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Life Expectancy in Nigeria vs Sao Tome and Principe (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 54.8 years in Nigeria vs 70.1 in Sao Tome and Principe. Nigeria is ranked 197/197 by life expectancy, and Sao Tome and Principe is 136/197. In Nigeria, the life expectancy is 54.5 years for males and 55.1 years for females. In Sao Tome and Principe, it's 66.6 years for males and 74.1 years for females.

Nigeria vs Sao Tome and Principe life expectancy at birth by year chart

Nigeria
Male

Female
Sao Tome and Principe
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Nigeria Sao Tome
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 35.5 33.6 37.5 39.1 38.2 40.1
1951 35.7 33.8 37.7 39.1 38.2 40.1
1952 35.9 34 37.9 39.1 38.2 40.1
1953 36 34.1 38.1 39.1 38.1 40.1
1954 36.2 34.3 38.3 39.2 38.2 40.1
1955 36.3 34.3 38.5 39.3 38.3 40.3
1956 36.5 34.5 38.6 39.5 38.5 40.6
1957 36.6 34.6 38.8 40.1 39.1 41.2
1958 36.8 34.8 39 41 39.8 42.1
1959 37 35 39.2 42.1 40.9 43.4
1960 37.2 35.2 39.3 43.6 42.3 45
1961 37.4 35.4 39.6 45.2 43.9 46.7
1962 37.6 35.6 39.7 46.8 45.5 48.4
1963 37.8 35.8 39.9 48.4 47 49.9
1964 38 35.9 40.1 49.7 48.3 51.3
1965 38.2 36.2 40.4 51.1 49.6 52.7
1966 38.4 36.4 40.5 52.3 50.7 54
1967 37.5 35.1 40.1 53.4 51.8 55.3
1968 38.6 36.4 41 54.5 52.7 56.5
1969 38.9 36.8 41.3 55.4 53.4 57.6
1970 40 38.4 41.7 56.3 54.1 58.7
1971 40.6 39 42.3 57 54.7 59.5
1972 41.3 39.5 43.1 57.4 55.1 60
1973 41.8 40 43.7 57.9 55.6 60.4
1974 42.5 40.6 44.5 58.3 56 60.7
1975 43.1 41 45.2 58.6 56.4 60.9
1976 44.2 42.7 45.7 58.8 56.8 60.9
1977 44.8 43.4 46.3 59 57.1 61
1978 45.3 43.8 46.9 59.1 57.3 61.1
1979 45.7 44.2 47.3 59.3 57.5 61.2
1980 46 44.3 47.6 59.4 57.5 61.3
1981 46.3 44.6 48 59.4 57.6 61.4
1982 46.4 44.7 48.2 59.5 57.6 61.5
1983 46.4 44.8 48.1 59.7 57.8 61.7
1984 46.3 44.7 48 59.9 58 61.8
1985 46.2 44.6 47.9 60.1 58.3 62
1986 46 44.5 47.5 57.6 56 59.3
1987 45.9 44.5 47.4 60.7 58.9 62.5
1988 45.8 44.4 47.3 60.8 59.1 62.6
1989 45.8 44.4 47.3 59.7 58.1 61.5
1990 45.7 44.4 47.1 60.7 58.9 62.5
1991 45.5 44.1 47 60.8 59 62.7
1992 45.6 44.2 47 60.7 58.8 62.7
1993 45.8 44.2 47.4 60.6 58.7 62.6
1994 45.7 44.2 47.3 60.6 58.6 62.6
1995 45.9 44.4 47.4 60.5 58.5 62.6
1996 45.8 44.4 47.3 60.6 58.5 62.7
1997 46 44.7 47.2 60.6 58.6 62.8
1998 46.1 45.1 47.2 60.8 58.7 62.9
1999 46.6 45.7 47.5 61 58.9 63.1
2000 47.1 46.3 48 61.2 59.2 63.3
2001 47.5 46.9 48.2 61.5 59.5 63.6
2002 48 47.5 48.5 61.8 59.8 63.9
2003 48.6 48.2 49.1 62.2 60.2 64.2
2004 49.1 48.8 49.5 62.6 60.5 64.6
2005 49.5 49 50.1 62.4 60.4 64.6
2006 49.9 49.3 50.4 63 60.9 65.3
2007 50.4 49.8 50.9 63.3 61.1 65.7
2008 50.7 50.3 51.2 63.4 61.1 65.9
2009 51.1 50.6 51.6 63.7 61.2 66.3
2010 51.3 50.9 51.8 63.9 61.4 66.5
2011 51.5 51.1 51.9 64.1 61.6 66.9
2012 51.7 51.3 52 64.5 61.9 67.4
2013 51.8 51.5 52.2 64.9 62.2 68
2014 51.9 51.6 52.3 65.5 62.7 68.6
2015 51.9 51.6 52.2 66 63.1 69.3
2016 52.2 51.9 52.4 66.6 63.6 70
2017 52.4 52.1 52.6 67.1 64 70.6
2018 52.7 52.4 52.9 67.6 64.4 71.3
2019 53 52.8 53.2 68 64.8 71.9
2020 53.1 52.7 53.4 68 64.6 72
2021 53.5 53.2 53.7 68 64.7 72
2022 54.1 53.8 54.4 69.2 65.8 73.3
2023 54.5 54.2 54.7 69.7 66.2 73.7
2024 54.6 54.3 54.9 69.9 66.4 73.9
2025 54.8 54.5 55.1 70.1 66.6 74.1

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 54.9 years in Nigeria and 62.4 in Sao Tome and Principe. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 14 healthy years in Nigeria and 13.4 in Sao Tome and Principe.

Nigeria vs Sao Tome and Principe 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 and Sao Tome and Principe, 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 vs 42.4 years

Mean expected age of death:
67.1 vs 72.4 years

Median expected age of death:
70.0 vs 74.7 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Nigeria Sao Tome and Principe
Male Female Male Female
40 92.9% 92.5% 96.2% 98.1%
50 83.8% 83.8% 89.1% 94.5%
60 70.3% 71.7% 75.5% 87.3%
65 60.9% 62.8% 65.3% 81.4%
70 49.1% 51.2% 52.8% 73.1%
75 35.0% 37.0% 38.6% 61.4%
80 20.7% 22.3% 24.3% 45.8%
85 9.1% 10.2% 12.1% 27.7%
90 2.5% 3.1% 4.3% 12.1%
95 0.3% 0.5% 0.9% 3.3%
100 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.5%

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 Nigeria vs Sao Tome and Principe: 67.1 years vs 72.4 at 30, 77.2 vs 79.4 at 65, 85.2 vs 86.6 at 80 — significantly higher than the 54.8 vs 70.1 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 and Sao Tome and Principe.

Nigeria
Male

Female
Sao Tome and Principe
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Nigeria Sao Tome
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 54.8 54.5 55.1 70.1 66.6 74.1
1 58.7 58.7 58.8 70.8 67.3 74.8
2 59.3 59.4 59.2 70.9 67.4 74.9
3 59.8 59.9 59.7 70.9 67.4 74.9
4 60.4 60.4 60.3 70.9 67.4 74.9
5 60.9 60.9 60.8 71 67.5 75
6 61.3 61.3 61.3 71 67.5 75
7 61.8 61.7 61.8 71 67.5 75
8 62.1 62 62.2 71.1 67.6 75
9 62.4 62.3 62.6 71.1 67.6 75.1
10 62.7 62.5 62.9 71.1 67.6 75.1
11 62.9 62.7 63.2 71.1 67.6 75.1
12 63.1 62.9 63.4 71.2 67.6 75.1
13 63.3 63 63.6 71.2 67.7 75.2
14 63.5 63.2 63.7 71.2 67.7 75.2
15 63.6 63.3 63.9 71.2 67.7 75.2
16 63.8 63.5 64.1 71.3 67.8 75.3
17 64 63.7 64.3 71.3 67.8 75.3
18 64.2 63.9 64.5 71.4 67.9 75.4
19 64.4 64.1 64.8 71.5 68 75.4
20 64.7 64.3 65 71.5 68.1 75.5
21 64.9 64.6 65.2 71.6 68.2 75.6
22 65.1 64.8 65.5 71.7 68.3 75.6
23 65.4 65.1 65.7 71.8 68.4 75.7
24 65.6 65.4 65.9 71.9 68.5 75.7
25 65.9 65.6 66.2 72 68.6 75.8
26 66.1 65.9 66.4 72.1 68.8 75.9
27 66.4 66.1 66.6 72.2 68.9 75.9
28 66.6 66.4 66.9 72.3 69 76
29 66.9 66.6 67.1 72.3 69.1 76.1
30 67.1 66.9 67.4 72.4 69.2 76.1
31 67.4 67.1 67.7 72.5 69.3 76.2
32 67.6 67.4 67.9 72.6 69.4 76.3
33 67.9 67.6 68.2 72.7 69.6 76.3
34 68.1 67.8 68.4 72.8 69.7 76.4
35 68.4 68.1 68.7 72.9 69.8 76.5
36 68.6 68.3 69 73 70 76.6
37 68.9 68.6 69.2 73.2 70.1 76.6
38 69.1 68.8 69.5 73.3 70.2 76.7
39 69.4 69 69.7 73.4 70.4 76.8
40 69.7 69.3 70 73.5 70.5 76.9
41 69.9 69.5 70.3 73.6 70.7 77
42 70.2 69.8 70.6 73.8 70.9 77.1
43 70.4 70 70.8 73.9 71 77.2
44 70.7 70.3 71.1 74.1 71.2 77.3
45 71 70.6 71.3 74.2 71.4 77.4
46 71.2 70.8 71.6 74.4 71.6 77.6
47 71.5 71.1 71.8 74.6 71.8 77.7
48 71.7 71.4 72.1 74.8 72 77.8
49 72 71.6 72.4 75 72.3 78
50 72.3 71.9 72.6 75.2 72.5 78.1
51 72.5 72.2 72.9 75.4 72.8 78.3
52 72.8 72.5 73.1 75.6 73 78.4
53 73.1 72.8 73.4 75.8 73.3 78.6
54 73.4 73.1 73.7 76.1 73.6 78.8
55 73.7 73.4 74 76.3 73.9 78.9
56 74 73.7 74.3 76.6 74.2 79.1
57 74.3 74.1 74.6 76.9 74.5 79.3
58 74.6 74.4 74.9 77.1 74.9 79.5
59 75 74.7 75.2 77.4 75.2 79.8
60 75.3 75.1 75.5 77.7 75.6 80
61 75.6 75.4 75.8 78.1 76 80.2
62 76 75.8 76.2 78.4 76.4 80.4
63 76.4 76.2 76.6 78.7 76.8 80.7
64 76.8 76.6 76.9 79.1 77.2 81
65 77.2 77 77.3 79.4 77.6 81.2
66 77.6 77.4 77.7 79.8 78.1 81.5
67 78 77.9 78.2 80.2 78.5 81.8
68 78.5 78.3 78.6 80.6 79 82.1
69 78.9 78.8 79.1 81 79.5 82.4
70 79.4 79.3 79.5 81.4 80 82.8
71 79.9 79.8 80 81.9 80.5 83.1
72 80.5 80.3 80.6 82.4 81.1 83.5
73 81 80.9 81.1 82.8 81.6 83.9
74 81.5 81.4 81.7 83.3 82.2 84.3
75 82.1 82 82.2 83.8 82.8 84.7
76 82.7 82.6 82.8 84.3 83.3 85.1
77 83.3 83.2 83.4 84.9 83.9 85.6
78 83.9 83.8 84 85.4 84.6 86.1
79 84.6 84.5 84.7 86 85.2 86.6
80 85.2 85.1 85.3 86.6 85.9 87.1
81 85.9 85.8 86 87.2 86.5 87.7
82 86.6 86.5 86.7 87.9 87.2 88.2
83 87.3 87.2 87.5 88.5 87.9 88.8
84 88.1 87.9 88.2 89.2 88.6 89.5
85 88.8 88.7 88.9 89.8 89.4 90.1
86 89.6 89.4 89.7 90.5 90.1 90.8
87 90.3 90.2 90.5 91.3 90.9 91.5
88 91.1 91 91.2 92 91.7 92.2
89 91.9 91.8 92 92.7 92.4 92.9
90 92.7 92.6 92.9 93.5 93.2 93.6
91 93.6 93.4 93.7 94.3 94 94.4
92 94.4 94.3 94.5 95.1 94.9 95.2
93 95.3 95.1 95.4 95.9 95.7 96
94 96.2 96 96.3 96.7 96.6 96.8
95 97.1 96.9 97.2 97.6 97.4 97.6
96 98 97.8 98.1 98.4 98.3 98.5
97 98.9 98.8 99 99.3 99.2 99.4
98 99.8 99.7 99.9 100.2 100.1 100.2
99 100.7 100.6 100.8 101.1 100.9 101.2
100 101.6 101.6 101.7 102 101.8 102.1

Odds of living to age in Nigeria vs Sao Tome and Principe

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 55.7% in Nigeria and 77.8% in Sao Tome and Principe are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 39.3% and 59.8% will live to 70 years or older, 16.9% and 32.7% to 80+ years, and 2.22% and 7.5% 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.

Nigeria
Male

Female
Sao Tome and Principe
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Nigeria Sao Tome
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 93.2% 92.7% 93.8% 98.9% 98.9% 99%
2 92.3% 91.7% 93% 98.9% 98.8% 99%
3 91.5% 90.8% 92.2% 98.8% 98.7% 98.9%
4 90.6% 89.9% 91.3% 98.8% 98.7% 98.9%
5 89.8% 89.2% 90.5% 98.7% 98.6% 98.8%
6 89.1% 88.5% 89.6% 98.7% 98.6% 98.8%
7 88.4% 87.9% 88.8% 98.6% 98.5% 98.7%
8 87.8% 87.4% 88.1% 98.6% 98.5% 98.7%
9 87.3% 87% 87.5% 98.6% 98.5% 98.7%
10 86.8% 86.6% 87% 98.5% 98.4% 98.6%
11 86.5% 86.3% 86.6% 98.5% 98.4% 98.6%
12 86.2% 86% 86.3% 98.5% 98.4% 98.5%
13 85.9% 85.8% 86% 98.4% 98.3% 98.5%
14 85.6% 85.5% 85.6% 98.4% 98.3% 98.5%
15 85.3% 85.2% 85.3% 98.3% 98.2% 98.4%
16 85% 84.9% 85% 98.2% 98.1% 98.3%
17 84.6% 84.6% 84.6% 98.1% 98% 98.3%
18 84.2% 84.2% 84.2% 98% 97.9% 98.2%
19 83.8% 83.9% 83.8% 97.9% 97.7% 98.1%
20 83.4% 83.4% 83.4% 97.7% 97.5% 97.9%
21 83% 83% 83% 97.6% 97.3% 97.8%
22 82.5% 82.5% 82.5% 97.4% 97.1% 97.7%
23 82% 81.9% 82.1% 97.2% 96.8% 97.6%
24 81.5% 81.4% 81.6% 97% 96.6% 97.5%
25 81% 80.9% 81.2% 96.9% 96.3% 97.4%
26 80.5% 80.4% 80.7% 96.7% 96.1% 97.3%
27 80% 79.9% 80.2% 96.5% 95.8% 97.1%
28 79.5% 79.3% 79.7% 96.3% 95.6% 97%
29 79% 78.8% 79.2% 96.1% 95.3% 96.9%
30 78.5% 78.3% 78.6% 95.9% 95% 96.7%
31 77.9% 77.8% 78.1% 95.7% 94.7% 96.6%
32 77.4% 77.3% 77.5% 95.5% 94.4% 96.5%
33 76.9% 76.7% 77% 95.2% 94.1% 96.3%
34 76.3% 76.2% 76.4% 95% 93.8% 96.1%
35 75.7% 75.7% 75.8% 94.7% 93.5% 96%
36 75.2% 75.1% 75.2% 94.4% 93.1% 95.8%
37 74.6% 74.6% 74.6% 94.2% 92.7% 95.6%
38 74% 74% 74% 93.9% 92.3% 95.4%
39 73.4% 73.4% 73.4% 93.5% 91.9% 95.2%
40 72.8% 72.8% 72.7% 93.2% 91.4% 94.9%
41 72.1% 72.2% 72.1% 92.8% 91% 94.7%
42 71.5% 71.5% 71.4% 92.4% 90.4% 94.4%
43 70.8% 70.9% 70.7% 92% 89.9% 94.1%
44 70.1% 70.2% 70.1% 91.5% 89.3% 93.8%
45 69.4% 69.5% 69.4% 91.1% 88.7% 93.5%
46 68.7% 68.8% 68.7% 90.5% 88% 93.1%
47 68% 68% 68% 90% 87.2% 92.7%
48 67.3% 67.3% 67.3% 89.4% 86.4% 92.3%
49 66.5% 66.5% 66.6% 88.7% 85.6% 91.9%
50 65.8% 65.6% 65.9% 88% 84.7% 91.4%
51 64.9% 64.8% 65.1% 87.3% 83.7% 90.9%
52 64.1% 63.8% 64.3% 86.5% 82.7% 90.4%
53 63.2% 62.9% 63.5% 85.6% 81.6% 89.8%
54 62.2% 61.9% 62.6% 84.7% 80.4% 89.2%
55 61.3% 60.8% 61.7% 83.7% 79.2% 88.5%
56 60.2% 59.8% 60.7% 82.7% 77.9% 87.8%
57 59.2% 58.7% 59.7% 81.6% 76.5% 87%
58 58.1% 57.5% 58.7% 80.4% 75% 86.2%
59 57% 56.3% 57.6% 79.1% 73.4% 85.3%
60 55.7% 55.1% 56.4% 77.8% 71.8% 84.4%
61 54.5% 53.8% 55.2% 76.4% 70% 83.4%
62 53.1% 52.4% 53.9% 74.9% 68.2% 82.4%
63 51.7% 50.9% 52.5% 73.4% 66.2% 81.2%
64 50.1% 49.3% 51% 71.7% 64.2% 80.1%
65 48.5% 47.7% 49.4% 70% 62% 78.8%
66 46.9% 46% 47.8% 68.1% 59.8% 77.4%
67 45.1% 44.2% 46% 66.2% 57.5% 75.9%
68 43.3% 42.4% 44.2% 64.1% 55.1% 74.3%
69 41.3% 40.4% 42.3% 62% 52.7% 72.6%
70 39.3% 38.4% 40.2% 59.8% 50.1% 70.7%
71 37.2% 36.3% 38.1% 57.4% 47.5% 68.8%
72 35.1% 34.2% 35.9% 55% 44.9% 66.7%
73 32.8% 32% 33.7% 52.5% 42.2% 64.4%
74 30.6% 29.7% 31.4% 49.9% 39.5% 62%
75 28.3% 27.4% 29.1% 47.1% 36.7% 59.4%
76 26% 25.2% 26.7% 44.3% 33.9% 56.7%
77 23.7% 22.9% 24.4% 41.5% 31.2% 53.8%
78 21.4% 20.6% 22.1% 38.6% 28.4% 50.8%
79 19.1% 18.4% 19.8% 35.6% 25.7% 47.6%
80 16.9% 16.2% 17.6% 32.7% 23.1% 44.3%
81 14.8% 14.2% 15.4% 29.7% 20.5% 40.9%
82 12.8% 12.2% 13.3% 26.8% 18% 37.4%
83 10.9% 10.3% 11.4% 23.9% 15.7% 33.8%
84 9.13% 8.64% 9.6% 21.1% 13.5% 30.3%
85 7.55% 7.11% 7.98% 18.4% 11.5% 26.8%
86 6.15% 5.75% 6.55% 15.8% 9.63% 23.4%
87 4.93% 4.56% 5.28% 13.5% 7.97% 20.2%
88 3.87% 3.54% 4.18% 11.3% 6.49% 17.1%
89 2.96% 2.67% 3.24% 9.28% 5.2% 14.3%
90 2.22% 1.97% 2.46% 7.5% 4.09% 11.7%
91 1.61% 1.4% 1.82% 5.96% 3.15% 9.43%
92 1.14% 0.97% 1.31% 4.63% 2.38% 7.43%
93 0.79% 0.65% 0.92% 3.52% 1.76% 5.73%
94 0.53% 0.42% 0.63% 2.62% 1.27% 4.32%
95 0.35% 0.27% 0.42% 1.91% 0.89% 3.18%
96 0.22% 0.16% 0.27% 1.35% 0.62% 2.28%
97 0.14% 0.1% 0.17% 0.93% 0.41% 1.59%
98 0.08% 0.06% 0.11% 0.63% 0.27% 1.08%
99 0.05% 0.03% 0.06% 0.41% 0.17% 0.71%
100 0.03% 0.02% 0.04% 0.26% 0.11% 0.45%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 6.77% in the birth year in Nigeria and 1.07% in Sao Tome and Principe, 0.68% vs 0.22% at age 30, 2.3% vs 1.8% at 60, and 12.6% vs 9.08% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in Nigeria compared to Sao Tome and Principe at any given age.

Nigeria
Male

Female
Sao Tome and Principe
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Nigeria Sao Tome
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 6.77% 7.31% 6.22% 1.07% 1.14% 0.99%
1 0.96% 1.08% 0.84% 0.06% 0.06% 0.05%
2 0.94% 1% 0.88% 0.05% 0.06% 0.05%
3 0.92% 0.91% 0.92% 0.05% 0.05% 0.05%
4 0.89% 0.83% 0.94% 0.05% 0.05% 0.05%
5 0.84% 0.74% 0.93% 0.05% 0.05% 0.04%
6 0.77% 0.66% 0.88% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
7 0.68% 0.57% 0.79% 0.04% 0.04% 0.04%
8 0.58% 0.49% 0.68% 0.04% 0.04% 0.04%
9 0.49% 0.42% 0.56% 0.04% 0.04% 0.04%
10 0.42% 0.37% 0.47% 0.03% 0.03% 0.04%
11 0.37% 0.34% 0.41% 0.04% 0.04% 0.04%
12 0.34% 0.32% 0.37% 0.04% 0.04% 0.04%
13 0.33% 0.31% 0.36% 0.05% 0.05% 0.05%
14 0.34% 0.32% 0.37% 0.06% 0.06% 0.06%
15 0.37% 0.34% 0.39% 0.07% 0.08% 0.07%
16 0.4% 0.38% 0.43% 0.1% 0.11% 0.08%
17 0.44% 0.42% 0.46% 0.12% 0.14% 0.1%
18 0.48% 0.47% 0.49% 0.14% 0.18% 0.11%
19 0.52% 0.52% 0.51% 0.16% 0.21% 0.11%
20 0.54% 0.56% 0.53% 0.17% 0.23% 0.12%
21 0.57% 0.6% 0.53% 0.18% 0.24% 0.12%
22 0.58% 0.62% 0.54% 0.18% 0.25% 0.11%
23 0.59% 0.64% 0.55% 0.18% 0.25% 0.11%
24 0.6% 0.64% 0.56% 0.18% 0.25% 0.12%
25 0.61% 0.64% 0.58% 0.19% 0.26% 0.12%
26 0.62% 0.64% 0.61% 0.19% 0.27% 0.13%
27 0.64% 0.64% 0.63% 0.2% 0.27% 0.13%
28 0.65% 0.64% 0.65% 0.21% 0.28% 0.14%
29 0.66% 0.65% 0.67% 0.22% 0.29% 0.14%
30 0.68% 0.66% 0.69% 0.22% 0.3% 0.15%
31 0.69% 0.67% 0.71% 0.23% 0.31% 0.15%
32 0.71% 0.69% 0.72% 0.24% 0.33% 0.16%
33 0.72% 0.7% 0.74% 0.26% 0.34% 0.17%
34 0.74% 0.71% 0.76% 0.27% 0.36% 0.18%
35 0.75% 0.73% 0.78% 0.29% 0.38% 0.19%
36 0.77% 0.74% 0.8% 0.3% 0.41% 0.2%
37 0.8% 0.77% 0.83% 0.32% 0.43% 0.22%
38 0.82% 0.79% 0.85% 0.35% 0.46% 0.23%
39 0.85% 0.82% 0.88% 0.37% 0.5% 0.25%
40 0.88% 0.86% 0.9% 0.4% 0.53% 0.26%
41 0.91% 0.9% 0.92% 0.43% 0.57% 0.28%
42 0.94% 0.93% 0.94% 0.46% 0.61% 0.3%
43 0.96% 0.97% 0.95% 0.49% 0.66% 0.32%
44 0.98% 1% 0.97% 0.53% 0.71% 0.35%
45 1.01% 1.03% 0.98% 0.58% 0.77% 0.38%
46 1.03% 1.07% 1% 0.62% 0.83% 0.41%
47 1.07% 1.12% 1.02% 0.68% 0.9% 0.45%
48 1.12% 1.18% 1.06% 0.73% 0.98% 0.48%
49 1.18% 1.25% 1.11% 0.79% 1.06% 0.52%
50 1.25% 1.33% 1.17% 0.86% 1.14% 0.55%
51 1.33% 1.42% 1.24% 0.92% 1.23% 0.59%
52 1.41% 1.5% 1.31% 0.99% 1.33% 0.64%
53 1.48% 1.59% 1.38% 1.07% 1.43% 0.69%
54 1.56% 1.67% 1.46% 1.15% 1.54% 0.74%
55 1.65% 1.75% 1.55% 1.24% 1.66% 0.8%
56 1.74% 1.84% 1.64% 1.34% 1.79% 0.87%
57 1.85% 1.95% 1.75% 1.45% 1.93% 0.94%
58 1.98% 2.08% 1.88% 1.56% 2.09% 1.01%
59 2.13% 2.23% 2.02% 1.67% 2.26% 1.09%
60 2.3% 2.41% 2.19% 1.8% 2.45% 1.17%
61 2.5% 2.61% 2.39% 1.93% 2.65% 1.26%
62 2.71% 2.83% 2.6% 2.08% 2.86% 1.36%
63 2.94% 3.07% 2.83% 2.25% 3.09% 1.47%
64 3.19% 3.31% 3.08% 2.44% 3.33% 1.6%
65 3.46% 3.57% 3.35% 2.64% 3.59% 1.75%
66 3.75% 3.86% 3.65% 2.85% 3.85% 1.92%
67 4.08% 4.18% 3.98% 3.09% 4.14% 2.1%
68 4.45% 4.54% 4.36% 3.34% 4.46% 2.31%
69 4.86% 4.95% 4.78% 3.6% 4.8% 2.54%
70 5.32% 5.41% 5.24% 3.9% 5.17% 2.79%
71 5.82% 5.92% 5.73% 4.23% 5.57% 3.07%
72 6.36% 6.47% 6.25% 4.6% 6.01% 3.38%
73 6.92% 7.05% 6.81% 5% 6.47% 3.74%
74 7.53% 7.68% 7.39% 5.44% 6.98% 4.14%
75 8.17% 8.35% 8.02% 5.93% 7.53% 4.59%
76 8.89% 9.08% 8.71% 6.45% 8.14% 5.09%
77 9.68% 9.88% 9.49% 7.02% 8.8% 5.65%
78 10.6% 10.8% 10.4% 7.64% 9.51% 6.28%
79 11.5% 11.7% 11.3% 8.33% 10.3% 6.96%
80 12.6% 12.8% 12.4% 9.08% 11.1% 7.72%
81 13.7% 13.9% 13.5% 9.9% 12% 8.54%
82 14.8% 15.1% 14.6% 10.8% 13% 9.44%
83 16% 16.4% 15.7% 11.7% 14% 10.4%
84 17.2% 17.7% 16.8% 12.7% 15% 11.5%
85 18.5% 19.1% 18% 13.8% 16.1% 12.6%
86 20% 20.7% 19.3% 15% 17.3% 13.8%
87 21.5% 22.5% 20.8% 16.3% 18.6% 15.2%
88 23.3% 24.4% 22.4% 17.7% 19.9% 16.5%
89 25.2% 26.5% 24.2% 19.1% 21.4% 18%
90 27.2% 28.6% 26.1% 20.6% 22.9% 19.6%
91 29.2% 30.8% 28% 22.2% 24.5% 21.2%
92 31.1% 33% 29.8% 23.9% 26.1% 22.9%
93 32.9% 35% 31.6% 25.6% 27.8% 24.6%
94 34.7% 36.9% 33.3% 27.3% 29.5% 26.4%
95 36.3% 38.8% 34.9% 29.1% 31.2% 28.3%
96 38% 40.6% 36.5% 31% 32.9% 30.2%
97 39.6% 42.4% 38.2% 32.9% 34.7% 32.2%
98 41.3% 44.2% 40% 34.8% 36.4% 34.2%
99 43% 46.1% 41.7% 36.7% 38.2% 36.1%
100 44.7% 47.9% 43.4% 38.6% 39.9% 38.1%

Death rate by age in Nigeria compared to Sao Tome and Principe

In Nigeria, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 80 in Sao Tome and Principe. The median age of death is 64.1 in Nigeria and 73.9 in Sao Tome and Principe — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Nigeria
Male

Female
Sao Tome and Principe
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Nigeria Sao Tome
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 6,773 7,315 6,219 1,066 1,139 990
1 899 1,005 788 54.6 57.6 51.6
2 868 913 822 52.8 55.6 49.8
3 839 828 851 50.8 53.5 48
4 803 746 862 48.7 51.1 46.1
5 753 664 845 46.2 48.3 44
6 684 582 790 43.3 44.9 41.7
7 600 503 701 40.2 41.2 39.3
8 512 431 596 37.4 37.7 37.1
9 430 369 493 35.3 35 35.5
10 365 322 410 34.4 33.8 35.1
11 321 289.3 353 35.4 34.6 36.2
12 295 271.2 320 38.8 38.2 39.4
13 287.3 266.9 309 45.6 45.8 45.4
14 294.5 274.8 315 56.5 58.7 54.4
15 314 293.8 335 72.6 78.6 66.6
16 342 322 363 93.4 106.1 80.8
17 374 356 392 116.9 139.2 94.7
18 405 395 416 139.5 173.4 105.8
19 432 434 431 156.9 202.2 112.1
20 454 469 438 167.7 222.2 114
21 469 496 441 172.6 233.5 113.4
22 480 514 444 174.3 238.9 112.2
23 487 523 450 175.8 242.2 112.2
24 493 524 460 178.4 245.5 113.9
25 498 521 474 182.6 250 117.4
26 503 516 490 188.1 255.9 122.1
27 509 512 506 194.1 262.8 127.3
28 516 511 521 200.8 270.5 132.6
29 524 514 534 207.9 278.8 137.7
30 531 519 544 215.5 288 142.9
31 539 525 553 223.7 298.3 148.5
32 546 531 561 232.9 310 155.1
33 553 537 570 243.7 324 163
34 561 543 580 256.4 340 172.5
35 570 550 591 270.8 358 183.5
36 581 559 603 286.9 379 195.5
37 594 571 617 305 402 208.3
38 608 587 631 324 427 221.6
39 625 605 644 346 455 235.3
40 641 626 656 370 486 249.9
41 656 647 666 395 519 265.9
42 669 667 672 422 556 284.1
43 679 684 675 453 595 305
44 688 700 676 487 638 329
45 698 717 679 524 684 355
46 711 737 685 565 734 384
47 730 762 696 608 787 413
48 755 794 715 653 844 443
49 786 832 740 702 905 474
50 823 875 770 753 968 506
51 862 918 805 805 1,034 539
52 901 960 841 859 1,101 576
53 938 998 878 916 1,170 617
54 973 1,031 915 976 1,241 663
55 1,009 1,064 954 1,041 1,315 712
56 1,048 1,100 996 1,109 1,393 764
57 1,094 1,142 1,045 1,180 1,476 819
58 1,148 1,195 1,101 1,252 1,564 874
59 1,211 1,257 1,166 1,325 1,658 931
60 1,283 1,329 1,238 1,399 1,755 989
61 1,360 1,405 1,316 1,474 1,854 1,052
62 1,440 1,483 1,398 1,557 1,952 1,121
63 1,520 1,560 1,482 1,648 2,047 1,198
64 1,599 1,632 1,568 1,747 2,138 1,284
65 1,678 1,703 1,654 1,846 2,224 1,380
66 1,757 1,773 1,742 1,943 2,305 1,485
67 1,839 1,846 1,834 2,042 2,383 1,597
68 1,924 1,923 1,927 2,139 2,458 1,717
69 2,010 2,002 2,019 2,231 2,528 1,842
70 2,093 2,080 2,107 2,329 2,592 1,973
71 2,168 2,152 2,185 2,432 2,649 2,111
72 2,229 2,212 2,248 2,532 2,696 2,256
73 2,274 2,256 2,293 2,625 2,732 2,408
74 2,301 2,283 2,321 2,714 2,755 2,566
75 2,311 2,292 2,332 2,795 2,766 2,727
76 2,307 2,284 2,331 2,861 2,762 2,887
77 2,289 2,261 2,317 2,912 2,743 3,042
78 2,256 2,220 2,290 2,948 2,706 3,186
79 2,203 2,161 2,243 2,965 2,650 3,313
80 2,126 2,078 2,172 2,966 2,571 3,417
81 2,022 1,972 2,071 2,938 2,468 3,491
82 1,892 1,842 1,940 2,881 2,341 3,529
83 1,739 1,693 1,785 2,797 2,193 3,527
84 1,573 1,530 1,614 2,684 2,027 3,481
85 1,400 1,361 1,439 2,546 1,850 3,387
86 1,228 1,191 1,265 2,383 1,666 3,247
87 1,061 1,024 1,098 2,194 1,479 3,062
88 900 863 938 1,990 1,293 2,836
89 747 708 785 1,773 1,111 2,577
90 603 563 642 1,549 936 2,294
91 471 433 509 1,325 772 1,998
92 356 320 391 1,107 622 1,700
93 259.5 227.7 290.2 901 488 1,412
94 183.1 156.2 209 716 374 1,142
95 125.3 103.5 146.2 555 278.8 899
96 83.4 66.3 99.7 418 202.5 688
97 54 41.2 66.2 306 143 511
98 34 24.7 42.8 217.7 98.2 368
99 20.8 14.4 26.8 149.9 65.5 256.6
100 0 0 0 26.2 0 63.1

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 Nigeria and Sao Tome and Principe 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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