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Life Expectancy in India vs Nigeria (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 72.7 years in India vs 55 in Nigeria. India is ranked 117/197 by life expectancy, and Nigeria is 197/197. In India, the life expectancy is 71.2 years for males and 74.4 years for females. In Nigeria, it's 54.6 years for males and 55.3 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
2026 72.7 71.2 74.4 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 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 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
45.6 vs 37.2 years

Mean expected age of death:
75.6 vs 67.2 years

Median expected age of death:
77.6 vs 70.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
India Nigeria
Male Female Male Female
40 97.8% 98.8% 93.0% 92.6%
50 93.5% 96.2% 83.9% 83.9%
60 84.2% 89.4% 70.5% 71.9%
65 76.6% 83.4% 61.0% 63.0%
70 66.2% 74.6% 49.2% 51.4%
75 52.8% 62.5% 35.2% 37.2%
80 37.8% 47.3% 20.8% 22.5%
85 22.8% 30.4% 9.2% 10.2%
90 10.8% 15.4% 2.5% 3.2%
95 3.6% 5.4% 0.3% 0.5%
100 0.8% 1.2% 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: 75.6 years vs 67.2 at 30, 80.9 vs 77.2 at 65, 87.7 vs 85.2 at 80 — significantly higher than the 72.7 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 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 72.7 71.2 74.4 55 54.6 55.3
1 74.3 72.7 75.9 58.9 58.8 58.9
2 74.5 72.9 76.2 59.4 59.5 59.4
3 74.5 73 76.3 60 60 59.9
4 74.6 73 76.3 60.5 60.5 60.4
5 74.6 73.1 76.4 61 61 60.9
6 74.7 73.1 76.4 61.4 61.4 61.4
7 74.7 73.1 76.4 61.9 61.8 61.9
8 74.8 73.2 76.5 62.2 62.1 62.4
9 74.8 73.2 76.5 62.5 62.4 62.7
10 74.8 73.2 76.5 62.8 62.6 63
11 74.8 73.2 76.5 63 62.8 63.3
12 74.9 73.3 76.6 63.2 62.9 63.5
13 74.9 73.3 76.6 63.4 63.1 63.7
14 74.9 73.3 76.6 63.5 63.3 63.8
15 74.9 73.3 76.6 63.7 63.4 64
16 75 73.4 76.7 63.9 63.6 64.2
17 75 73.4 76.7 64.1 63.8 64.4
18 75 73.4 76.7 64.3 63.9 64.6
19 75.1 73.5 76.8 64.5 64.2 64.9
20 75.1 73.5 76.8 64.7 64.4 65.1
21 75.2 73.6 76.9 65 64.6 65.3
22 75.2 73.6 76.9 65.2 64.9 65.5
23 75.3 73.7 76.9 65.5 65.2 65.8
24 75.3 73.7 77 65.7 65.4 66
25 75.4 73.8 77 66 65.7 66.2
26 75.4 73.9 77.1 66.2 65.9 66.5
27 75.5 73.9 77.1 66.5 66.2 66.7
28 75.5 74 77.2 66.7 66.4 67
29 75.6 74 77.2 67 66.7 67.2
30 75.6 74.1 77.3 67.2 66.9 67.5
31 75.7 74.2 77.3 67.5 67.2 67.7
32 75.7 74.2 77.4 67.7 67.4 68
33 75.8 74.3 77.4 68 67.7 68.2
34 75.9 74.4 77.5 68.2 67.9 68.5
35 75.9 74.5 77.5 68.4 68.1 68.8
36 76 74.6 77.6 68.7 68.4 69
37 76.1 74.7 77.6 68.9 68.6 69.3
38 76.2 74.8 77.7 69.2 68.8 69.5
39 76.3 74.9 77.7 69.4 69.1 69.8
40 76.3 75 77.8 69.7 69.3 70.1
41 76.4 75.1 77.9 70 69.6 70.3
42 76.5 75.2 77.9 70.2 69.8 70.6
43 76.6 75.3 78 70.5 70.1 70.9
44 76.7 75.4 78.1 70.7 70.3 71.1
45 76.8 75.6 78.2 71 70.6 71.4
46 76.9 75.7 78.2 71.3 70.9 71.6
47 77.1 75.8 78.3 71.5 71.1 71.9
48 77.2 76 78.4 71.8 71.4 72.1
49 77.3 76.2 78.5 72 71.7 72.4
50 77.5 76.3 78.6 72.3 71.9 72.7
51 77.6 76.5 78.8 72.6 72.2 72.9
52 77.8 76.7 78.9 72.9 72.5 73.2
53 77.9 76.8 79 73.1 72.8 73.4
54 78.1 77.1 79.2 73.4 73.1 73.7
55 78.3 77.3 79.4 73.7 73.5 74
56 78.5 77.5 79.6 74 73.8 74.3
57 78.7 77.8 79.7 74.4 74.1 74.6
58 79 78 80 74.7 74.4 74.9
59 79.2 78.3 80.2 75 74.8 75.2
60 79.5 78.6 80.4 75.3 75.1 75.5
61 79.8 78.9 80.6 75.7 75.5 75.9
62 80 79.2 80.9 76 75.8 76.2
63 80.3 79.5 81.1 76.4 76.2 76.6
64 80.6 79.8 81.4 76.8 76.6 77
65 80.9 80.2 81.7 77.2 77 77.4
66 81.3 80.5 82 77.6 77.5 77.8
67 81.6 80.9 82.3 78.1 77.9 78.2
68 82 81.3 82.6 78.5 78.4 78.6
69 82.4 81.7 83 79 78.8 79.1
70 82.8 82.2 83.3 79.4 79.3 79.6
71 83.2 82.6 83.7 79.9 79.8 80.1
72 83.6 83.1 84.1 80.5 80.3 80.6
73 84.1 83.6 84.5 81 80.9 81.1
74 84.5 84.1 85 81.6 81.4 81.7
75 85 84.6 85.4 82.1 82 82.2
76 85.5 85.1 85.9 82.7 82.6 82.8
77 86 85.7 86.3 83.3 83.2 83.4
78 86.6 86.2 86.9 83.9 83.8 84.1
79 87.1 86.8 87.4 84.6 84.5 84.7
80 87.7 87.4 87.9 85.2 85.1 85.4
81 88.3 88 88.5 85.9 85.8 86
82 88.9 88.6 89.1 86.6 86.5 86.7
83 89.5 89.3 89.7 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 91.5 91.3 91.6 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 91.3
89 93.6 93.5 93.6 91.9 91.8 92
90 94.3 94.2 94.4 92.7 92.6 92.9
91 95.1 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 95.2 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, 83% in India and 56% in Nigeria are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 67.2% and 39.6% will live to 70 years or older, 40.5% and 17.1% to 80+ years, and 12.5% 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.

India
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
India Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.9% 97.9% 98% 93.3% 92.8% 93.9%
2 97.6% 97.6% 97.7% 92.4% 91.8% 93.1%
3 97.5% 97.5% 97.5% 91.6% 90.9% 92.3%
4 97.5% 97.5% 97.5% 90.7% 90% 91.4%
5 97.4% 97.4% 97.4% 89.9% 89.3% 90.6%
6 97.3% 97.3% 97.3% 89.2% 88.6% 89.7%
7 97.3% 97.3% 97.3% 88.5% 88.1% 89%
8 97.2% 97.2% 97.2% 87.9% 87.6% 88.3%
9 97.2% 97.2% 97.2% 87.4% 87.1% 87.7%
10 97.2% 97.1% 97.2% 87% 86.8% 87.2%
11 97.1% 97.1% 97.1% 86.6% 86.4% 86.8%
12 97.1% 97.1% 97.1% 86.3% 86.2% 86.4%
13 97.1% 97% 97.1% 86% 85.9% 86.1%
14 97% 97% 97% 85.7% 85.6% 85.8%
15 97% 97% 97% 85.4% 85.4% 85.5%
16 96.9% 96.9% 96.9% 85.1% 85.1% 85.2%
17 96.9% 96.8% 96.9% 84.8% 84.7% 84.8%
18 96.8% 96.8% 96.8% 84.4% 84.4% 84.4%
19 96.7% 96.7% 96.8% 84% 84% 84%
20 96.7% 96.6% 96.7% 83.6% 83.6% 83.6%
21 96.6% 96.5% 96.6% 83.1% 83.1% 83.1%
22 96.5% 96.4% 96.6% 82.7% 82.6% 82.7%
23 96.4% 96.3% 96.5% 82.2% 82.1% 82.3%
24 96.3% 96.2% 96.4% 81.7% 81.6% 81.8%
25 96.2% 96.1% 96.3% 81.2% 81.1% 81.4%
26 96.1% 96% 96.2% 80.7% 80.5% 80.9%
27 96% 95.9% 96.1% 80.2% 80% 80.4%
28 95.9% 95.8% 96.1% 79.7% 79.5% 79.9%
29 95.8% 95.6% 96% 79.2% 79% 79.4%
30 95.7% 95.5% 95.9% 78.7% 78.5% 78.9%
31 95.6% 95.3% 95.8% 78.1% 78% 78.3%
32 95.4% 95.2% 95.7% 77.6% 77.5% 77.8%
33 95.3% 95% 95.6% 77.1% 76.9% 77.2%
34 95.1% 94.8% 95.5% 76.5% 76.4% 76.6%
35 95% 94.6% 95.4% 76% 75.8% 76.1%
36 94.8% 94.4% 95.2% 75.4% 75.3% 75.5%
37 94.6% 94.2% 95.1% 74.8% 74.7% 74.9%
38 94.4% 93.9% 95% 74.2% 74.2% 74.3%
39 94.2% 93.7% 94.8% 73.6% 73.6% 73.6%
40 94% 93.4% 94.7% 73% 73% 73%
41 93.8% 93.1% 94.5% 72.4% 72.4% 72.3%
42 93.5% 92.8% 94.3% 71.7% 71.7% 71.7%
43 93.3% 92.5% 94.1% 71% 71.1% 71%
44 93% 92.1% 93.9% 70.4% 70.4% 70.3%
45 92.7% 91.7% 93.7% 69.7% 69.7% 69.7%
46 92.3% 91.3% 93.5% 69% 69% 69%
47 92% 90.8% 93.2% 68.3% 68.2% 68.3%
48 91.6% 90.3% 92.9% 67.5% 67.5% 67.6%
49 91.1% 89.8% 92.6% 66.8% 66.7% 66.9%
50 90.7% 89.3% 92.2% 66% 65.8% 66.2%
51 90.2% 88.7% 91.8% 65.2% 65% 65.4%
52 89.7% 88.1% 91.4% 64.3% 64.1% 64.6%
53 89.1% 87.4% 90.9% 63.4% 63.1% 63.7%
54 88.4% 86.7% 90.4% 62.5% 62.1% 62.9%
55 87.7% 85.8% 89.7% 61.5% 61.1% 62%
56 86.9% 84.9% 89% 60.5% 60% 61%
57 86% 83.9% 88.3% 59.5% 58.9% 60%
58 85% 82.8% 87.5% 58.4% 57.8% 59%
59 84% 81.6% 86.6% 57.2% 56.6% 57.9%
60 83% 80.4% 85.7% 56% 55.3% 56.7%
61 81.8% 79.1% 84.7% 54.7% 54% 55.5%
62 80.6% 77.7% 83.7% 53.4% 52.6% 54.1%
63 79.3% 76.3% 82.5% 51.9% 51.1% 52.8%
64 77.9% 74.7% 81.3% 50.4% 49.5% 51.3%
65 76.4% 73.1% 80% 48.8% 47.9% 49.7%
66 74.8% 71.4% 78.5% 47.1% 46.2% 48%
67 73.1% 69.5% 76.9% 45.4% 44.4% 46.3%
68 71.2% 67.5% 75.2% 43.5% 42.6% 44.5%
69 69.3% 65.4% 73.4% 41.6% 40.7% 42.5%
70 67.2% 63.2% 71.5% 39.6% 38.6% 40.5%
71 64.9% 60.8% 69.4% 37.5% 36.6% 38.4%
72 62.6% 58.3% 67.2% 35.3% 34.4% 36.2%
73 60.2% 55.8% 64.9% 33.1% 32.2% 33.9%
74 57.6% 53.1% 62.5% 30.8% 29.9% 31.6%
75 55% 50.4% 59.9% 28.5% 27.6% 29.3%
76 52.3% 47.7% 57.2% 26.2% 25.3% 27%
77 49.4% 44.9% 54.4% 23.8% 23% 24.6%
78 46.5% 42% 51.5% 21.5% 20.8% 22.3%
79 43.6% 39.1% 48.4% 19.3% 18.5% 20%
80 40.5% 36.1% 45.3% 17.1% 16.4% 17.7%
81 37.5% 33.1% 42.1% 14.9% 14.3% 15.5%
82 34.4% 30.2% 38.9% 12.9% 12.3% 13.5%
83 31.3% 27.3% 35.6% 11% 10.4% 11.5%
84 28.3% 24.5% 32.4% 9.22% 8.73% 9.7%
85 25.4% 21.8% 29.2% 7.63% 7.19% 8.07%
86 22.5% 19.2% 26% 6.22% 5.81% 6.62%
87 19.8% 16.8% 23% 4.98% 4.61% 5.34%
88 17.2% 14.5% 20.1% 3.91% 3.58% 4.23%
89 14.7% 12.3% 17.3% 3% 2.71% 3.28%
90 12.5% 10.4% 14.7% 2.24% 1.99% 2.49%
91 10.4% 8.58% 12.3% 1.63% 1.42% 1.84%
92 8.56% 7.01% 10.2% 1.16% 0.98% 1.33%
93 6.93% 5.64% 8.28% 0.8% 0.66% 0.93%
94 5.52% 4.47% 6.61% 0.54% 0.43% 0.64%
95 4.32% 3.48% 5.18% 0.35% 0.27% 0.42%
96 3.31% 2.67% 3.99% 0.22% 0.17% 0.28%
97 2.49% 2% 3% 0.14% 0.1% 0.18%
98 1.83% 1.47% 2.21% 0.08% 0.06% 0.11%
99 1.32% 1.06% 1.59% 0.05% 0.03% 0.07%
100 0.93% 0.75% 1.11% 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 2.09% in the birth year in India and 6.69% in Nigeria, 0.13% vs 0.67% at age 30, 1.38% vs 2.29% at 60, and 7.58% vs 12.5% 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 2.09% 2.13% 2.05% 6.69% 7.24% 6.13%
1 0.28% 0.25% 0.3% 0.96% 1.08% 0.84%
2 0.1% 0.09% 0.11% 0.93% 0.99% 0.88%
3 0.08% 0.07% 0.08% 0.91% 0.9% 0.91%
4 0.07% 0.07% 0.07% 0.88% 0.82% 0.93%
5 0.07% 0.07% 0.07% 0.83% 0.74% 0.92%
6 0.06% 0.06% 0.06% 0.76% 0.65% 0.87%
7 0.05% 0.05% 0.04% 0.67% 0.57% 0.78%
8 0.04% 0.04% 0.04% 0.58% 0.49% 0.67%
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% 0.33% 0.4%
12 0.04% 0.04% 0.03% 0.34% 0.31% 0.37%
13 0.04% 0.04% 0.04% 0.33% 0.31% 0.35%
14 0.05% 0.05% 0.05% 0.34% 0.32% 0.36%
15 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.36% 0.34% 0.39%
16 0.06% 0.06% 0.06% 0.4% 0.38% 0.42%
17 0.07% 0.07% 0.06% 0.44% 0.42% 0.46%
18 0.07% 0.07% 0.06% 0.48% 0.47% 0.49%
19 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.51% 0.51% 0.51%
20 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.54% 0.56% 0.52%
21 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.56% 0.59% 0.53%
22 0.09% 0.1% 0.08% 0.58% 0.62% 0.53%
23 0.1% 0.11% 0.08% 0.59% 0.63% 0.54%
24 0.1% 0.12% 0.09% 0.6% 0.64% 0.56%
25 0.11% 0.12% 0.09% 0.61% 0.64% 0.58%
26 0.11% 0.13% 0.09% 0.62% 0.64% 0.6%
27 0.11% 0.13% 0.09% 0.63% 0.64% 0.63%
28 0.12% 0.14% 0.09% 0.64% 0.64% 0.65%
29 0.12% 0.14% 0.1% 0.66% 0.65% 0.67%
30 0.13% 0.15% 0.1% 0.67% 0.66% 0.69%
31 0.13% 0.16% 0.1% 0.69% 0.67% 0.7%
32 0.14% 0.18% 0.11% 0.7% 0.68% 0.72%
33 0.15% 0.19% 0.11% 0.71% 0.7% 0.73%
34 0.17% 0.21% 0.12% 0.73% 0.71% 0.75%
35 0.18% 0.23% 0.12% 0.75% 0.72% 0.77%
36 0.19% 0.25% 0.13% 0.77% 0.74% 0.8%
37 0.2% 0.26% 0.14% 0.79% 0.76% 0.82%
38 0.22% 0.27% 0.15% 0.82% 0.79% 0.85%
39 0.23% 0.29% 0.16% 0.85% 0.82% 0.87%
40 0.24% 0.31% 0.18% 0.88% 0.85% 0.9%
41 0.26% 0.33% 0.19% 0.9% 0.89% 0.92%
42 0.29% 0.36% 0.21% 0.93% 0.93% 0.93%
43 0.31% 0.4% 0.22% 0.95% 0.96% 0.95%
44 0.34% 0.43% 0.24% 0.98% 0.99% 0.96%
45 0.37% 0.47% 0.26% 1% 1.03% 0.97%
46 0.4% 0.5% 0.29% 1.03% 1.07% 0.99%
47 0.42% 0.53% 0.31% 1.07% 1.11% 1.02%
48 0.45% 0.56% 0.34% 1.11% 1.17% 1.05%
49 0.49% 0.6% 0.38% 1.17% 1.25% 1.1%
50 0.53% 0.64% 0.42% 1.24% 1.33% 1.16%
51 0.59% 0.7% 0.47% 1.32% 1.41% 1.23%
52 0.66% 0.78% 0.54% 1.4% 1.5% 1.3%
53 0.74% 0.87% 0.61% 1.48% 1.58% 1.37%
54 0.83% 0.97% 0.69% 1.56% 1.66% 1.45%
55 0.93% 1.08% 0.77% 1.64% 1.74% 1.54%
56 1.02% 1.19% 0.84% 1.73% 1.83% 1.63%
57 1.11% 1.29% 0.92% 1.84% 1.94% 1.74%
58 1.19% 1.4% 0.99% 1.97% 2.07% 1.87%
59 1.28% 1.5% 1.06% 2.12% 2.22% 2.01%
60 1.38% 1.61% 1.14% 2.29% 2.4% 2.18%
61 1.49% 1.73% 1.24% 2.49% 2.6% 2.37%
62 1.61% 1.87% 1.36% 2.7% 2.82% 2.58%
63 1.76% 2.02% 1.5% 2.93% 3.05% 2.81%
64 1.92% 2.19% 1.65% 3.18% 3.3% 3.06%
65 2.1% 2.38% 1.82% 3.44% 3.56% 3.33%
66 2.3% 2.6% 2% 3.73% 3.84% 3.63%
67 2.52% 2.85% 2.2% 4.06% 4.16% 3.97%
68 2.77% 3.13% 2.42% 4.43% 4.52% 4.34%
69 3.03% 3.43% 2.65% 4.84% 4.93% 4.76%
70 3.31% 3.74% 2.89% 5.3% 5.39% 5.22%
71 3.6% 4.06% 3.16% 5.8% 5.9% 5.71%
72 3.9% 4.39% 3.45% 6.33% 6.45% 6.23%
73 4.23% 4.73% 3.76% 6.9% 7.03% 6.78%
74 4.57% 5.08% 4.11% 7.5% 7.66% 7.37%
75 4.95% 5.47% 4.48% 8.15% 8.33% 8%
76 5.39% 5.92% 4.91% 8.86% 9.06% 8.69%
77 5.86% 6.42% 5.38% 9.65% 9.86% 9.47%
78 6.39% 6.97% 5.89% 10.5% 10.7% 10.3%
79 6.97% 7.57% 6.45% 11.5% 11.7% 11.3%
80 7.58% 8.22% 7.06% 12.5% 12.8% 12.3%
81 8.24% 8.88% 7.71% 13.7% 13.9% 13.4%
82 8.92% 9.57% 8.39% 14.8% 15.1% 14.5%
83 9.64% 10.3% 9.12% 16% 16.3% 15.7%
84 10.4% 11% 9.9% 17.2% 17.7% 16.8%
85 11.2% 11.9% 10.7% 18.5% 19.1% 18%
86 12.1% 12.8% 11.7% 19.9% 20.7% 19.3%
87 13.1% 13.7% 12.7% 21.5% 22.4% 20.8%
88 14.2% 14.8% 13.8% 23.3% 24.3% 22.4%
89 15.3% 15.9% 14.9% 25.2% 26.4% 24.2%
90 16.5% 17.1% 16.2% 27.2% 28.6% 26.1%
91 17.8% 18.3% 17.5% 29.2% 30.8% 28%
92 19.1% 19.5% 18.8% 31.1% 32.9% 29.8%
93 20.4% 20.8% 20.1% 32.9% 34.9% 31.6%
94 21.8% 22.1% 21.6% 34.6% 36.9% 33.2%
95 23.2% 23.4% 23.1% 36.3% 38.7% 34.9%
96 24.8% 24.9% 24.7% 37.9% 40.5% 36.5%
97 26.4% 26.4% 26.4% 39.6% 42.4% 38.2%
98 28% 28% 28.1% 41.3% 44.2% 39.9%
99 29.7% 29.5% 29.8% 43% 46% 41.7%
100 31.3% 31% 31.5% 44.7% 47.8% 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 76.8 in India and 64.3 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 2,091 2,131 2,048 6,691 7,237 6,132
1 269.3 247.9 292.1 895 1,000 785
2 100.6 90.7 111.1 862 907 815
3 73.9 69.6 78.6 832 822 842
4 72.2 72.2 72.3 795 740 852
5 66.6 69 63.9 744 658 834
6 57.2 60.5 53.6 676 577 779
7 46.5 49.5 43.2 593 498 691
8 36.6 38.8 34.2 506 427 588
9 30 31.4 28.5 425 366 487
10 28.4 29.4 27.4 361 319 406
11 30.4 31.2 29.6 317 287 349
12 34.4 35 33.7 292.3 269.1 316
13 40.5 41.1 39.9 284.9 264.9 306
14 47.7 48.4 46.8 292.2 272.9 312
15 54.3 55.5 52.9 312 291.9 332
16 59.8 61.8 57.5 340 320 360
17 64.1 67.3 60.6 371 354 389
18 67.8 72.3 62.8 402 393 412
19 71.6 77.6 64.9 429 431 427
20 76.1 83.7 67.7 451 466 435
21 81.6 90.8 71.4 466 494 438
22 87.7 98.7 75.6 477 512 441
23 94 106.8 80 484 520 447
24 99.8 114.1 84 490 522 457
25 104.3 119.9 87 495 518 471
26 107.3 124 88.9 501 513 487
27 109.6 127.3 90 507 510 504
28 111.8 130.7 90.9 514 509 519
29 115 135.7 92 521 511 531
30 120 143.4 94 529 516 541
31 127.2 154.5 97 536 523 550
32 136.5 168.6 101.1 543 529 558
33 147.3 184.8 106.2 551 535 567
34 159 201.8 112.2 559 541 577
35 170.6 217.9 119.1 568 548 588
36 181.4 231.7 126.7 578 557 600
37 192 244.1 135.2 591 569 614
38 203.1 256.6 144.7 606 584 628
39 215.5 270.6 155.3 622 603 642
40 230.3 288.3 167.1 639 624 654
41 248.3 311 180 654 645 663
42 269.3 338 194.4 667 664 669
43 292.6 368 210.4 677 682 672
44 317 399 227.8 686 698 674
45 342 429 246.9 696 715 676
46 366 455 267.7 709 735 682
47 389 480 290.9 727 760 694
48 415 505 318 753 792 712
49 446 535 350 784 830 737
50 484 573 388 821 873 768
51 533 624 435 860 917 803
52 593 688 491 899 958 839
53 662 762 554 936 996 876
54 737 844 621 972 1,030 913
55 813 928 688 1,008 1,062 952
56 885 1,010 751 1,047 1,098 995
57 952 1,085 808 1,093 1,141 1,044
58 1,015 1,157 863 1,147 1,194 1,100
59 1,078 1,226 918 1,211 1,256 1,165
60 1,144 1,297 980 1,283 1,328 1,237
61 1,217 1,371 1,052 1,360 1,405 1,316
62 1,301 1,452 1,137 1,440 1,483 1,398
63 1,393 1,540 1,234 1,521 1,560 1,483
64 1,494 1,635 1,341 1,600 1,633 1,569
65 1,603 1,741 1,455 1,679 1,704 1,656
66 1,721 1,857 1,574 1,759 1,775 1,745
67 1,845 1,983 1,696 1,842 1,849 1,837
68 1,972 2,113 1,819 1,928 1,926 1,931
69 2,099 2,242 1,944 2,014 2,006 2,024
70 2,221 2,364 2,069 2,098 2,084 2,113
71 2,337 2,470 2,194 2,174 2,157 2,192
72 2,444 2,560 2,319 2,236 2,218 2,256
73 2,542 2,636 2,442 2,282 2,263 2,303
74 2,635 2,701 2,565 2,310 2,291 2,331
75 2,724 2,761 2,686 2,321 2,301 2,344
76 2,814 2,822 2,807 2,318 2,294 2,344
77 2,900 2,879 2,925 2,300 2,271 2,331
78 2,975 2,927 3,033 2,268 2,232 2,304
79 3,035 2,958 3,127 2,216 2,172 2,258
80 3,074 2,966 3,199 2,140 2,091 2,187
81 3,085 2,943 3,245 2,036 1,984 2,087
82 3,066 2,890 3,261 1,906 1,855 1,956
83 3,017 2,809 3,246 1,753 1,705 1,800
84 2,942 2,705 3,202 1,586 1,542 1,629
85 2,845 2,584 3,132 1,413 1,373 1,452
86 2,729 2,449 3,035 1,240 1,202 1,277
87 2,594 2,300 2,913 1,072 1,034 1,109
88 2,438 2,138 2,763 910 871 948
89 2,261 1,961 2,585 755 715 794
90 2,066 1,771 2,381 610 569 649
91 1,855 1,573 2,156 477 438 515
92 1,634 1,369 1,914 360 324 395
93 1,413 1,171 1,668 262.7 230.7 293.7
94 1,201 986 1,427 185.4 158.4 211.6
95 1,003 817 1,198 127 105 148.2
96 822 665 986 84.6 67.4 101
97 658 529 792 54.8 41.8 67.1
98 514 412 620 34.5 25.2 43.4
99 392 313 474 21.1 14.6 27.2
100 218.3 169 269.5 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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