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Life Expectancy in Niger vs South Africa (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 61.9 years in Niger vs 66.7 in South Africa. Niger is ranked 187/197 by life expectancy, and South Africa is 164/197. In Niger, the life expectancy is 60.9 years for males and 62.9 years for females. In South Africa, it's 63.1 years for males and 70.2 years for females.

Niger vs South Africa life expectancy at birth by year chart

Niger
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Niger South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 35.9 35.5 36.2 43.1 42.2 44.1
1951 35.9 35.5 36.2 44.1 43.1 45.2
1952 35.9 35.5 36.3 45 44 46.2
1953 35.9 35.5 36.3 46.1 44.9 47.4
1954 36 35.5 36.3 47.1 45.8 48.6
1955 36 35.5 36.3 48.2 46.8 49.7
1956 36 35.6 36.4 49.2 47.7 50.9
1957 36.1 35.6 36.5 50.2 48.6 52
1958 36.1 35.6 36.5 51.1 49.5 53
1959 36.1 35.7 36.5 51.9 50.2 53.8
1960 36.2 35.7 36.6 52.6 50.8 54.6
1961 36.3 35.8 36.7 53.1 51.2 55.2
1962 36.3 35.8 36.7 53.6 51.7 55.7
1963 36.4 35.9 36.9 53.9 52 56
1964 36.5 35.9 36.9 54.2 52.3 56.4
1965 36.4 35.8 36.9 54.4 52.5 56.6
1966 36.3 35.8 36.8 54.7 52.8 56.9
1967 36.2 35.7 36.7 55 52.9 57.2
1968 36.1 35.6 36.6 55.2 53.1 57.5
1969 36 35.4 36.5 55.4 53.3 57.8
1970 35.9 35.3 36.4 55.7 53.5 58.1
1971 35.3 34.7 35.8 56 53.8 58.4
1972 35.8 35.1 36.4 56.4 54.2 58.7
1973 35.9 35.2 36.6 56.7 54.6 59
1974 36.2 35.3 37 57.1 55 59.4
1975 36.6 35.7 37.4 57.6 55.5 59.9
1976 37.1 36.3 37.8 58 55.8 60.4
1977 37.7 36.9 38.3 58.5 56.2 61
1978 38.3 37.6 38.9 59 56.6 61.6
1979 38.9 38.2 39.4 59.5 57.1 62.1
1980 39.3 38.8 39.8 60 57.5 62.7
1981 39.6 39.3 39.9 60.4 57.9 63.3
1982 39.8 39.6 40 60.9 58.3 63.8
1983 40 39.8 40 61.4 58.7 64.4
1984 40 39.9 40 61.8 59 64.9
1985 40.1 40.1 40.1 62.2 59.2 65.5
1986 40.3 40.2 40.2 62.4 59.3 65.9
1987 40.5 40.4 40.4 62.7 59.5 66.2
1988 40.8 40.7 40.8 62.9 59.6 66.6
1989 41.2 41 41.3 63 59.6 66.8
1990 41.7 41.5 41.9 62.9 59.5 66.9
1991 42.3 41.9 42.5 63 59.5 67
1992 43.1 42.7 43.4 62.8 59.4 66.8
1993 43.8 43.4 44.2 62.6 59.1 66.5
1994 44.6 44.1 45 62.1 58.8 66
1995 45.5 45.1 45.9 61.6 58.3 65.2
1996 46.3 45.9 46.7 61.1 57.8 64.5
1997 47.1 46.7 47.5 60.5 57.2 63.7
1998 47.8 47.4 48.2 59.9 56.7 62.9
1999 48.5 48.1 48.8 59.2 56.1 62
2000 49.2 48.8 49.5 58.4 55.4 61.1
2001 49.9 49.5 50.2 57.2 54.6 59.5
2002 50.6 50.3 50.9 55.6 53.2 57.7
2003 51.5 51.2 51.9 54.2 52 56.3
2004 52.4 52 52.7 54 51.9 55.8
2005 53.3 52.9 53.7 53.9 52.1 55.5
2006 54.2 53.8 54.6 54.2 52.2 55.9
2007 55.1 54.5 55.5 54.9 52.7 56.9
2008 55.9 55.3 56.4 56 53.5 58.1
2009 56.5 55.9 57 57.4 54.8 59.7
2010 57.1 56.5 57.6 58.9 56.2 61.2
2011 57.6 57 58.2 60.6 57.7 63.1
2012 58 57.3 58.6 61.7 58.7 64.4
2013 58.4 57.7 59 62.4 59.2 65.2
2014 58.7 57.9 59.4 63.2 59.9 66.2
2015 58.8 58 59.7 64.1 60.8 67
2016 59.2 58.4 60.1 64.7 61.3 67.9
2017 59.5 58.6 60.4 65.4 62 68.6
2018 59.8 58.9 60.7 65.7 62.3 68.9
2019 60 59.1 60.9 66.1 62.7 69.2
2020 59.9 58.8 61 65.2 62.2 67.9
2021 59.5 58.6 60.5 62 59.2 64.8
2022 60.4 59.5 61.3 65.5 61.8 69
2023 61.2 60.3 62.1 66.1 62.6 69.6
2024 61.4 60.5 62.4 66.3 62.8 69.8
2025 61.7 60.7 62.7 66.5 63 70
2026 61.9 60.9 62.9 66.7 63.1 70.2

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 52.6 years in Niger and 52.8 in South Africa. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 12.6 healthy years in Niger and 11.3 in South Africa.

Niger vs South Africa 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 Niger and South Africa, 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:
41.8 vs 40.6 years

Mean expected age of death:
71.8 vs 70.6 years

Median expected age of death:
74.5 vs 72.5 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Niger South Africa
Male Female Male Female
40 96.7% 96.9% 93.6% 95.5%
50 91.3% 92.5% 83.6% 88.9%
60 80.7% 84.7% 68.1% 79.2%
65 72.0% 77.7% 58.1% 72.5%
70 60.4% 67.2% 46.7% 63.7%
75 44.9% 51.8% 35.1% 53.0%
80 26.8% 32.6% 24.0% 40.5%
85 11.1% 14.4% 14.9% 27.9%
90 2.6% 3.8% 7.8% 16.1%
95 0.2% 0.4% 3.3% 7.3%
100 0.0% 0.0% 1.1% 2.4%

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 Niger vs South Africa: 71.8 years vs 70.6 at 30, 78 vs 80.7 at 65, 85 vs 88.8 at 80 — significantly higher than the 61.9 vs 66.7 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in Niger and South Africa.

Niger
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Niger South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 61.9 60.9 62.9 66.7 63.1 70.2
1 65.9 65.1 66.7 68.1 64.7 71.5
2 67.6 66.9 68.4 68.4 64.9 71.8
3 68.6 67.8 69.3 68.5 65.1 71.9
4 69.1 68.3 69.9 68.6 65.2 72
5 69.3 68.5 70.2 68.7 65.3 72
6 69.5 68.7 70.4 68.7 65.3 72.1
7 69.6 68.8 70.5 68.8 65.4 72.1
8 69.7 68.9 70.6 68.8 65.4 72.1
9 69.8 68.9 70.7 68.8 65.4 72.1
10 69.9 69 70.8 68.8 65.4 72.2
11 69.9 69.1 70.8 68.9 65.5 72.2
12 70 69.1 70.9 68.9 65.5 72.2
13 70 69.2 70.9 68.9 65.5 72.2
14 70.1 69.2 71 68.9 65.6 72.3
15 70.2 69.3 71.1 69 65.6 72.3
16 70.3 69.4 71.2 69 65.7 72.3
17 70.3 69.4 71.3 69.1 65.7 72.4
18 70.4 69.5 71.4 69.2 65.8 72.4
19 70.5 69.6 71.5 69.2 65.9 72.5
20 70.6 69.7 71.6 69.3 66 72.6
21 70.7 69.8 71.7 69.4 66.1 72.6
22 70.8 69.9 71.8 69.5 66.2 72.7
23 71 70 71.9 69.6 66.3 72.8
24 71.1 70.2 72 69.7 66.5 72.9
25 71.2 70.3 72.1 69.9 66.6 73
26 71.3 70.4 72.3 70 66.8 73.1
27 71.4 70.5 72.4 70.1 66.9 73.2
28 71.5 70.6 72.5 70.3 67.1 73.3
29 71.7 70.7 72.6 70.4 67.3 73.5
30 71.8 70.8 72.7 70.6 67.5 73.6
31 71.9 70.9 72.9 70.8 67.7 73.8
32 72 71 73 71 67.9 73.9
33 72.1 71.2 73.1 71.2 68.1 74.1
34 72.2 71.3 73.2 71.4 68.3 74.3
35 72.4 71.4 73.3 71.6 68.5 74.5
36 72.5 71.5 73.4 71.8 68.7 74.6
37 72.6 71.6 73.6 72 68.9 74.8
38 72.7 71.8 73.7 72.2 69.2 75
39 72.8 71.9 73.8 72.4 69.4 75.2
40 73 72 73.9 72.6 69.7 75.4
41 73.1 72.1 74.1 72.9 69.9 75.6
42 73.2 72.3 74.2 73.1 70.2 75.8
43 73.4 72.4 74.3 73.4 70.4 76.1
44 73.5 72.6 74.5 73.6 70.7 76.3
45 73.7 72.7 74.6 73.9 71 76.5
46 73.8 72.9 74.7 74.2 71.3 76.7
47 74 73.1 74.9 74.4 71.6 77
48 74.1 73.2 75 74.7 71.9 77.2
49 74.3 73.4 75.1 75 72.2 77.4
50 74.4 73.6 75.3 75.3 72.6 77.7
51 74.6 73.8 75.4 75.6 72.9 77.9
52 74.8 74 75.6 75.9 73.3 78.2
53 75 74.2 75.8 76.2 73.6 78.4
54 75.2 74.4 75.9 76.5 74 78.7
55 75.4 74.7 76.1 76.9 74.4 78.9
56 75.6 74.9 76.3 77.2 74.8 79.2
57 75.8 75.2 76.5 77.5 75.2 79.5
58 76.1 75.4 76.7 77.9 75.6 79.8
59 76.3 75.7 76.9 78.3 76 80.1
60 76.6 76 77.1 78.7 76.5 80.4
61 76.8 76.3 77.3 79 76.9 80.7
62 77.1 76.6 77.6 79.4 77.4 81
63 77.4 76.9 77.8 79.9 77.9 81.4
64 77.7 77.2 78.1 80.3 78.4 81.7
65 78 77.6 78.4 80.7 78.9 82.1
66 78.3 77.9 78.7 81.2 79.4 82.4
67 78.7 78.3 79 81.6 80 82.8
68 79 78.7 79.4 82.1 80.5 83.2
69 79.4 79.1 79.7 82.6 81.1 83.6
70 79.8 79.5 80.1 83.1 81.7 84.1
71 80.2 79.9 80.5 83.6 82.2 84.5
72 80.7 80.4 80.9 84.1 82.8 84.9
73 81.1 80.9 81.4 84.6 83.4 85.4
74 81.6 81.4 81.8 85.2 84 85.9
75 82.1 81.9 82.3 85.7 84.7 86.4
76 82.6 82.4 82.8 86.3 85.3 86.9
77 83.2 83 83.4 86.9 86 87.4
78 83.8 83.6 83.9 87.5 86.7 88
79 84.4 84.2 84.5 88.1 87.4 88.5
80 85 84.8 85.1 88.8 88 89.1
81 85.6 85.5 85.8 89.4 88.7 89.7
82 86.3 86.2 86.4 90 89.4 90.3
83 87 86.9 87.1 90.6 90.1 90.9
84 87.7 87.6 87.8 91.3 90.8 91.5
85 88.5 88.3 88.6 91.9 91.5 92.1
86 89.2 89 89.3 92.6 92.2 92.7
87 90 89.8 90 93.3 92.9 93.4
88 90.7 90.6 90.8 94 93.7 94.1
89 91.5 91.4 91.6 94.7 94.4 94.8
90 92.3 92.2 92.4 95.4 95.2 95.5
91 93.2 93.1 93.2 96.1 96 96.2
92 94 93.9 94.1 96.9 96.7 96.9
93 94.9 94.8 95 97.6 97.5 97.7
94 95.8 95.7 95.9 98.4 98.3 98.4
95 96.7 96.6 96.8 99.2 99.1 99.2
96 97.6 97.5 97.7 100 99.9 100
97 98.6 98.5 98.6 100.8 100.7 100.9
98 99.5 99.4 99.5 101.7 101.5 101.7
99 100.4 100.4 100.5 102.5 102.3 102.6
100 101.4 101.3 101.4 103.4 103.1 103.5

Odds of living to age in Niger vs South Africa

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 70.2% in Niger and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 54.2% and 51.6% will live to 70 years or older, 25.2% and 30.2% to 80+ years, and 2.71% and 11.3% 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.

Niger
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Niger South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 93.9% 93.5% 94.3% 97.8% 97.6% 98.1%
2 91.4% 91% 91.9% 97.5% 97.2% 97.8%
3 90.1% 89.7% 90.6% 97.2% 96.9% 97.6%
4 89.4% 89% 89.9% 97.1% 96.8% 97.4%
5 89.1% 88.7% 89.4% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
6 88.8% 88.4% 89.2% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
7 88.6% 88.3% 89% 96.9% 96.5% 97.3%
8 88.5% 88.2% 88.9% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
9 88.4% 88.1% 88.7% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
10 88.3% 88% 88.6% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
11 88.2% 87.9% 88.6% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
12 88.2% 87.9% 88.5% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
13 88.1% 87.8% 88.4% 96.6% 96.2% 97.1%
14 88% 87.7% 88.2% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
15 87.8% 87.6% 88.1% 96.5% 96.1% 97%
16 87.7% 87.4% 88% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
17 87.6% 87.3% 87.9% 96.3% 95.9% 96.8%
18 87.4% 87.2% 87.7% 96.2% 95.7% 96.7%
19 87.3% 87% 87.5% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
20 87.1% 86.9% 87.4% 95.9% 95.4% 96.5%
21 86.9% 86.7% 87.2% 95.7% 95.1% 96.3%
22 86.7% 86.5% 87% 95.5% 94.9% 96.2%
23 86.5% 86.2% 86.8% 95.3% 94.6% 96%
24 86.3% 86% 86.6% 95.1% 94.3% 95.9%
25 86.1% 85.8% 86.3% 94.8% 94% 95.7%
26 85.9% 85.6% 86.1% 94.5% 93.6% 95.4%
27 85.6% 85.4% 85.9% 94.2% 93.2% 95.2%
28 85.4% 85.2% 85.7% 93.9% 92.8% 94.9%
29 85.2% 85% 85.4% 93.5% 92.4% 94.6%
30 85% 84.7% 85.2% 93.1% 91.9% 94.3%
31 84.7% 84.5% 85% 92.7% 91.5% 94%
32 84.5% 84.3% 84.7% 92.3% 91% 93.6%
33 84.2% 84% 84.5% 91.8% 90.4% 93.3%
34 84% 83.7% 84.2% 91.4% 89.9% 92.9%
35 83.7% 83.5% 84% 90.9% 89.3% 92.5%
36 83.4% 83.2% 83.7% 90.4% 88.7% 92%
37 83.2% 82.9% 83.4% 89.8% 88.1% 91.6%
38 82.9% 82.6% 83.2% 89.2% 87.4% 91.1%
39 82.6% 82.3% 82.9% 88.7% 86.7% 90.6%
40 82.3% 82% 82.6% 88.1% 86% 90.1%
41 81.9% 81.6% 82.2% 87.4% 85.3% 89.6%
42 81.6% 81.3% 81.9% 86.7% 84.5% 89%
43 81.2% 80.9% 81.6% 86% 83.7% 88.4%
44 80.8% 80.5% 81.2% 85.3% 82.9% 87.8%
45 80.4% 80% 80.9% 84.6% 82% 87.2%
46 80% 79.5% 80.5% 83.8% 81.1% 86.6%
47 79.6% 79.1% 80.1% 83% 80.1% 85.9%
48 79.1% 78.5% 79.7% 82.1% 79.1% 85.3%
49 78.6% 78% 79.3% 81.2% 78% 84.6%
50 78.1% 77.4% 78.8% 80.3% 76.9% 83.9%
51 77.5% 76.7% 78.4% 79.4% 75.7% 83.1%
52 76.9% 76% 77.8% 78.4% 74.5% 82.4%
53 76.2% 75.3% 77.3% 77.3% 73.2% 81.6%
54 75.5% 74.5% 76.7% 76.2% 71.9% 80.7%
55 74.8% 73.6% 76% 75.1% 70.5% 79.9%
56 74% 72.7% 75.4% 73.9% 69% 78.9%
57 73.1% 71.7% 74.6% 72.7% 67.5% 78%
58 72.2% 70.7% 73.9% 71.4% 65.9% 76.9%
59 71.3% 69.5% 73.1% 70% 64.3% 75.9%
60 70.2% 68.4% 72.2% 68.7% 62.6% 74.7%
61 69.1% 67.1% 71.2% 67.2% 60.9% 73.6%
62 67.8% 65.7% 70.1% 65.7% 59.1% 72.4%
63 66.5% 64.2% 68.9% 64.2% 57.3% 71.1%
64 65.1% 62.7% 67.6% 62.6% 55.4% 69.8%
65 63.6% 61% 66.2% 60.9% 53.4% 68.3%
66 61.9% 59.3% 64.7% 59.2% 51.4% 66.8%
67 60.2% 57.5% 63.1% 57.3% 49.3% 65.3%
68 58.3% 55.5% 61.3% 55.5% 47.2% 63.6%
69 56.3% 53.4% 59.4% 53.5% 45.1% 61.9%
70 54.2% 51.2% 57.3% 51.6% 42.9% 60%
71 51.9% 48.9% 55% 49.6% 40.8% 58.2%
72 49.4% 46.4% 52.5% 47.5% 38.7% 56.2%
73 46.7% 43.7% 49.9% 45.5% 36.6% 54.2%
74 43.9% 40.9% 47.1% 43.4% 34.4% 52.1%
75 41% 38.1% 44.1% 41.2% 32.3% 50%
76 38% 35.1% 41.1% 39% 30.1% 47.7%
77 34.9% 32% 37.9% 36.8% 28% 45.4%
78 31.7% 28.9% 34.6% 34.6% 25.9% 43%
79 28.4% 25.8% 31.2% 32.3% 23.9% 40.6%
80 25.2% 22.7% 27.8% 30.2% 22% 38.2%
81 22% 19.7% 24.4% 28.1% 20.2% 35.8%
82 19% 16.8% 21.1% 26% 18.5% 33.4%
83 16% 14.1% 17.9% 24% 16.8% 31%
84 13.3% 11.7% 15% 22.1% 15.2% 28.6%
85 10.9% 9.43% 12.3% 20.1% 13.7% 26.3%
86 8.69% 7.45% 9.9% 18.2% 12.2% 24%
87 6.79% 5.74% 7.79% 16.4% 10.8% 21.7%
88 5.16% 4.29% 5.99% 14.6% 9.51% 19.4%
89 3.81% 3.1% 4.47% 12.9% 8.29% 17.3%
90 2.71% 2.16% 3.22% 11.3% 7.18% 15.2%
91 1.86% 1.45% 2.25% 9.86% 6.16% 13.3%
92 1.23% 0.93% 1.51% 8.49% 5.25% 11.5%
93 0.78% 0.57% 0.97% 7.24% 4.43% 9.84%
94 0.48% 0.34% 0.61% 6.09% 3.7% 8.3%
95 0.28% 0.19% 0.36% 5.06% 3.06% 6.91%
96 0.16% 0.11% 0.21% 4.15% 2.5% 5.67%
97 0.09% 0.06% 0.12% 3.36% 2.02% 4.59%
98 0.05% 0.03% 0.06% 2.68% 1.62% 3.67%
99 0.02% 0.01% 0.03% 2.11% 1.28% 2.88%
100 0.01% 0.007% 0.02% 1.63% 1% 2.22%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 6.1% in the birth year in Niger and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.28% vs 0.44% at age 30, 1.62% vs 2.08% at 60, and 12.6% vs 6.96% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in Niger compared to South Africa at any given age.

Niger
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Niger South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 6.1% 6.49% 5.7% 2.19% 2.44% 1.93%
1 2.63% 2.73% 2.53% 0.35% 0.38% 0.32%
2 1.41% 1.4% 1.42% 0.22% 0.25% 0.2%
3 0.77% 0.74% 0.81% 0.15% 0.17% 0.12%
4 0.44% 0.41% 0.48% 0.1% 0.11% 0.08%
5 0.27% 0.25% 0.3% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
6 0.19% 0.16% 0.21% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
7 0.14% 0.12% 0.15% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
8 0.11% 0.1% 0.13% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
9 0.1% 0.09% 0.11% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
10 0.1% 0.09% 0.11% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
11 0.1% 0.1% 0.11% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
12 0.11% 0.1% 0.11% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
13 0.12% 0.11% 0.12% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
14 0.13% 0.12% 0.13% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.14% 0.13% 0.15% 0.09% 0.1% 0.07%
16 0.15% 0.14% 0.16% 0.11% 0.12% 0.09%
17 0.17% 0.16% 0.18% 0.12% 0.15% 0.1%
18 0.18% 0.17% 0.19% 0.14% 0.18% 0.11%
19 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.16% 0.2% 0.13%
20 0.22% 0.22% 0.21% 0.19% 0.23% 0.14%
21 0.23% 0.24% 0.22% 0.21% 0.26% 0.15%
22 0.24% 0.25% 0.23% 0.23% 0.29% 0.17%
23 0.25% 0.26% 0.24% 0.25% 0.32% 0.18%
24 0.25% 0.26% 0.25% 0.28% 0.35% 0.2%
25 0.25% 0.25% 0.26% 0.3% 0.38% 0.23%
26 0.25% 0.24% 0.26% 0.33% 0.41% 0.25%
27 0.26% 0.24% 0.27% 0.36% 0.44% 0.28%
28 0.26% 0.25% 0.27% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
29 0.27% 0.26% 0.28% 0.41% 0.5% 0.33%
30 0.28% 0.27% 0.28% 0.44% 0.52% 0.36%
31 0.29% 0.29% 0.28% 0.46% 0.55% 0.38%
32 0.3% 0.31% 0.29% 0.49% 0.58% 0.4%
33 0.31% 0.32% 0.29% 0.51% 0.61% 0.42%
34 0.31% 0.33% 0.3% 0.54% 0.64% 0.44%
35 0.32% 0.33% 0.31% 0.57% 0.67% 0.46%
36 0.33% 0.34% 0.32% 0.6% 0.71% 0.49%
37 0.34% 0.35% 0.34% 0.63% 0.74% 0.51%
38 0.36% 0.37% 0.35% 0.66% 0.78% 0.54%
39 0.38% 0.39% 0.37% 0.69% 0.82% 0.57%
40 0.4% 0.42% 0.38% 0.73% 0.86% 0.6%
41 0.43% 0.45% 0.4% 0.76% 0.9% 0.63%
42 0.45% 0.49% 0.41% 0.8% 0.95% 0.65%
43 0.47% 0.52% 0.43% 0.84% 1.01% 0.68%
44 0.5% 0.55% 0.44% 0.88% 1.07% 0.7%
45 0.52% 0.59% 0.46% 0.93% 1.13% 0.73%
46 0.55% 0.62% 0.48% 0.98% 1.2% 0.75%
47 0.58% 0.66% 0.5% 1.03% 1.28% 0.78%
48 0.62% 0.71% 0.53% 1.08% 1.35% 0.8%
49 0.67% 0.77% 0.57% 1.13% 1.44% 0.84%
50 0.73% 0.84% 0.62% 1.19% 1.52% 0.87%
51 0.79% 0.91% 0.67% 1.25% 1.62% 0.91%
52 0.86% 0.99% 0.72% 1.32% 1.72% 0.96%
53 0.93% 1.07% 0.78% 1.4% 1.83% 1.02%
54 0.99% 1.16% 0.83% 1.49% 1.94% 1.09%
55 1.07% 1.25% 0.88% 1.58% 2.07% 1.16%
56 1.15% 1.35% 0.94% 1.68% 2.2% 1.24%
57 1.24% 1.46% 1.02% 1.78% 2.33% 1.32%
58 1.35% 1.58% 1.11% 1.88% 2.47% 1.39%
59 1.47% 1.72% 1.23% 1.98% 2.61% 1.47%
60 1.62% 1.87% 1.37% 2.08% 2.76% 1.55%
61 1.78% 2.04% 1.52% 2.2% 2.93% 1.65%
62 1.96% 2.22% 1.69% 2.34% 3.11% 1.75%
63 2.15% 2.42% 1.88% 2.5% 3.32% 1.88%
64 2.35% 2.63% 2.08% 2.68% 3.55% 2.03%
65 2.57% 2.86% 2.29% 2.88% 3.79% 2.19%
66 2.82% 3.11% 2.53% 3.08% 4.04% 2.37%
67 3.1% 3.41% 2.81% 3.28% 4.28% 2.55%
68 3.43% 3.75% 3.14% 3.48% 4.5% 2.74%
69 3.82% 4.14% 3.52% 3.67% 4.72% 2.92%
70 4.27% 4.59% 3.96% 3.87% 4.95% 3.12%
71 4.78% 5.11% 4.47% 4.09% 5.2% 3.33%
72 5.34% 5.69% 5.02% 4.34% 5.49% 3.57%
73 5.97% 6.35% 5.62% 4.64% 5.83% 3.85%
74 6.65% 7.07% 6.28% 4.98% 6.22% 4.17%
75 7.4% 7.86% 7% 5.35% 6.64% 4.53%
76 8.24% 8.74% 7.8% 5.71% 7.05% 4.89%
77 9.17% 9.71% 8.71% 6.06% 7.42% 5.26%
78 10.2% 10.8% 9.75% 6.37% 7.73% 5.61%
79 11.3% 11.9% 10.9% 6.67% 8% 5.94%
80 12.6% 13.2% 12.2% 6.96% 8.26% 6.28%
81 14% 14.6% 13.6% 7.3% 8.57% 6.66%
82 15.4% 16% 15% 7.71% 8.97% 7.1%
83 16.9% 17.5% 16.4% 8.21% 9.46% 7.62%
84 18.4% 19.2% 17.9% 8.78% 10% 8.21%
85 20.1% 21% 19.5% 9.43% 10.7% 8.88%
86 21.9% 23% 21.2% 10.1% 11.4% 9.6%
87 24% 25.2% 23.2% 10.8% 12.1% 10.3%
88 26.2% 27.7% 25.4% 11.5% 12.8% 11.1%
89 28.7% 30.3% 27.8% 12.3% 13.5% 11.8%
90 31.3% 33.1% 30.4% 13% 14.1% 12.6%
91 33.9% 35.8% 32.9% 13.8% 14.8% 13.5%
92 36.4% 38.4% 35.4% 14.8% 15.6% 14.5%
93 38.7% 40.8% 37.7% 15.9% 16.5% 15.6%
94 40.9% 43.1% 39.9% 16.9% 17.3% 16.8%
95 42.9% 45.2% 41.9% 18% 18.2% 17.9%
96 44.8% 47.1% 43.8% 19% 19.1% 19%
97 46.7% 49.1% 45.7% 20.2% 20% 20.2%
98 48.5% 50.9% 47.7% 21.3% 21% 21.5%
99 50.3% 52.7% 49.6% 22.5% 22% 22.8%
100 52.2% 54.7% 51.5% 23.6% 22.9% 23.9%

Death rate by age in Niger compared to South Africa

In Niger, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 71.7 in Niger and 70.8 in South Africa — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Niger
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Niger South Africa
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 6,096 6,486 5,696 2,192 2,441 1,934
1 2,469 2,551 2,384 343 375 310
2 1,289 1,274 1,304 218.6 243.8 192.5
3 697 662 734 141.9 161.3 121.7
4 398 365 433 95.3 110.3 80
5 244.5 218.7 271.4 67.2 79 55.4
6 164.4 145.3 184.3 51.2 60.6 41.7
7 122.5 108.4 137.1 42.2 50.2 34.1
8 100.8 90.3 111.6 37.9 45.2 30.6
9 90.8 82.9 99 37 43.9 30
10 88 82 94.4 38.7 45.8 31.6
11 90 85 95.3 43 50.5 35.3
12 95.2 90.4 100.3 49.7 58.1 41.1
13 102.6 97 108.4 58.9 68.7 49
14 111.5 104.6 118.7 70.7 82.4 58.8
15 121.6 113.1 130.5 85 99.4 70.2
16 132.8 123.1 142.9 101.4 119.6 82.9
17 145.2 135.6 155.2 119.5 142.6 96
18 158.9 151.4 166.8 138.5 167.7 108.8
19 173.7 170.4 177.2 158 194.2 121.2
20 188.4 190.4 186.3 177.8 221.4 133.1
21 201.3 207.8 194.6 198.1 249 145.6
22 210.8 219.2 202.1 219.2 276.6 159.6
23 216.2 222.8 209.3 241.4 304 176
24 218.2 220.2 216.1 264.7 331 195.1
25 218.4 214.7 222.3 289.1 358 217.1
26 218.4 209.5 227.7 314 384 241.5
27 219.6 207.9 231.8 339 410 266.7
28 222.7 211 234.8 363 434 291.3
29 227.8 219.2 236.9 386 458 314
30 234.8 231.2 238.5 408 481 335
31 242.6 244.7 240.4 429 504 355
32 250.5 257.5 243.2 450 527 374
33 257.7 267.4 247.4 471 551 392
34 263.9 274 253.2 493 575 410
35 270 278.7 260.8 515 600 429
36 277.1 283.8 270 538 626 449
37 286.3 291.6 280.6 562 653 470
38 298.2 304 292.2 587 680 492
39 313 321 304 613 708 515
40 330 343 316 639 738 538
41 349 369 328 667 770 560
42 367 395 338 695 804 581
43 385 421 348 724 842 601
44 403 445 358 755 884 619
45 421 469 369 786 928 635
46 441 495 383 818 974 652
47 465 524 402 850 1,022 668
48 494 558 426 883 1,071 686
49 530 599 456 918 1,120 707
50 571 646 490 954 1,171 731
51 615 698 526 994 1,223 760
52 660 752 563 1,037 1,279 795
53 706 807 599 1,085 1,337 835
54 752 863 634 1,137 1,397 881
55 798 920 671 1,190 1,459 929
56 849 979 712 1,242 1,519 978
57 906 1,044 761 1,292 1,575 1,026
58 973 1,115 823 1,339 1,629 1,072
59 1,049 1,193 898 1,384 1,679 1,116
60 1,136 1,278 985 1,431 1,730 1,162
61 1,230 1,368 1,083 1,482 1,782 1,211
62 1,328 1,461 1,187 1,540 1,839 1,269
63 1,428 1,554 1,295 1,606 1,901 1,337
64 1,529 1,648 1,404 1,679 1,965 1,415
65 1,633 1,744 1,517 1,752 2,025 1,500
66 1,745 1,846 1,638 1,822 2,074 1,585
67 1,866 1,957 1,771 1,882 2,108 1,667
68 2,002 2,078 1,921 1,929 2,124 1,740
69 2,151 2,211 2,089 1,966 2,128 1,807
70 2,311 2,352 2,270 1,997 2,124 1,871
71 2,477 2,497 2,456 2,028 2,121 1,936
72 2,638 2,640 2,638 2,066 2,123 2,008
73 2,789 2,774 2,807 2,112 2,132 2,089
74 2,924 2,893 2,957 2,161 2,141 2,176
75 3,038 2,991 3,088 2,204 2,144 2,262
76 3,130 3,064 3,201 2,228 2,126 2,335
77 3,198 3,106 3,296 2,228 2,080 2,386
78 3,227 3,113 3,368 2,202 2,006 2,410
79 3,221 3,078 3,404 2,156 1,914 2,411
80 3,177 2,996 3,390 2,102 1,819 2,399
81 3,077 2,867 3,311 2,052 1,732 2,383
82 2,917 2,692 3,160 2,008 1,656 2,371
83 2,706 2,478 2,946 1,972 1,591 2,363
84 2,456 2,237 2,685 1,937 1,530 2,353
85 2,184 1,978 2,397 1,897 1,467 2,335
86 1,905 1,713 2,102 1,845 1,397 2,299
87 1,627 1,447 1,808 1,775 1,315 2,238
88 1,355 1,188 1,520 1,686 1,220 2,150
89 1,094 941 1,242 1,585 1,118 2,045
90 850 715 979 1,476 1,014 1,924
91 632 518 739 1,363 912 1,794
92 448 357 533 1,257 818 1,670
93 303 233.6 367 1,148 729 1,540
94 195.9 145.8 241.5 1,031 642 1,393
95 121.5 87.1 152.6 909 558 1,236
96 72.5 49.9 92.8 789 478 1,077
97 41.7 27.4 54.4 677 406 928
98 23.1 14.5 30.8 572 340 787
99 12.4 7.37 16.8 475 280.8 655
100 0 0 0 359 204.6 501

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 Niger and South Africa 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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