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Life Expectancy in Jamaica vs Nigeria (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 71.7 years in Jamaica vs 54.8 in Nigeria. Jamaica is ranked 126/197 by life expectancy, and Nigeria is 197/197. In Jamaica, the life expectancy is 69.2 years for males and 74.3 years for females. In Nigeria, it's 54.5 years for males and 55.1 years for females.

Jamaica vs Nigeria life expectancy at birth by year chart

Jamaica
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Jamaica Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 56.6 55.1 57.9 35.5 33.6 37.5
1951 57.1 55.7 58.5 35.7 33.8 37.7
1952 58.1 56.6 59.6 35.9 34 37.9
1953 58.9 57.3 60.4 36 34.1 38.1
1954 59.6 58 61.2 36.2 34.3 38.3
1955 60.4 58.8 62 36.3 34.3 38.5
1956 61.2 59.5 62.8 36.5 34.5 38.6
1957 61.9 60.2 63.6 36.6 34.6 38.8
1958 62.6 60.8 64.3 36.8 34.8 39
1959 63.2 61.4 64.9 37 35 39.2
1960 63.8 62 65.5 37.2 35.2 39.3
1961 64.3 62.4 65.9 37.4 35.4 39.6
1962 64.6 62.8 66.3 37.6 35.6 39.7
1963 65 63.2 66.7 37.8 35.8 39.9
1964 65.3 63.5 67 38 35.9 40.1
1965 65.7 63.8 67.4 38.2 36.2 40.4
1966 65.9 64 67.7 38.4 36.4 40.5
1967 66.1 64.1 67.9 37.5 35.1 40.1
1968 66.3 64.3 68.2 38.6 36.4 41
1969 66.5 64.4 68.5 38.9 36.8 41.3
1970 66.7 64.6 68.7 40 38.4 41.7
1971 67 64.8 69 40.6 39 42.3
1972 67.3 65.1 69.3 41.3 39.5 43.1
1973 67.6 65.5 69.6 41.8 40 43.7
1974 67.9 65.8 69.9 42.5 40.6 44.5
1975 68.2 66.1 70.1 43.1 41 45.2
1976 68.4 66.4 70.3 44.2 42.7 45.7
1977 68.6 66.6 70.4 44.8 43.4 46.3
1978 68.7 66.8 70.5 45.3 43.8 46.9
1979 68.8 67 70.5 45.7 44.2 47.3
1980 69 67.2 70.6 46 44.3 47.6
1981 69.1 67.5 70.7 46.3 44.6 48
1982 69.3 67.7 70.7 46.4 44.7 48.2
1983 69.5 68 71 46.4 44.8 48.1
1984 69.8 68.4 71.2 46.3 44.7 48
1985 70.1 68.7 71.4 46.2 44.6 47.9
1986 70.4 69.2 71.6 46 44.5 47.5
1987 70.9 69.7 71.9 45.9 44.5 47.4
1988 71.2 70.1 72.2 45.8 44.4 47.3
1989 71.5 70.5 72.5 45.8 44.4 47.3
1990 71.7 70.6 72.7 45.7 44.4 47.1
1991 71.8 70.7 72.8 45.5 44.1 47
1992 71.8 70.6 72.9 45.6 44.2 47
1993 71.8 70.5 73 45.8 44.2 47.4
1994 71.6 70.3 72.9 45.7 44.2 47.3
1995 71.5 70 72.9 45.9 44.4 47.4
1996 71.3 69.8 72.8 45.8 44.4 47.3
1997 71.2 69.6 72.8 46 44.7 47.2
1998 71.2 69.5 72.9 46.1 45.1 47.2
1999 71.2 69.4 73 46.6 45.7 47.5
2000 71.3 69.5 73.1 47.1 46.3 48
2001 71.3 69.4 73.2 47.5 46.9 48.2
2002 71.5 69.5 73.5 48 47.5 48.5
2003 71.6 69.5 73.7 48.6 48.2 49.1
2004 71.5 69.4 73.8 49.1 48.8 49.5
2005 71.5 69.1 74 49.5 49 50.1
2006 71.4 68.9 74 49.9 49.3 50.4
2007 71.4 68.9 74.1 50.4 49.8 50.9
2008 71.5 69 74.2 50.7 50.3 51.2
2009 71.7 69.2 74.3 51.1 50.6 51.6
2010 72 69.6 74.4 51.3 50.9 51.8
2011 72.2 70 74.6 51.5 51.1 51.9
2012 72.4 70.2 74.6 51.7 51.3 52
2013 72.4 70.3 74.5 51.8 51.5 52.2
2014 72.4 70.3 74.4 51.9 51.6 52.3
2015 72.2 70.1 74.3 51.9 51.6 52.2
2016 72.1 69.9 74.2 52.2 51.9 52.4
2017 71.9 69.6 74.1 52.4 52.1 52.6
2018 71.6 69.2 74 52.7 52.4 52.9
2019 71.5 69.1 74 53 52.8 53.2
2020 71.5 68.9 74 53.1 52.7 53.4
2021 69.1 66.7 71.5 53.5 53.2 53.7
2022 71.5 69 74 54.1 53.8 54.4
2023 71.5 69 74 54.5 54.2 54.7
2024 71.6 69.1 74.1 54.6 54.3 54.9
2025 71.7 69.2 74.3 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 61.7 years in Jamaica and 54.9 in Nigeria. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 13.1 healthy years in Jamaica and 14 in Nigeria.

Jamaica 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 Jamaica 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:
44.0 vs 37.1 years

Mean expected age of death:
74.0 vs 67.1 years

Median expected age of death:
76.2 vs 70.0 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Jamaica Nigeria
Male Female Male Female
40 97.5% 98.7% 92.9% 92.5%
50 92.6% 95.7% 83.8% 83.8%
60 81.9% 88.8% 70.3% 71.7%
65 73.0% 82.7% 60.9% 62.8%
70 61.2% 73.7% 49.1% 51.2%
75 46.5% 60.9% 35.0% 37.0%
80 30.3% 44.0% 20.7% 22.3%
85 15.5% 25.4% 9.1% 10.2%
90 5.5% 10.2% 2.5% 3.1%
95 1.2% 2.5% 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 Jamaica vs Nigeria: 74 years vs 67.1 at 30, 79.6 vs 77.2 at 65, 86.4 vs 85.2 at 80 — significantly higher than the 71.7 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 Jamaica and Nigeria.

Jamaica
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Jamaica Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 71.7 69.2 74.3 54.8 54.5 55.1
1 72.8 70.4 75.3 58.7 58.7 58.8
2 72.9 70.5 75.4 59.3 59.4 59.2
3 73 70.5 75.4 59.8 59.9 59.7
4 73 70.6 75.5 60.4 60.4 60.3
5 73.1 70.6 75.5 60.9 60.9 60.8
6 73.1 70.7 75.5 61.3 61.3 61.3
7 73.1 70.7 75.5 61.8 61.7 61.8
8 73.1 70.7 75.6 62.1 62 62.2
9 73.2 70.7 75.6 62.4 62.3 62.6
10 73.2 70.7 75.6 62.7 62.5 62.9
11 73.2 70.8 75.6 62.9 62.7 63.2
12 73.2 70.8 75.6 63.1 62.9 63.4
13 73.2 70.8 75.6 63.3 63 63.6
14 73.2 70.8 75.6 63.5 63.2 63.7
15 73.3 70.9 75.7 63.6 63.3 63.9
16 73.3 70.9 75.7 63.8 63.5 64.1
17 73.3 70.9 75.7 64 63.7 64.3
18 73.4 71 75.7 64.2 63.9 64.5
19 73.4 71 75.8 64.4 64.1 64.8
20 73.5 71.1 75.8 64.7 64.3 65
21 73.5 71.2 75.8 64.9 64.6 65.2
22 73.6 71.3 75.9 65.1 64.8 65.5
23 73.6 71.3 75.9 65.4 65.1 65.7
24 73.7 71.4 75.9 65.6 65.4 65.9
25 73.7 71.5 76 65.9 65.6 66.2
26 73.8 71.6 76 66.1 65.9 66.4
27 73.9 71.7 76 66.4 66.1 66.6
28 73.9 71.7 76.1 66.6 66.4 66.9
29 74 71.8 76.1 66.9 66.6 67.1
30 74 71.9 76.1 67.1 66.9 67.4
31 74.1 72 76.2 67.4 67.1 67.7
32 74.2 72.1 76.2 67.6 67.4 67.9
33 74.2 72.1 76.3 67.9 67.6 68.2
34 74.3 72.2 76.3 68.1 67.8 68.4
35 74.4 72.3 76.4 68.4 68.1 68.7
36 74.4 72.4 76.4 68.6 68.3 69
37 74.5 72.5 76.5 68.9 68.6 69.2
38 74.6 72.6 76.5 69.1 68.8 69.5
39 74.7 72.7 76.6 69.4 69 69.7
40 74.8 72.8 76.7 69.7 69.3 70
41 74.9 72.9 76.7 69.9 69.5 70.3
42 75 73 76.8 70.2 69.8 70.6
43 75.1 73.2 76.9 70.4 70 70.8
44 75.2 73.3 77 70.7 70.3 71.1
45 75.3 73.4 77.1 71 70.6 71.3
46 75.4 73.6 77.2 71.2 70.8 71.6
47 75.6 73.7 77.3 71.5 71.1 71.8
48 75.7 73.9 77.4 71.7 71.4 72.1
49 75.9 74.1 77.5 72 71.6 72.4
50 76 74.3 77.6 72.3 71.9 72.6
51 76.2 74.4 77.8 72.5 72.2 72.9
52 76.4 74.7 77.9 72.8 72.5 73.1
53 76.5 74.9 78.1 73.1 72.8 73.4
54 76.7 75.1 78.2 73.4 73.1 73.7
55 76.9 75.3 78.4 73.7 73.4 74
56 77.2 75.6 78.6 74 73.7 74.3
57 77.4 75.8 78.8 74.3 74.1 74.6
58 77.6 76.1 78.9 74.6 74.4 74.9
59 77.9 76.4 79.1 75 74.7 75.2
60 78.1 76.7 79.4 75.3 75.1 75.5
61 78.4 77 79.6 75.6 75.4 75.8
62 78.7 77.3 79.8 76 75.8 76.2
63 79 77.7 80.1 76.4 76.2 76.6
64 79.3 78 80.3 76.8 76.6 76.9
65 79.6 78.4 80.6 77.2 77 77.3
66 79.9 78.8 80.9 77.6 77.4 77.7
67 80.3 79.2 81.2 78 77.9 78.2
68 80.6 79.6 81.5 78.5 78.3 78.6
69 81 80.1 81.8 78.9 78.8 79.1
70 81.4 80.5 82.2 79.4 79.3 79.5
71 81.8 81 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 83.7 81.5 81.4 81.7
75 83.7 83 84.2 82.1 82 82.2
76 84.2 83.6 84.6 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 86.6 87.3 85.9 85.8 86
82 87.6 87.2 87.9 86.6 86.5 86.7
83 88.2 87.9 88.5 87.3 87.2 87.5
84 88.9 88.6 89.1 88.1 87.9 88.2
85 89.6 89.3 89.8 88.8 88.7 88.9
86 90.3 90.1 90.5 89.6 89.4 89.7
87 91 90.8 91.2 90.3 90.2 90.5
88 91.8 91.6 91.9 91.1 91 91.2
89 92.6 92.4 92.7 91.9 91.8 92
90 93.3 93.2 93.4 92.7 92.6 92.9
91 94.1 94 94.2 93.6 93.4 93.7
92 94.9 94.8 95 94.4 94.3 94.5
93 95.8 95.7 95.8 95.3 95.1 95.4
94 96.6 96.5 96.6 96.2 96 96.3
95 97.5 97.4 97.5 97.1 96.9 97.2
96 98.3 98.2 98.3 98 97.8 98.1
97 99.2 99.1 99.2 98.9 98.8 99
98 100.1 100 100.1 99.8 99.7 99.9
99 101 100.9 101 100.7 100.6 100.8
100 101.9 101.8 101.9 101.6 101.6 101.7

Odds of living to age in Jamaica vs Nigeria

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 82.2% in Jamaica and 55.7% in Nigeria are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 65.2% and 39.3% will live to 70 years or older, 35.9% and 16.9% to 80+ years, and 7.53% 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.

Jamaica
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Jamaica Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 98.5% 98.3% 98.7% 93.2% 92.7% 93.8%
2 98.4% 98.1% 98.6% 92.3% 91.7% 93%
3 98.3% 98% 98.5% 91.5% 90.8% 92.2%
4 98.2% 98% 98.5% 90.6% 89.9% 91.3%
5 98.2% 97.9% 98.4% 89.8% 89.2% 90.5%
6 98.1% 97.9% 98.4% 89.1% 88.5% 89.6%
7 98.1% 97.8% 98.3% 88.4% 87.9% 88.8%
8 98.1% 97.8% 98.3% 87.8% 87.4% 88.1%
9 98% 97.8% 98.3% 87.3% 87% 87.5%
10 98% 97.7% 98.3% 86.8% 86.6% 87%
11 98% 97.7% 98.2% 86.5% 86.3% 86.6%
12 97.9% 97.7% 98.2% 86.2% 86% 86.3%
13 97.9% 97.6% 98.2% 85.9% 85.8% 86%
14 97.9% 97.6% 98.2% 85.6% 85.5% 85.6%
15 97.8% 97.6% 98.1% 85.3% 85.2% 85.3%
16 97.8% 97.5% 98.1% 85% 84.9% 85%
17 97.7% 97.4% 98.1% 84.6% 84.6% 84.6%
18 97.7% 97.3% 98% 84.2% 84.2% 84.2%
19 97.6% 97.2% 98% 83.8% 83.9% 83.8%
20 97.5% 97.1% 97.9% 83.4% 83.4% 83.4%
21 97.4% 96.9% 97.9% 83% 83% 83%
22 97.3% 96.8% 97.8% 82.5% 82.5% 82.5%
23 97.2% 96.6% 97.8% 82% 81.9% 82.1%
24 97.1% 96.5% 97.7% 81.5% 81.4% 81.6%
25 97% 96.3% 97.6% 81% 80.9% 81.2%
26 96.9% 96.2% 97.6% 80.5% 80.4% 80.7%
27 96.7% 96% 97.5% 80% 79.9% 80.2%
28 96.6% 95.8% 97.4% 79.5% 79.3% 79.7%
29 96.5% 95.6% 97.4% 79% 78.8% 79.2%
30 96.3% 95.5% 97.3% 78.5% 78.3% 78.6%
31 96.2% 95.3% 97.2% 77.9% 77.8% 78.1%
32 96.1% 95.1% 97.1% 77.4% 77.3% 77.5%
33 95.9% 94.9% 97% 76.9% 76.7% 77%
34 95.8% 94.7% 96.9% 76.3% 76.2% 76.4%
35 95.6% 94.5% 96.8% 75.7% 75.7% 75.8%
36 95.4% 94.2% 96.6% 75.2% 75.1% 75.2%
37 95.2% 94% 96.5% 74.6% 74.6% 74.6%
38 95% 93.7% 96.4% 74% 74% 74%
39 94.8% 93.4% 96.2% 73.4% 73.4% 73.4%
40 94.5% 93.1% 96% 72.8% 72.8% 72.7%
41 94.3% 92.8% 95.8% 72.1% 72.2% 72.1%
42 94% 92.4% 95.6% 71.5% 71.5% 71.4%
43 93.7% 92.1% 95.4% 70.8% 70.9% 70.7%
44 93.4% 91.7% 95.1% 70.1% 70.2% 70.1%
45 93% 91.2% 94.9% 69.4% 69.5% 69.4%
46 92.6% 90.8% 94.6% 68.7% 68.8% 68.7%
47 92.2% 90.2% 94.2% 68% 68% 68%
48 91.7% 89.7% 93.9% 67.3% 67.3% 67.3%
49 91.2% 89.1% 93.5% 66.5% 66.5% 66.6%
50 90.7% 88.4% 93.1% 65.8% 65.6% 65.9%
51 90.1% 87.7% 92.6% 64.9% 64.8% 65.1%
52 89.5% 86.9% 92.1% 64.1% 63.8% 64.3%
53 88.8% 86.1% 91.6% 63.2% 62.9% 63.5%
54 88% 85.2% 91% 62.2% 61.9% 62.6%
55 87.2% 84.2% 90.3% 61.3% 60.8% 61.7%
56 86.4% 83.2% 89.7% 60.2% 59.8% 60.7%
57 85.4% 82.1% 88.9% 59.2% 58.7% 59.7%
58 84.5% 80.9% 88.1% 58.1% 57.5% 58.7%
59 83.4% 79.6% 87.3% 57% 56.3% 57.6%
60 82.2% 78.2% 86.3% 55.7% 55.1% 56.4%
61 81% 76.7% 85.3% 54.5% 53.8% 55.2%
62 79.7% 75.1% 84.2% 53.1% 52.4% 53.9%
63 78.2% 73.4% 83.1% 51.7% 50.9% 52.5%
64 76.7% 71.6% 81.8% 50.1% 49.3% 51%
65 75.1% 69.7% 80.4% 48.5% 47.7% 49.4%
66 73.3% 67.6% 78.9% 46.9% 46% 47.8%
67 71.5% 65.5% 77.3% 45.1% 44.2% 46%
68 69.5% 63.2% 75.6% 43.3% 42.4% 44.2%
69 67.4% 60.9% 73.7% 41.3% 40.4% 42.3%
70 65.2% 58.4% 71.7% 39.3% 38.4% 40.2%
71 62.8% 55.8% 69.5% 37.2% 36.3% 38.1%
72 60.3% 53.1% 67.2% 35.1% 34.2% 35.9%
73 57.6% 50.3% 64.7% 32.8% 32% 33.7%
74 54.8% 47.4% 62% 30.6% 29.7% 31.4%
75 51.9% 44.4% 59.2% 28.3% 27.4% 29.1%
76 48.9% 41.4% 56.2% 26% 25.2% 26.7%
77 45.8% 38.3% 53% 23.7% 22.9% 24.4%
78 42.5% 35.2% 49.8% 21.4% 20.6% 22.1%
79 39.3% 32.1% 46.3% 19.1% 18.4% 19.8%
80 35.9% 29% 42.8% 16.9% 16.2% 17.6%
81 32.6% 25.9% 39.2% 14.8% 14.2% 15.4%
82 29.2% 22.9% 35.6% 12.8% 12.2% 13.3%
83 25.9% 20.1% 31.9% 10.9% 10.3% 11.4%
84 22.7% 17.3% 28.2% 9.13% 8.64% 9.6%
85 19.7% 14.8% 24.7% 7.55% 7.11% 7.98%
86 16.8% 12.4% 21.3% 6.15% 5.75% 6.55%
87 14.1% 10.2% 18% 4.93% 4.56% 5.28%
88 11.6% 8.32% 15.1% 3.87% 3.54% 4.18%
89 9.45% 6.64% 12.4% 2.96% 2.67% 3.24%
90 7.53% 5.2% 9.95% 2.22% 1.97% 2.46%
91 5.88% 3.99% 7.84% 1.61% 1.4% 1.82%
92 4.5% 3% 6.07% 1.14% 0.97% 1.31%
93 3.36% 2.2% 4.58% 0.79% 0.65% 0.92%
94 2.46% 1.58% 3.37% 0.53% 0.42% 0.63%
95 1.75% 1.1% 2.42% 0.35% 0.27% 0.42%
96 1.21% 0.75% 1.69% 0.22% 0.16% 0.27%
97 0.81% 0.5% 1.15% 0.14% 0.1% 0.17%
98 0.53% 0.32% 0.76% 0.08% 0.06% 0.11%
99 0.34% 0.2% 0.49% 0.05% 0.03% 0.06%
100 0.21% 0.12% 0.3% 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 1.51% in the birth year in Jamaica and 6.77% in Nigeria, 0.14% vs 0.68% at age 30, 1.51% vs 2.3% at 60, and 9.39% vs 12.6% at 80.

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

Jamaica
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Jamaica Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 1.51% 1.72% 1.28% 6.77% 7.31% 6.22%
1 0.14% 0.15% 0.13% 0.96% 1.08% 0.84%
2 0.09% 0.09% 0.08% 0.94% 1% 0.88%
3 0.06% 0.07% 0.06% 0.92% 0.91% 0.92%
4 0.05% 0.05% 0.05% 0.89% 0.83% 0.94%
5 0.04% 0.04% 0.04% 0.84% 0.74% 0.93%
6 0.04% 0.04% 0.03% 0.77% 0.66% 0.88%
7 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.68% 0.57% 0.79%
8 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.58% 0.49% 0.68%
9 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.49% 0.42% 0.56%
10 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.42% 0.37% 0.47%
11 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.37% 0.34% 0.41%
12 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.34% 0.32% 0.37%
13 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.33% 0.31% 0.36%
14 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.34% 0.32% 0.37%
15 0.05% 0.06% 0.03% 0.37% 0.34% 0.39%
16 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.4% 0.38% 0.43%
17 0.07% 0.1% 0.04% 0.44% 0.42% 0.46%
18 0.08% 0.12% 0.05% 0.48% 0.47% 0.49%
19 0.09% 0.13% 0.05% 0.52% 0.52% 0.51%
20 0.1% 0.14% 0.06% 0.54% 0.56% 0.53%
21 0.11% 0.15% 0.06% 0.57% 0.6% 0.53%
22 0.11% 0.16% 0.06% 0.58% 0.62% 0.54%
23 0.11% 0.16% 0.06% 0.59% 0.64% 0.55%
24 0.12% 0.17% 0.06% 0.6% 0.64% 0.56%
25 0.12% 0.17% 0.07% 0.61% 0.64% 0.58%
26 0.12% 0.17% 0.07% 0.62% 0.64% 0.61%
27 0.13% 0.18% 0.08% 0.64% 0.64% 0.63%
28 0.13% 0.18% 0.08% 0.65% 0.64% 0.65%
29 0.14% 0.19% 0.08% 0.66% 0.65% 0.67%
30 0.14% 0.2% 0.09% 0.68% 0.66% 0.69%
31 0.15% 0.2% 0.1% 0.69% 0.67% 0.71%
32 0.16% 0.21% 0.1% 0.71% 0.69% 0.72%
33 0.17% 0.22% 0.11% 0.72% 0.7% 0.74%
34 0.18% 0.24% 0.12% 0.74% 0.71% 0.76%
35 0.19% 0.25% 0.13% 0.75% 0.73% 0.78%
36 0.2% 0.26% 0.14% 0.77% 0.74% 0.8%
37 0.22% 0.28% 0.15% 0.8% 0.77% 0.83%
38 0.24% 0.3% 0.17% 0.82% 0.79% 0.85%
39 0.25% 0.32% 0.18% 0.85% 0.82% 0.88%
40 0.28% 0.35% 0.2% 0.88% 0.86% 0.9%
41 0.3% 0.37% 0.22% 0.91% 0.9% 0.92%
42 0.32% 0.41% 0.24% 0.94% 0.93% 0.94%
43 0.35% 0.44% 0.26% 0.96% 0.97% 0.95%
44 0.38% 0.48% 0.29% 0.98% 1% 0.97%
45 0.42% 0.52% 0.31% 1.01% 1.03% 0.98%
46 0.45% 0.57% 0.34% 1.03% 1.07% 1%
47 0.5% 0.62% 0.38% 1.07% 1.12% 1.02%
48 0.54% 0.67% 0.41% 1.12% 1.18% 1.06%
49 0.59% 0.74% 0.45% 1.18% 1.25% 1.11%
50 0.65% 0.81% 0.5% 1.25% 1.33% 1.17%
51 0.7% 0.88% 0.54% 1.33% 1.42% 1.24%
52 0.77% 0.96% 0.59% 1.41% 1.5% 1.31%
53 0.84% 1.05% 0.64% 1.48% 1.59% 1.38%
54 0.91% 1.14% 0.7% 1.56% 1.67% 1.46%
55 0.98% 1.24% 0.75% 1.65% 1.75% 1.55%
56 1.07% 1.35% 0.82% 1.74% 1.84% 1.64%
57 1.16% 1.47% 0.89% 1.85% 1.95% 1.75%
58 1.27% 1.6% 0.98% 1.98% 2.08% 1.88%
59 1.38% 1.75% 1.06% 2.13% 2.23% 2.02%
60 1.51% 1.92% 1.17% 2.3% 2.41% 2.19%
61 1.63% 2.07% 1.27% 2.5% 2.61% 2.39%
62 1.8% 2.27% 1.41% 2.71% 2.83% 2.6%
63 1.95% 2.47% 1.54% 2.94% 3.07% 2.83%
64 2.13% 2.68% 1.69% 3.19% 3.31% 3.08%
65 2.33% 2.92% 1.86% 3.46% 3.57% 3.35%
66 2.53% 3.16% 2.03% 3.75% 3.86% 3.65%
67 2.77% 3.44% 2.24% 4.08% 4.18% 3.98%
68 3.04% 3.75% 2.47% 4.45% 4.54% 4.36%
69 3.32% 4.08% 2.72% 4.86% 4.95% 4.78%
70 3.66% 4.45% 3.05% 5.32% 5.41% 5.24%
71 3.98% 4.82% 3.33% 5.82% 5.92% 5.73%
72 4.41% 5.3% 3.73% 6.36% 6.47% 6.25%
73 4.84% 5.77% 4.12% 6.92% 7.05% 6.81%
74 5.32% 6.28% 4.58% 7.53% 7.68% 7.39%
75 5.83% 6.84% 5.07% 8.17% 8.35% 8.02%
76 6.4% 7.46% 5.61% 8.89% 9.08% 8.71%
77 7.01% 8.11% 6.18% 9.68% 9.88% 9.49%
78 7.74% 8.87% 6.89% 10.6% 10.8% 10.4%
79 8.47% 9.65% 7.58% 11.5% 11.7% 11.3%
80 9.39% 10.6% 8.48% 12.6% 12.8% 12.4%
81 10.2% 11.4% 9.26% 13.7% 13.9% 13.5%
82 11.3% 12.5% 10.3% 14.8% 15.1% 14.6%
83 12.3% 13.6% 11.4% 16% 16.4% 15.7%
84 13.5% 14.8% 12.6% 17.2% 17.7% 16.8%
85 14.7% 16% 13.8% 18.5% 19.1% 18%
86 16.1% 17.4% 15.2% 20% 20.7% 19.3%
87 17.4% 18.7% 16.5% 21.5% 22.5% 20.8%
88 18.8% 20.2% 18% 23.3% 24.4% 22.4%
89 20.3% 21.6% 19.5% 25.2% 26.5% 24.2%
90 21.9% 23.3% 21.2% 27.2% 28.6% 26.1%
91 23.4% 24.8% 22.6% 29.2% 30.8% 28%
92 25.3% 26.6% 24.5% 31.1% 33% 29.8%
93 27% 28.4% 26.3% 32.9% 35% 31.6%
94 28.9% 30.2% 28.2% 34.7% 36.9% 33.3%
95 30.8% 31.9% 30.3% 36.3% 38.8% 34.9%
96 32.6% 33.6% 32.2% 38% 40.6% 36.5%
97 34.4% 35.3% 34% 39.6% 42.4% 38.2%
98 36.1% 36.9% 35.8% 41.3% 44.2% 40%
99 38.2% 38.8% 38% 43% 46.1% 41.7%
100 39.9% 40.5% 39.8% 44.7% 47.9% 43.4%

Death rate by age in Jamaica compared to Nigeria

In Jamaica, the most common age of death is 80, compared to 0 in Nigeria. The median age of death is 75.6 in Jamaica and 64.1 in Nigeria — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Jamaica
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Jamaica Nigeria
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 1,506 1,718 1,284 6,773 7,315 6,219
1 136.2 144.7 127.5 899 1,005 788
2 85.9 92.7 78.8 868 913 822
3 62.6 68 56.9 839 828 851
4 49.3 53.5 45 803 746 862
5 40.2 43.7 36.5 753 664 845
6 35.1 38.7 31.3 684 582 790
7 31.9 36 27.7 600 503 701
8 29.1 33.2 24.8 512 431 596
9 27.2 31.4 22.9 430 369 493
10 26.5 30.9 21.8 365 322 410
11 26.9 32.1 21.5 321 289.3 353
12 28.4 34.1 22.5 295 271.2 320
13 31.9 38.5 25 287.3 266.9 309
14 38 47.1 28.5 294.5 274.8 315
15 46.9 59.7 33.6 314 293.8 335
16 58 76.5 38.8 342 322 363
17 69.4 94.4 43.4 374 356 392
18 82.5 115.6 48 405 395 416
19 91.1 129.1 51.5 432 434 431
20 98.1 140.1 54.3 454 469 438
21 103.1 148.5 55.7 469 496 441
22 107.1 154.1 58 480 514 444
23 110.1 157.6 60.5 487 523 450
24 112.8 160.3 63.1 493 524 460
25 115.7 163.4 65.7 498 521 474
26 119.1 166.6 69.3 503 516 490
27 123.2 170.7 73.2 509 512 506
28 127.5 175.4 77.3 516 511 521
29 132.8 180.6 82.6 524 514 534
30 138.7 186.7 88.1 531 519 544
31 143.7 192.4 92.6 539 525 553
32 152.2 201.4 100.5 546 531 561
33 160.7 210.8 107.9 553 537 570
34 170.7 222.5 116.1 561 543 580
35 182.5 235.3 126.8 570 550 591
36 194.4 248.8 137 581 559 603
37 208 264.9 147.9 594 571 617
38 224.2 283.2 161.9 608 587 631
39 241 303 176.1 625 605 644
40 260.9 325 192.8 641 626 656
41 279.5 347 208.6 656 647 666
42 304 375 229.7 669 667 672
43 329 404 250 679 684 675
44 356 436 271.8 688 700 676
45 389 475 298.6 698 717 679
46 421 513 324 711 737 685
47 459 557 356 730 762 696
48 499 604 390 755 794 715
49 542 657 424 786 832 740
50 592 716 465 823 875 770
51 634 769 497 862 918 805
52 691 836 546 901 960 841
53 742 901 586 938 998 878
54 800 972 633 973 1,031 915
55 859 1,045 681 1,009 1,064 954
56 925 1,123 737 1,048 1,100 996
57 993 1,206 794 1,094 1,142 1,045
58 1,070 1,296 861 1,148 1,195 1,101
59 1,147 1,388 926 1,211 1,257 1,166
60 1,244 1,497 1,013 1,283 1,329 1,238
61 1,322 1,585 1,083 1,360 1,405 1,316
62 1,430 1,703 1,185 1,440 1,483 1,398
63 1,528 1,809 1,277 1,520 1,560 1,482
64 1,634 1,920 1,379 1,599 1,632 1,568
65 1,750 2,037 1,495 1,678 1,703 1,654
66 1,852 2,134 1,599 1,757 1,773 1,742
67 1,978 2,252 1,730 1,839 1,846 1,834
68 2,109 2,370 1,870 1,924 1,923 1,927
69 2,234 2,482 2,006 2,010 2,002 2,019
70 2,384 2,600 2,184 2,093 2,080 2,107
71 2,496 2,690 2,315 2,168 2,152 2,185
72 2,658 2,811 2,510 2,229 2,212 2,248
73 2,786 2,899 2,668 2,274 2,256 2,293
74 2,916 2,978 2,839 2,301 2,283 2,321
75 3,028 3,039 3,001 2,311 2,292 2,332
76 3,131 3,085 3,154 2,307 2,284 2,331
77 3,207 3,103 3,276 2,289 2,261 2,317
78 3,295 3,121 3,426 2,256 2,220 2,290
79 3,326 3,092 3,511 2,203 2,161 2,243
80 3,372 3,062 3,633 2,126 2,078 2,172
81 3,320 2,964 3,629 2,022 1,972 2,071
82 3,296 2,875 3,677 1,892 1,842 1,940
83 3,202 2,733 3,640 1,739 1,693 1,785
84 3,075 2,568 3,561 1,573 1,530 1,614
85 2,893 2,366 3,410 1,400 1,361 1,439
86 2,694 2,155 3,234 1,228 1,191 1,265
87 2,447 1,920 2,981 1,061 1,024 1,098
88 2,185 1,677 2,704 900 863 938
89 1,915 1,438 2,405 747 708 785
90 1,651 1,210 2,105 603 563 642
91 1,377 992 1,775 471 433 509
92 1,137 800 1,486 356 320 391
93 910 625 1,206 259.5 227.7 290.2
94 709 476 953 183.1 156.2 209
95 537 351 733 125.3 103.5 146.2
96 394 252.3 544 83.4 66.3 99.7
97 280.2 175.9 390 54 41.2 66.2
98 193 119 270.6 34 24.7 42.8
99 130.6 79.1 184.6 20.8 14.4 26.8
100 2.74 0 13.5 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 Jamaica 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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