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Nigeria life expectancy & odds of living to calculator

Updated on by Georank team

Nigeria is ranked 197/197 for average life expectancy at birth, with 54.5 years for males, 55.1 years for females, and 54.8 years for both genders combined.

Nigeria life expectancy at birth by year

Average
Male
Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Total Male Female
1950 35.5 33.6 37.5
1951 35.7 33.8 37.7
1952 35.9 34 37.9
1953 36 34.1 38.1
1954 36.2 34.3 38.3
1955 36.3 34.3 38.5
1956 36.5 34.5 38.6
1957 36.6 34.6 38.8
1958 36.8 34.8 39
1959 37 35 39.2
1960 37.2 35.2 39.3
1961 37.4 35.4 39.6
1962 37.6 35.6 39.7
1963 37.8 35.8 39.9
1964 38 35.9 40.1
1965 38.2 36.2 40.4
1966 38.4 36.4 40.5
1967 37.5 35.1 40.1
1968 38.6 36.4 41
1969 38.9 36.8 41.3
1970 40 38.4 41.7
1971 40.6 39 42.3
1972 41.3 39.5 43.1
1973 41.8 40 43.7
1974 42.5 40.6 44.5
1975 43.1 41 45.2
1976 44.2 42.7 45.7
1977 44.8 43.4 46.3
1978 45.3 43.8 46.9
1979 45.7 44.2 47.3
1980 46 44.3 47.6
1981 46.3 44.6 48
1982 46.4 44.7 48.2
1983 46.4 44.8 48.1
1984 46.3 44.7 48
1985 46.2 44.6 47.9
1986 46 44.5 47.5
1987 45.9 44.5 47.4
1988 45.8 44.4 47.3
1989 45.8 44.4 47.3
1990 45.7 44.4 47.1
1991 45.5 44.1 47
1992 45.6 44.2 47
1993 45.8 44.2 47.4
1994 45.7 44.2 47.3
1995 45.9 44.4 47.4
1996 45.8 44.4 47.3
1997 46 44.7 47.2
1998 46.1 45.1 47.2
1999 46.6 45.7 47.5
2000 47.1 46.3 48
2001 47.5 46.9 48.2
2002 48 47.5 48.5
2003 48.6 48.2 49.1
2004 49.1 48.8 49.5
2005 49.5 49 50.1
2006 49.9 49.3 50.4
2007 50.4 49.8 50.9
2008 50.7 50.3 51.2
2009 51.1 50.6 51.6
2010 51.3 50.9 51.8
2011 51.5 51.1 51.9
2012 51.7 51.3 52
2013 51.8 51.5 52.2
2014 51.9 51.6 52.3
2015 51.9 51.6 52.2
2016 52.2 51.9 52.4
2017 52.4 52.1 52.6
2018 52.7 52.4 52.9
2019 53 52.8 53.2
2020 53.1 52.7 53.4
2021 53.5 53.2 53.7
2022 54.1 53.8 54.4
2023 54.5 54.2 54.7
2024 54.6 54.3 54.9
2025 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.

In Nigeria, 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 54.9 years for men and 55 for women, with a combined average of 54.9 years. People who reach 60 can expect an additional 14 healthy years, 13.9 for males and 14.1 for females.

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 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: 37.1 Years

Mean expected age of death: 67.1 Years

Median expected age of death: 70.0 Years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Average Male Female
40 92.7% 92.9% 92.5%
50 83.8% 83.8% 83.8%
60 71.0% 70.3% 71.7%
65 61.9% 60.9% 62.8%
70 50.1% 49.1% 51.2%
75 36.0% 35.0% 37.0%
80 21.5% 20.7% 22.3%
85 9.6% 9.1% 10.2%
90 2.8% 2.5% 3.1%
95 0.4% 0.3% 0.5%
100 0.0% 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.

In Nigeria, total life expectancy is 77.2 years at age 65, 79.4 at 70, 82.1 at 75, and 85.2 years at 80 — significantly higher than the 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 Nigeria.

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

Probability of survival to age graph

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

Average
Male
Female
Age Survival probability
Average Male Female
1 93.2% 92.7% 93.8%
2 92.3% 91.7% 93%
3 91.5% 90.8% 92.2%
4 90.6% 89.9% 91.3%
5 89.8% 89.2% 90.5%
6 89.1% 88.5% 89.6%
7 88.4% 87.9% 88.8%
8 87.8% 87.4% 88.1%
9 87.3% 87% 87.5%
10 86.8% 86.6% 87%
11 86.5% 86.3% 86.6%
12 86.2% 86% 86.3%
13 85.9% 85.8% 86%
14 85.6% 85.5% 85.6%
15 85.3% 85.2% 85.3%
16 85% 84.9% 85%
17 84.6% 84.6% 84.6%
18 84.2% 84.2% 84.2%
19 83.8% 83.9% 83.8%
20 83.4% 83.4% 83.4%
21 83% 83% 83%
22 82.5% 82.5% 82.5%
23 82% 81.9% 82.1%
24 81.5% 81.4% 81.6%
25 81% 80.9% 81.2%
26 80.5% 80.4% 80.7%
27 80% 79.9% 80.2%
28 79.5% 79.3% 79.7%
29 79% 78.8% 79.2%
30 78.5% 78.3% 78.6%
31 77.9% 77.8% 78.1%
32 77.4% 77.3% 77.5%
33 76.9% 76.7% 77%
34 76.3% 76.2% 76.4%
35 75.7% 75.7% 75.8%
36 75.2% 75.1% 75.2%
37 74.6% 74.6% 74.6%
38 74% 74% 74%
39 73.4% 73.4% 73.4%
40 72.8% 72.8% 72.7%
41 72.1% 72.2% 72.1%
42 71.5% 71.5% 71.4%
43 70.8% 70.9% 70.7%
44 70.1% 70.2% 70.1%
45 69.4% 69.5% 69.4%
46 68.7% 68.8% 68.7%
47 68% 68% 68%
48 67.3% 67.3% 67.3%
49 66.5% 66.5% 66.6%
50 65.8% 65.6% 65.9%
51 64.9% 64.8% 65.1%
52 64.1% 63.8% 64.3%
53 63.2% 62.9% 63.5%
54 62.2% 61.9% 62.6%
55 61.3% 60.8% 61.7%
56 60.2% 59.8% 60.7%
57 59.2% 58.7% 59.7%
58 58.1% 57.5% 58.7%
59 57% 56.3% 57.6%
60 55.7% 55.1% 56.4%
61 54.5% 53.8% 55.2%
62 53.1% 52.4% 53.9%
63 51.7% 50.9% 52.5%
64 50.1% 49.3% 51%
65 48.5% 47.7% 49.4%
66 46.9% 46% 47.8%
67 45.1% 44.2% 46%
68 43.3% 42.4% 44.2%
69 41.3% 40.4% 42.3%
70 39.3% 38.4% 40.2%
71 37.2% 36.3% 38.1%
72 35.1% 34.2% 35.9%
73 32.8% 32% 33.7%
74 30.6% 29.7% 31.4%
75 28.3% 27.4% 29.1%
76 26% 25.2% 26.7%
77 23.7% 22.9% 24.4%
78 21.4% 20.6% 22.1%
79 19.1% 18.4% 19.8%
80 16.9% 16.2% 17.6%
81 14.8% 14.2% 15.4%
82 12.8% 12.2% 13.3%
83 10.9% 10.3% 11.4%
84 9.13% 8.64% 9.6%
85 7.55% 7.11% 7.98%
86 6.15% 5.75% 6.55%
87 4.93% 4.56% 5.28%
88 3.87% 3.54% 4.18%
89 2.96% 2.67% 3.24%
90 2.22% 1.97% 2.46%
91 1.61% 1.4% 1.82%
92 1.14% 0.97% 1.31%
93 0.79% 0.65% 0.92%
94 0.53% 0.42% 0.63%
95 0.35% 0.27% 0.42%
96 0.22% 0.16% 0.27%
97 0.14% 0.1% 0.17%
98 0.08% 0.06% 0.11%
99 0.05% 0.03% 0.06%
100 0.03% 0.02% 0.04%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. In Nigeria, the risk of dying is lowest at age 13 and increases afterward. The annual chance of dying is 6.77% in the birth year, 0.68% at age 30, 2.3% at 60, and 12.6% at 80.

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

Average
Male
Female
Age Probability of dying
Average Male Female
0 6.77% 7.31% 6.22%
1 0.96% 1.08% 0.84%
2 0.94% 1% 0.88%
3 0.92% 0.91% 0.92%
4 0.89% 0.83% 0.94%
5 0.84% 0.74% 0.93%
6 0.77% 0.66% 0.88%
7 0.68% 0.57% 0.79%
8 0.58% 0.49% 0.68%
9 0.49% 0.42% 0.56%
10 0.42% 0.37% 0.47%
11 0.37% 0.34% 0.41%
12 0.34% 0.32% 0.37%
13 0.33% 0.31% 0.36%
14 0.34% 0.32% 0.37%
15 0.37% 0.34% 0.39%
16 0.4% 0.38% 0.43%
17 0.44% 0.42% 0.46%
18 0.48% 0.47% 0.49%
19 0.52% 0.52% 0.51%
20 0.54% 0.56% 0.53%
21 0.57% 0.6% 0.53%
22 0.58% 0.62% 0.54%
23 0.59% 0.64% 0.55%
24 0.6% 0.64% 0.56%
25 0.61% 0.64% 0.58%
26 0.62% 0.64% 0.61%
27 0.64% 0.64% 0.63%
28 0.65% 0.64% 0.65%
29 0.66% 0.65% 0.67%
30 0.68% 0.66% 0.69%
31 0.69% 0.67% 0.71%
32 0.71% 0.69% 0.72%
33 0.72% 0.7% 0.74%
34 0.74% 0.71% 0.76%
35 0.75% 0.73% 0.78%
36 0.77% 0.74% 0.8%
37 0.8% 0.77% 0.83%
38 0.82% 0.79% 0.85%
39 0.85% 0.82% 0.88%
40 0.88% 0.86% 0.9%
41 0.91% 0.9% 0.92%
42 0.94% 0.93% 0.94%
43 0.96% 0.97% 0.95%
44 0.98% 1% 0.97%
45 1.01% 1.03% 0.98%
46 1.03% 1.07% 1%
47 1.07% 1.12% 1.02%
48 1.12% 1.18% 1.06%
49 1.18% 1.25% 1.11%
50 1.25% 1.33% 1.17%
51 1.33% 1.42% 1.24%
52 1.41% 1.5% 1.31%
53 1.48% 1.59% 1.38%
54 1.56% 1.67% 1.46%
55 1.65% 1.75% 1.55%
56 1.74% 1.84% 1.64%
57 1.85% 1.95% 1.75%
58 1.98% 2.08% 1.88%
59 2.13% 2.23% 2.02%
60 2.3% 2.41% 2.19%
61 2.5% 2.61% 2.39%
62 2.71% 2.83% 2.6%
63 2.94% 3.07% 2.83%
64 3.19% 3.31% 3.08%
65 3.46% 3.57% 3.35%
66 3.75% 3.86% 3.65%
67 4.08% 4.18% 3.98%
68 4.45% 4.54% 4.36%
69 4.86% 4.95% 4.78%
70 5.32% 5.41% 5.24%
71 5.82% 5.92% 5.73%
72 6.36% 6.47% 6.25%
73 6.92% 7.05% 6.81%
74 7.53% 7.68% 7.39%
75 8.17% 8.35% 8.02%
76 8.89% 9.08% 8.71%
77 9.68% 9.88% 9.49%
78 10.6% 10.8% 10.4%
79 11.5% 11.7% 11.3%
80 12.6% 12.8% 12.4%
81 13.7% 13.9% 13.5%
82 14.8% 15.1% 14.6%
83 16% 16.4% 15.7%
84 17.2% 17.7% 16.8%
85 18.5% 19.1% 18%
86 20% 20.7% 19.3%
87 21.5% 22.5% 20.8%
88 23.3% 24.4% 22.4%
89 25.2% 26.5% 24.2%
90 27.2% 28.6% 26.1%
91 29.2% 30.8% 28%
92 31.1% 33% 29.8%
93 32.9% 35% 31.6%
94 34.7% 36.9% 33.3%
95 36.3% 38.8% 34.9%
96 38% 40.6% 36.5%
97 39.6% 42.4% 38.2%
98 41.3% 44.2% 40%
99 43% 46.1% 41.7%
100 44.7% 47.9% 43.4%

Death rate by age in Nigeria

The chart below shows the number of deaths in Nigeria by age and gender per a 100,000 cohort of newborns, illustrating the distribution of expected mortality throughout life.

In Nigeria, most deaths occur at age 0 for both sexes combined, at 0 for males, and 0 for females. The median age of death is indicated by vertical lines: 63.6 for men, 64.6 for women, and 64.1 combined — only half of the cohort is expected to live past that age.

Total
Male
Female
Age Death rate
Total Male Female
0 6,773 7,315 6,219
1 899 1,005 788
2 868 913 822
3 839 828 851
4 803 746 862
5 753 664 845
6 684 582 790
7 600 503 701
8 512 431 596
9 430 369 493
10 365 322 410
11 321 289.3 353
12 295 271.2 320
13 287.3 266.9 309
14 294.5 274.8 315
15 314 293.8 335
16 342 322 363
17 374 356 392
18 405 395 416
19 432 434 431
20 454 469 438
21 469 496 441
22 480 514 444
23 487 523 450
24 493 524 460
25 498 521 474
26 503 516 490
27 509 512 506
28 516 511 521
29 524 514 534
30 531 519 544
31 539 525 553
32 546 531 561
33 553 537 570
34 561 543 580
35 570 550 591
36 581 559 603
37 594 571 617
38 608 587 631
39 625 605 644
40 641 626 656
41 656 647 666
42 669 667 672
43 679 684 675
44 688 700 676
45 698 717 679
46 711 737 685
47 730 762 696
48 755 794 715
49 786 832 740
50 823 875 770
51 862 918 805
52 901 960 841
53 938 998 878
54 973 1,031 915
55 1,009 1,064 954
56 1,048 1,100 996
57 1,094 1,142 1,045
58 1,148 1,195 1,101
59 1,211 1,257 1,166
60 1,283 1,329 1,238
61 1,360 1,405 1,316
62 1,440 1,483 1,398
63 1,520 1,560 1,482
64 1,599 1,632 1,568
65 1,678 1,703 1,654
66 1,757 1,773 1,742
67 1,839 1,846 1,834
68 1,924 1,923 1,927
69 2,010 2,002 2,019
70 2,093 2,080 2,107
71 2,168 2,152 2,185
72 2,229 2,212 2,248
73 2,274 2,256 2,293
74 2,301 2,283 2,321
75 2,311 2,292 2,332
76 2,307 2,284 2,331
77 2,289 2,261 2,317
78 2,256 2,220 2,290
79 2,203 2,161 2,243
80 2,126 2,078 2,172
81 2,022 1,972 2,071
82 1,892 1,842 1,940
83 1,739 1,693 1,785
84 1,573 1,530 1,614
85 1,400 1,361 1,439
86 1,228 1,191 1,265
87 1,061 1,024 1,098
88 900 863 938
89 747 708 785
90 603 563 642
91 471 433 509
92 356 320 391
93 259.5 227.7 290.2
94 183.1 156.2 209
95 125.3 103.5 146.2
96 83.4 66.3 99.7
97 54 41.2 66.2
98 34 24.7 42.8
99 20.8 14.4 26.8
100 0 0 0

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 Nigeria's 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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