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Life Expectancy in New Zealand vs Nigeria (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 82.4 years in New Zealand vs 54.8 in Nigeria. New Zealand is ranked 27/197 by life expectancy, and Nigeria is 197/197. In New Zealand, the life expectancy is 80.8 years for males and 84 years for females. In Nigeria, it's 54.5 years for males and 55.1 years for females.

New Zealand vs Nigeria life expectancy at birth by year chart

New Zealand
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
New Zealand Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 69.3 67.4 71.2 35.5 33.6 37.5
1951 69.1 67 71.4 35.7 33.8 37.7
1952 69.4 67.4 71.5 35.9 34 37.9
1953 70.2 67.9 72.7 36 34.1 38.1
1954 70.3 68 72.9 36.2 34.3 38.3
1955 70.5 68.1 73 36.3 34.3 38.5
1956 70.7 68.4 73.3 36.5 34.5 38.6
1957 70.3 67.7 73 36.6 34.6 38.8
1958 70.9 68.4 73.5 36.8 34.8 39
1959 70.8 68.3 73.4 37 35 39.2
1960 71.2 68.7 74 37.2 35.2 39.3
1961 70.9 68.4 73.7 37.4 35.4 39.6
1962 71.2 68.5 74.1 37.6 35.6 39.7
1963 71.3 68.5 74.2 37.8 35.8 39.9
1964 71.3 68.5 74.3 38 35.9 40.1
1965 71.2 68.3 74.3 38.2 36.2 40.4
1966 71.1 68.1 74.3 38.4 36.4 40.5
1967 71.4 68.4 74.7 37.5 35.1 40.1
1968 71.1 68.1 74.3 38.6 36.4 41
1969 71.5 68.4 74.7 38.9 36.8 41.3
1970 71.2 68.2 74.5 40 38.4 41.7
1971 71.7 68.7 75 40.6 39 42.3
1972 71.8 69 74.7 41.3 39.5 43.1
1973 71.7 68.4 75.1 41.8 40 43.7
1974 71.9 68.9 75.1 42.5 40.6 44.5
1975 72.2 69 75.6 43.1 41 45.2
1976 72.4 69.3 75.7 44.2 42.7 45.7
1977 72.1 68.9 75.6 44.8 43.4 46.3
1978 73 69.8 76.4 45.3 43.8 46.9
1979 73.1 69.8 76.5 45.7 44.2 47.3
1980 72.9 70 75.8 46 44.3 47.6
1981 73.6 70.5 76.9 46.3 44.6 48
1982 73.7 70.7 76.9 46.4 44.7 48.2
1983 73.8 70.8 76.9 46.4 44.8 48.1
1984 74.4 71.2 77.7 46.3 44.7 48
1985 73.9 71 76.8 46.2 44.6 47.9
1986 74.1 71 77.4 46 44.5 47.5
1987 74.2 71.3 77.1 45.9 44.5 47.4
1988 74.5 71.4 77.6 45.8 44.4 47.3
1989 74.9 71.8 78 45.8 44.4 47.3
1990 75.4 72.5 78.4 45.7 44.4 47.1
1991 76.1 73.3 78.9 45.5 44.1 47
1992 76.2 73.1 79.3 45.6 44.2 47
1993 76.5 73.8 79.2 45.8 44.2 47.4
1994 76.9 74.1 79.6 45.7 44.2 47.3
1995 76.8 74.1 79.5 45.9 44.4 47.4
1996 76.8 74.2 79.3 45.8 44.4 47.3
1997 77.3 74.6 80 46 44.7 47.2
1998 78.2 75.5 80.8 46.1 45.1 47.2
1999 77.9 75.4 80.4 46.6 45.7 47.5
2000 78.7 76 81.2 47.1 46.3 48
2001 78.7 76.2 81 47.5 46.9 48.2
2002 78.9 76.6 81.1 48 47.5 48.5
2003 79.1 76.8 81.3 48.6 48.2 49.1
2004 79.4 77.2 81.4 49.1 48.8 49.5
2005 80 77.8 82.1 49.5 49 50.1
2006 80 77.9 82 49.9 49.3 50.4
2007 80.1 78 82.2 50.4 49.8 50.9
2008 80.2 78.2 82.2 50.7 50.3 51.2
2009 80.5 78.5 82.5 51.1 50.6 51.6
2010 81.1 79.1 82.9 51.3 50.9 51.8
2011 80.8 79 82.6 51.5 51.1 51.9
2012 81.2 79.3 83 51.7 51.3 52
2013 81.6 79.8 83.4 51.8 51.5 52.2
2014 81.4 79.6 83.2 51.9 51.6 52.3
2015 81.6 79.9 83.2 51.9 51.6 52.2
2016 82 80.2 83.7 52.2 51.9 52.4
2017 81.6 79.9 83.3 52.4 52.1 52.6
2018 81.9 80.1 83.6 52.7 52.4 52.9
2019 81.8 80 83.6 53 52.8 53.2
2020 82.7 80.8 84.5 53.1 52.7 53.4
2021 82.3 80.6 84 53.5 53.2 53.7
2022 81 79.5 82.6 54.1 53.8 54.4
2023 82.1 80.4 83.8 54.5 54.2 54.7
2024 82.2 80.6 83.9 54.6 54.3 54.9
2025 82.4 80.8 84 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 70 years in New Zealand and 54.9 in Nigeria. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 18.8 healthy years in New Zealand and 14 in Nigeria.

New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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:
53.2 vs 37.1 years

Mean expected age of death:
83.2 vs 67.1 years

Median expected age of death:
85.8 vs 70.0 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
New Zealand Nigeria
Male Female Male Female
40 99.1% 99.5% 92.9% 92.5%
50 97.5% 98.3% 83.8% 83.8%
60 93.5% 95.6% 70.3% 71.7%
65 90.1% 93.2% 60.9% 62.8%
70 85.1% 89.6% 49.1% 51.2%
75 77.4% 83.8% 35.0% 37.0%
80 65.3% 74.3% 20.7% 22.3%
85 47.7% 58.8% 9.1% 10.2%
90 26.0% 36.9% 2.5% 3.1%
95 8.5% 14.7% 0.3% 0.5%
100 1.3% 2.8% 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 New Zealand vs Nigeria: 83.2 years vs 67.1 at 30, 85.8 vs 77.2 at 65, 89.5 vs 85.2 at 80 — significantly higher than the 82.4 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 New Zealand and Nigeria.

New Zealand
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
New Zealand Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 82.4 80.8 84 54.8 54.5 55.1
1 82.7 81.1 84.3 58.7 58.7 58.8
2 82.7 81.1 84.3 59.3 59.4 59.2
3 82.7 81.1 84.4 59.8 59.9 59.7
4 82.8 81.1 84.4 60.4 60.4 60.3
5 82.8 81.1 84.4 60.9 60.9 60.8
6 82.8 81.2 84.4 61.3 61.3 61.3
7 82.8 81.2 84.4 61.8 61.7 61.8
8 82.8 81.2 84.4 62.1 62 62.2
9 82.8 81.2 84.4 62.4 62.3 62.6
10 82.8 81.2 84.4 62.7 62.5 62.9
11 82.8 81.2 84.4 62.9 62.7 63.2
12 82.8 81.2 84.4 63.1 62.9 63.4
13 82.8 81.2 84.4 63.3 63 63.6
14 82.8 81.2 84.4 63.5 63.2 63.7
15 82.8 81.2 84.4 63.6 63.3 63.9
16 82.8 81.2 84.4 63.8 63.5 64.1
17 82.9 81.3 84.5 64 63.7 64.3
18 82.9 81.3 84.5 64.2 63.9 64.5
19 82.9 81.3 84.5 64.4 64.1 64.8
20 82.9 81.4 84.5 64.7 64.3 65
21 83 81.4 84.5 64.9 64.6 65.2
22 83 81.4 84.5 65.1 64.8 65.5
23 83 81.5 84.6 65.4 65.1 65.7
24 83.1 81.5 84.6 65.6 65.4 65.9
25 83.1 81.6 84.6 65.9 65.6 66.2
26 83.1 81.6 84.6 66.1 65.9 66.4
27 83.2 81.7 84.6 66.4 66.1 66.6
28 83.2 81.7 84.7 66.6 66.4 66.9
29 83.2 81.7 84.7 66.9 66.6 67.1
30 83.2 81.8 84.7 67.1 66.9 67.4
31 83.3 81.8 84.7 67.4 67.1 67.7
32 83.3 81.8 84.7 67.6 67.4 67.9
33 83.3 81.9 84.8 67.9 67.6 68.2
34 83.4 81.9 84.8 68.1 67.8 68.4
35 83.4 82 84.8 68.4 68.1 68.7
36 83.4 82 84.8 68.6 68.3 69
37 83.5 82.1 84.9 68.9 68.6 69.2
38 83.5 82.1 84.9 69.1 68.8 69.5
39 83.5 82.1 84.9 69.4 69 69.7
40 83.6 82.2 84.9 69.7 69.3 70
41 83.6 82.2 85 69.9 69.5 70.3
42 83.7 82.3 85 70.2 69.8 70.6
43 83.7 82.3 85 70.4 70 70.8
44 83.8 82.4 85.1 70.7 70.3 71.1
45 83.8 82.4 85.1 71 70.6 71.3
46 83.9 82.5 85.2 71.2 70.8 71.6
47 83.9 82.6 85.2 71.5 71.1 71.8
48 84 82.6 85.3 71.7 71.4 72.1
49 84.1 82.7 85.3 72 71.6 72.4
50 84.1 82.8 85.4 72.3 71.9 72.6
51 84.2 82.9 85.5 72.5 72.2 72.9
52 84.3 83 85.5 72.8 72.5 73.1
53 84.4 83.1 85.6 73.1 72.8 73.4
54 84.5 83.2 85.7 73.4 73.1 73.7
55 84.6 83.3 85.8 73.7 73.4 74
56 84.7 83.4 85.9 74 73.7 74.3
57 84.8 83.5 86 74.3 74.1 74.6
58 84.9 83.7 86.1 74.6 74.4 74.9
59 85 83.8 86.2 75 74.7 75.2
60 85.1 83.9 86.3 75.3 75.1 75.5
61 85.3 84.1 86.4 75.6 75.4 75.8
62 85.4 84.2 86.5 76 75.8 76.2
63 85.5 84.4 86.6 76.4 76.2 76.6
64 85.7 84.6 86.7 76.8 76.6 76.9
65 85.8 84.8 86.9 77.2 77 77.3
66 86 84.9 87 77.6 77.4 77.7
67 86.2 85.1 87.1 78 77.9 78.2
68 86.3 85.3 87.3 78.5 78.3 78.6
69 86.5 85.5 87.5 78.9 78.8 79.1
70 86.7 85.8 87.6 79.4 79.3 79.5
71 86.9 86 87.8 79.9 79.8 80
72 87.2 86.2 88 80.5 80.3 80.6
73 87.4 86.5 88.2 81 80.9 81.1
74 87.6 86.8 88.4 81.5 81.4 81.7
75 87.9 87.1 88.7 82.1 82 82.2
76 88.2 87.4 88.9 82.7 82.6 82.8
77 88.5 87.7 89.2 83.3 83.2 83.4
78 88.8 88 89.4 83.9 83.8 84
79 89.1 88.4 89.7 84.6 84.5 84.7
80 89.5 88.8 90.1 85.2 85.1 85.3
81 89.9 89.2 90.4 85.9 85.8 86
82 90.3 89.6 90.8 86.6 86.5 86.7
83 90.7 90.1 91.2 87.3 87.2 87.5
84 91.1 90.6 91.6 88.1 87.9 88.2
85 91.6 91.1 92 88.8 88.7 88.9
86 92.1 91.6 92.5 89.6 89.4 89.7
87 92.6 92.2 93 90.3 90.2 90.5
88 93.2 92.8 93.5 91.1 91 91.2
89 93.8 93.4 94 91.9 91.8 92
90 94.4 94.1 94.6 92.7 92.6 92.9
91 95 94.7 95.3 93.6 93.4 93.7
92 95.7 95.5 95.9 94.4 94.3 94.5
93 96.4 96.2 96.6 95.3 95.1 95.4
94 97.2 96.9 97.3 96.2 96 96.3
95 97.9 97.7 98 97.1 96.9 97.2
96 98.7 98.5 98.8 98 97.8 98.1
97 99.5 99.3 99.6 98.9 98.8 99
98 100.3 100.2 100.4 99.8 99.7 99.9
99 101.2 101 101.2 100.7 100.6 100.8
100 102 101.9 102 101.6 101.6 101.7

Odds of living to age in New Zealand vs Nigeria

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 93.4% in New Zealand and 55.7% in Nigeria are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 86.3% and 39.3% will live to 70 years or older, 69% and 16.9% to 80+ years, and 31.1% 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.

New Zealand
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
New Zealand Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 93.2% 92.7% 93.8%
2 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 92.3% 91.7% 93%
3 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 91.5% 90.8% 92.2%
4 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 90.6% 89.9% 91.3%
5 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 89.8% 89.2% 90.5%
6 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 89.1% 88.5% 89.6%
7 99.5% 99.5% 99.5% 88.4% 87.9% 88.8%
8 99.5% 99.5% 99.5% 87.8% 87.4% 88.1%
9 99.5% 99.5% 99.5% 87.3% 87% 87.5%
10 99.5% 99.5% 99.5% 86.8% 86.6% 87%
11 99.5% 99.5% 99.5% 86.5% 86.3% 86.6%
12 99.5% 99.5% 99.5% 86.2% 86% 86.3%
13 99.5% 99.5% 99.5% 85.9% 85.8% 86%
14 99.5% 99.5% 99.5% 85.6% 85.5% 85.6%
15 99.5% 99.4% 99.5% 85.3% 85.2% 85.3%
16 99.4% 99.4% 99.5% 85% 84.9% 85%
17 99.4% 99.4% 99.4% 84.6% 84.6% 84.6%
18 99.4% 99.3% 99.4% 84.2% 84.2% 84.2%
19 99.3% 99.3% 99.4% 83.8% 83.9% 83.8%
20 99.3% 99.2% 99.4% 83.4% 83.4% 83.4%
21 99.2% 99.1% 99.3% 83% 83% 83%
22 99.2% 99.1% 99.3% 82.5% 82.5% 82.5%
23 99.1% 99% 99.3% 82% 81.9% 82.1%
24 99.1% 98.9% 99.2% 81.5% 81.4% 81.6%
25 99% 98.8% 99.2% 81% 80.9% 81.2%
26 99% 98.8% 99.2% 80.5% 80.4% 80.7%
27 98.9% 98.7% 99.2% 80% 79.9% 80.2%
28 98.9% 98.6% 99.1% 79.5% 79.3% 79.7%
29 98.8% 98.6% 99.1% 79% 78.8% 79.2%
30 98.8% 98.5% 99.1% 78.5% 78.3% 78.6%
31 98.7% 98.4% 99% 77.9% 77.8% 78.1%
32 98.7% 98.3% 99% 77.4% 77.3% 77.5%
33 98.6% 98.3% 98.9% 76.9% 76.7% 77%
34 98.5% 98.2% 98.9% 76.3% 76.2% 76.4%
35 98.5% 98.1% 98.8% 75.7% 75.7% 75.8%
36 98.4% 98% 98.8% 75.2% 75.1% 75.2%
37 98.3% 97.9% 98.7% 74.6% 74.6% 74.6%
38 98.2% 97.8% 98.7% 74% 74% 74%
39 98.2% 97.7% 98.6% 73.4% 73.4% 73.4%
40 98.1% 97.6% 98.6% 72.8% 72.8% 72.7%
41 98% 97.5% 98.5% 72.1% 72.2% 72.1%
42 97.9% 97.4% 98.4% 71.5% 71.5% 71.4%
43 97.8% 97.3% 98.3% 70.8% 70.9% 70.7%
44 97.7% 97.1% 98.2% 70.1% 70.2% 70.1%
45 97.5% 97% 98.1% 69.4% 69.5% 69.4%
46 97.4% 96.8% 98% 68.7% 68.8% 68.7%
47 97.2% 96.6% 97.9% 68% 68% 68%
48 97.1% 96.4% 97.7% 67.3% 67.3% 67.3%
49 96.9% 96.2% 97.6% 66.5% 66.5% 66.6%
50 96.7% 96% 97.4% 65.8% 65.6% 65.9%
51 96.5% 95.7% 97.2% 64.9% 64.8% 65.1%
52 96.2% 95.4% 97% 64.1% 63.8% 64.3%
53 96% 95.1% 96.8% 63.2% 62.9% 63.5%
54 95.7% 94.8% 96.5% 62.2% 61.9% 62.6%
55 95.4% 94.4% 96.3% 61.3% 60.8% 61.7%
56 95% 94% 96% 60.2% 59.8% 60.7%
57 94.7% 93.6% 95.7% 59.2% 58.7% 59.7%
58 94.3% 93.2% 95.4% 58.1% 57.5% 58.7%
59 93.8% 92.7% 95% 57% 56.3% 57.6%
60 93.4% 92.1% 94.7% 55.7% 55.1% 56.4%
61 92.9% 91.5% 94.3% 54.5% 53.8% 55.2%
62 92.4% 90.9% 93.9% 53.1% 52.4% 53.9%
63 91.8% 90.2% 93.4% 51.7% 50.9% 52.5%
64 91.2% 89.5% 92.9% 50.1% 49.3% 51%
65 90.5% 88.7% 92.4% 48.5% 47.7% 49.4%
66 89.8% 87.9% 91.8% 46.9% 46% 47.8%
67 89.1% 87% 91.1% 45.1% 44.2% 46%
68 88.2% 86% 90.4% 43.3% 42.4% 44.2%
69 87.3% 84.9% 89.6% 41.3% 40.4% 42.3%
70 86.3% 83.8% 88.8% 39.3% 38.4% 40.2%
71 85.2% 82.5% 87.8% 37.2% 36.3% 38.1%
72 84% 81.2% 86.8% 35.1% 34.2% 35.9%
73 82.7% 79.7% 85.7% 32.8% 32% 33.7%
74 81.2% 78% 84.4% 30.6% 29.7% 31.4%
75 79.6% 76.2% 83% 28.3% 27.4% 29.1%
76 77.9% 74.2% 81.5% 26% 25.2% 26.7%
77 76% 72.1% 79.8% 23.7% 22.9% 24.4%
78 73.8% 69.7% 78% 21.4% 20.6% 22.1%
79 71.5% 67.1% 75.9% 19.1% 18.4% 19.8%
80 69% 64.3% 73.6% 16.9% 16.2% 17.6%
81 66.2% 61.3% 71.1% 14.8% 14.2% 15.4%
82 63.2% 58.1% 68.3% 12.8% 12.2% 13.3%
83 59.9% 54.6% 65.2% 10.9% 10.3% 11.4%
84 56.4% 50.9% 61.9% 9.13% 8.64% 9.6%
85 52.6% 47% 58.3% 7.55% 7.11% 7.98%
86 48.6% 42.8% 54.4% 6.15% 5.75% 6.55%
87 44.5% 38.6% 50.3% 4.93% 4.56% 5.28%
88 40.1% 34.2% 45.9% 3.87% 3.54% 4.18%
89 35.6% 29.8% 41.3% 2.96% 2.67% 3.24%
90 31.1% 25.6% 36.5% 2.22% 1.97% 2.46%
91 26.7% 21.5% 31.8% 1.61% 1.4% 1.82%
92 22.4% 17.6% 27.1% 1.14% 0.97% 1.31%
93 18.4% 14.1% 22.6% 0.79% 0.65% 0.92%
94 14.7% 11% 18.3% 0.53% 0.42% 0.63%
95 11.5% 8.35% 14.5% 0.35% 0.27% 0.42%
96 8.67% 6.13% 11.2% 0.22% 0.16% 0.27%
97 6.35% 4.36% 8.32% 0.14% 0.1% 0.17%
98 4.5% 2.99% 5.98% 0.08% 0.06% 0.11%
99 3.07% 1.98% 4.15% 0.05% 0.03% 0.06%
100 2.02% 1.26% 2.77% 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 0.36% in the birth year in New Zealand and 6.77% in Nigeria, 0.06% vs 0.68% at age 30, 0.52% vs 2.3% at 60, and 4.02% vs 12.6% at 80.

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

New Zealand
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
New Zealand Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 0.36% 0.36% 0.35% 6.77% 7.31% 6.22%
1 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.96% 1.08% 0.84%
2 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.94% 1% 0.88%
3 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.92% 0.91% 0.92%
4 0.009% 0.01% 0.008% 0.89% 0.83% 0.94%
5 0.008% 0.009% 0.007% 0.84% 0.74% 0.93%
6 0.007% 0.008% 0.007% 0.77% 0.66% 0.88%
7 0.007% 0.007% 0.006% 0.68% 0.57% 0.79%
8 0.007% 0.007% 0.006% 0.58% 0.49% 0.68%
9 0.006% 0.007% 0.005% 0.49% 0.42% 0.56%
10 0.006% 0.007% 0.005% 0.42% 0.37% 0.47%
11 0.007% 0.007% 0.006% 0.37% 0.34% 0.41%
12 0.009% 0.009% 0.008% 0.34% 0.32% 0.37%
13 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.33% 0.31% 0.36%
14 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.34% 0.32% 0.37%
15 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.37% 0.34% 0.39%
16 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.4% 0.38% 0.43%
17 0.04% 0.05% 0.02% 0.44% 0.42% 0.46%
18 0.04% 0.06% 0.03% 0.48% 0.47% 0.49%
19 0.05% 0.06% 0.03% 0.52% 0.52% 0.51%
20 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.54% 0.56% 0.53%
21 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.57% 0.6% 0.53%
22 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.58% 0.62% 0.54%
23 0.05% 0.08% 0.03% 0.59% 0.64% 0.55%
24 0.05% 0.08% 0.03% 0.6% 0.64% 0.56%
25 0.05% 0.08% 0.03% 0.61% 0.64% 0.58%
26 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.62% 0.64% 0.61%
27 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.64% 0.64% 0.63%
28 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.65% 0.64% 0.65%
29 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.66% 0.65% 0.67%
30 0.06% 0.07% 0.04% 0.68% 0.66% 0.69%
31 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.69% 0.67% 0.71%
32 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.71% 0.69% 0.72%
33 0.07% 0.08% 0.05% 0.72% 0.7% 0.74%
34 0.07% 0.09% 0.05% 0.74% 0.71% 0.76%
35 0.07% 0.09% 0.05% 0.75% 0.73% 0.78%
36 0.07% 0.09% 0.05% 0.77% 0.74% 0.8%
37 0.08% 0.09% 0.06% 0.8% 0.77% 0.83%
38 0.08% 0.1% 0.06% 0.82% 0.79% 0.85%
39 0.08% 0.1% 0.07% 0.85% 0.82% 0.88%
40 0.09% 0.11% 0.07% 0.88% 0.86% 0.9%
41 0.1% 0.12% 0.08% 0.91% 0.9% 0.92%
42 0.11% 0.13% 0.08% 0.94% 0.93% 0.94%
43 0.12% 0.15% 0.1% 0.96% 0.97% 0.95%
44 0.13% 0.16% 0.11% 0.98% 1% 0.97%
45 0.15% 0.17% 0.12% 1.01% 1.03% 0.98%
46 0.16% 0.19% 0.13% 1.03% 1.07% 1%
47 0.17% 0.2% 0.15% 1.07% 1.12% 1.02%
48 0.19% 0.22% 0.16% 1.12% 1.18% 1.06%
49 0.21% 0.24% 0.17% 1.18% 1.25% 1.11%
50 0.23% 0.27% 0.19% 1.25% 1.33% 1.17%
51 0.25% 0.29% 0.21% 1.33% 1.42% 1.24%
52 0.27% 0.32% 0.23% 1.41% 1.5% 1.31%
53 0.3% 0.35% 0.25% 1.48% 1.59% 1.38%
54 0.33% 0.38% 0.27% 1.56% 1.67% 1.46%
55 0.36% 0.42% 0.29% 1.65% 1.75% 1.55%
56 0.38% 0.45% 0.31% 1.74% 1.84% 1.64%
57 0.41% 0.49% 0.34% 1.85% 1.95% 1.75%
58 0.44% 0.54% 0.36% 1.98% 2.08% 1.88%
59 0.48% 0.58% 0.38% 2.13% 2.23% 2.02%
60 0.52% 0.63% 0.41% 2.3% 2.41% 2.19%
61 0.57% 0.69% 0.45% 2.5% 2.61% 2.39%
62 0.61% 0.74% 0.49% 2.71% 2.83% 2.6%
63 0.66% 0.8% 0.54% 2.94% 3.07% 2.83%
64 0.73% 0.87% 0.59% 3.19% 3.31% 3.08%
65 0.79% 0.95% 0.64% 3.46% 3.57% 3.35%
66 0.87% 1.04% 0.71% 3.75% 3.86% 3.65%
67 0.95% 1.13% 0.78% 4.08% 4.18% 3.98%
68 1.04% 1.23% 0.87% 4.45% 4.54% 4.36%
69 1.14% 1.34% 0.95% 4.86% 4.95% 4.78%
70 1.26% 1.49% 1.05% 5.32% 5.41% 5.24%
71 1.41% 1.66% 1.17% 5.82% 5.92% 5.73%
72 1.57% 1.85% 1.3% 6.36% 6.47% 6.25%
73 1.76% 2.08% 1.47% 6.92% 7.05% 6.81%
74 1.97% 2.33% 1.64% 7.53% 7.68% 7.39%
75 2.2% 2.6% 1.84% 8.17% 8.35% 8.02%
76 2.47% 2.91% 2.06% 8.89% 9.08% 8.71%
77 2.79% 3.28% 2.33% 9.68% 9.88% 9.49%
78 3.13% 3.68% 2.64% 10.6% 10.8% 10.4%
79 3.54% 4.14% 3.01% 11.5% 11.7% 11.3%
80 4.02% 4.69% 3.44% 12.6% 12.8% 12.4%
81 4.59% 5.33% 3.95% 13.7% 13.9% 13.5%
82 5.18% 6% 4.48% 14.8% 15.1% 14.6%
83 5.87% 6.8% 5.11% 16% 16.4% 15.7%
84 6.65% 7.7% 5.81% 17.2% 17.7% 16.8%
85 7.59% 8.78% 6.66% 18.5% 19.1% 18%
86 8.63% 9.96% 7.62% 20% 20.7% 19.3%
87 9.82% 11.3% 8.74% 21.5% 22.5% 20.8%
88 11.2% 12.8% 10% 23.3% 24.4% 22.4%
89 12.7% 14.3% 11.5% 25.2% 26.5% 24.2%
90 14.3% 16% 13.1% 27.2% 28.6% 26.1%
91 16% 17.9% 14.8% 29.2% 30.8% 28%
92 17.9% 19.9% 16.7% 31.1% 33% 29.8%
93 19.9% 22% 18.7% 32.9% 35% 31.6%
94 22.1% 24.2% 20.8% 34.7% 36.9% 33.3%
95 24.4% 26.6% 23.1% 36.3% 38.8% 34.9%
96 26.7% 29% 25.5% 38% 40.6% 36.5%
97 29.2% 31.4% 28.1% 39.6% 42.4% 38.2%
98 31.7% 33.8% 30.6% 41.3% 44.2% 40%
99 34.2% 36.2% 33.2% 43% 46.1% 41.7%
100 36.6% 38.6% 35.7% 44.7% 47.9% 43.4%

Death rate by age in New Zealand compared to Nigeria

In New Zealand, the most common age of death is 89, compared to 0 in Nigeria. The median age of death is 85.7 in New Zealand and 64.1 in Nigeria — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

New Zealand
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Death rate
New Zealand Nigeria
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 356 359 352 6,773 7,315 6,219
1 55.6 61.2 49.7 899 1,005 788
2 22.5 25.7 19.2 868 913 822
3 12.3 14.2 10.2 839 828 851
4 8.91 10.2 7.51 803 746 862
5 7.76 8.7 6.76 753 664 845
6 7.17 7.83 6.47 684 582 790
7 6.83 7.41 6.21 600 503 701
8 6.47 7.21 5.69 512 431 596
9 6.1 6.99 5.16 430 369 493
10 5.9 6.75 4.99 365 322 410
11 6.66 7.39 5.87 321 289.3 353
12 8.7 9.36 8.02 295 271.2 320
13 12.2 12.9 11.3 287.3 266.9 309
14 17.1 18.6 15.5 294.5 274.8 315
15 22.9 26 19.6 314 293.8 335
16 29.3 35.3 22.9 342 322 363
17 35.6 45.8 24.7 374 356 392
18 41.3 56.1 25.7 405 395 416
19 45.7 63.8 26.7 432 434 431
20 48.2 67.9 27.5 454 469 438
21 50.4 71 28.7 469 496 441
22 51.8 72.9 29.6 480 514 444
23 52.8 74.3 30.2 487 523 450
24 53.4 75 30.6 493 524 460
25 53.5 74.5 31.1 498 521 474
26 52.8 72.2 31.9 503 516 490
27 52.2 70.3 32.8 509 512 506
28 52.4 70.1 33.4 516 511 521
29 53.6 71.4 34.3 524 514 534
30 55.5 73.7 36 531 519 544
31 58.5 77.2 38.8 539 525 553
32 61.3 80 41.7 546 531 561
33 64.1 82.7 44.9 553 537 570
34 67 85.4 48.2 561 543 580
35 69.6 87.8 51.2 570 550 591
36 72.1 89.9 54.2 581 559 603
37 75 92.3 57.9 594 571 617
38 78.4 95.6 61.3 608 587 631
39 83.4 102.3 64.7 625 605 644
40 89.5 110.8 68.6 641 626 656
41 98 120.9 75.3 656 647 666
42 106.8 130.2 83.6 669 667 672
43 117.9 141.5 94.4 679 684 675
44 130.1 153.5 106.7 688 700 676
45 142.2 165.4 119 698 717 679
46 155.7 179.7 132.1 711 737 685
47 170 195.5 144.8 730 762 696
48 185 213.1 157.1 755 794 715
49 201.7 233 170.7 786 832 740
50 220.7 255 187.2 823 875 770
51 242.3 279.7 206 862 918 805
52 263 304 223.6 901 960 841
53 287.1 333 242.8 938 998 878
54 312 364 262.1 973 1,031 915
55 339 397 282.4 1,009 1,064 954
56 363 427 301 1,048 1,100 996
57 390 462 321 1,094 1,142 1,045
58 419 499 341 1,148 1,195 1,101
59 451 540 364 1,211 1,257 1,166
60 485 583 391 1,283 1,329 1,238
61 525 631 424 1,360 1,405 1,316
62 563 673 458 1,440 1,483 1,398
63 610 725 500 1,520 1,560 1,482
64 661 783 545 1,599 1,632 1,568
65 715 842 591 1,678 1,703 1,654
66 780 913 651 1,757 1,773 1,742
67 845 980 714 1,839 1,846 1,834
68 916 1,054 782 1,924 1,923 1,927
69 997 1,141 856 2,010 2,002 2,019
70 1,088 1,245 934 2,093 2,080 2,107
71 1,199 1,374 1,027 2,168 2,152 2,185
72 1,317 1,505 1,131 2,229 2,212 2,248
73 1,456 1,657 1,256 2,274 2,256 2,293
74 1,602 1,814 1,387 2,301 2,283 2,321
75 1,755 1,980 1,527 2,311 2,292 2,332
76 1,921 2,159 1,679 2,307 2,284 2,331
77 2,116 2,366 1,862 2,289 2,261 2,317
78 2,312 2,563 2,057 2,256 2,220 2,290
79 2,534 2,782 2,283 2,203 2,161 2,243
80 2,775 3,015 2,532 2,126 2,078 2,172
81 3,041 3,270 2,806 2,022 1,972 2,071
82 3,272 3,483 3,061 1,892 1,842 1,940
83 3,516 3,711 3,330 1,739 1,693 1,785
84 3,749 3,916 3,596 1,573 1,530 1,614
85 3,995 4,122 3,883 1,400 1,361 1,439
86 4,198 4,264 4,146 1,228 1,191 1,265
87 4,367 4,355 4,393 1,061 1,024 1,098
88 4,481 4,369 4,601 900 863 938
89 4,505 4,278 4,730 747 708 785
90 4,440 4,099 4,770 603 563 642
91 4,275 3,837 4,702 471 433 509
92 4,009 3,499 4,511 356 320 391
93 3,661 3,103 4,210 259.5 227.7 290.2
94 3,250 2,672 3,819 183.1 156.2 209
95 2,794 2,221 3,358 125.3 103.5 146.2
96 2,319 1,776 2,852 83.4 66.3 99.7
97 1,853 1,366 2,333 54 41.2 66.2
98 1,424 1,010 1,833 34 24.7 42.8
99 1,050 717 1,380 20.8 14.4 26.8
100 573 285.8 859 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 New Zealand 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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