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Life Expectancy in Kenya vs Nigeria (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 64 years in Kenya vs 54.8 in Nigeria. Kenya is ranked 177/197 by life expectancy, and Nigeria is 197/197. In Kenya, the life expectancy is 61.8 years for males and 66.3 years for females. In Nigeria, it's 54.5 years for males and 55.1 years for females.

Kenya vs Nigeria life expectancy at birth by year chart

Kenya
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Kenya Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 36.9 35.8 38.2 35.5 33.6 37.5
1951 38 36.9 39.3 35.7 33.8 37.7
1952 38.6 37.1 40.4 35.9 34 37.9
1953 39.8 38.2 41.7 36 34.1 38.1
1954 41 39.4 42.9 36.2 34.3 38.3
1955 42.3 40.6 44.2 36.3 34.3 38.5
1956 43.5 41.8 45.5 36.5 34.5 38.6
1957 45.3 44.2 46.7 36.6 34.6 38.8
1958 46.5 45.3 47.8 36.8 34.8 39
1959 47.5 46.3 48.9 37 35 39.2
1960 48.5 47.2 49.9 37.2 35.2 39.3
1961 49.3 48.1 50.8 37.4 35.4 39.6
1962 50.1 48.8 51.6 37.6 35.6 39.7
1963 50.8 49.5 52.2 37.8 35.8 39.9
1964 51.3 50 52.8 38 35.9 40.1
1965 51.9 50.6 53.4 38.2 36.2 40.4
1966 52.4 51.1 53.8 38.4 36.4 40.5
1967 52.8 51.6 54.2 37.5 35.1 40.1
1968 53.3 52 54.7 38.6 36.4 41
1969 53.7 52.5 55.1 38.9 36.8 41.3
1970 54.1 52.9 55.6 40 38.4 41.7
1971 54.5 53.2 56.1 40.6 39 42.3
1972 55 53.5 56.6 41.3 39.5 43.1
1973 55.5 53.9 57.2 41.8 40 43.7
1974 56 54.4 57.8 42.5 40.6 44.5
1975 56.6 55 58.4 43.1 41 45.2
1976 57.2 55.4 59 44.2 42.7 45.7
1977 57.7 55.9 59.6 44.8 43.4 46.3
1978 58.2 56.4 60.2 45.3 43.8 46.9
1979 58.7 56.9 60.6 45.7 44.2 47.3
1980 59.2 57.4 61.1 46 44.3 47.6
1981 59.6 57.8 61.4 46.3 44.6 48
1982 59.9 58.1 61.7 46.4 44.7 48.2
1983 60.3 58.6 62.1 46.4 44.8 48.1
1984 60.6 58.8 62.4 46.3 44.7 48
1985 60.9 59.1 62.6 46.2 44.6 47.9
1986 60.8 59 62.6 46 44.5 47.5
1987 60.7 58.8 62.6 45.9 44.5 47.4
1988 60.3 58.3 62.3 45.8 44.4 47.3
1989 60 58 62 45.8 44.4 47.3
1990 58.3 56.6 60 45.7 44.4 47.1
1991 57.8 56.1 59.5 45.5 44.1 47
1992 57.1 55.3 58.8 45.6 44.2 47
1993 56.7 55.1 58.2 45.8 44.2 47.4
1994 56.1 54.8 57.4 45.7 44.2 47.3
1995 55.9 54.8 56.9 45.9 44.4 47.4
1996 55.6 54.8 56.3 45.8 44.4 47.3
1997 55.5 54.7 56.2 46 44.7 47.2
1998 55.6 54.7 56.3 46.1 45.1 47.2
1999 55.9 55 56.6 46.6 45.7 47.5
2000 56.1 55.3 56.8 47.1 46.3 48
2001 56.5 55.7 57.3 47.5 46.9 48.2
2002 56.8 55.8 57.6 48 47.5 48.5
2003 57.4 56.5 58.2 48.6 48.2 49.1
2004 57.9 57 58.9 49.1 48.8 49.5
2005 58.5 57.4 59.5 49.5 49 50.1
2006 59.1 57.8 60.2 49.9 49.3 50.4
2007 59.4 58 60.8 50.4 49.8 50.9
2008 60 58.4 61.5 50.7 50.3 51.2
2009 60.5 58.9 62.1 51.1 50.6 51.6
2010 60.9 59.2 62.6 51.3 50.9 51.8
2011 61.3 59.5 63.1 51.5 51.1 51.9
2012 61.5 59.7 63.4 51.7 51.3 52
2013 61.7 59.9 63.6 51.8 51.5 52.2
2014 62 60.1 64 51.9 51.6 52.3
2015 62.3 60.3 64.3 51.9 51.6 52.2
2016 62.5 60.5 64.7 52.2 51.9 52.4
2017 62.7 60.6 64.9 52.4 52.1 52.6
2018 62.8 60.7 65 52.7 52.4 52.9
2019 62.9 60.9 65.1 53 52.8 53.2
2020 61.6 59.1 64.2 53.1 52.7 53.4
2021 61.2 59 63.6 53.5 53.2 53.7
2022 63.5 61.3 65.9 54.1 53.8 54.4
2023 63.6 61.5 65.9 54.5 54.2 54.7
2024 63.8 61.6 66.1 54.6 54.3 54.9
2025 64 61.8 66.3 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 58.2 years in Kenya and 54.9 in Nigeria. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.9 healthy years in Kenya and 14 in Nigeria.

Kenya 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 Kenya 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:
38.8 vs 37.1 years

Mean expected age of death:
68.8 vs 67.1 years

Median expected age of death:
70.7 vs 70.0 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Kenya Nigeria
Male Female Male Female
40 93.7% 95.0% 92.9% 92.5%
50 83.4% 87.3% 83.8% 83.8%
60 67.8% 75.6% 70.3% 71.7%
65 57.6% 67.4% 60.9% 62.8%
70 46.1% 57.3% 49.1% 51.2%
75 34.2% 45.7% 35.0% 37.0%
80 22.6% 33.2% 20.7% 22.3%
85 12.1% 20.4% 9.1% 10.2%
90 4.7% 9.4% 2.5% 3.1%
95 1.2% 2.9% 0.3% 0.5%
100 0.2% 0.5% 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 Kenya vs Nigeria: 68.8 years vs 67.1 at 30, 79.1 vs 77.2 at 65, 87 vs 85.2 at 80 — significantly higher than the 64 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 Kenya and Nigeria.

Kenya
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Kenya Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 64 61.8 66.3 54.8 54.5 55.1
1 65.9 63.8 68 58.7 58.7 58.8
2 66.2 64.1 68.4 59.3 59.4 59.2
3 66.4 64.3 68.6 59.8 59.9 59.7
4 66.5 64.4 68.7 60.4 60.4 60.3
5 66.6 64.5 68.8 60.9 60.9 60.8
6 66.7 64.6 68.9 61.3 61.3 61.3
7 66.7 64.6 68.9 61.8 61.7 61.8
8 66.8 64.7 69 62.1 62 62.2
9 66.8 64.7 69 62.4 62.3 62.6
10 66.9 64.8 69.1 62.7 62.5 62.9
11 66.9 64.8 69.1 62.9 62.7 63.2
12 67 64.9 69.1 63.1 62.9 63.4
13 67 64.9 69.2 63.3 63 63.6
14 67 65 69.2 63.5 63.2 63.7
15 67.1 65 69.3 63.6 63.3 63.9
16 67.2 65.1 69.3 63.8 63.5 64.1
17 67.2 65.1 69.4 64 63.7 64.3
18 67.3 65.2 69.5 64.2 63.9 64.5
19 67.4 65.3 69.5 64.4 64.1 64.8
20 67.5 65.4 69.6 64.7 64.3 65
21 67.6 65.5 69.7 64.9 64.6 65.2
22 67.7 65.6 69.8 65.1 64.8 65.5
23 67.8 65.8 69.9 65.4 65.1 65.7
24 67.9 65.9 70 65.6 65.4 65.9
25 68 66 70.1 65.9 65.6 66.2
26 68.2 66.2 70.2 66.1 65.9 66.4
27 68.3 66.3 70.4 66.4 66.1 66.6
28 68.5 66.5 70.5 66.6 66.4 66.9
29 68.6 66.6 70.7 66.9 66.6 67.1
30 68.8 66.8 70.8 67.1 66.9 67.4
31 68.9 67 71 67.4 67.1 67.7
32 69.1 67.2 71.1 67.6 67.4 67.9
33 69.3 67.3 71.3 67.9 67.6 68.2
34 69.5 67.5 71.5 68.1 67.8 68.4
35 69.7 67.7 71.7 68.4 68.1 68.7
36 69.9 68 71.8 68.6 68.3 69
37 70.1 68.2 72 68.9 68.6 69.2
38 70.3 68.4 72.2 69.1 68.8 69.5
39 70.5 68.7 72.4 69.4 69 69.7
40 70.8 68.9 72.7 69.7 69.3 70
41 71 69.2 72.9 69.9 69.5 70.3
42 71.2 69.4 73.1 70.2 69.8 70.6
43 71.5 69.7 73.3 70.4 70 70.8
44 71.8 70 73.6 70.7 70.3 71.1
45 72 70.3 73.8 71 70.6 71.3
46 72.3 70.6 74 71.2 70.8 71.6
47 72.6 70.9 74.3 71.5 71.1 71.8
48 72.9 71.2 74.5 71.7 71.4 72.1
49 73.2 71.5 74.8 72 71.6 72.4
50 73.5 71.8 75.1 72.3 71.9 72.6
51 73.8 72.2 75.3 72.5 72.2 72.9
52 74.1 72.5 75.6 72.8 72.5 73.1
53 74.4 72.9 75.9 73.1 72.8 73.4
54 74.8 73.2 76.2 73.4 73.1 73.7
55 75.1 73.6 76.5 73.7 73.4 74
56 75.4 74 76.8 74 73.7 74.3
57 75.8 74.4 77.1 74.3 74.1 74.6
58 76.2 74.8 77.5 74.6 74.4 74.9
59 76.5 75.2 77.8 75 74.7 75.2
60 76.9 75.6 78.1 75.3 75.1 75.5
61 77.3 76.1 78.5 75.6 75.4 75.8
62 77.7 76.5 78.8 76 75.8 76.2
63 78.2 77 79.2 76.4 76.2 76.6
64 78.6 77.4 79.6 76.8 76.6 76.9
65 79.1 77.9 80 77.2 77 77.3
66 79.5 78.5 80.4 77.6 77.4 77.7
67 80 79 80.9 78 77.9 78.2
68 80.5 79.5 81.3 78.5 78.3 78.6
69 81 80 81.8 78.9 78.8 79.1
70 81.5 80.5 82.2 79.4 79.3 79.5
71 82 81.1 82.7 79.9 79.8 80
72 82.5 81.6 83.2 80.5 80.3 80.6
73 83 82.2 83.7 81 80.9 81.1
74 83.5 82.7 84.2 81.5 81.4 81.7
75 84.1 83.3 84.7 82.1 82 82.2
76 84.6 83.9 85.2 82.7 82.6 82.8
77 85.2 84.5 85.7 83.3 83.2 83.4
78 85.8 85.1 86.3 83.9 83.8 84
79 86.4 85.7 86.8 84.6 84.5 84.7
80 87 86.3 87.4 85.2 85.1 85.3
81 87.6 87 87.9 85.9 85.8 86
82 88.2 87.6 88.5 86.6 86.5 86.7
83 88.8 88.3 89.1 87.3 87.2 87.5
84 89.5 89 89.7 88.1 87.9 88.2
85 90.1 89.7 90.4 88.8 88.7 88.9
86 90.8 90.4 91.1 89.6 89.4 89.7
87 91.6 91.1 91.8 90.3 90.2 90.5
88 92.3 91.9 92.5 91.1 91 91.2
89 93 92.7 93.2 91.9 91.8 92
90 93.8 93.5 94 92.7 92.6 92.9
91 94.6 94.3 94.7 93.6 93.4 93.7
92 95.4 95.1 95.5 94.4 94.3 94.5
93 96.2 95.9 96.3 95.3 95.1 95.4
94 97 96.8 97.1 96.2 96 96.3
95 97.8 97.6 97.9 97.1 96.9 97.2
96 98.7 98.5 98.8 98 97.8 98.1
97 99.5 99.4 99.6 98.9 98.8 99
98 100.4 100.2 100.5 99.8 99.7 99.9
99 101.3 101.1 101.4 100.7 100.6 100.8
100 102.2 102 102.2 101.6 101.6 101.7

Odds of living to age in Kenya vs Nigeria

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 65.7% in Kenya and 55.7% in Nigeria are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 47.3% and 39.3% will live to 70 years or older, 25.5% and 16.9% to 80+ years, and 6.47% 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.

Kenya
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Kenya Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.1% 96.8% 97.5% 93.2% 92.7% 93.8%
2 96.7% 96.4% 97% 92.3% 91.7% 93%
3 96.4% 96.1% 96.7% 91.5% 90.8% 92.2%
4 96.2% 95.9% 96.5% 90.6% 89.9% 91.3%
5 96% 95.7% 96.3% 89.8% 89.2% 90.5%
6 95.9% 95.6% 96.2% 89.1% 88.5% 89.6%
7 95.8% 95.5% 96.2% 88.4% 87.9% 88.8%
8 95.8% 95.5% 96.1% 87.8% 87.4% 88.1%
9 95.7% 95.4% 96% 87.3% 87% 87.5%
10 95.6% 95.3% 95.9% 86.8% 86.6% 87%
11 95.5% 95.2% 95.9% 86.5% 86.3% 86.6%
12 95.5% 95.2% 95.8% 86.2% 86% 86.3%
13 95.4% 95.1% 95.7% 85.9% 85.8% 86%
14 95.3% 95% 95.7% 85.6% 85.5% 85.6%
15 95.2% 94.9% 95.6% 85.3% 85.2% 85.3%
16 95.1% 94.8% 95.5% 85% 84.9% 85%
17 95% 94.7% 95.4% 84.6% 84.6% 84.6%
18 94.9% 94.5% 95.3% 84.2% 84.2% 84.2%
19 94.7% 94.3% 95.1% 83.8% 83.9% 83.8%
20 94.5% 94.1% 95% 83.4% 83.4% 83.4%
21 94.3% 93.9% 94.8% 83% 83% 83%
22 94.1% 93.6% 94.6% 82.5% 82.5% 82.5%
23 93.9% 93.3% 94.4% 82% 81.9% 82.1%
24 93.6% 93.1% 94.2% 81.5% 81.4% 81.6%
25 93.3% 92.8% 93.9% 81% 80.9% 81.2%
26 93% 92.4% 93.7% 80.5% 80.4% 80.7%
27 92.7% 92.1% 93.4% 80% 79.9% 80.2%
28 92.4% 91.7% 93.1% 79.5% 79.3% 79.7%
29 92.1% 91.3% 92.8% 79% 78.8% 79.2%
30 91.7% 90.9% 92.4% 78.5% 78.3% 78.6%
31 91.3% 90.5% 92.1% 77.9% 77.8% 78.1%
32 90.9% 90% 91.7% 77.4% 77.3% 77.5%
33 90.4% 89.5% 91.3% 76.9% 76.7% 77%
34 90% 89% 90.9% 76.3% 76.2% 76.4%
35 89.5% 88.5% 90.4% 75.7% 75.7% 75.8%
36 88.9% 87.9% 90% 75.2% 75.1% 75.2%
37 88.4% 87.3% 89.5% 74.6% 74.6% 74.6%
38 87.8% 86.6% 89% 74% 74% 74%
39 87.2% 85.9% 88.4% 73.4% 73.4% 73.4%
40 86.5% 85.2% 87.8% 72.8% 72.8% 72.7%
41 85.8% 84.4% 87.3% 72.1% 72.2% 72.1%
42 85.1% 83.6% 86.6% 71.5% 71.5% 71.4%
43 84.4% 82.8% 86% 70.8% 70.9% 70.7%
44 83.6% 81.9% 85.3% 70.1% 70.2% 70.1%
45 82.8% 81% 84.7% 69.4% 69.5% 69.4%
46 82% 80.1% 83.9% 68.7% 68.8% 68.7%
47 81.1% 79.1% 83.2% 68% 68% 68%
48 80.2% 78% 82.4% 67.3% 67.3% 67.3%
49 79.2% 76.9% 81.6% 66.5% 66.5% 66.6%
50 78.2% 75.8% 80.7% 65.8% 65.6% 65.9%
51 77.2% 74.6% 79.8% 64.9% 64.8% 65.1%
52 76.1% 73.3% 78.9% 64.1% 63.8% 64.3%
53 74.9% 72.1% 77.9% 63.2% 62.9% 63.5%
54 73.7% 70.7% 76.9% 62.2% 61.9% 62.6%
55 72.5% 69.3% 75.9% 61.3% 60.8% 61.7%
56 71.3% 67.9% 74.8% 60.2% 59.8% 60.7%
57 69.9% 66.4% 73.6% 59.2% 58.7% 59.7%
58 68.6% 64.9% 72.5% 58.1% 57.5% 58.7%
59 67.2% 63.3% 71.2% 57% 56.3% 57.6%
60 65.7% 61.7% 69.9% 55.7% 55.1% 56.4%
61 64.1% 59.9% 68.5% 54.5% 53.8% 55.2%
62 62.5% 58.1% 67.1% 53.1% 52.4% 53.9%
63 60.8% 56.3% 65.6% 51.7% 50.9% 52.5%
64 59% 54.3% 64% 50.1% 49.3% 51%
65 57.2% 52.3% 62.3% 48.5% 47.7% 49.4%
66 55.3% 50.3% 60.5% 46.9% 46% 47.8%
67 53.3% 48.2% 58.7% 45.1% 44.2% 46%
68 51.3% 46.1% 56.8% 43.3% 42.4% 44.2%
69 49.3% 44% 54.9% 41.3% 40.4% 42.3%
70 47.3% 41.9% 53% 39.3% 38.4% 40.2%
71 45.2% 39.8% 50.9% 37.2% 36.3% 38.1%
72 43.1% 37.6% 48.8% 35.1% 34.2% 35.9%
73 40.9% 35.5% 46.7% 32.8% 32% 33.7%
74 38.8% 33.3% 44.5% 30.6% 29.7% 31.4%
75 36.6% 31.1% 42.3% 28.3% 27.4% 29.1%
76 34.3% 29% 40% 26% 25.2% 26.7%
77 32.1% 26.8% 37.7% 23.7% 22.9% 24.4%
78 29.9% 24.7% 35.4% 21.4% 20.6% 22.1%
79 27.6% 22.6% 33% 19.1% 18.4% 19.8%
80 25.5% 20.5% 30.7% 16.9% 16.2% 17.6%
81 23.3% 18.5% 28.4% 14.8% 14.2% 15.4%
82 21.2% 16.6% 26% 12.8% 12.2% 13.3%
83 19% 14.6% 23.6% 10.9% 10.3% 11.4%
84 16.9% 12.8% 21.3% 9.13% 8.64% 9.6%
85 14.9% 11% 18.9% 7.55% 7.11% 7.98%
86 13% 9.4% 16.6% 6.15% 5.75% 6.55%
87 11.1% 7.89% 14.4% 4.93% 4.56% 5.28%
88 9.42% 6.53% 12.3% 3.87% 3.54% 4.18%
89 7.87% 5.32% 10.4% 2.96% 2.67% 3.24%
90 6.47% 4.26% 8.66% 2.22% 1.97% 2.46%
91 5.23% 3.35% 7.07% 1.61% 1.4% 1.82%
92 4.17% 2.6% 5.71% 1.14% 0.97% 1.31%
93 3.25% 1.97% 4.52% 0.79% 0.65% 0.92%
94 2.49% 1.46% 3.5% 0.53% 0.42% 0.63%
95 1.86% 1.06% 2.66% 0.35% 0.27% 0.42%
96 1.36% 0.75% 1.98% 0.22% 0.16% 0.27%
97 0.98% 0.52% 1.43% 0.14% 0.1% 0.17%
98 0.68% 0.35% 1.02% 0.08% 0.06% 0.11%
99 0.47% 0.23% 0.71% 0.05% 0.03% 0.06%
100 0.31% 0.15% 0.48% 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 2.86% in the birth year in Kenya and 6.77% in Nigeria, 0.43% vs 0.68% at age 30, 2.38% vs 2.3% at 60, and 8.52% vs 12.6% at 80.

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

Kenya
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Kenya Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.86% 3.19% 2.52% 6.77% 7.31% 6.22%
1 0.47% 0.45% 0.5% 0.96% 1.08% 0.84%
2 0.3% 0.29% 0.31% 0.94% 1% 0.88%
3 0.21% 0.21% 0.21% 0.92% 0.91% 0.92%
4 0.15% 0.15% 0.15% 0.89% 0.83% 0.94%
5 0.11% 0.12% 0.11% 0.84% 0.74% 0.93%
6 0.1% 0.1% 0.09% 0.77% 0.66% 0.88%
7 0.09% 0.09% 0.08% 0.68% 0.57% 0.79%
8 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.58% 0.49% 0.68%
9 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.49% 0.42% 0.56%
10 0.07% 0.07% 0.07% 0.42% 0.37% 0.47%
11 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.37% 0.34% 0.41%
12 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.34% 0.32% 0.37%
13 0.08% 0.09% 0.08% 0.33% 0.31% 0.36%
14 0.09% 0.1% 0.09% 0.34% 0.32% 0.37%
15 0.11% 0.12% 0.1% 0.37% 0.34% 0.39%
16 0.13% 0.14% 0.11% 0.4% 0.38% 0.43%
17 0.15% 0.17% 0.13% 0.44% 0.42% 0.46%
18 0.17% 0.2% 0.15% 0.48% 0.47% 0.49%
19 0.19% 0.22% 0.17% 0.52% 0.52% 0.51%
20 0.21% 0.24% 0.18% 0.54% 0.56% 0.53%
21 0.23% 0.27% 0.2% 0.57% 0.6% 0.53%
22 0.25% 0.29% 0.22% 0.58% 0.62% 0.54%
23 0.27% 0.31% 0.23% 0.59% 0.64% 0.55%
24 0.29% 0.33% 0.25% 0.6% 0.64% 0.56%
25 0.31% 0.35% 0.27% 0.61% 0.64% 0.58%
26 0.33% 0.37% 0.3% 0.62% 0.64% 0.61%
27 0.36% 0.4% 0.32% 0.64% 0.64% 0.63%
28 0.38% 0.42% 0.34% 0.65% 0.64% 0.65%
29 0.41% 0.45% 0.37% 0.66% 0.65% 0.67%
30 0.43% 0.48% 0.39% 0.68% 0.66% 0.69%
31 0.46% 0.51% 0.41% 0.69% 0.67% 0.71%
32 0.49% 0.54% 0.43% 0.71% 0.69% 0.72%
33 0.52% 0.58% 0.46% 0.72% 0.7% 0.74%
34 0.55% 0.62% 0.49% 0.74% 0.71% 0.76%
35 0.59% 0.66% 0.52% 0.75% 0.73% 0.78%
36 0.63% 0.7% 0.55% 0.77% 0.74% 0.8%
37 0.67% 0.75% 0.58% 0.8% 0.77% 0.83%
38 0.71% 0.8% 0.61% 0.82% 0.79% 0.85%
39 0.74% 0.84% 0.64% 0.85% 0.82% 0.88%
40 0.79% 0.9% 0.67% 0.88% 0.86% 0.9%
41 0.82% 0.94% 0.7% 0.91% 0.9% 0.92%
42 0.87% 1% 0.73% 0.94% 0.93% 0.94%
43 0.91% 1.05% 0.77% 0.96% 0.97% 0.95%
44 0.96% 1.11% 0.8% 0.98% 1% 0.97%
45 1.02% 1.18% 0.85% 1.01% 1.03% 0.98%
46 1.07% 1.25% 0.89% 1.03% 1.07% 1%
47 1.13% 1.32% 0.94% 1.07% 1.12% 1.02%
48 1.2% 1.4% 0.99% 1.12% 1.18% 1.06%
49 1.27% 1.48% 1.05% 1.18% 1.25% 1.11%
50 1.35% 1.59% 1.11% 1.25% 1.33% 1.17%
51 1.41% 1.66% 1.17% 1.33% 1.42% 1.24%
52 1.5% 1.76% 1.23% 1.41% 1.5% 1.31%
53 1.57% 1.85% 1.29% 1.48% 1.59% 1.38%
54 1.66% 1.95% 1.36% 1.56% 1.67% 1.46%
55 1.75% 2.06% 1.44% 1.65% 1.75% 1.55%
56 1.84% 2.17% 1.52% 1.74% 1.84% 1.64%
57 1.95% 2.3% 1.61% 1.85% 1.95% 1.75%
58 2.07% 2.45% 1.71% 1.98% 2.08% 1.88%
59 2.21% 2.61% 1.82% 2.13% 2.23% 2.02%
60 2.38% 2.83% 1.96% 2.3% 2.41% 2.19%
61 2.53% 2.99% 2.09% 2.5% 2.61% 2.39%
62 2.72% 3.22% 2.26% 2.71% 2.83% 2.6%
63 2.91% 3.44% 2.44% 2.94% 3.07% 2.83%
64 3.12% 3.68% 2.63% 3.19% 3.31% 3.08%
65 3.36% 3.93% 2.85% 3.46% 3.57% 3.35%
66 3.51% 4.11% 3% 3.75% 3.86% 3.65%
67 3.7% 4.31% 3.18% 4.08% 4.18% 3.98%
68 3.91% 4.55% 3.38% 4.45% 4.54% 4.36%
69 4.13% 4.79% 3.58% 4.86% 4.95% 4.78%
70 4.43% 5.12% 3.86% 5.32% 5.41% 5.24%
71 4.66% 5.38% 4.08% 5.82% 5.92% 5.73%
72 5.01% 5.77% 4.4% 6.36% 6.47% 6.25%
73 5.32% 6.12% 4.69% 6.92% 7.05% 6.81%
74 5.68% 6.52% 5.03% 7.53% 7.68% 7.39%
75 6.1% 6.96% 5.39% 8.17% 8.35% 8.02%
76 6.52% 7.41% 5.76% 8.89% 9.08% 8.71%
77 6.93% 7.9% 6.12% 9.68% 9.88% 9.49%
78 7.44% 8.51% 6.61% 10.6% 10.8% 10.4%
79 7.89% 9.08% 7.02% 11.5% 11.7% 11.3%
80 8.52% 9.82% 7.64% 12.6% 12.8% 12.4%
81 9.12% 10.6% 8.2% 13.7% 13.9% 13.5%
82 10.1% 11.6% 9.2% 14.8% 15.1% 14.6%
83 11% 12.6% 10.1% 16% 16.4% 15.7%
84 12% 13.8% 11.2% 17.2% 17.7% 16.8%
85 13% 14.8% 12.2% 18.5% 19.1% 18%
86 14.2% 16% 13.3% 20% 20.7% 19.3%
87 15.3% 17.3% 14.4% 21.5% 22.5% 20.8%
88 16.5% 18.5% 15.6% 23.3% 24.4% 22.4%
89 17.7% 19.8% 16.7% 25.2% 26.5% 24.2%
90 19.2% 21.3% 18.3% 27.2% 28.6% 26.1%
91 20.3% 22.6% 19.3% 29.2% 30.8% 28%
92 22% 24.3% 20.9% 31.1% 33% 29.8%
93 23.5% 25.8% 22.4% 32.9% 35% 31.6%
94 25.1% 27.5% 24% 34.7% 36.9% 33.3%
95 26.8% 29.1% 25.8% 36.3% 38.8% 34.9%
96 28.4% 30.6% 27.4% 38% 40.6% 36.5%
97 29.9% 32.2% 28.9% 39.6% 42.4% 38.2%
98 31.3% 33.6% 30.4% 41.3% 44.2% 40%
99 33.2% 35.4% 32.3% 43% 46.1% 41.7%
100 34.7% 36.8% 33.8% 44.7% 47.9% 43.4%

Death rate by age in Kenya compared to Nigeria

In Kenya, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in Nigeria. The median age of death is 68.7 in Kenya and 64.1 in Nigeria — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Kenya
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Kenya Nigeria
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,858 3,192 2,520 6,773 7,315 6,219
1 460 432 488 899 1,005 788
2 291.4 283.7 299.3 868 913 822
3 199.6 198.6 200.7 839 828 851
4 145.1 147.2 142.9 803 746 862
5 109.9 112 107.8 753 664 845
6 93.2 96.6 89.7 684 582 790
7 83.2 87.1 79.2 600 503 701
8 75 78.8 71.1 512 431 596
9 69.8 72.9 66.5 430 369 493
10 67.6 70.9 64.1 365 322 410
11 68.2 72.8 63.5 321 289.3 353
12 71.4 76.1 66.5 295 271.2 320
13 78 82.7 73.2 287.3 266.9 309
14 88.8 94.9 82.7 294.5 274.8 315
15 104.5 112.4 96.4 314 293.8 335
16 121.5 133.3 109.6 342 322 363
17 142.5 159.6 125.2 374 356 392
18 165 188 141.8 405 395 416
19 183.1 208.7 157.4 432 434 431
20 201.8 229.7 173.9 454 469 438
21 218 250 186.2 469 496 441
22 236.8 270.3 203.6 480 514 444
23 254.9 289.2 221.2 487 523 450
24 272.8 307 239.3 493 524 460
25 291.8 327 258.1 498 521 474
26 311 345 278.7 503 516 490
27 332 366 299.4 509 512 506
28 352 388 318 516 511 521
29 374 410 339 524 514 534
30 397 437 358 531 519 544
31 416 459 374 539 525 553
32 443 488 399 546 531 561
33 468 517 420 553 537 570
34 497 551 444 561 543 580
35 530 586 473 570 550 591
36 558 619 496 581 559 603
37 589 656 519 594 571 617
38 619 691 544 608 587 631
39 649 725 567 625 605 644
40 682 766 592 641 626 656
41 708 795 614 656 647 666
42 739 833 637 669 667 672
43 770 870 661 679 684 675
44 803 909 687 688 700 676
45 842 956 719 698 717 679
46 878 997 748 711 737 685
47 918 1,043 782 730 762 696
48 962 1,093 820 755 794 715
49 1,005 1,141 858 786 832 740
50 1,057 1,201 900 823 875 770
51 1,091 1,238 931 862 918 805
52 1,138 1,290 974 901 960 841
53 1,178 1,333 1,009 938 998 878
54 1,221 1,379 1,049 973 1,031 915
55 1,268 1,430 1,091 1,009 1,064 954
56 1,313 1,474 1,137 1,048 1,100 996
57 1,363 1,527 1,185 1,094 1,142 1,045
58 1,421 1,588 1,241 1,148 1,195 1,101
59 1,481 1,651 1,299 1,211 1,257 1,166
60 1,563 1,742 1,371 1,283 1,329 1,238
61 1,621 1,794 1,435 1,360 1,405 1,316
62 1,701 1,874 1,518 1,440 1,483 1,398
63 1,771 1,936 1,598 1,520 1,560 1,482
64 1,844 1,997 1,684 1,599 1,632 1,568
65 1,920 2,058 1,778 1,678 1,703 1,654
66 1,942 2,065 1,817 1,757 1,773 1,742
67 1,973 2,079 1,866 1,839 1,846 1,834
68 2,008 2,097 1,920 1,924 1,923 1,927
69 2,039 2,110 1,969 2,010 2,002 2,019
70 2,094 2,146 2,044 2,093 2,080 2,107
71 2,105 2,140 2,075 2,168 2,152 2,185
72 2,158 2,170 2,150 2,229 2,212 2,248
73 2,179 2,172 2,192 2,274 2,256 2,293
74 2,202 2,171 2,239 2,301 2,283 2,321
75 2,229 2,165 2,278 2,311 2,292 2,332
76 2,238 2,147 2,301 2,307 2,284 2,331
77 2,223 2,118 2,306 2,289 2,261 2,317
78 2,223 2,101 2,339 2,256 2,220 2,290
79 2,181 2,052 2,319 2,203 2,161 2,243
80 2,169 2,017 2,346 2,126 2,078 2,172
81 2,124 1,957 2,327 2,022 1,972 2,071
82 2,138 1,925 2,396 1,892 1,842 1,940
83 2,093 1,847 2,390 1,739 1,693 1,785
84 2,040 1,759 2,372 1,573 1,530 1,614
85 1,943 1,635 2,297 1,400 1,361 1,439
86 1,837 1,508 2,206 1,228 1,191 1,265
87 1,699 1,361 2,066 1,061 1,024 1,098
88 1,554 1,210 1,916 900 863 938
89 1,393 1,055 1,740 747 708 785
90 1,245 910 1,583 603 563 642
91 1,063 759 1,364 471 433 509
92 915 630 1,195 356 320 391
93 763 508 1,012 259.5 227.7 290.2
94 624 400 842 183.1 156.2 209
95 499 307 686 125.3 103.5 146.2
96 387 229.8 541 83.4 66.3 99.7
97 292 167.2 415 54 41.2 66.2
98 214.6 118.6 310 34 24.7 42.8
99 156.2 82.9 229.5 20.8 14.4 26.8
100 52.4 13.1 92.9 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 Kenya 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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