.64% 0.65%
29 0.12% 0.14% 0.1% 0.66% 0.65% 0.67%
30 0.13% 0.15% 0.1% 0.68% 0.66% 0.69%
31 0.14% 0.17% 0.1% 0.69% 0.67% 0.71%
32 0.15% 0.18% 0.11% 0.71% 0.69% 0.72%
33 0.16% 0.2% 0.11% 0.72% 0.7% 0.74%
34 0.17% 0.22% 0.12% 0.74% 0.71% 0.76%
35 0.18% 0.23% 0.13% 0.75% 0.73% 0.78%
36 0.2% 0.25% 0.14% 0.77% 0.74% 0.8%
37 0.21% 0.26% 0.15% 0.8% 0.77% 0.83%
38 0.22% 0.28% 0.16% 0.82% 0.79% 0.85%
39 0.23% 0.29% 0.17% 0.85% 0.82% 0.88%
40 0.25% 0.31% 0.18% 0.88% 0.86% 0.9%
41 0.27% 0.34% 0.19% 0.91% 0.9% 0.92%
42 0.29% 0.37% 0.21% 0.94% 0.93% 0.94%
43 0.32% 0.4% 0.23% 0.96% 0.97% 0.95%
44 0.35% 0.44% 0.25% 0.98% 1% 0.97%
45 0.38% 0.48% 0.27% 1.01% 1.03% 0.98%
46 0.4% 0.51% 0.29% 1.03% 1.07% 1%
47 0.43% 0.54% 0.32% 1.07% 1.12% 1.02%
48 0.46% 0.57% 0.35% 1.12% 1.18% 1.06%
49 0.5% 0.6% 0.38% 1.18% 1.25% 1.11%
50 0.54% 0.65% 0.43% 1.25% 1.33% 1.17%
51 0.6% 0.71% 0.48% 1.33% 1.42% 1.24%
52 0.67% 0.79% 0.55% 1.41% 1.5% 1.31%
53 0.75% 0.88% 0.62% 1.48% 1.59% 1.38%
54 0.85% 0.99% 0.7% 1.56% 1.67% 1.46%
55 0.94% 1.1% 0.78% 1.65% 1.75% 1.55%
56 1.03% 1.21% 0.86% 1.74% 1.84% 1.64%
57 1.12% 1.31% 0.93% 1.85% 1.95% 1.75%
58 1.21% 1.42% 1% 1.98% 2.08% 1.88%
59 1.3% 1.52% 1.08% 2.13% 2.23% 2.02%
60 1.4% 1.63% 1.16% 2.3% 2.41% 2.19%
61 1.51% 1.76% 1.26% 2.5% 2.61% 2.39%
62 1.64% 1.89% 1.38% 2.71% 2.83% 2.6%
63 1.78% 2.04% 1.52% 2.94% 3.07% 2.83%
64 1.94% 2.21% 1.68% 3.19% 3.31% 3.08%
65 2.13% 2.41% 1.85% 3.46% 3.57% 3.35%
66 2.33% 2.63% 2.04% 3.75% 3.86% 3.65%
67 2.56% 2.89% 2.24% 4.08% 4.18% 3.98%
68 2.8% 3.16% 2.46% 4.45% 4.54% 4.36%
69 3.07% 3.47% 2.69% 4.86% 4.95% 4.78%
70 3.35% 3.78% 2.94% 5.32% 5.41% 5.24%
71 3.64% 4.1% 3.21% 5.82% 5.92% 5.73%
72 3.95% 4.43% 3.5% 6.36% 6.47% 6.25%
73 4.27% 4.77% 3.81% 6.92% 7.05% 6.81%
74 4.62% 5.13% 4.16% 7.53% 7.68% 7.39%
75 5.01% 5.52% 4.54% 8.17% 8.35% 8.02%
76 5.44% 5.97% 4.97% 8.89% 9.08% 8.71%
77 5.92% 6.47% 5.44% 9.68% 9.88% 9.49%
78 6.45% 7.02% 5.96% 10.6% 10.8% 10.4%
79 7.03% 7.63% 6.52% 11.5% 11.7% 11.3%
80 7.65% 8.27% 7.13% 12.6% 12.8% 12.4%
81 8.3% 8.94% 7.78% 13.7% 13.9% 13.5%
82 8.98% 9.63% 8.46% 14.8% 15.1% 14.6%
83 9.7% 10.3% 9.19% 16% 16.4% 15.7%
84 10.5% 11.1% 9.97% 17.2% 17.7% 16.8%
85 11.3% 11.9% 10.8% 18.5% 19.1% 18%
86 12.2% 12.8% 11.7% 20% 20.7% 19.3%
87 13.2% 13.8% 12.7% 21.5% 22.5% 20.8%
88 14.2% 14.8% 13.8% 23.3% 24.4% 22.4%
89 15.4% 16% 15% 25.2% 26.5% 24.2%
90 16.6% 17.1% 16.2% 27.2% 28.6% 26.1%
91 17.9% 18.4% 17.5% 29.2% 30.8% 28%
92 19.1% 19.6% 18.8% 31.1% 33% 29.8%
93 20.4% 20.8% 20.2% 32.9% 35% 31.6%
94 21.8% 22.1% 21.7% 34.7% 36.9% 33.3%
95 23.3% 23.5% 23.2% 36.3% 38.8% 34.9%
96 24.8% 24.9% 24.8% 38% 40.6% 36.5%
97 26.4% 26.4% 26.4% 39.6% 42.4% 38.2%
98 28% 27.9% 28.1% 41.3% 44.2% 40%
99 29.7% 29.5% 29.8% 43% 46.1% 41.7%
100 31.3% 31% 31.5% 44.7% 47.9% 43.4%

Death rate by age in India compared to Nigeria

In India, the most common age of death is 81, compared to 0 in Nigeria. The median age of death is 76.6 in India and 64.1 in Nigeria — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

India
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Death rate
India Nigeria
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,170 2,200 2,140 6,773 7,315 6,219
1 279.9 256.2 305 899 1,005 788
2 104.1 93.4 115.6 868 913 822
3 76.4 71.5 81.7 839 828 851
4 74.7 74.2 75.1 803 746 862
5 68.8 71 66.4 753 664 845
6 59.1 62.2 55.7 684 582 790
7 48 50.9 44.8 600 503 701
8 37.7 39.8 35.5 512 431 596
9 30.9 32.1 29.5 430 369 493
10 29.3 30.1 28.3 365 322 410
11 31.3 32 30.6 321 289.3 353
12 35.3 35.8 34.8 295 271.2 320
13 41.6 42.1 41.2 287.3 266.9 309
14 49 49.5 48.4 294.5 274.8 315
15 55.8 56.8 54.6 314 293.8 335
16 61.3 63.2 59.3 342 322 363
17 65.7 68.6 62.4 374 356 392
18 69.4 73.7 64.6 405 395 416
19 73.2 79 66.8 432 434 431
20 77.8 85.2 69.6 454 469 438
21 83.4 92.5 73.3 469 496 441
22 89.7 100.6 77.6 480 514 444
23 96.1 108.8 82.1 487 523 450
24 102 116.3 86.1 493 524 460
25 106.5 122.2 89.2 498 521 474
26 109.6 126.4 91 503 516 490
27 111.8 129.6 92.1 509 512 506
28 114.1 133.1 93 516 511 521
29 117.2 138.2 94.1 524 514 534
30 122.3 146 96.1 531 519 544
31 129.6 157.3 99.1 539 525 553
32 139 171.6 103.2 546 531 561
33 150 188.1 108.4 553 537 570
34 161.9 205.3 114.5 561 543 580
35 173.7 221.7 121.5 570 550 591
36 184.7 235.6 129.2 581 559 603
37 195.4 248.2 137.8 594 571 617
38 206.6 260.8 147.4 608 587 631
39 219.1 275 158.1 625 605 644
40 234.2 292.8 170.1 641 626 656
41 252.3 316 183.3 656 647 666
42 273.6 343 197.9 669 667 672
43 297.2 373 214 679 684 675
44 322 405 231.7 688 700 676
45 347 435 251.1 698 717 679
46 371 462 272.1 711 737 685
47 395 486 295.6 730 762 696
48 421 512 323 755 794 715
49 452 541 355 786 832 740
50 491 580 394 823 875 770
51 540 631 442 862 918 805
52 601 696 499 901 960 841
53 670 771 563 938 998 878
54 746 854 631 973 1,031 915
55 823 939 699 1,009 1,064 954
56 896 1,021 763 1,048 1,100 996
57 963 1,097 821 1,094 1,142 1,045
58 1,027 1,168 876 1,148 1,195 1,101
59 1,090 1,238 931 1,211 1,257 1,166
60 1,157 1,308 994 1,283 1,329 1,238
61 1,231 1,383 1,066 1,360 1,405 1,316
62 1,314 1,464 1,152 1,440 1,483 1,398
63 1,406 1,551 1,250 1,520 1,560 1,482
64 1,508 1,647 1,357 1,599 1,632 1,568
65 1,618 1,752 1,472 1,678 1,703 1,654
66 1,736 1,869 1,592 1,757 1,773 1,742
67 1,859 1,994 1,713 1,839 1,846 1,834
68 1,986 2,124 1,837 1,924 1,923 1,927
69 2,112 2,253 1,961 2,010 2,002 2,019
70 2,234 2,373 2,085 2,093 2,080 2,107
71 2,348 2,478 2,210 2,168 2,152 2,185
72 2,453 2,566 2,333 2,229 2,212 2,248
73 2,550 2,640 2,455 2,274 2,256 2,293
74 2,641 2,703 2,576 2,301 2,283 2,321
75 2,728 2,760 2,694 2,311 2,292 2,332
76 2,815 2,818 2,813 2,307 2,284 2,331
77 2,896 2,873 2,927 2,289 2,261 2,317
78 2,968 2,918 3,032 2,256 2,220 2,290
79 3,027 2,946 3,121 2,203 2,161 2,243
80 3,062 2,951 3,190 2,126 2,078 2,172
81 3,069 2,925 3,231 2,022 1,972 2,071
82 3,046 2,869 3,242 1,892 1,842 1,940
83 2,994 2,786 3,224 1,739 1,693 1,785
84 2,916 2,680 3,176 1,573 1,530 1,614
85 2,816 2,557 3,101 1,400 1,361 1,439
86 2,698 2,420 3,002 1,228 1,191 1,265
87 2,562 2,271 2,877 1,061 1,024 1,098
88 2,406 2,110 2,726 900 863 938
89 2,229 1,932 2,547 747 708 785
90 2,034 1,744 2,343 603 563 642
91 1,825 1,547 2,119 471 433 509
92 1,605 1,346 1,878 356 320 391
93 1,387 1,150 1,635 259.5 227.7 290.2
94 1,178 968 1,397 183.1 156.2 209
95 983 802 1,171 125.3 103.5 146.2
96 804 653 963 83.4 66.3 99.7
97 643 519 772 54 41.2 66.2
98 502 404 604 34 24.7 42.8
99 383 307 461 20.8 14.4 26.8
100 212.2 165.4 260.7 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 India 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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