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Life Expectancy in Liberia vs Nigeria (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 62.6 years in Liberia vs 55 in Nigeria. Liberia is ranked 182/197 by life expectancy, and Nigeria is 197/197. In Liberia, the life expectancy is 61.3 years for males and 64 years for females. In Nigeria, it's 54.6 years for males and 55.3 years for females.

Liberia vs Nigeria life expectancy at birth by year chart

Liberia
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Liberia Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 38 37 39 35.5 33.6 37.5
1951 38 37.1 39 35.7 33.8 37.7
1952 38.1 37.1 39.1 35.9 34 37.9
1953 38.1 37.1 39.1 36 34.1 38.1
1954 38.1 37.1 39.1 36.2 34.3 38.3
1955 38.1 37.1 39.1 36.3 34.3 38.5
1956 38.1 37.1 39.1 36.5 34.5 38.6
1957 38.1 37.1 39.1 36.6 34.6 38.8
1958 38.1 37 39.1 36.8 34.8 39
1959 38.1 37 39.1 37 35 39.2
1960 38.1 37 39.1 37.2 35.2 39.3
1961 38.1 37.1 39.2 37.4 35.4 39.6
1962 38.2 37.1 39.3 37.6 35.6 39.7
1963 38.3 37.3 39.4 37.8 35.8 39.9
1964 38.5 37.4 39.5 38 35.9 40.1
1965 38.7 37.6 39.8 38.2 36.2 40.4
1966 39 37.9 40 38.4 36.4 40.5
1967 39.3 38.2 40.4 37.5 35.1 40.1
1968 39.6 38.5 40.7 38.6 36.4 41
1969 40 38.9 41.1 38.9 36.8 41.3
1970 40.4 39.3 41.5 40 38.4 41.7
1971 40.7 39.7 41.8 40.6 39 42.3
1972 41.2 40.2 42.3 41.3 39.5 43.1
1973 41.6 40.6 42.6 41.8 40 43.7
1974 42.1 41.1 43 42.5 40.6 44.5
1975 42.5 41.5 43.4 43.1 41 45.2
1976 42.9 41.9 43.8 44.2 42.7 45.7
1977 43.2 42.3 44.2 44.8 43.4 46.3
1978 43.6 42.7 44.5 45.3 43.8 46.9
1979 43.9 43 44.8 45.7 44.2 47.3
1980 44.1 43.2 45 46 44.3 47.6
1981 44.3 43.5 45.2 46.3 44.6 48
1982 44.4 43.7 45.2 46.4 44.7 48.2
1983 44.6 43.8 45.3 46.4 44.8 48.1
1984 44.7 43.9 45.4 46.3 44.7 48
1985 44 43 45 46.2 44.6 47.9
1986 44.5 43.6 45.4 46 44.5 47.5
1987 44.3 43.3 45.3 45.9 44.5 47.4
1988 44.1 42.9 45.3 45.8 44.4 47.3
1989 43.9 42.5 45.3 45.8 44.4 47.3
1990 37.6 32.4 44.7 45.7 44.4 47.1
1991 43.6 41.9 45.4 45.5 44.1 47
1992 43.6 41.3 46 45.6 44.2 47
1993 43 40.8 45.4 45.8 44.2 47.4
1994 42.6 40.1 45.4 45.7 44.2 47.3
1995 44.6 42.3 46.9 45.9 44.4 47.4
1996 44.9 42.6 47.5 45.8 44.4 47.3
1997 48.3 46.5 50.1 46 44.7 47.2
1998 49.4 47.6 51.2 46.1 45.1 47.2
1999 50.4 48.5 52.4 46.6 45.7 47.5
2000 51.9 50.3 53.5 47.1 46.3 48
2001 53.1 51.6 54.6 47.5 46.9 48.2
2002 54.1 52.6 55.6 48 47.5 48.5
2003 53 50.9 55.3 48.6 48.2 49.1
2004 55.9 54.5 57.4 49.1 48.8 49.5
2005 56.8 55.3 58.2 49.5 49 50.1
2006 57.5 56.1 59 49.9 49.3 50.4
2007 58.1 56.7 59.6 50.4 49.8 50.9
2008 58.7 57.2 60.1 50.7 50.3 51.2
2009 59.1 57.7 60.5 51.1 50.6 51.6
2010 59.4 58 60.7 51.3 50.9 51.8
2011 59.5 58.2 60.8 51.5 51.1 51.9
2012 59.8 58.6 61 51.7 51.3 52
2013 60 58.8 61.2 51.8 51.5 52.2
2014 59.2 58.1 60.4 51.9 51.6 52.3
2015 59.2 58.1 60.4 51.9 51.6 52.2
2016 60.5 59.3 61.6 52.2 51.9 52.4
2017 60.8 59.6 61.9 52.4 52.1 52.6
2018 61 59.8 62.2 52.7 52.4 52.9
2019 61.2 60 62.4 53 52.8 53.2
2020 61.3 59.9 62.6 53.1 52.7 53.4
2021 61.2 59.9 62.4 53.5 53.2 53.7
2022 61.9 60.7 63.2 54.1 53.8 54.4
2023 62.2 60.9 63.4 54.5 54.2 54.7
2024 62.3 61 63.6 54.6 54.3 54.9
2025 62.5 61.1 63.8 54.8 54.5 55.1
2026 62.6 61.3 64 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 54 years in Liberia and 54.9 in Nigeria. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 12.3 healthy years in Liberia and 14 in Nigeria.

Liberia 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 Liberia 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:
39.4 vs 37.2 years

Mean expected age of death:
69.4 vs 67.2 years

Median expected age of death:
71.8 vs 70.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Liberia Nigeria
Male Female Male Female
40 95.6% 96.2% 93.0% 92.6%
50 88.1% 89.8% 83.9% 83.9%
60 74.6% 78.5% 70.5% 71.9%
65 64.5% 69.8% 61.0% 63.0%
70 51.9% 58.0% 49.2% 51.4%
75 37.4% 42.6% 35.2% 37.2%
80 22.5% 25.9% 20.8% 22.5%
85 10.3% 11.8% 9.2% 10.2%
90 3.2% 3.6% 2.5% 3.2%
95 0.6% 0.6% 0.3% 0.5%
100 0.1% 0.1% 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 Liberia vs Nigeria: 69.4 years vs 67.2 at 30, 77.4 vs 77.2 at 65, 85.4 vs 85.2 at 80 — significantly higher than the 62.6 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 Liberia and Nigeria.

Liberia
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Liberia Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 62.6 61.3 64 55 54.6 55.3
1 66.1 65.1 67.2 58.9 58.8 58.9
2 66.6 65.5 67.6 59.4 59.5 59.4
3 66.8 65.8 67.9 60 60 59.9
4 67 66 68 60.5 60.5 60.4
5 67.2 66.1 68.2 61 61 60.9
6 67.3 66.2 68.3 61.4 61.4 61.4
7 67.3 66.3 68.3 61.9 61.8 61.9
8 67.4 66.4 68.4 62.2 62.1 62.4
9 67.5 66.5 68.5 62.5 62.4 62.7
10 67.5 66.5 68.5 62.8 62.6 63
11 67.6 66.6 68.6 63 62.8 63.3
12 67.6 66.6 68.6 63.2 62.9 63.5
13 67.7 66.7 68.7 63.4 63.1 63.7
14 67.7 66.7 68.7 63.5 63.3 63.8
15 67.8 66.8 68.8 63.7 63.4 64
16 67.9 66.9 68.8 63.9 63.6 64.2
17 67.9 67 68.9 64.1 63.8 64.4
18 68 67.1 69 64.3 63.9 64.6
19 68.1 67.2 69.1 64.5 64.2 64.9
20 68.2 67.3 69.1 64.7 64.4 65.1
21 68.3 67.4 69.2 65 64.6 65.3
22 68.4 67.5 69.3 65.2 64.9 65.5
23 68.5 67.6 69.4 65.5 65.2 65.8
24 68.7 67.8 69.5 65.7 65.4 66
25 68.8 67.9 69.6 66 65.7 66.2
26 68.9 68 69.7 66.2 65.9 66.5
27 69 68.2 69.8 66.5 66.2 66.7
28 69.1 68.3 69.9 66.7 66.4 67
29 69.3 68.4 70.1 67 66.7 67.2
30 69.4 68.6 70.2 67.2 66.9 67.5
31 69.5 68.7 70.3 67.5 67.2 67.7
32 69.6 68.8 70.4 67.7 67.4 68
33 69.8 69 70.5 68 67.7 68.2
34 69.9 69.1 70.7 68.2 67.9 68.5
35 70.1 69.3 70.8 68.4 68.1 68.8
36 70.2 69.4 70.9 68.7 68.4 69
37 70.4 69.6 71.1 68.9 68.6 69.3
38 70.5 69.7 71.2 69.2 68.8 69.5
39 70.7 69.9 71.4 69.4 69.1 69.8
40 70.8 70.1 71.5 69.7 69.3 70.1
41 71 70.3 71.7 70 69.6 70.3
42 71.2 70.5 71.9 70.2 69.8 70.6
43 71.4 70.7 72 70.5 70.1 70.9
44 71.6 70.8 72.2 70.7 70.3 71.1
45 71.8 71.1 72.4 71 70.6 71.4
46 72 71.3 72.6 71.3 70.9 71.6
47 72.2 71.5 72.8 71.5 71.1 71.9
48 72.4 71.7 73 71.8 71.4 72.1
49 72.6 72 73.2 72 71.7 72.4
50 72.8 72.2 73.4 72.3 71.9 72.7
51 73.1 72.5 73.6 72.6 72.2 72.9
52 73.3 72.7 73.9 72.9 72.5 73.2
53 73.6 73 74.1 73.1 72.8 73.4
54 73.8 73.3 74.3 73.4 73.1 73.7
55 74.1 73.6 74.6 73.7 73.5 74
56 74.4 73.9 74.9 74 73.8 74.3
57 74.7 74.2 75.1 74.4 74.1 74.6
58 75 74.5 75.4 74.7 74.4 74.9
59 75.3 74.9 75.7 75 74.8 75.2
60 75.6 75.2 76 75.3 75.1 75.5
61 76 75.6 76.3 75.7 75.5 75.9
62 76.3 76 76.6 76 75.8 76.2
63 76.7 76.4 76.9 76.4 76.2 76.6
64 77.1 76.8 77.3 76.8 76.6 77
65 77.4 77.2 77.7 77.2 77 77.4
66 77.9 77.6 78 77.6 77.5 77.8
67 78.3 78.1 78.4 78.1 77.9 78.2
68 78.7 78.6 78.8 78.5 78.4 78.6
69 79.2 79 79.3 79 78.8 79.1
70 79.6 79.5 79.7 79.4 79.3 79.6
71 80.1 80 80.2 79.9 79.8 80.1
72 80.6 80.6 80.7 80.5 80.3 80.6
73 81.1 81.1 81.2 81 80.9 81.1
74 81.7 81.7 81.7 81.6 81.4 81.7
75 82.3 82.3 82.3 82.1 82 82.2
76 82.9 82.9 82.8 82.7 82.6 82.8
77 83.5 83.5 83.4 83.3 83.2 83.4
78 84.1 84.1 84.1 83.9 83.8 84.1
79 84.7 84.7 84.7 84.6 84.5 84.7
80 85.4 85.4 85.4 85.2 85.1 85.4
81 86.1 86.1 86 85.9 85.8 86
82 86.8 86.8 86.7 86.6 86.5 86.7
83 87.5 87.5 87.4 87.3 87.2 87.5
84 88.2 88.2 88.2 88.1 87.9 88.2
85 89 89 88.9 88.8 88.7 88.9
86 89.7 89.8 89.7 89.6 89.4 89.7
87 90.5 90.6 90.5 90.3 90.2 90.5
88 91.3 91.4 91.3 91.1 91 91.3
89 92.1 92.2 92.1 91.9 91.8 92
90 92.9 93 92.9 92.7 92.6 92.9
91 93.8 93.8 93.7 93.6 93.4 93.7
92 94.6 94.7 94.6 94.4 94.3 94.5
93 95.5 95.5 95.4 95.3 95.2 95.4
94 96.4 96.4 96.3 96.2 96 96.3
95 97.2 97.3 97.2 97.1 96.9 97.2
96 98.1 98.2 98.1 98 97.8 98.1
97 99 99.1 99 98.9 98.8 99
98 99.9 100 99.9 99.8 99.7 99.9
99 100.9 100.9 100.8 100.7 100.6 100.8
100 101.8 101.8 101.8 101.6 101.6 101.7

Odds of living to age in Liberia vs Nigeria

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 68.1% in Liberia and 56% in Nigeria are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 49% and 39.6% will live to 70 years or older, 21.6% and 17.1% to 80+ years, and 3.03% 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.

Liberia
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Liberia Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 94.7% 94.1% 95.2% 93.3% 92.8% 93.9%
2 94% 93.5% 94.6% 92.4% 91.8% 93.1%
3 93.6% 93.1% 94.2% 91.6% 90.9% 92.3%
4 93.4% 92.8% 94% 90.7% 90% 91.4%
5 93.2% 92.6% 93.8% 89.9% 89.3% 90.6%
6 93% 92.4% 93.6% 89.2% 88.6% 89.7%
7 92.9% 92.3% 93.5% 88.5% 88.1% 89%
8 92.8% 92.2% 93.4% 87.9% 87.6% 88.3%
9 92.7% 92.1% 93.3% 87.4% 87.1% 87.7%
10 92.6% 92% 93.2% 87% 86.8% 87.2%
11 92.5% 91.9% 93.2% 86.6% 86.4% 86.8%
12 92.4% 91.8% 93.1% 86.3% 86.2% 86.4%
13 92.3% 91.7% 93% 86% 85.9% 86.1%
14 92.2% 91.6% 92.9% 85.7% 85.6% 85.8%
15 92.1% 91.5% 92.8% 85.4% 85.4% 85.5%
16 92% 91.3% 92.7% 85.1% 85.1% 85.2%
17 91.9% 91.2% 92.6% 84.8% 84.7% 84.8%
18 91.7% 91% 92.4% 84.4% 84.4% 84.4%
19 91.6% 90.8% 92.3% 84% 84% 84%
20 91.4% 90.6% 92.1% 83.6% 83.6% 83.6%
21 91.2% 90.4% 92% 83.1% 83.1% 83.1%
22 91% 90.1% 91.8% 82.7% 82.6% 82.7%
23 90.7% 89.9% 91.6% 82.2% 82.1% 82.3%
24 90.5% 89.6% 91.4% 81.7% 81.6% 81.8%
25 90.3% 89.4% 91.2% 81.2% 81.1% 81.4%
26 90% 89.1% 91% 80.7% 80.5% 80.9%
27 89.8% 88.8% 90.8% 80.2% 80% 80.4%
28 89.5% 88.5% 90.5% 79.7% 79.5% 79.9%
29 89.2% 88.2% 90.3% 79.2% 79% 79.4%
30 89% 87.9% 90% 78.7% 78.5% 78.9%
31 88.7% 87.6% 89.8% 78.1% 78% 78.3%
32 88.4% 87.3% 89.5% 77.6% 77.5% 77.8%
33 88% 86.9% 89.2% 77.1% 76.9% 77.2%
34 87.7% 86.6% 88.9% 76.5% 76.4% 76.6%
35 87.4% 86.2% 88.5% 76% 75.8% 76.1%
36 87% 85.8% 88.2% 75.4% 75.3% 75.5%
37 86.6% 85.4% 87.8% 74.8% 74.7% 74.9%
38 86.2% 85% 87.4% 74.2% 74.2% 74.3%
39 85.8% 84.5% 87% 73.6% 73.6% 73.6%
40 85.3% 84% 86.6% 73% 73% 73%
41 84.8% 83.5% 86.2% 72.4% 72.4% 72.3%
42 84.3% 83% 85.7% 71.7% 71.7% 71.7%
43 83.8% 82.4% 85.2% 71% 71.1% 71%
44 83.2% 81.8% 84.7% 70.4% 70.4% 70.3%
45 82.6% 81.2% 84.1% 69.7% 69.7% 69.7%
46 82% 80.5% 83.5% 69% 69% 69%
47 81.3% 79.8% 82.9% 68.3% 68.2% 68.3%
48 80.6% 79.1% 82.3% 67.5% 67.5% 67.6%
49 79.9% 78.3% 81.6% 66.8% 66.7% 66.9%
50 79.1% 77.4% 80.8% 66% 65.8% 66.2%
51 78.3% 76.5% 80% 65.2% 65% 65.4%
52 77.4% 75.5% 79.2% 64.3% 64.1% 64.6%
53 76.4% 74.5% 78.3% 63.4% 63.1% 63.7%
54 75.4% 73.4% 77.4% 62.5% 62.1% 62.9%
55 74.4% 72.3% 76.4% 61.5% 61.1% 62%
56 73.2% 71.1% 75.4% 60.5% 60% 61%
57 72.1% 69.8% 74.3% 59.5% 58.9% 60%
58 70.8% 68.5% 73.2% 58.4% 57.8% 59%
59 69.5% 67.1% 72% 57.2% 56.6% 57.9%
60 68.1% 65.6% 70.7% 56% 55.3% 56.7%
61 66.6% 64% 69.3% 54.7% 54% 55.5%
62 65.1% 62.3% 67.8% 53.4% 52.6% 54.1%
63 63.4% 60.5% 66.3% 51.9% 51.1% 52.8%
64 61.6% 58.6% 64.6% 50.4% 49.5% 51.3%
65 59.8% 56.7% 62.8% 48.8% 47.9% 49.7%
66 57.8% 54.6% 60.9% 47.1% 46.2% 48%
67 55.8% 52.5% 59% 45.4% 44.4% 46.3%
68 53.6% 50.3% 56.8% 43.5% 42.6% 44.5%
69 51.3% 48% 54.6% 41.6% 40.7% 42.5%
70 49% 45.7% 52.2% 39.6% 38.6% 40.5%
71 46.5% 43.2% 49.6% 37.5% 36.6% 38.4%
72 43.9% 40.7% 47% 35.3% 34.4% 36.2%
73 41.2% 38.1% 44.2% 33.1% 32.2% 33.9%
74 38.5% 35.5% 41.3% 30.8% 29.9% 31.6%
75 35.7% 32.9% 38.4% 28.5% 27.6% 29.3%
76 32.8% 30.2% 35.3% 26.2% 25.3% 27%
77 29.9% 27.5% 32.3% 23.8% 23% 24.6%
78 27.1% 24.9% 29.3% 21.5% 20.8% 22.3%
79 24.3% 22.3% 26.2% 19.3% 18.5% 20%
80 21.6% 19.8% 23.3% 17.1% 16.4% 17.7%
81 18.9% 17.4% 20.4% 14.9% 14.3% 15.5%
82 16.4% 15.1% 17.7% 12.9% 12.3% 13.5%
83 14.1% 12.9% 15.2% 11% 10.4% 11.5%
84 11.9% 10.9% 12.8% 9.22% 8.73% 9.7%
85 9.87% 9.09% 10.6% 7.63% 7.19% 8.07%
86 8.07% 7.44% 8.69% 6.22% 5.81% 6.62%
87 6.49% 5.99% 6.98% 4.98% 4.61% 5.34%
88 5.13% 4.75% 5.51% 3.91% 3.58% 4.23%
89 3.98% 3.69% 4.26% 3% 2.71% 3.28%
90 3.03% 2.82% 3.24% 2.24% 1.99% 2.49%
91 2.26% 2.11% 2.4% 1.63% 1.42% 1.84%
92 1.65% 1.55% 1.75% 1.16% 0.98% 1.33%
93 1.18% 1.11% 1.24% 0.8% 0.66% 0.93%
94 0.82% 0.78% 0.86% 0.54% 0.43% 0.64%
95 0.56% 0.54% 0.58% 0.35% 0.27% 0.42%
96 0.37% 0.36% 0.38% 0.22% 0.17% 0.28%
97 0.24% 0.23% 0.24% 0.14% 0.1% 0.18%
98 0.15% 0.15% 0.15% 0.08% 0.06% 0.11%
99 0.09% 0.09% 0.09% 0.05% 0.03% 0.07%
100 0.05% 0.06% 0.05% 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 5.35% in the birth year in Liberia and 6.69% in Nigeria, 0.33% vs 0.67% at age 30, 2.19% vs 2.29% at 60, and 12.3% vs 12.5% at 80.

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

Liberia
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Liberia Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 5.35% 5.88% 4.81% 6.69% 7.24% 6.13%
1 0.66% 0.69% 0.63% 0.96% 1.08% 0.84%
2 0.41% 0.43% 0.39% 0.93% 0.99% 0.88%
3 0.29% 0.3% 0.27% 0.91% 0.9% 0.91%
4 0.21% 0.22% 0.2% 0.88% 0.82% 0.93%
5 0.16% 0.17% 0.15% 0.83% 0.74% 0.92%
6 0.14% 0.15% 0.13% 0.76% 0.65% 0.87%
7 0.12% 0.13% 0.11% 0.67% 0.57% 0.78%
8 0.11% 0.11% 0.1% 0.58% 0.49% 0.67%
9 0.1% 0.11% 0.09% 0.49% 0.42% 0.56%
10 0.09% 0.1% 0.09% 0.42% 0.37% 0.47%
11 0.09% 0.1% 0.09% 0.37% 0.33% 0.4%
12 0.1% 0.1% 0.09% 0.34% 0.31% 0.37%
13 0.1% 0.11% 0.1% 0.33% 0.31% 0.35%
14 0.11% 0.12% 0.11% 0.34% 0.32% 0.36%
15 0.13% 0.14% 0.12% 0.36% 0.34% 0.39%
16 0.15% 0.16% 0.13% 0.4% 0.38% 0.42%
17 0.17% 0.19% 0.15% 0.44% 0.42% 0.46%
18 0.19% 0.22% 0.16% 0.48% 0.47% 0.49%
19 0.2% 0.24% 0.17% 0.51% 0.51% 0.51%
20 0.22% 0.25% 0.18% 0.54% 0.56% 0.52%
21 0.23% 0.27% 0.19% 0.56% 0.59% 0.53%
22 0.24% 0.28% 0.2% 0.58% 0.62% 0.53%
23 0.25% 0.29% 0.21% 0.59% 0.63% 0.54%
24 0.26% 0.3% 0.22% 0.6% 0.64% 0.56%
25 0.27% 0.31% 0.23% 0.61% 0.64% 0.58%
26 0.28% 0.31% 0.25% 0.62% 0.64% 0.6%
27 0.29% 0.32% 0.26% 0.63% 0.64% 0.63%
28 0.3% 0.33% 0.27% 0.64% 0.64% 0.65%
29 0.31% 0.34% 0.28% 0.66% 0.65% 0.67%
30 0.33% 0.36% 0.3% 0.67% 0.66% 0.69%
31 0.34% 0.37% 0.31% 0.69% 0.67% 0.7%
32 0.36% 0.39% 0.33% 0.7% 0.68% 0.72%
33 0.38% 0.41% 0.35% 0.71% 0.7% 0.73%
34 0.4% 0.43% 0.37% 0.73% 0.71% 0.75%
35 0.42% 0.45% 0.39% 0.75% 0.72% 0.77%
36 0.45% 0.48% 0.41% 0.77% 0.74% 0.8%
37 0.47% 0.51% 0.44% 0.79% 0.76% 0.82%
38 0.5% 0.54% 0.47% 0.82% 0.79% 0.85%
39 0.53% 0.57% 0.49% 0.85% 0.82% 0.87%
40 0.57% 0.61% 0.52% 0.88% 0.85% 0.9%
41 0.59% 0.64% 0.55% 0.9% 0.89% 0.92%
42 0.64% 0.68% 0.59% 0.93% 0.93% 0.93%
43 0.67% 0.72% 0.62% 0.95% 0.96% 0.95%
44 0.71% 0.77% 0.65% 0.98% 0.99% 0.96%
45 0.76% 0.83% 0.7% 1% 1.03% 0.97%
46 0.81% 0.88% 0.74% 1.03% 1.07% 0.99%
47 0.86% 0.94% 0.78% 1.07% 1.11% 1.02%
48 0.93% 1.01% 0.84% 1.11% 1.17% 1.05%
49 0.99% 1.09% 0.9% 1.17% 1.25% 1.1%
50 1.08% 1.18% 0.97% 1.24% 1.33% 1.16%
51 1.14% 1.26% 1.03% 1.32% 1.41% 1.23%
52 1.23% 1.36% 1.11% 1.4% 1.5% 1.3%
53 1.31% 1.45% 1.18% 1.48% 1.58% 1.37%
54 1.4% 1.56% 1.26% 1.56% 1.66% 1.45%
55 1.5% 1.66% 1.34% 1.64% 1.74% 1.54%
56 1.6% 1.78% 1.44% 1.73% 1.83% 1.63%
57 1.71% 1.91% 1.54% 1.84% 1.94% 1.74%
58 1.85% 2.07% 1.66% 1.97% 2.07% 1.87%
59 2% 2.23% 1.79% 2.12% 2.22% 2.01%
60 2.19% 2.44% 1.97% 2.29% 2.4% 2.18%
61 2.34% 2.61% 2.11% 2.49% 2.6% 2.37%
62 2.57% 2.86% 2.32% 2.7% 2.82% 2.58%
63 2.79% 3.09% 2.52% 2.93% 3.05% 2.81%
64 3.02% 3.35% 2.74% 3.18% 3.3% 3.06%
65 3.29% 3.63% 3% 3.44% 3.56% 3.33%
66 3.55% 3.88% 3.27% 3.73% 3.84% 3.63%
67 3.87% 4.19% 3.59% 4.06% 4.16% 3.97%
68 4.23% 4.54% 3.97% 4.43% 4.52% 4.34%
69 4.61% 4.9% 4.36% 4.84% 4.93% 4.76%
70 5.11% 5.38% 4.89% 5.3% 5.39% 5.22%
71 5.51% 5.75% 5.31% 5.8% 5.9% 5.71%
72 6.12% 6.34% 5.93% 6.33% 6.45% 6.23%
73 6.68% 6.87% 6.52% 6.9% 7.03% 6.78%
74 7.31% 7.48% 7.18% 7.5% 7.66% 7.37%
75 8.01% 8.14% 7.9% 8.15% 8.33% 8%
76 8.71% 8.82% 8.62% 8.86% 9.06% 8.69%
77 9.46% 9.53% 9.4% 9.65% 9.86% 9.47%
78 10.4% 10.4% 10.3% 10.5% 10.7% 10.3%
79 11.2% 11.2% 11.2% 11.5% 11.7% 11.3%
80 12.3% 12.2% 12.3% 12.5% 12.8% 12.3%
81 13.1% 13% 13.1% 13.7% 13.9% 13.4%
82 14.4% 14.4% 14.4% 14.8% 15.1% 14.5%
83 15.6% 15.5% 15.6% 16% 16.3% 15.7%
84 16.9% 16.9% 17% 17.2% 17.7% 16.8%
85 18.2% 18.1% 18.3% 18.5% 19.1% 18%
86 19.6% 19.5% 19.7% 19.9% 20.7% 19.3%
87 20.9% 20.8% 21.1% 21.5% 22.4% 20.8%
88 22.4% 22.2% 22.6% 23.3% 24.3% 22.4%
89 23.8% 23.6% 24.1% 25.2% 26.4% 24.2%
90 25.6% 25.3% 25.9% 27.2% 28.6% 26.1%
91 26.9% 26.5% 27.2% 29.2% 30.8% 28%
92 28.7% 28.2% 29.1% 31.1% 32.9% 29.8%
93 30.3% 29.8% 30.8% 32.9% 34.9% 31.6%
94 32.1% 31.5% 32.6% 34.6% 36.9% 33.2%
95 33.9% 33.3% 34.5% 36.3% 38.7% 34.9%
96 35.6% 34.9% 36.3% 37.9% 40.5% 36.5%
97 37.3% 36.5% 38% 39.6% 42.4% 38.2%
98 38.8% 37.9% 39.7% 41.3% 44.2% 39.9%
99 40.7% 39.7% 41.6% 43% 46% 41.7%
100 42.3% 41.2% 43.2% 44.7% 47.8% 43.4%

Death rate by age in Liberia compared to Nigeria

In Liberia, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in Nigeria. The median age of death is 69.6 in Liberia and 64.3 in Nigeria — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Liberia
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Liberia Nigeria
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 5,346 5,879 4,807 6,691 7,237 6,132
1 625 649 600 895 1,000 785
2 386 405 367 862 907 815
3 269 283.1 254.4 832 822 842
4 196.7 206.4 186.6 795 740 852
5 152.3 160 144.3 744 658 834
6 127.9 135.2 120.3 676 577 779
7 111.5 118.5 104.1 593 498 691
8 99.2 105.6 92.5 506 427 588
9 91.3 97.1 85.3 425 366 487
10 87.2 92.5 81.6 361 319 406
11 86 91.4 80.5 317 287 349
12 88.4 93.8 82.9 292.3 269.1 316
13 94.5 100 88.8 284.9 264.9 306
14 104.7 111.4 97.8 292.2 272.9 312
15 118.8 127 110.2 312 291.9 332
16 136.1 148.4 123.2 340 320 360
17 153.7 171.3 135.4 371 354 389
18 172.6 196.1 148.3 402 393 412
19 187.1 214.4 158.8 429 431 427
20 200.1 230.3 168.8 451 466 435
21 210.4 243.4 176.3 466 494 438
22 220.4 254 185.6 477 512 441
23 228.8 261.9 194.6 484 520 447
24 236.6 268 204 490 522 457
25 243.9 273.4 213.5 495 518 471
26 251.9 278.9 223.9 501 513 487
27 260.4 285.6 234.5 507 510 504
28 269.9 293.7 245.3 514 509 519
29 280.2 303 257 521 511 531
30 293.1 315 270.4 529 516 541
31 302 324 279.6 536 523 550
32 319 341 296.5 543 529 558
33 334 356 311 551 535 567
34 350 372 328 559 541 577
35 370 392 347 568 548 588
36 389 411 366 578 557 600
37 408 432 384 591 569 614
38 432 457 407 606 584 628
39 455 480 428 622 603 642
40 483 511 455 639 624 654
41 503 532 473 654 645 663
42 536 568 503 667 664 669
43 561 596 526 677 682 672
44 592 630 553 686 698 674
45 628 671 585 696 715 676
46 661 707 614 709 735 682
47 700 751 649 727 760 694
48 747 802 692 753 792 712
49 793 854 733 784 830 737
50 852 917 787 821 873 768
51 891 961 821 860 917 803
52 953 1,029 879 899 958 839
53 1,002 1,084 923 936 996 876
54 1,058 1,144 974 972 1,030 913
55 1,112 1,203 1,025 1,008 1,062 952
56 1,173 1,268 1,084 1,047 1,098 995
57 1,234 1,334 1,141 1,093 1,141 1,044
58 1,312 1,416 1,216 1,147 1,194 1,100
59 1,388 1,496 1,288 1,211 1,256 1,165
60 1,493 1,602 1,391 1,283 1,328 1,237
61 1,561 1,671 1,459 1,360 1,405 1,316
62 1,673 1,782 1,572 1,440 1,483 1,398
63 1,766 1,873 1,668 1,521 1,560 1,483
64 1,864 1,964 1,771 1,600 1,633 1,569
65 1,968 2,060 1,883 1,679 1,704 1,656
66 2,053 2,121 1,991 1,759 1,775 1,745
67 2,158 2,201 2,119 1,842 1,849 1,837
68 2,268 2,283 2,257 1,928 1,926 1,931
69 2,365 2,352 2,381 2,014 2,006 2,024
70 2,504 2,456 2,553 2,098 2,084 2,113
71 2,559 2,483 2,635 2,174 2,157 2,192
72 2,685 2,580 2,789 2,236 2,218 2,256
73 2,752 2,620 2,882 2,282 2,263 2,303
74 2,813 2,656 2,967 2,310 2,291 2,331
75 2,855 2,674 3,032 2,321 2,301 2,344
76 2,857 2,662 3,048 2,318 2,294 2,344
77 2,833 2,624 3,037 2,300 2,271 2,331
78 2,811 2,593 3,024 2,268 2,232 2,304
79 2,727 2,504 2,944 2,216 2,172 2,258
80 2,646 2,424 2,863 2,140 2,091 2,187
81 2,477 2,267 2,682 2,036 1,984 2,087
82 2,367 2,170 2,559 1,906 1,855 1,956
83 2,194 2,010 2,373 1,753 1,705 1,800
84 2,014 1,848 2,175 1,586 1,542 1,629
85 1,796 1,644 1,945 1,413 1,373 1,452
86 1,580 1,449 1,709 1,240 1,202 1,277
87 1,360 1,246 1,471 1,072 1,034 1,109
88 1,151 1,056 1,245 910 871 948
89 950 871 1,026 755 715 794
90 777 713 839 610 569 649
91 606 558 653 477 438 515
92 473 438 508 360 324 395
93 357 332 382 262.7 230.7 293.7
94 263.1 246.1 279.6 185.4 158.4 211.6
95 189.1 178.4 199.4 127 105 148.2
96 131.2 124.7 137.3 84.6 67.4 101
97 88.3 84.7 91.6 54.8 41.8 67.1
98 57.7 56 59.3 34.5 25.2 43.4
99 37 36.3 37.5 21.1 14.6 27.2
100 0 0 0 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 Liberia 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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