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Life Expectancy in Mauritania vs Nigeria (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 68.9 years in Mauritania vs 54.8 in Nigeria. Mauritania is ranked 144/197 by life expectancy, and Nigeria is 197/197. In Mauritania, the life expectancy is 66.9 years for males and 71 years for females. In Nigeria, it's 54.5 years for males and 55.1 years for females.

Mauritania vs Nigeria life expectancy at birth by year chart

Mauritania
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Mauritania Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 38.4 37.4 39.4 35.5 33.6 37.5
1951 38.8 37.9 39.8 35.7 33.8 37.7
1952 39.2 38.2 40.3 35.9 34 37.9
1953 39.6 38.6 40.7 36 34.1 38.1
1954 40.1 39.2 41.1 36.2 34.3 38.3
1955 40.6 39.6 41.6 36.3 34.3 38.5
1956 41.1 40.2 42.1 36.5 34.5 38.6
1957 41.7 40.8 42.7 36.6 34.6 38.8
1958 42.3 41.4 43.2 36.8 34.8 39
1959 42.9 42 43.8 37 35 39.2
1960 43.6 42.7 44.5 37.2 35.2 39.3
1961 44.3 43.4 45.3 37.4 35.4 39.6
1962 45 44.1 46 37.6 35.6 39.7
1963 45.8 44.7 46.9 37.8 35.8 39.9
1964 46.6 45.4 47.8 38 35.9 40.1
1965 47.4 46.2 48.6 38.2 36.2 40.4
1966 48.1 46.9 49.4 38.4 36.4 40.5
1967 48.9 47.6 50.3 37.5 35.1 40.1
1968 49.5 48 51.1 38.6 36.4 41
1969 50.1 48.5 51.7 38.9 36.8 41.3
1970 50.5 49 52.2 40 38.4 41.7
1971 50.8 49.2 52.4 40.6 39 42.3
1972 51 49.5 52.6 41.3 39.5 43.1
1973 51.2 49.7 52.8 41.8 40 43.7
1974 51.4 49.8 53.1 42.5 40.6 44.5
1975 51.6 49.8 53.4 43.1 41 45.2
1976 51.8 49.9 53.7 44.2 42.7 45.7
1977 52 50.1 53.9 44.8 43.4 46.3
1978 52.3 50.5 54.2 45.3 43.8 46.9
1979 52.8 51 54.6 45.7 44.2 47.3
1980 53.2 51.5 55 46 44.3 47.6
1981 53.7 52 55.5 46.3 44.6 48
1982 54.2 52.5 56 46.4 44.7 48.2
1983 54.6 52.8 56.4 46.4 44.8 48.1
1984 55.2 53.5 56.9 46.3 44.7 48
1985 55.8 54.1 57.5 46.2 44.6 47.9
1986 56.3 54.7 58 46 44.5 47.5
1987 57 55.3 58.6 45.9 44.5 47.4
1988 57.5 55.9 59.1 45.8 44.4 47.3
1989 57.7 56.1 59.3 45.8 44.4 47.3
1990 58.1 56.6 59.6 45.7 44.4 47.1
1991 58.3 56.8 59.7 45.5 44.1 47
1992 58.6 57.1 60.1 45.6 44.2 47
1993 58.7 57.3 60.2 45.8 44.2 47.4
1994 58.8 57.3 60.2 45.7 44.2 47.3
1995 58.9 57.4 60.3 45.9 44.4 47.4
1996 58.9 57.4 60.4 45.8 44.4 47.3
1997 59.4 57.8 61 46 44.7 47.2
1998 59.9 58.1 61.7 46.1 45.1 47.2
1999 60.4 58.7 62.2 46.6 45.7 47.5
2000 61 59.2 62.8 47.1 46.3 48
2001 61.7 59.8 63.5 47.5 46.9 48.2
2002 62.2 60.3 64.2 48 47.5 48.5
2003 62.8 60.8 64.8 48.6 48.2 49.1
2004 63.4 61.4 65.4 49.1 48.8 49.5
2005 63.9 61.8 66 49.5 49 50.1
2006 64.5 62.3 66.6 49.9 49.3 50.4
2007 64.9 62.7 67.1 50.4 49.8 50.9
2008 65.2 63 67.4 50.7 50.3 51.2
2009 65.5 63.2 67.7 51.1 50.6 51.6
2010 65.7 63.5 67.9 51.3 50.9 51.8
2011 65.8 63.6 68 51.5 51.1 51.9
2012 65.8 63.7 68 51.7 51.3 52
2013 65.9 63.8 68.1 51.8 51.5 52.2
2014 66.2 64.2 68.3 51.9 51.6 52.3
2015 66.5 64.6 68.6 51.9 51.6 52.2
2016 66.8 65 68.8 52.2 51.9 52.4
2017 67.1 65.3 69 52.4 52.1 52.6
2018 67.4 65.6 69.3 52.7 52.4 52.9
2019 67.6 65.8 69.5 53 52.8 53.2
2020 66.8 64.8 68.9 53.1 52.7 53.4
2021 66.8 64.9 68.7 53.5 53.2 53.7
2022 68.3 66.3 70.3 54.1 53.8 54.4
2023 68.5 66.5 70.5 54.5 54.2 54.7
2024 68.7 66.7 70.7 54.6 54.3 54.9
2025 68.9 66.9 71 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 60.4 years in Mauritania and 54.9 in Nigeria. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 13.5 healthy years in Mauritania and 14 in Nigeria.

Mauritania 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 Mauritania 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:
42.9 vs 37.1 years

Mean expected age of death:
72.9 vs 67.1 years

Median expected age of death:
74.9 vs 70.0 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Mauritania Nigeria
Male Female Male Female
40 97.7% 98.0% 92.9% 92.5%
50 93.0% 94.2% 83.8% 83.8%
60 82.0% 86.5% 70.3% 71.7%
65 72.4% 79.8% 60.9% 62.8%
70 59.4% 70.1% 49.1% 51.2%
75 43.5% 56.0% 35.0% 37.0%
80 26.5% 38.3% 20.7% 22.3%
85 12.3% 20.4% 9.1% 10.2%
90 3.8% 7.5% 2.5% 3.1%
95 0.7% 1.7% 0.3% 0.5%
100 0.1% 0.2% 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 Mauritania vs Nigeria: 72.9 years vs 67.1 at 30, 78.6 vs 77.2 at 65, 85.9 vs 85.2 at 80 — significantly higher than the 68.9 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 Mauritania and Nigeria.

Mauritania
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Mauritania Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 68.9 66.9 71 54.8 54.5 55.1
1 71 69.1 72.8 58.7 58.7 58.8
2 71.1 69.3 72.9 59.3 59.4 59.2
3 71.3 69.4 73.1 59.8 59.9 59.7
4 71.4 69.5 73.2 60.4 60.4 60.3
5 71.4 69.6 73.2 60.9 60.9 60.8
6 71.5 69.7 73.3 61.3 61.3 61.3
7 71.6 69.7 73.3 61.8 61.7 61.8
8 71.6 69.8 73.4 62.1 62 62.2
9 71.6 69.8 73.4 62.4 62.3 62.6
10 71.7 69.8 73.4 62.7 62.5 62.9
11 71.7 69.9 73.5 62.9 62.7 63.2
12 71.7 69.9 73.5 63.1 62.9 63.4
13 71.8 69.9 73.5 63.3 63 63.6
14 71.8 70 73.6 63.5 63.2 63.7
15 71.8 70 73.6 63.6 63.3 63.9
16 71.9 70.1 73.6 63.8 63.5 64.1
17 71.9 70.1 73.7 64 63.7 64.3
18 72 70.2 73.7 64.2 63.9 64.5
19 72.1 70.3 73.8 64.4 64.1 64.8
20 72.1 70.4 73.9 64.7 64.3 65
21 72.2 70.5 73.9 64.9 64.6 65.2
22 72.3 70.6 74 65.1 64.8 65.5
23 72.4 70.7 74 65.4 65.1 65.7
24 72.4 70.8 74.1 65.6 65.4 65.9
25 72.5 70.8 74.2 65.9 65.6 66.2
26 72.6 70.9 74.2 66.1 65.9 66.4
27 72.7 71 74.3 66.4 66.1 66.6
28 72.7 71.1 74.3 66.6 66.4 66.9
29 72.8 71.2 74.4 66.9 66.6 67.1
30 72.9 71.2 74.5 67.1 66.9 67.4
31 72.9 71.3 74.5 67.4 67.1 67.7
32 73 71.4 74.6 67.6 67.4 67.9
33 73.1 71.5 74.7 67.9 67.6 68.2
34 73.2 71.5 74.7 68.1 67.8 68.4
35 73.2 71.6 74.8 68.4 68.1 68.7
36 73.3 71.7 74.9 68.6 68.3 69
37 73.4 71.8 75 68.9 68.6 69.2
38 73.5 71.9 75.1 69.1 68.8 69.5
39 73.6 72 75.2 69.4 69 69.7
40 73.7 72.1 75.3 69.7 69.3 70
41 73.8 72.2 75.3 69.9 69.5 70.3
42 73.9 72.3 75.5 70.2 69.8 70.6
43 74 72.4 75.6 70.4 70 70.8
44 74.1 72.5 75.7 70.7 70.3 71.1
45 74.2 72.7 75.8 71 70.6 71.3
46 74.4 72.8 75.9 71.2 70.8 71.6
47 74.5 72.9 76 71.5 71.1 71.8
48 74.6 73.1 76.2 71.7 71.4 72.1
49 74.8 73.2 76.3 72 71.6 72.4
50 75 73.4 76.5 72.3 71.9 72.6
51 75.1 73.6 76.6 72.5 72.2 72.9
52 75.3 73.8 76.8 72.8 72.5 73.1
53 75.5 74 76.9 73.1 72.8 73.4
54 75.7 74.2 77.1 73.4 73.1 73.7
55 75.9 74.4 77.3 73.7 73.4 74
56 76.1 74.7 77.5 74 73.7 74.3
57 76.3 74.9 77.7 74.3 74.1 74.6
58 76.6 75.2 77.9 74.6 74.4 74.9
59 76.8 75.5 78.1 75 74.7 75.2
60 77.1 75.8 78.3 75.3 75.1 75.5
61 77.4 76.1 78.6 75.6 75.4 75.8
62 77.6 76.4 78.8 76 75.8 76.2
63 78 76.8 79.1 76.4 76.2 76.6
64 78.3 77.2 79.3 76.8 76.6 76.9
65 78.6 77.5 79.6 77.2 77 77.3
66 79 77.9 79.9 77.6 77.4 77.7
67 79.3 78.4 80.2 78 77.9 78.2
68 79.7 78.8 80.6 78.5 78.3 78.6
69 80.1 79.2 80.9 78.9 78.8 79.1
70 80.5 79.7 81.3 79.4 79.3 79.5
71 81 80.2 81.7 79.9 79.8 80
72 81.4 80.7 82.1 80.5 80.3 80.6
73 81.9 81.2 82.5 81 80.9 81.1
74 82.4 81.8 83 81.5 81.4 81.7
75 82.9 82.3 83.5 82.1 82 82.2
76 83.5 82.9 84 82.7 82.6 82.8
77 84 83.5 84.5 83.3 83.2 83.4
78 84.6 84.1 85 83.9 83.8 84
79 85.2 84.8 85.6 84.6 84.5 84.7
80 85.9 85.4 86.2 85.2 85.1 85.3
81 86.5 86.1 86.8 85.9 85.8 86
82 87.2 86.8 87.5 86.6 86.5 86.7
83 87.8 87.5 88.1 87.3 87.2 87.5
84 88.5 88.2 88.8 88.1 87.9 88.2
85 89.3 89 89.5 88.8 88.7 88.9
86 90 89.7 90.2 89.6 89.4 89.7
87 90.8 90.5 91 90.3 90.2 90.5
88 91.5 91.3 91.7 91.1 91 91.2
89 92.3 92.1 92.5 91.9 91.8 92
90 93.1 92.9 93.3 92.7 92.6 92.9
91 94 93.8 94.1 93.6 93.4 93.7
92 94.8 94.6 94.9 94.4 94.3 94.5
93 95.6 95.5 95.7 95.3 95.1 95.4
94 96.5 96.3 96.6 96.2 96 96.3
95 97.3 97.2 97.4 97.1 96.9 97.2
96 98.2 98.1 98.3 98 97.8 98.1
97 99.1 99 99.2 98.9 98.8 99
98 100 99.9 100.1 99.8 99.7 99.9
99 100.9 100.8 101 100.7 100.6 100.8
100 101.8 101.7 101.9 101.6 101.6 101.7

Odds of living to age in Mauritania vs Nigeria

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 79.2% in Mauritania and 55.7% in Nigeria are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 60.9% and 39.3% will live to 70 years or older, 30.4% and 16.9% to 80+ years, and 5.23% 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.

Mauritania
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Mauritania Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.1% 96.8% 97.5% 93.2% 92.7% 93.8%
2 96.9% 96.6% 97.3% 92.3% 91.7% 93%
3 96.7% 96.4% 97.1% 91.5% 90.8% 92.2%
4 96.6% 96.2% 97% 90.6% 89.9% 91.3%
5 96.5% 96.1% 96.9% 89.8% 89.2% 90.5%
6 96.4% 96% 96.8% 89.1% 88.5% 89.6%
7 96.3% 95.9% 96.7% 88.4% 87.9% 88.8%
8 96.2% 95.8% 96.7% 87.8% 87.4% 88.1%
9 96.2% 95.8% 96.6% 87.3% 87% 87.5%
10 96.1% 95.7% 96.6% 86.8% 86.6% 87%
11 96.1% 95.7% 96.5% 86.5% 86.3% 86.6%
12 96% 95.6% 96.5% 86.2% 86% 86.3%
13 96% 95.5% 96.4% 85.9% 85.8% 86%
14 95.9% 95.5% 96.4% 85.6% 85.5% 85.6%
15 95.9% 95.4% 96.3% 85.3% 85.2% 85.3%
16 95.8% 95.3% 96.2% 85% 84.9% 85%
17 95.7% 95.2% 96.2% 84.6% 84.6% 84.6%
18 95.6% 95.1% 96.1% 84.2% 84.2% 84.2%
19 95.4% 94.9% 96% 83.8% 83.9% 83.8%
20 95.3% 94.7% 95.9% 83.4% 83.4% 83.4%
21 95.2% 94.6% 95.8% 83% 83% 83%
22 95% 94.4% 95.7% 82.5% 82.5% 82.5%
23 94.9% 94.2% 95.5% 82% 81.9% 82.1%
24 94.7% 94% 95.4% 81.5% 81.4% 81.6%
25 94.6% 93.9% 95.3% 81% 80.9% 81.2%
26 94.4% 93.7% 95.2% 80.5% 80.4% 80.7%
27 94.3% 93.5% 95.1% 80% 79.9% 80.2%
28 94.2% 93.4% 95% 79.5% 79.3% 79.7%
29 94% 93.2% 94.8% 79% 78.8% 79.2%
30 93.9% 93% 94.7% 78.5% 78.3% 78.6%
31 93.7% 92.9% 94.6% 77.9% 77.8% 78.1%
32 93.5% 92.7% 94.4% 77.4% 77.3% 77.5%
33 93.4% 92.5% 94.2% 76.9% 76.7% 77%
34 93.2% 92.3% 94.1% 76.3% 76.2% 76.4%
35 93% 92.1% 93.9% 75.7% 75.7% 75.8%
36 92.8% 91.9% 93.7% 75.2% 75.1% 75.2%
37 92.6% 91.7% 93.5% 74.6% 74.6% 74.6%
38 92.4% 91.4% 93.3% 74% 74% 74%
39 92.1% 91.2% 93.1% 73.4% 73.4% 73.4%
40 91.9% 90.9% 92.8% 72.8% 72.8% 72.7%
41 91.6% 90.6% 92.6% 72.1% 72.2% 72.1%
42 91.3% 90.3% 92.3% 71.5% 71.5% 71.4%
43 91% 89.9% 92% 70.8% 70.9% 70.7%
44 90.6% 89.6% 91.7% 70.1% 70.2% 70.1%
45 90.3% 89.1% 91.3% 69.4% 69.5% 69.4%
46 89.9% 88.7% 91% 68.7% 68.8% 68.7%
47 89.4% 88.2% 90.6% 68% 68% 68%
48 88.9% 87.7% 90.2% 67.3% 67.3% 67.3%
49 88.4% 87.1% 89.7% 66.5% 66.5% 66.6%
50 87.9% 86.5% 89.2% 65.8% 65.6% 65.9%
51 87.3% 85.8% 88.7% 64.9% 64.8% 65.1%
52 86.6% 85.1% 88.1% 64.1% 63.8% 64.3%
53 85.9% 84.3% 87.5% 63.2% 62.9% 63.5%
54 85.2% 83.4% 86.9% 62.2% 61.9% 62.6%
55 84.4% 82.4% 86.2% 61.3% 60.8% 61.7%
56 83.5% 81.4% 85.4% 60.2% 59.8% 60.7%
57 82.5% 80.2% 84.6% 59.2% 58.7% 59.7%
58 81.5% 79% 83.8% 58.1% 57.5% 58.7%
59 80.4% 77.7% 82.9% 57% 56.3% 57.6%
60 79.2% 76.3% 81.9% 55.7% 55.1% 56.4%
61 77.9% 74.7% 80.8% 54.5% 53.8% 55.2%
62 76.5% 73.1% 79.7% 53.1% 52.4% 53.9%
63 75% 71.3% 78.4% 51.7% 50.9% 52.5%
64 73.3% 69.4% 77.1% 50.1% 49.3% 51%
65 71.6% 67.3% 75.6% 48.5% 47.7% 49.4%
66 69.7% 65.2% 74% 46.9% 46% 47.8%
67 67.7% 62.9% 72.3% 45.1% 44.2% 46%
68 65.6% 60.5% 70.5% 43.3% 42.4% 44.2%
69 63.3% 57.9% 68.5% 41.3% 40.4% 42.3%
70 60.9% 55.3% 66.4% 39.3% 38.4% 40.2%
71 58.4% 52.5% 64% 37.2% 36.3% 38.1%
72 55.7% 49.6% 61.6% 35.1% 34.2% 35.9%
73 52.8% 46.6% 58.9% 32.8% 32% 33.7%
74 49.9% 43.6% 56.1% 30.6% 29.7% 31.4%
75 46.8% 40.4% 53.1% 28.3% 27.4% 29.1%
76 43.6% 37.3% 49.9% 26% 25.2% 26.7%
77 40.3% 34.1% 46.6% 23.7% 22.9% 24.4%
78 37% 30.9% 43.2% 21.4% 20.6% 22.1%
79 33.7% 27.7% 39.7% 19.1% 18.4% 19.8%
80 30.4% 24.7% 36.2% 16.9% 16.2% 17.6%
81 27.1% 21.7% 32.7% 14.8% 14.2% 15.4%
82 24% 18.9% 29.2% 12.8% 12.2% 13.3%
83 20.9% 16.3% 25.8% 10.9% 10.3% 11.4%
84 18% 13.8% 22.5% 9.13% 8.64% 9.6%
85 15.3% 11.5% 19.3% 7.55% 7.11% 7.98%
86 12.8% 9.42% 16.4% 6.15% 5.75% 6.55%
87 10.5% 7.58% 13.7% 4.93% 4.56% 5.28%
88 8.47% 5.99% 11.2% 3.87% 3.54% 4.18%
89 6.72% 4.64% 9.02% 2.96% 2.67% 3.24%
90 5.23% 3.52% 7.13% 2.22% 1.97% 2.46%
91 3.99% 2.62% 5.54% 1.61% 1.4% 1.82%
92 2.98% 1.91% 4.21% 1.14% 0.97% 1.31%
93 2.18% 1.36% 3.13% 0.79% 0.65% 0.92%
94 1.56% 0.94% 2.27% 0.53% 0.42% 0.63%
95 1.09% 0.64% 1.61% 0.35% 0.27% 0.42%
96 0.74% 0.42% 1.11% 0.22% 0.16% 0.27%
97 0.49% 0.27% 0.74% 0.14% 0.1% 0.17%
98 0.31% 0.17% 0.48% 0.08% 0.06% 0.11%
99 0.19% 0.1% 0.3% 0.05% 0.03% 0.06%
100 0.12% 0.06% 0.19% 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 2.85% in the birth year in Mauritania and 6.77% in Nigeria, 0.17% vs 0.68% at age 30, 1.64% vs 2.3% at 60, and 10.7% vs 12.6% at 80.

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

Mauritania
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Mauritania Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.85% 3.19% 2.5% 6.77% 7.31% 6.22%
1 0.24% 0.26% 0.22% 0.96% 1.08% 0.84%
2 0.19% 0.21% 0.17% 0.94% 1% 0.88%
3 0.15% 0.16% 0.14% 0.92% 0.91% 0.92%
4 0.12% 0.13% 0.11% 0.89% 0.83% 0.94%
5 0.1% 0.1% 0.09% 0.84% 0.74% 0.93%
6 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.77% 0.66% 0.88%
7 0.07% 0.07% 0.06% 0.68% 0.57% 0.79%
8 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.58% 0.49% 0.68%
9 0.05% 0.06% 0.05% 0.49% 0.42% 0.56%
10 0.05% 0.05% 0.05% 0.42% 0.37% 0.47%
11 0.05% 0.06% 0.05% 0.37% 0.34% 0.41%
12 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.34% 0.32% 0.37%
13 0.06% 0.07% 0.06% 0.33% 0.31% 0.36%
14 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.34% 0.32% 0.37%
15 0.09% 0.1% 0.07% 0.37% 0.34% 0.39%
16 0.1% 0.12% 0.08% 0.4% 0.38% 0.43%
17 0.12% 0.14% 0.09% 0.44% 0.42% 0.46%
18 0.13% 0.16% 0.1% 0.48% 0.47% 0.49%
19 0.14% 0.18% 0.11% 0.52% 0.52% 0.51%
20 0.15% 0.18% 0.11% 0.54% 0.56% 0.53%
21 0.15% 0.19% 0.11% 0.57% 0.6% 0.53%
22 0.15% 0.19% 0.11% 0.58% 0.62% 0.54%
23 0.15% 0.19% 0.11% 0.59% 0.64% 0.55%
24 0.15% 0.18% 0.12% 0.6% 0.64% 0.56%
25 0.15% 0.18% 0.12% 0.61% 0.64% 0.58%
26 0.15% 0.18% 0.13% 0.62% 0.64% 0.61%
27 0.15% 0.18% 0.13% 0.64% 0.64% 0.63%
28 0.16% 0.18% 0.14% 0.65% 0.64% 0.65%
29 0.16% 0.18% 0.15% 0.66% 0.65% 0.67%
30 0.17% 0.19% 0.15% 0.68% 0.66% 0.69%
31 0.17% 0.19% 0.16% 0.69% 0.67% 0.71%
32 0.18% 0.2% 0.17% 0.71% 0.69% 0.72%
33 0.19% 0.21% 0.18% 0.72% 0.7% 0.74%
34 0.2% 0.22% 0.19% 0.74% 0.71% 0.76%
35 0.22% 0.23% 0.2% 0.75% 0.73% 0.78%
36 0.23% 0.25% 0.21% 0.77% 0.74% 0.8%
37 0.25% 0.26% 0.23% 0.8% 0.77% 0.83%
38 0.26% 0.28% 0.24% 0.82% 0.79% 0.85%
39 0.28% 0.3% 0.26% 0.85% 0.82% 0.88%
40 0.3% 0.32% 0.28% 0.88% 0.86% 0.9%
41 0.32% 0.35% 0.3% 0.91% 0.9% 0.92%
42 0.35% 0.38% 0.32% 0.94% 0.93% 0.94%
43 0.38% 0.41% 0.34% 0.96% 0.97% 0.95%
44 0.41% 0.45% 0.37% 0.98% 1% 0.97%
45 0.44% 0.49% 0.4% 1.01% 1.03% 0.98%
46 0.48% 0.54% 0.43% 1.03% 1.07% 1%
47 0.53% 0.6% 0.47% 1.07% 1.12% 1.02%
48 0.57% 0.65% 0.51% 1.12% 1.18% 1.06%
49 0.63% 0.72% 0.55% 1.18% 1.25% 1.11%
50 0.68% 0.79% 0.59% 1.25% 1.33% 1.17%
51 0.74% 0.87% 0.64% 1.33% 1.42% 1.24%
52 0.81% 0.95% 0.68% 1.41% 1.5% 1.31%
53 0.88% 1.05% 0.74% 1.48% 1.59% 1.38%
54 0.96% 1.15% 0.79% 1.56% 1.67% 1.46%
55 1.05% 1.26% 0.86% 1.65% 1.75% 1.55%
56 1.14% 1.39% 0.93% 1.74% 1.84% 1.64%
57 1.25% 1.52% 1.01% 1.85% 1.95% 1.75%
58 1.37% 1.68% 1.09% 1.98% 2.08% 1.88%
59 1.5% 1.84% 1.19% 2.13% 2.23% 2.02%
60 1.64% 2.02% 1.31% 2.3% 2.41% 2.19%
61 1.8% 2.22% 1.43% 2.5% 2.61% 2.39%
62 1.98% 2.44% 1.57% 2.71% 2.83% 2.6%
63 2.17% 2.68% 1.72% 2.94% 3.07% 2.83%
64 2.38% 2.93% 1.89% 3.19% 3.31% 3.08%
65 2.61% 3.21% 2.08% 3.46% 3.57% 3.35%
66 2.87% 3.51% 2.3% 3.75% 3.86% 3.65%
67 3.15% 3.84% 2.54% 4.08% 4.18% 3.98%
68 3.46% 4.2% 2.82% 4.45% 4.54% 4.36%
69 3.8% 4.59% 3.13% 4.86% 4.95% 4.78%
70 4.19% 5.02% 3.48% 5.32% 5.41% 5.24%
71 4.62% 5.49% 3.88% 5.82% 5.92% 5.73%
72 5.1% 6.01% 4.33% 6.36% 6.47% 6.25%
73 5.62% 6.58% 4.82% 6.92% 7.05% 6.81%
74 6.2% 7.2% 5.36% 7.53% 7.68% 7.39%
75 6.82% 7.87% 5.95% 8.17% 8.35% 8.02%
76 7.49% 8.59% 6.59% 8.89% 9.08% 8.71%
77 8.21% 9.35% 7.29% 9.68% 9.88% 9.49%
78 8.98% 10.2% 8.04% 10.6% 10.8% 10.4%
79 9.8% 11% 8.84% 11.5% 11.7% 11.3%
80 10.7% 11.9% 9.72% 12.6% 12.8% 12.4%
81 11.7% 13% 10.7% 13.7% 13.9% 13.5%
82 12.7% 14.1% 11.7% 14.8% 15.1% 14.6%
83 13.9% 15.3% 12.8% 16% 16.4% 15.7%
84 15.1% 16.6% 14% 17.2% 17.7% 16.8%
85 16.5% 18% 15.3% 18.5% 19.1% 18%
86 17.8% 19.5% 16.6% 20% 20.7% 19.3%
87 19.3% 21% 18% 21.5% 22.5% 20.8%
88 20.7% 22.5% 19.4% 23.3% 24.4% 22.4%
89 22.2% 24% 20.9% 25.2% 26.5% 24.2%
90 23.7% 25.6% 22.4% 27.2% 28.6% 26.1%
91 25.2% 27.2% 24% 29.2% 30.8% 28%
92 26.9% 28.8% 25.7% 31.1% 33% 29.8%
93 28.6% 30.5% 27.4% 32.9% 35% 31.6%
94 30.3% 32.3% 29.3% 34.7% 36.9% 33.3%
95 32.2% 34% 31.1% 36.3% 38.8% 34.9%
96 34% 35.8% 33% 38% 40.6% 36.5%
97 35.9% 37.6% 34.9% 39.6% 42.4% 38.2%
98 37.7% 39.3% 36.8% 41.3% 44.2% 40%
99 39.5% 41% 38.6% 43% 46.1% 41.7%
100 41.3% 42.8% 40.5% 44.7% 47.9% 43.4%

Death rate by age in Mauritania compared to Nigeria

In Mauritania, the most common age of death is 78, compared to 0 in Nigeria. The median age of death is 74 in Mauritania and 64.1 in Nigeria — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Mauritania
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Mauritania Nigeria
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,853 3,195 2,502 6,773 7,315 6,219
1 235.3 253.6 216.4 899 1,005 788
2 183.7 198.3 168.6 868 913 822
3 144.1 155.8 132.1 839 828 851
4 114.1 123.4 104.5 803 746 862
5 91.7 99.1 84.1 753 664 845
6 75.3 81.2 69.2 684 582 790
7 63.7 68.4 58.8 600 503 701
8 55.8 59.8 51.8 512 431 596
9 51.1 54.5 47.6 430 369 493
10 49.1 52.4 45.8 365 322 410
11 49.8 53.3 46.3 321 289.3 353
12 53.3 57.5 49 295 271.2 320
13 59.8 65.4 54 287.3 266.9 309
14 69.5 77.5 61.1 294.5 274.8 315
15 82.2 93.8 70.2 314 293.8 335
16 97 113.4 80.1 342 322 363
17 112 134 89.6 374 356 392
18 125.2 152.8 97.3 405 395 416
19 134.7 166.8 102.5 432 434 431
20 140.1 175.1 105.3 454 469 438
21 142.2 178.1 106.8 469 496 441
22 142.3 177.5 108 480 514 444
23 141.9 175 109.7 487 523 450
24 141.7 172.1 112.5 493 524 460
25 142.3 169.5 116.3 498 521 474
26 143.8 167.8 121 503 516 490
27 146.1 167.2 126.3 509 512 506
28 149.3 167.9 131.9 516 511 521
29 153.2 169.9 137.6 524 514 534
30 158 173.3 143.7 531 519 544
31 163.8 178.3 150.4 539 525 553
32 170.9 184.9 158 546 531 561
33 179.3 192.9 166.8 553 537 570
34 189.1 202.6 176.8 561 543 580
35 200.4 213.9 188.2 570 550 591
36 213 226.7 200.6 581 559 603
37 226.9 241.2 214.1 594 571 617
38 242 257.2 228.3 608 587 631
39 258.3 275.2 243.3 625 605 644
40 276.2 295.2 259.4 641 626 656
41 295.9 318 276.7 656 647 666
42 318 343 295.6 669 667 672
43 342 372 317 679 684 675
44 370 404 340 688 700 676
45 400 441 365 698 717 679
46 434 481 393 711 737 685
47 471 526 423 730 762 696
48 511 574 456 755 794 715
49 553 627 490 786 832 740
50 599 684 526 823 875 770
51 648 745 563 862 918 805
52 701 811 603 901 960 841
53 757 882 645 938 998 878
54 818 958 690 973 1,031 915
55 883 1,041 739 1,009 1,064 954
56 954 1,129 792 1,048 1,100 996
57 1,030 1,223 851 1,094 1,142 1,045
58 1,113 1,324 917 1,148 1,195 1,101
59 1,203 1,431 989 1,211 1,257 1,166
60 1,299 1,544 1,070 1,283 1,329 1,238
61 1,403 1,661 1,157 1,360 1,405 1,316
62 1,512 1,783 1,251 1,440 1,483 1,398
63 1,626 1,908 1,352 1,520 1,560 1,482
64 1,746 2,034 1,460 1,599 1,632 1,568
65 1,870 2,162 1,576 1,678 1,703 1,654
66 1,998 2,289 1,702 1,757 1,773 1,742
67 2,131 2,414 1,837 1,839 1,846 1,834
68 2,268 2,538 1,985 1,924 1,923 1,927
69 2,409 2,658 2,143 2,010 2,002 2,019
70 2,553 2,773 2,311 2,093 2,080 2,107
71 2,697 2,881 2,486 2,168 2,152 2,185
72 2,838 2,980 2,663 2,229 2,212 2,248
73 2,970 3,067 2,838 2,274 2,256 2,293
74 3,090 3,136 3,005 2,301 2,283 2,321
75 3,190 3,182 3,157 2,311 2,292 2,332
76 3,264 3,199 3,289 2,307 2,284 2,331
77 3,309 3,185 3,396 2,289 2,261 2,317
78 3,322 3,136 3,472 2,256 2,220 2,290
79 3,302 3,056 3,515 2,203 2,161 2,243
80 3,249 2,948 3,521 2,126 2,078 2,172
81 3,165 2,815 3,490 2,022 1,972 2,071
82 3,051 2,661 3,419 1,892 1,842 1,940
83 2,904 2,485 3,307 1,739 1,693 1,785
84 2,726 2,288 3,153 1,573 1,530 1,614
85 2,516 2,070 2,957 1,400 1,361 1,439
86 2,279 1,836 2,724 1,228 1,191 1,265
87 2,021 1,592 2,460 1,061 1,024 1,098
88 1,754 1,349 2,176 900 863 938
89 1,489 1,116 1,885 747 708 785
90 1,238 902 1,600 603 563 642
91 1,007 713 1,329 471 433 509
92 801 550 1,080 356 320 391
93 623 415 858 259.5 227.7 290.2
94 473 305 664 183.1 156.2 209
95 349 217.9 500 125.3 103.5 146.2
96 250.5 151.3 365 83.4 66.3 99.7
97 174.3 101.8 258.5 54 41.2 66.2
98 117.4 66.4 177.2 34 24.7 42.8
99 76.5 42 117.6 20.8 14.4 26.8
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 Mauritania 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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