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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 54.6 years for males, 55.3 years for females, and 55 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
2026 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.

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 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy: 37.2 Years

Mean expected age of death: 67.2 Years

Median expected age of death: 70.1 Years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Average Male Female
40 92.8% 93.0% 92.6%
50 83.9% 83.9% 83.9%
60 71.2% 70.5% 71.9%
65 62.0% 61.0% 63.0%
70 50.3% 49.2% 51.4%
75 36.2% 35.2% 37.2%
80 21.7% 20.8% 22.5%
85 9.7% 9.2% 10.2%
90 2.9% 2.5% 3.2%
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 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 Nigeria.

Average
Male
Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Average Male Female
0 55 54.6 55.3
1 58.9 58.8 58.9
2 59.4 59.5 59.4
3 60 60 59.9
4 60.5 60.5 60.4
5 61 61 60.9
6 61.4 61.4 61.4
7 61.9 61.8 61.9
8 62.2 62.1 62.4
9 62.5 62.4 62.7
10 62.8 62.6 63
11 63 62.8 63.3
12 63.2 62.9 63.5
13 63.4 63.1 63.7
14 63.5 63.3 63.8
15 63.7 63.4 64
16 63.9 63.6 64.2
17 64.1 63.8 64.4
18 64.3 63.9 64.6
19 64.5 64.2 64.9
20 64.7 64.4 65.1
21 65 64.6 65.3
22 65.2 64.9 65.5
23 65.5 65.2 65.8
24 65.7 65.4 66
25 66 65.7 66.2
26 66.2 65.9 66.5
27 66.5 66.2 66.7
28 66.7 66.4 67
29 67 66.7 67.2
30 67.2 66.9 67.5
31 67.5 67.2 67.7
32 67.7 67.4 68
33 68 67.7 68.2
34 68.2 67.9 68.5
35 68.4 68.1 68.8
36 68.7 68.4 69
37 68.9 68.6 69.3
38 69.2 68.8 69.5
39 69.4 69.1 69.8
40 69.7 69.3 70.1
41 70 69.6 70.3
42 70.2 69.8 70.6
43 70.5 70.1 70.9
44 70.7 70.3 71.1
45 71 70.6 71.4
46 71.3 70.9 71.6
47 71.5 71.1 71.9
48 71.8 71.4 72.1
49 72 71.7 72.4
50 72.3 71.9 72.7
51 72.6 72.2 72.9
52 72.9 72.5 73.2
53 73.1 72.8 73.4
54 73.4 73.1 73.7
55 73.7 73.5 74
56 74 73.8 74.3
57 74.4 74.1 74.6
58 74.7 74.4 74.9
59 75 74.8 75.2
60 75.3 75.1 75.5
61 75.7 75.5 75.9
62 76 75.8 76.2
63 76.4 76.2 76.6
64 76.8 76.6 77
65 77.2 77 77.4
66 77.6 77.5 77.8
67 78.1 77.9 78.2
68 78.5 78.4 78.6
69 79 78.8 79.1
70 79.4 79.3 79.6
71 79.9 79.8 80.1
72 80.5 80.3 80.6
73 81 80.9 81.1
74 81.6 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 84.1
79 84.6 84.5 84.7
80 85.2 85.1 85.4
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 91.3
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 95.2 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: 56% of the newborn cohort in Nigeria are expected to survive to at least 60 years old, 39.6% will live to 70 years or older, 17.1% to 80+ years, 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.

Average
Male
Female
Age Survival probability
Average Male Female
1 93.3% 92.8% 93.9%
2 92.4% 91.8% 93.1%
3 91.6% 90.9% 92.3%
4 90.7% 90% 91.4%
5 89.9% 89.3% 90.6%
6 89.2% 88.6% 89.7%
7 88.5% 88.1% 89%
8 87.9% 87.6% 88.3%
9 87.4% 87.1% 87.7%
10 87% 86.8% 87.2%
11 86.6% 86.4% 86.8%
12 86.3% 86.2% 86.4%
13 86% 85.9% 86.1%
14 85.7% 85.6% 85.8%
15 85.4% 85.4% 85.5%
16 85.1% 85.1% 85.2%
17 84.8% 84.7% 84.8%
18 84.4% 84.4% 84.4%
19 84% 84% 84%
20 83.6% 83.6% 83.6%
21 83.1% 83.1% 83.1%
22 82.7% 82.6% 82.7%
23 82.2% 82.1% 82.3%
24 81.7% 81.6% 81.8%
25 81.2% 81.1% 81.4%
26 80.7% 80.5% 80.9%
27 80.2% 80% 80.4%
28 79.7% 79.5% 79.9%
29 79.2% 79% 79.4%
30 78.7% 78.5% 78.9%
31 78.1% 78% 78.3%
32 77.6% 77.5% 77.8%
33 77.1% 76.9% 77.2%
34 76.5% 76.4% 76.6%
35 76% 75.8% 76.1%
36 75.4% 75.3% 75.5%
37 74.8% 74.7% 74.9%
38 74.2% 74.2% 74.3%
39 73.6% 73.6% 73.6%
40 73% 73% 73%
41 72.4% 72.4% 72.3%
42 71.7% 71.7% 71.7%
43 71% 71.1% 71%
44 70.4% 70.4% 70.3%
45 69.7% 69.7% 69.7%
46 69% 69% 69%
47 68.3% 68.2% 68.3%
48 67.5% 67.5% 67.6%
49 66.8% 66.7% 66.9%
50 66% 65.8% 66.2%
51 65.2% 65% 65.4%
52 64.3% 64.1% 64.6%
53 63.4% 63.1% 63.7%
54 62.5% 62.1% 62.9%
55 61.5% 61.1% 62%
56 60.5% 60% 61%
57 59.5% 58.9% 60%
58 58.4% 57.8% 59%
59 57.2% 56.6% 57.9%
60 56% 55.3% 56.7%
61 54.7% 54% 55.5%
62 53.4% 52.6% 54.1%
63 51.9% 51.1% 52.8%
64 50.4% 49.5% 51.3%
65 48.8% 47.9% 49.7%
66 47.1% 46.2% 48%
67 45.4% 44.4% 46.3%
68 43.5% 42.6% 44.5%
69 41.6% 40.7% 42.5%
70 39.6% 38.6% 40.5%
71 37.5% 36.6% 38.4%
72 35.3% 34.4% 36.2%
73 33.1% 32.2% 33.9%
74 30.8% 29.9% 31.6%
75 28.5% 27.6% 29.3%
76 26.2% 25.3% 27%
77 23.8% 23% 24.6%
78 21.5% 20.8% 22.3%
79 19.3% 18.5% 20%
80 17.1% 16.4% 17.7%
81 14.9% 14.3% 15.5%
82 12.9% 12.3% 13.5%
83 11% 10.4% 11.5%
84 9.22% 8.73% 9.7%
85 7.63% 7.19% 8.07%
86 6.22% 5.81% 6.62%
87 4.98% 4.61% 5.34%
88 3.91% 3.58% 4.23%
89 3% 2.71% 3.28%
90 2.24% 1.99% 2.49%
91 1.63% 1.42% 1.84%
92 1.16% 0.98% 1.33%
93 0.8% 0.66% 0.93%
94 0.54% 0.43% 0.64%
95 0.35% 0.27% 0.42%
96 0.22% 0.17% 0.28%
97 0.14% 0.1% 0.18%
98 0.08% 0.06% 0.11%
99 0.05% 0.03% 0.07%
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 6.69% in the birth year, 0.67% at age 30, 2.29% at 60, and 12.5% 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 6.69% 7.24% 6.13%
1 0.96% 1.08% 0.84%
2 0.93% 0.99% 0.88%
3 0.91% 0.9% 0.91%
4 0.88% 0.82% 0.93%
5 0.83% 0.74% 0.92%
6 0.76% 0.65% 0.87%
7 0.67% 0.57% 0.78%
8 0.58% 0.49% 0.67%
9 0.49% 0.42% 0.56%
10 0.42% 0.37% 0.47%
11 0.37% 0.33% 0.4%
12 0.34% 0.31% 0.37%
13 0.33% 0.31% 0.35%
14 0.34% 0.32% 0.36%
15 0.36% 0.34% 0.39%
16 0.4% 0.38% 0.42%
17 0.44% 0.42% 0.46%
18 0.48% 0.47% 0.49%
19 0.51% 0.51% 0.51%
20 0.54% 0.56% 0.52%
21 0.56% 0.59% 0.53%
22 0.58% 0.62% 0.53%
23 0.59% 0.63% 0.54%
24 0.6% 0.64% 0.56%
25 0.61% 0.64% 0.58%
26 0.62% 0.64% 0.6%
27 0.63% 0.64% 0.63%
28 0.64% 0.64% 0.65%
29 0.66% 0.65% 0.67%
30 0.67% 0.66% 0.69%
31 0.69% 0.67% 0.7%
32 0.7% 0.68% 0.72%
33 0.71% 0.7% 0.73%
34 0.73% 0.71% 0.75%
35 0.75% 0.72% 0.77%
36 0.77% 0.74% 0.8%
37 0.79% 0.76% 0.82%
38 0.82% 0.79% 0.85%
39 0.85% 0.82% 0.87%
40 0.88% 0.85% 0.9%
41 0.9% 0.89% 0.92%
42 0.93% 0.93% 0.93%
43 0.95% 0.96% 0.95%
44 0.98% 0.99% 0.96%
45 1% 1.03% 0.97%
46 1.03% 1.07% 0.99%
47 1.07% 1.11% 1.02%
48 1.11% 1.17% 1.05%
49 1.17% 1.25% 1.1%
50 1.24% 1.33% 1.16%
51 1.32% 1.41% 1.23%
52 1.4% 1.5% 1.3%
53 1.48% 1.58% 1.37%
54 1.56% 1.66% 1.45%
55 1.64% 1.74% 1.54%
56 1.73% 1.83% 1.63%
57 1.84% 1.94% 1.74%
58 1.97% 2.07% 1.87%
59 2.12% 2.22% 2.01%
60 2.29% 2.4% 2.18%
61 2.49% 2.6% 2.37%
62 2.7% 2.82% 2.58%
63 2.93% 3.05% 2.81%
64 3.18% 3.3% 3.06%
65 3.44% 3.56% 3.33%
66 3.73% 3.84% 3.63%
67 4.06% 4.16% 3.97%
68 4.43% 4.52% 4.34%
69 4.84% 4.93% 4.76%
70 5.3% 5.39% 5.22%
71 5.8% 5.9% 5.71%
72 6.33% 6.45% 6.23%
73 6.9% 7.03% 6.78%
74 7.5% 7.66% 7.37%
75 8.15% 8.33% 8%
76 8.86% 9.06% 8.69%
77 9.65% 9.86% 9.47%
78 10.5% 10.7% 10.3%
79 11.5% 11.7% 11.3%
80 12.5% 12.8% 12.3%
81 13.7% 13.9% 13.4%
82 14.8% 15.1% 14.5%
83 16% 16.3% 15.7%
84 17.2% 17.7% 16.8%
85 18.5% 19.1% 18%
86 19.9% 20.7% 19.3%
87 21.5% 22.4% 20.8%
88 23.3% 24.3% 22.4%
89 25.2% 26.4% 24.2%
90 27.2% 28.6% 26.1%
91 29.2% 30.8% 28%
92 31.1% 32.9% 29.8%
93 32.9% 34.9% 31.6%
94 34.6% 36.9% 33.2%
95 36.3% 38.7% 34.9%
96 37.9% 40.5% 36.5%
97 39.6% 42.4% 38.2%
98 41.3% 44.2% 39.9%
99 43% 46% 41.7%
100 44.7% 47.8% 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: 63.7 for men, 64.8 for women, and 64.3 combined — only half of the cohort is expected to live past that age.

Total
Male
Female
Age Death rate
Total Male Female
0 6,691 7,237 6,132
1 895 1,000 785
2 862 907 815
3 832 822 842
4 795 740 852
5 744 658 834
6 676 577 779
7 593 498 691
8 506 427 588
9 425 366 487
10 361 319 406
11 317 287 349
12 292.3 269.1 316
13 284.9 264.9 306
14 292.2 272.9 312
15 312 291.9 332
16 340 320 360
17 371 354 389
18 402 393 412
19 429 431 427
20 451 466 435
21 466 494 438
22 477 512 441
23 484 520 447
24 490 522 457
25 495 518 471
26 501 513 487
27 507 510 504
28 514 509 519
29 521 511 531
30 529 516 541
31 536 523 550
32 543 529 558
33 551 535 567
34 559 541 577
35 568 548 588
36 578 557 600
37 591 569 614
38 606 584 628
39 622 603 642
40 639 624 654
41 654 645 663
42 667 664 669
43 677 682 672
44 686 698 674
45 696 715 676
46 709 735 682
47 727 760 694
48 753 792 712
49 784 830 737
50 821 873 768
51 860 917 803
52 899 958 839
53 936 996 876
54 972 1,030 913
55 1,008 1,062 952
56 1,047 1,098 995
57 1,093 1,141 1,044
58 1,147 1,194 1,100
59 1,211 1,256 1,165
60 1,283 1,328 1,237
61 1,360 1,405 1,316
62 1,440 1,483 1,398
63 1,521 1,560 1,483
64 1,600 1,633 1,569
65 1,679 1,704 1,656
66 1,759 1,775 1,745
67 1,842 1,849 1,837
68 1,928 1,926 1,931
69 2,014 2,006 2,024
70 2,098 2,084 2,113
71 2,174 2,157 2,192
72 2,236 2,218 2,256
73 2,282 2,263 2,303
74 2,310 2,291 2,331
75 2,321 2,301 2,344
76 2,318 2,294 2,344
77 2,300 2,271 2,331
78 2,268 2,232 2,304
79 2,216 2,172 2,258
80 2,140 2,091 2,187
81 2,036 1,984 2,087
82 1,906 1,855 1,956
83 1,753 1,705 1,800
84 1,586 1,542 1,629
85 1,413 1,373 1,452
86 1,240 1,202 1,277
87 1,072 1,034 1,109
88 910 871 948
89 755 715 794
90 610 569 649
91 477 438 515
92 360 324 395
93 262.7 230.7 293.7
94 185.4 158.4 211.6
95 127 105 148.2
96 84.6 67.4 101
97 54.8 41.8 67.1
98 34.5 25.2 43.4
99 21.1 14.6 27.2
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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