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Life Expectancy in Iran vs Nigeria (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 78.2 years in Iran vs 55 in Nigeria. Iran is ranked 61/197 by life expectancy, and Nigeria is 197/197. In Iran, the life expectancy is 76.4 years for males and 80.2 years for females. In Nigeria, it's 54.6 years for males and 55.3 years for females.

Iran vs Nigeria life expectancy at birth by year chart

Iran
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Iran Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 38.2 38.9 37.4 35.5 33.6 37.5
1951 38.7 39.4 37.9 35.7 33.8 37.7
1952 39.2 39.9 38.4 35.9 34 37.9
1953 39.5 40.2 38.7 36 34.1 38.1
1954 40 40.7 39.2 36.2 34.3 38.3
1955 40.6 41.3 39.9 36.3 34.3 38.5
1956 41.1 41.8 40.3 36.5 34.5 38.6
1957 41.3 42 40.5 36.6 34.6 38.8
1958 42.2 42.9 41.5 36.8 34.8 39
1959 42.8 43.4 42.1 37 35 39.2
1960 43.3 43.9 42.6 37.2 35.2 39.3
1961 43.9 44.5 43.2 37.4 35.4 39.6
1962 43.8 44.4 43.1 37.6 35.6 39.7
1963 45.1 45.6 44.5 37.8 35.8 39.9
1964 45.7 46.2 45.2 38 35.9 40.1
1965 46.4 46.8 45.9 38.2 36.2 40.4
1966 47.1 47.4 46.7 38.4 36.4 40.5
1967 47.8 48.1 47.5 37.5 35.1 40.1
1968 47.9 48.2 47.6 38.6 36.4 41
1969 49.4 49.5 49.2 38.9 36.8 41.3
1970 50.2 50.3 50.2 40 38.4 41.7
1971 51.1 51.1 51.2 40.6 39 42.3
1972 51.7 51.6 51.9 41.3 39.5 43.1
1973 52.9 52.6 53.3 41.8 40 43.7
1974 53.9 53.4 54.3 42.5 40.6 44.5
1975 54.8 54.3 55.4 43.1 41 45.2
1976 55.8 55.1 56.5 44.2 42.7 45.7
1977 56.7 55.9 57.5 44.8 43.4 46.3
1978 56 55.2 57 45.3 43.8 46.9
1979 58.5 57.3 59.7 45.7 44.2 47.3
1980 58.4 56.3 60.7 46 44.3 47.6
1981 56.6 52.8 61.3 46.3 44.6 48
1982 57.6 53.8 62.5 46.4 44.7 48.2
1983 58.5 54.7 63.4 46.4 44.8 48.1
1984 60.9 58 64.4 46.3 44.7 48
1985 61.5 58.5 65.1 46.2 44.6 47.9
1986 62.1 59.1 65.8 46 44.5 47.5
1987 62.7 59.5 66.4 45.9 44.5 47.4
1988 63.3 60.1 67.1 45.8 44.4 47.3
1989 65.3 63.2 67.7 45.8 44.4 47.3
1990 64.1 62.1 66.3 45.7 44.4 47.1
1991 66.2 64 68.8 45.5 44.1 47
1992 66.7 64.4 69.2 45.6 44.2 47
1993 67 64.7 69.6 45.8 44.2 47.4
1994 67.5 65.2 70.1 45.7 44.2 47.3
1995 67.9 65.6 70.5 45.9 44.4 47.4
1996 68.3 66 70.9 45.8 44.4 47.3
1997 68.6 66.3 71.2 46 44.7 47.2
1998 69.2 66.9 71.8 46.1 45.1 47.2
1999 69.7 67.3 72.3 46.6 45.7 47.5
2000 70.2 67.8 72.7 47.1 46.3 48
2001 70.6 68.3 73.1 47.5 46.9 48.2
2002 71.1 68.8 73.6 48 47.5 48.5
2003 70.5 68.4 72.7 48.6 48.2 49.1
2004 72 69.8 74.4 49.1 48.8 49.5
2005 72.4 70.3 74.8 49.5 49 50.1
2006 72.9 70.8 75.2 49.9 49.3 50.4
2007 73.3 71.3 75.5 50.4 49.8 50.9
2008 73.7 71.7 75.8 50.7 50.3 51.2
2009 74 72.1 76.1 51.1 50.6 51.6
2010 74.4 72.5 76.4 51.3 50.9 51.8
2011 74.7 72.8 76.7 51.5 51.1 51.9
2012 75 73.2 77 51.7 51.3 52
2013 75.3 73.5 77.3 51.8 51.5 52.2
2014 75.6 73.8 77.6 51.9 51.6 52.3
2015 75.9 74.1 77.8 51.9 51.6 52.2
2016 76.2 74.3 78.1 52.2 51.9 52.4
2017 76.4 74.5 78.3 52.4 52.1 52.6
2018 76.6 74.7 78.6 52.7 52.4 52.9
2019 76.9 75 78.8 53 52.8 53.2
2020 74.1 72.2 76.2 53.1 52.7 53.4
2021 73.8 72 75.7 53.5 53.2 53.7
2022 76.8 74.9 78.8 54.1 53.8 54.4
2023 77.7 75.8 79.6 54.5 54.2 54.7
2024 77.9 76 79.8 54.6 54.3 54.9
2025 78.1 76.2 80 54.8 54.5 55.1
2026 78.2 76.4 80.2 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 64 years in Iran and 54.9 in Nigeria. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 14.8 healthy years in Iran and 14 in Nigeria.

Iran 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 Iran 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:
50.0 vs 37.2 years

Mean expected age of death:
80.0 vs 67.2 years

Median expected age of death:
82.1 vs 70.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Iran Nigeria
Male Female Male Female
40 98.6% 99.3% 93.0% 92.6%
50 96.3% 98.1% 83.9% 83.9%
60 91.3% 95.3% 70.5% 71.9%
65 87.2% 92.4% 61.0% 63.0%
70 81.5% 87.8% 49.2% 51.4%
75 71.5% 79.4% 35.2% 37.2%
80 54.2% 64.3% 20.8% 22.5%
85 31.4% 42.1% 9.2% 10.2%
90 12.6% 20.1% 2.5% 3.2%
95 3.0% 6.1% 0.3% 0.5%
100 0.3% 0.9% 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 Iran vs Nigeria: 80 years vs 67.2 at 30, 82.9 vs 77.2 at 65, 87.3 vs 85.2 at 80 — significantly higher than the 78.2 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 Iran and Nigeria.

Iran
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Iran Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 78.2 76.4 80.2 55 54.6 55.3
1 78.9 77.1 80.8 58.9 58.8 58.9
2 79 77.2 80.9 59.4 59.5 59.4
3 79 77.2 80.9 60 60 59.9
4 79 77.2 80.9 60.5 60.5 60.4
5 79 77.3 80.9 61 61 60.9
6 79.1 77.3 81 61.4 61.4 61.4
7 79.1 77.3 81 61.9 61.8 61.9
8 79.1 77.4 81 62.2 62.1 62.4
9 79.2 77.4 81 62.5 62.4 62.7
10 79.2 77.4 81 62.8 62.6 63
11 79.2 77.4 81.1 63 62.8 63.3
12 79.2 77.4 81.1 63.2 62.9 63.5
13 79.2 77.5 81.1 63.4 63.1 63.7
14 79.2 77.5 81.1 63.5 63.3 63.8
15 79.3 77.5 81.1 63.7 63.4 64
16 79.3 77.6 81.2 63.9 63.6 64.2
17 79.4 77.6 81.2 64.1 63.8 64.4
18 79.4 77.7 81.2 64.3 63.9 64.6
19 79.4 77.7 81.2 64.5 64.2 64.9
20 79.5 77.8 81.3 64.7 64.4 65.1
21 79.6 77.9 81.3 65 64.6 65.3
22 79.6 78 81.3 65.2 64.9 65.5
23 79.7 78 81.4 65.5 65.2 65.8
24 79.7 78.1 81.4 65.7 65.4 66
25 79.7 78.2 81.4 66 65.7 66.2
26 79.8 78.2 81.4 66.2 65.9 66.5
27 79.8 78.3 81.5 66.5 66.2 66.7
28 79.9 78.3 81.5 66.7 66.4 67
29 79.9 78.4 81.5 67 66.7 67.2
30 80 78.5 81.6 67.2 66.9 67.5
31 80 78.5 81.6 67.5 67.2 67.7
32 80.1 78.6 81.6 67.7 67.4 68
33 80.1 78.6 81.7 68 67.7 68.2
34 80.2 78.7 81.7 68.2 67.9 68.5
35 80.2 78.8 81.7 68.4 68.1 68.8
36 80.3 78.8 81.7 68.7 68.4 69
37 80.3 78.9 81.8 68.9 68.6 69.3
38 80.3 78.9 81.8 69.2 68.8 69.5
39 80.4 79 81.8 69.4 69.1 69.8
40 80.4 79.1 81.9 69.7 69.3 70.1
41 80.5 79.1 81.9 70 69.6 70.3
42 80.6 79.2 82 70.2 69.8 70.6
43 80.6 79.3 82 70.5 70.1 70.9
44 80.7 79.4 82 70.7 70.3 71.1
45 80.7 79.4 82.1 71 70.6 71.4
46 80.8 79.5 82.1 71.3 70.9 71.6
47 80.9 79.6 82.2 71.5 71.1 71.9
48 80.9 79.7 82.2 71.8 71.4 72.1
49 81 79.8 82.3 72 71.7 72.4
50 81.1 79.9 82.3 72.3 71.9 72.7
51 81.2 80 82.4 72.6 72.2 72.9
52 81.3 80.1 82.4 72.9 72.5 73.2
53 81.3 80.2 82.5 73.1 72.8 73.4
54 81.4 80.3 82.6 73.4 73.1 73.7
55 81.5 80.5 82.7 73.7 73.5 74
56 81.7 80.6 82.7 74 73.8 74.3
57 81.8 80.7 82.8 74.4 74.1 74.6
58 81.9 80.9 82.9 74.7 74.4 74.9
59 82 81 83 75 74.8 75.2
60 82.2 81.2 83.1 75.3 75.1 75.5
61 82.3 81.4 83.2 75.7 75.5 75.9
62 82.5 81.5 83.4 76 75.8 76.2
63 82.6 81.7 83.5 76.4 76.2 76.6
64 82.8 81.9 83.6 76.8 76.6 77
65 82.9 82.1 83.8 77.2 77 77.4
66 83.1 82.3 83.9 77.6 77.5 77.8
67 83.3 82.5 84.1 78.1 77.9 78.2
68 83.5 82.7 84.2 78.5 78.4 78.6
69 83.6 82.9 84.4 79 78.8 79.1
70 83.9 83.1 84.6 79.4 79.3 79.6
71 84.1 83.3 84.8 79.9 79.8 80.1
72 84.3 83.6 85 80.5 80.3 80.6
73 84.6 83.9 85.3 81 80.9 81.1
74 84.9 84.2 85.6 81.6 81.4 81.7
75 85.2 84.5 85.9 82.1 82 82.2
76 85.6 84.9 86.2 82.7 82.6 82.8
77 85.9 85.3 86.5 83.3 83.2 83.4
78 86.4 85.7 86.9 83.9 83.8 84.1
79 86.8 86.2 87.3 84.6 84.5 84.7
80 87.3 86.7 87.8 85.2 85.1 85.4
81 87.8 87.3 88.2 85.9 85.8 86
82 88.4 87.8 88.8 86.6 86.5 86.7
83 88.9 88.5 89.3 87.3 87.2 87.5
84 89.5 89.1 89.9 88.1 87.9 88.2
85 90.2 89.8 90.5 88.8 88.7 88.9
86 90.8 90.4 91.1 89.6 89.4 89.7
87 91.5 91.1 91.8 90.3 90.2 90.5
88 92.2 91.9 92.4 91.1 91 91.3
89 93 92.6 93.1 91.9 91.8 92
90 93.7 93.4 93.9 92.7 92.6 92.9
91 94.5 94.2 94.6 93.6 93.4 93.7
92 95.2 95 95.3 94.4 94.3 94.5
93 96 95.8 96.1 95.3 95.2 95.4
94 96.8 96.6 96.9 96.2 96 96.3
95 97.6 97.4 97.7 97.1 96.9 97.2
96 98.4 98.2 98.5 98 97.8 98.1
97 99.3 99.1 99.3 98.9 98.8 99
98 100.1 100 100.2 99.8 99.7 99.9
99 101 100.9 101.1 100.7 100.6 100.8
100 102 101.8 102 101.6 101.6 101.7

Odds of living to age in Iran vs Nigeria

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 90.8% in Iran and 56% in Nigeria are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 82.4% and 39.6% will live to 70 years or older, 57.6% and 17.1% to 80+ years, and 15.9% 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.

Iran
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Iran Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99.1% 99.1% 99.2% 93.3% 92.8% 93.9%
2 99.1% 99% 99.1% 92.4% 91.8% 93.1%
3 99.1% 99% 99.1% 91.6% 90.9% 92.3%
4 99% 99% 99.1% 90.7% 90% 91.4%
5 99% 98.9% 99.1% 89.9% 89.3% 90.6%
6 98.9% 98.9% 99% 89.2% 88.6% 89.7%
7 98.9% 98.8% 99% 88.5% 88.1% 89%
8 98.9% 98.8% 99% 87.9% 87.6% 88.3%
9 98.8% 98.8% 98.9% 87.4% 87.1% 87.7%
10 98.8% 98.7% 98.9% 87% 86.8% 87.2%
11 98.8% 98.7% 98.9% 86.6% 86.4% 86.8%
12 98.8% 98.7% 98.9% 86.3% 86.2% 86.4%
13 98.7% 98.6% 98.8% 86% 85.9% 86.1%
14 98.7% 98.6% 98.8% 85.7% 85.6% 85.8%
15 98.7% 98.5% 98.8% 85.4% 85.4% 85.5%
16 98.6% 98.5% 98.7% 85.1% 85.1% 85.2%
17 98.5% 98.4% 98.7% 84.8% 84.7% 84.8%
18 98.5% 98.3% 98.6% 84.4% 84.4% 84.4%
19 98.4% 98.2% 98.6% 84% 84% 84%
20 98.3% 98.1% 98.5% 83.6% 83.6% 83.6%
21 98.2% 97.9% 98.5% 83.1% 83.1% 83.1%
22 98.1% 97.8% 98.5% 82.7% 82.6% 82.7%
23 98% 97.7% 98.4% 82.2% 82.1% 82.3%
24 98% 97.6% 98.4% 81.7% 81.6% 81.8%
25 97.9% 97.5% 98.3% 81.2% 81.1% 81.4%
26 97.8% 97.3% 98.3% 80.7% 80.5% 80.9%
27 97.7% 97.2% 98.2% 80.2% 80% 80.4%
28 97.6% 97.1% 98.2% 79.7% 79.5% 79.9%
29 97.5% 97% 98.1% 79.2% 79% 79.4%
30 97.4% 96.9% 98% 78.7% 78.5% 78.9%
31 97.4% 96.8% 98% 78.1% 78% 78.3%
32 97.3% 96.6% 97.9% 77.6% 77.5% 77.8%
33 97.2% 96.5% 97.9% 77.1% 76.9% 77.2%
34 97.1% 96.4% 97.8% 76.5% 76.4% 76.6%
35 97% 96.3% 97.7% 76% 75.8% 76.1%
36 96.9% 96.1% 97.7% 75.4% 75.3% 75.5%
37 96.8% 96% 97.6% 74.8% 74.7% 74.9%
38 96.7% 95.8% 97.5% 74.2% 74.2% 74.3%
39 96.6% 95.7% 97.5% 73.6% 73.6% 73.6%
40 96.4% 95.5% 97.4% 73% 73% 73%
41 96.3% 95.4% 97.3% 72.4% 72.4% 72.3%
42 96.2% 95.2% 97.2% 71.7% 71.7% 71.7%
43 96% 95% 97.1% 71% 71.1% 71%
44 95.9% 94.8% 97% 70.4% 70.4% 70.3%
45 95.7% 94.6% 96.9% 69.7% 69.7% 69.7%
46 95.5% 94.4% 96.8% 69% 69% 69%
47 95.4% 94.1% 96.7% 68.3% 68.2% 68.3%
48 95.2% 93.9% 96.5% 67.5% 67.5% 67.6%
49 94.9% 93.6% 96.4% 66.8% 66.7% 66.9%
50 94.7% 93.3% 96.2% 66% 65.8% 66.2%
51 94.4% 93% 96% 65.2% 65% 65.4%
52 94.2% 92.6% 95.8% 64.3% 64.1% 64.6%
53 93.9% 92.2% 95.6% 63.4% 63.1% 63.7%
54 93.5% 91.8% 95.4% 62.5% 62.1% 62.9%
55 93.2% 91.3% 95.1% 61.5% 61.1% 62%
56 92.8% 90.9% 94.9% 60.5% 60% 61%
57 92.4% 90.3% 94.5% 59.5% 58.9% 60%
58 91.9% 89.7% 94.2% 58.4% 57.8% 59%
59 91.4% 89.1% 93.8% 57.2% 56.6% 57.9%
60 90.8% 88.4% 93.4% 56% 55.3% 56.7%
61 90.2% 87.7% 92.9% 54.7% 54% 55.5%
62 89.6% 87% 92.4% 53.4% 52.6% 54.1%
63 88.9% 86.2% 91.9% 51.9% 51.1% 52.8%
64 88.2% 85.3% 91.3% 50.4% 49.5% 51.3%
65 87.4% 84.4% 90.6% 48.8% 47.9% 49.7%
66 86.6% 83.5% 89.9% 47.1% 46.2% 48%
67 85.7% 82.5% 89.1% 45.4% 44.4% 46.3%
68 84.7% 81.4% 88.2% 43.5% 42.6% 44.5%
69 83.6% 80.2% 87.2% 41.6% 40.7% 42.5%
70 82.4% 78.9% 86.1% 39.6% 38.6% 40.5%
71 81% 77.4% 84.8% 37.5% 36.6% 38.4%
72 79.4% 75.7% 83.4% 35.3% 34.4% 36.2%
73 77.7% 73.8% 81.7% 33.1% 32.2% 33.9%
74 75.7% 71.7% 79.9% 30.8% 29.9% 31.6%
75 73.4% 69.3% 77.8% 28.5% 27.6% 29.3%
76 70.9% 66.6% 75.5% 26.2% 25.3% 27%
77 68% 63.6% 72.9% 23.8% 23% 24.6%
78 64.9% 60.2% 69.9% 21.5% 20.8% 22.3%
79 61.4% 56.5% 66.6% 19.3% 18.5% 20%
80 57.6% 52.5% 63% 17.1% 16.4% 17.7%
81 53.5% 48.3% 59.1% 14.9% 14.3% 15.5%
82 49.2% 43.9% 54.9% 12.9% 12.3% 13.5%
83 44.7% 39.4% 50.5% 11% 10.4% 11.5%
84 40.2% 34.9% 45.9% 9.22% 8.73% 9.7%
85 35.7% 30.5% 41.3% 7.63% 7.19% 8.07%
86 31.3% 26.2% 36.7% 6.22% 5.81% 6.62%
87 27% 22.3% 32.1% 4.98% 4.61% 5.34%
88 23% 18.6% 27.7% 3.91% 3.58% 4.23%
89 19.3% 15.2% 23.6% 3% 2.71% 3.28%
90 15.9% 12.2% 19.7% 2.24% 1.99% 2.49%
91 12.8% 9.59% 16.2% 1.63% 1.42% 1.84%
92 10.2% 7.38% 13% 1.16% 0.98% 1.33%
93 7.9% 5.55% 10.3% 0.8% 0.66% 0.93%
94 6.01% 4.09% 7.9% 0.54% 0.43% 0.64%
95 4.45% 2.93% 5.94% 0.35% 0.27% 0.42%
96 3.21% 2.04% 4.33% 0.22% 0.17% 0.28%
97 2.23% 1.36% 3.06% 0.14% 0.1% 0.18%
98 1.5% 0.88% 2.08% 0.08% 0.06% 0.11%
99 0.97% 0.54% 1.36% 0.05% 0.03% 0.07%
100 0.59% 0.32% 0.85% 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 0.85% in the birth year in Iran and 6.69% in Nigeria, 0.09% vs 0.67% at age 30, 0.66% vs 2.29% at 60, and 7.1% vs 12.5% at 80.

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

Iran
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Iran Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 0.85% 0.92% 0.78% 6.69% 7.24% 6.13%
1 0.07% 0.07% 0.07% 0.96% 1.08% 0.84%
2 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.93% 0.99% 0.88%
3 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.91% 0.9% 0.91%
4 0.04% 0.04% 0.03% 0.88% 0.82% 0.93%
5 0.04% 0.05% 0.04% 0.83% 0.74% 0.92%
6 0.04% 0.05% 0.04% 0.76% 0.65% 0.87%
7 0.04% 0.04% 0.03% 0.67% 0.57% 0.78%
8 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.58% 0.49% 0.67%
9 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.49% 0.42% 0.56%
10 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.42% 0.37% 0.47%
11 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.37% 0.33% 0.4%
12 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.34% 0.31% 0.37%
13 0.04% 0.04% 0.03% 0.33% 0.31% 0.35%
14 0.05% 0.05% 0.04% 0.34% 0.32% 0.36%
15 0.06% 0.07% 0.04% 0.36% 0.34% 0.39%
16 0.06% 0.09% 0.04% 0.4% 0.38% 0.42%
17 0.07% 0.1% 0.05% 0.44% 0.42% 0.46%
18 0.08% 0.11% 0.05% 0.48% 0.47% 0.49%
19 0.09% 0.12% 0.05% 0.51% 0.51% 0.51%
20 0.09% 0.13% 0.05% 0.54% 0.56% 0.52%
21 0.09% 0.13% 0.05% 0.56% 0.59% 0.53%
22 0.09% 0.13% 0.05% 0.58% 0.62% 0.53%
23 0.09% 0.12% 0.05% 0.59% 0.63% 0.54%
24 0.08% 0.12% 0.05% 0.6% 0.64% 0.56%
25 0.08% 0.12% 0.05% 0.61% 0.64% 0.58%
26 0.09% 0.12% 0.05% 0.62% 0.64% 0.6%
27 0.09% 0.12% 0.05% 0.63% 0.64% 0.63%
28 0.09% 0.12% 0.06% 0.64% 0.64% 0.65%
29 0.09% 0.12% 0.06% 0.66% 0.65% 0.67%
30 0.09% 0.12% 0.06% 0.67% 0.66% 0.69%
31 0.09% 0.13% 0.06% 0.69% 0.67% 0.7%
32 0.1% 0.13% 0.06% 0.7% 0.68% 0.72%
33 0.1% 0.13% 0.06% 0.71% 0.7% 0.73%
34 0.1% 0.13% 0.07% 0.73% 0.71% 0.75%
35 0.1% 0.14% 0.07% 0.75% 0.72% 0.77%
36 0.11% 0.14% 0.07% 0.77% 0.74% 0.8%
37 0.11% 0.15% 0.07% 0.79% 0.76% 0.82%
38 0.12% 0.16% 0.08% 0.82% 0.79% 0.85%
39 0.12% 0.17% 0.08% 0.85% 0.82% 0.87%
40 0.13% 0.18% 0.09% 0.88% 0.85% 0.9%
41 0.14% 0.19% 0.09% 0.9% 0.89% 0.92%
42 0.15% 0.2% 0.1% 0.93% 0.93% 0.93%
43 0.16% 0.21% 0.1% 0.95% 0.96% 0.95%
44 0.17% 0.22% 0.11% 0.98% 0.99% 0.96%
45 0.18% 0.24% 0.12% 1% 1.03% 0.97%
46 0.19% 0.25% 0.13% 1.03% 1.07% 0.99%
47 0.21% 0.28% 0.14% 1.07% 1.11% 1.02%
48 0.23% 0.3% 0.16% 1.11% 1.17% 1.05%
49 0.25% 0.32% 0.17% 1.17% 1.25% 1.1%
50 0.27% 0.35% 0.18% 1.24% 1.33% 1.16%
51 0.29% 0.38% 0.2% 1.32% 1.41% 1.23%
52 0.32% 0.42% 0.22% 1.4% 1.5% 1.3%
53 0.35% 0.45% 0.24% 1.48% 1.58% 1.37%
54 0.38% 0.49% 0.27% 1.56% 1.66% 1.45%
55 0.42% 0.53% 0.29% 1.64% 1.74% 1.54%
56 0.46% 0.59% 0.33% 1.73% 1.83% 1.63%
57 0.5% 0.64% 0.36% 1.84% 1.94% 1.74%
58 0.55% 0.7% 0.4% 1.97% 2.07% 1.87%
59 0.6% 0.76% 0.45% 2.12% 2.22% 2.01%
60 0.66% 0.82% 0.5% 2.29% 2.4% 2.18%
61 0.71% 0.87% 0.55% 2.49% 2.6% 2.37%
62 0.76% 0.92% 0.6% 2.7% 2.82% 2.58%
63 0.81% 0.97% 0.66% 2.93% 3.05% 2.81%
64 0.88% 1.02% 0.73% 3.18% 3.3% 3.06%
65 0.95% 1.09% 0.8% 3.44% 3.56% 3.33%
66 1.04% 1.19% 0.9% 3.73% 3.84% 3.63%
67 1.16% 1.31% 1% 4.06% 4.16% 3.97%
68 1.3% 1.47% 1.13% 4.43% 4.52% 4.34%
69 1.47% 1.66% 1.29% 4.84% 4.93% 4.76%
70 1.68% 1.9% 1.47% 5.3% 5.39% 5.22%
71 1.93% 2.18% 1.69% 5.8% 5.9% 5.71%
72 2.22% 2.51% 1.94% 6.33% 6.45% 6.23%
73 2.57% 2.9% 2.24% 6.9% 7.03% 6.78%
74 2.98% 3.36% 2.59% 7.5% 7.66% 7.37%
75 3.45% 3.9% 3.01% 8.15% 8.33% 8%
76 4.01% 4.54% 3.49% 8.86% 9.06% 8.69%
77 4.66% 5.28% 4.05% 9.65% 9.86% 9.47%
78 5.39% 6.12% 4.7% 10.5% 10.7% 10.3%
79 6.2% 7.06% 5.42% 11.5% 11.7% 11.3%
80 7.1% 8.08% 6.22% 12.5% 12.8% 12.3%
81 8.06% 9.16% 7.09% 13.7% 13.9% 13.4%
82 9.06% 10.3% 8.03% 14.8% 15.1% 14.5%
83 10.1% 11.4% 9.03% 16% 16.3% 15.7%
84 11.2% 12.6% 10.1% 17.2% 17.7% 16.8%
85 12.4% 13.9% 11.2% 18.5% 19.1% 18%
86 13.6% 15.2% 12.4% 19.9% 20.7% 19.3%
87 14.9% 16.6% 13.7% 21.5% 22.4% 20.8%
88 16.2% 18.1% 15% 23.3% 24.3% 22.4%
89 17.7% 19.7% 16.4% 25.2% 26.4% 24.2%
90 19.2% 21.4% 17.9% 27.2% 28.6% 26.1%
91 20.7% 23.1% 19.5% 29.2% 30.8% 28%
92 22.3% 24.7% 21.2% 31.1% 32.9% 29.8%
93 24% 26.4% 22.9% 32.9% 34.9% 31.6%
94 25.9% 28.3% 24.9% 34.6% 36.9% 33.2%
95 28% 30.5% 27% 36.3% 38.7% 34.9%
96 30.4% 33% 29.5% 37.9% 40.5% 36.5%
97 32.9% 35.5% 32% 39.6% 42.4% 38.2%
98 35.5% 38.2% 34.7% 41.3% 44.2% 39.9%
99 38.4% 41% 37.6% 43% 46% 41.7%
100 40.8% 43.5% 40.1% 44.7% 47.8% 43.4%

Death rate by age in Iran compared to Nigeria

In Iran, the most common age of death is 83, compared to 0 in Nigeria. The median age of death is 81.8 in Iran and 64.3 in Nigeria — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Iran
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Iran Nigeria
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 851 917 780 6,691 7,237 6,132
1 70.9 67.5 74.4 895 1,000 785
2 26.9 25.1 28.8 862 907 815
3 26.4 26.8 26.1 832 822 842
4 37.6 41.8 33.1 795 740 852
5 43 49.3 36.3 744 658 834
6 41.7 47.9 35.1 676 577 779
7 36.3 41.1 31.2 593 498 691
8 29.6 32.5 26.5 506 427 588
9 24.4 25.9 22.8 425 366 487
10 23.2 24.4 21.9 361 319 406
11 25.2 27 23.3 317 287 349
12 29.4 32.3 26.3 292.3 269.1 316
13 36.3 41.5 30.7 284.9 264.9 306
14 45.1 53.9 35.7 292.2 272.9 312
15 54.6 68.5 39.9 312 291.9 332
16 63.9 83.8 42.8 340 320 360
17 72.2 98.4 44.5 371 354 389
18 79.1 111.2 45.2 402 393 412
19 84.1 120.6 45.5 429 431 427
20 86.7 125.4 45.8 451 466 435
21 87 125.8 46.1 466 494 438
22 86 123.3 46.7 477 512 441
23 84.4 119.4 47.6 484 520 447
24 83.1 115.7 48.6 490 522 457
25 82.7 113.6 50 495 518 471
26 83.2 113.1 51.6 501 513 487
27 84.5 114.1 53.4 507 510 504
28 86.2 115.9 55.3 514 509 519
29 88.2 118.2 57 521 511 531
30 90.2 120.5 58.6 529 516 541
31 91.9 122.4 59.9 536 523 550
32 93.5 124.4 61.1 543 529 558
33 95.3 126.6 62.4 551 535 567
34 97.6 129.6 63.9 559 541 577
35 100.5 133.4 65.7 568 548 588
36 104.3 138.4 68.2 578 557 600
37 108.8 144.5 71.2 591 569 614
38 114.1 151.6 74.7 606 584 628
39 120.1 159.4 78.9 622 603 642
40 126.8 167.9 83.6 639 624 654
41 134 176.9 89 654 645 663
42 142 186.6 95 667 664 669
43 151 197.4 101.7 677 682 672
44 161.1 209.7 109.3 686 698 674
45 172.7 223.9 117.8 696 715 676
46 185.8 240.5 127.3 709 735 682
47 200.6 259.4 137.8 727 760 694
48 217.2 280.6 149.6 753 792 712
49 235.8 304 162.7 784 830 737
50 256.1 329 177.3 821 873 768
51 277.9 356 193.4 860 917 803
52 302 385 211.4 899 958 839
53 328 416 231.7 936 996 876
54 356 450 254.5 972 1,030 913
55 389 488 280.6 1,008 1,062 952
56 425 532 310 1,047 1,098 995
57 465 579 344 1,093 1,141 1,044
58 508 628 381 1,147 1,194 1,100
59 553 678 422 1,211 1,256 1,165
60 597 724 464 1,283 1,328 1,237
61 640 764 510 1,360 1,405 1,316
62 682 799 557 1,440 1,483 1,398
63 725 834 608 1,521 1,560 1,483
64 772 874 664 1,600 1,633 1,569
65 829 924 729 1,679 1,704 1,656
66 901 993 805 1,759 1,775 1,745
67 992 1,084 895 1,842 1,849 1,837
68 1,101 1,197 1,000 1,928 1,926 1,931
69 1,231 1,334 1,122 2,014 2,006 2,024
70 1,384 1,496 1,264 2,098 2,084 2,113
71 1,562 1,685 1,429 2,174 2,157 2,192
72 1,765 1,899 1,618 2,236 2,218 2,256
73 1,995 2,140 1,832 2,282 2,263 2,303
74 2,252 2,408 2,073 2,310 2,291 2,331
75 2,534 2,702 2,341 2,321 2,301 2,344
76 2,844 3,022 2,636 2,318 2,294 2,344
77 3,169 3,355 2,953 2,300 2,271 2,331
78 3,495 3,686 3,282 2,268 2,232 2,304
79 3,807 3,991 3,610 2,216 2,172 2,258
80 4,086 4,245 3,918 2,140 2,091 2,187
81 4,308 4,422 4,192 2,036 1,984 2,087
82 4,455 4,507 4,409 1,906 1,855 1,956
83 4,518 4,495 4,559 1,753 1,705 1,800
84 4,502 4,396 4,635 1,586 1,542 1,629
85 4,409 4,222 4,631 1,413 1,373 1,452
86 4,246 3,985 4,549 1,240 1,202 1,277
87 4,021 3,698 4,391 1,072 1,034 1,109
88 3,740 3,367 4,163 910 871 948
89 3,405 2,994 3,869 755 715 794
90 3,041 2,605 3,529 610 569 649
91 2,662 2,215 3,157 477 438 515
92 2,270 1,823 2,754 360 324 395
93 1,896 1,466 2,351 262.7 230.7 293.7
94 1,555 1,158 1,966 185.4 158.4 211.6
95 1,247 894 1,606 127 105 148.2
96 975 672 1,277 84.6 67.4 101
97 734 484 978 54.8 41.8 67.1
98 532 335 721 34.5 25.2 43.4
99 370 222.9 510 21.1 14.6 27.2
100 112.7 17.9 194.4 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 Iran 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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