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Life Expectancy in Nigeria vs Senegal (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 55 years in Nigeria vs 69.4 in Senegal. Nigeria is ranked 197/197 by life expectancy, and Senegal is 143/197. In Nigeria, the life expectancy is 54.6 years for males and 55.3 years for females. In Senegal, it's 67.4 years for males and 71.5 years for females.

Nigeria vs Senegal life expectancy at birth by year chart

Nigeria
Male

Female
Senegal
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Nigeria Senegal
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 35.5 33.6 37.5 36.5 36 37
1951 35.7 33.8 37.7 36.9 36.4 37.4
1952 35.9 34 37.9 37.4 36.9 37.8
1953 36 34.1 38.1 37.8 37.2 38.3
1954 36.2 34.3 38.3 38.2 37.6 38.7
1955 36.3 34.3 38.5 38.5 38 39
1956 36.5 34.5 38.6 38.9 38.4 39.4
1957 36.6 34.6 38.8 39.1 38.6 39.6
1958 36.8 34.8 39 39.4 38.9 39.9
1959 37 35 39.2 39.5 39 40.1
1960 37.2 35.2 39.3 39.7 39.1 40.2
1961 37.4 35.4 39.6 39.7 39.2 40.2
1962 37.6 35.6 39.7 39.7 39.2 40.2
1963 37.8 35.8 39.9 39.7 39.2 40.2
1964 38 35.9 40.1 39.8 39.2 40.2
1965 38.2 36.2 40.4 39.8 39.3 40.2
1966 38.4 36.4 40.5 39.8 39.3 40.3
1967 37.5 35.1 40.1 40 39.5 40.5
1968 38.6 36.4 41 40.1 39.7 40.6
1969 38.9 36.8 41.3 40.4 39.9 40.9
1970 40 38.4 41.7 40.8 40.3 41.3
1971 40.6 39 42.3 41.2 40.7 41.8
1972 41.3 39.5 43.1 41.8 41.2 42.4
1973 41.8 40 43.7 42.4 41.8 43.1
1974 42.5 40.6 44.5 43.1 42.5 43.7
1975 43.1 41 45.2 43.9 43.3 44.6
1976 44.2 42.7 45.7 44.8 44.1 45.6
1977 44.8 43.4 46.3 45.7 44.9 46.5
1978 45.3 43.8 46.9 46.6 45.8 47.4
1979 45.7 44.2 47.3 47.5 46.5 48.5
1980 46 44.3 47.6 48.3 47.3 49.3
1981 46.3 44.6 48 49.1 48 50.2
1982 46.4 44.7 48.2 49.9 48.7 51
1983 46.4 44.8 48.1 50.8 49.6 52.1
1984 46.3 44.7 48 51.7 50.4 53.1
1985 46.2 44.6 47.9 52.6 51.2 54
1986 46 44.5 47.5 53.7 52.2 55.2
1987 45.9 44.5 47.4 54.6 53.1 56.2
1988 45.8 44.4 47.3 55.5 54 57.1
1989 45.8 44.4 47.3 56.2 54.5 57.9
1990 45.7 44.4 47.1 56.7 55 58.4
1991 45.5 44.1 47 57 55.4 58.7
1992 45.6 44.2 47 57.3 55.6 59
1993 45.8 44.2 47.4 57.3 55.7 59
1994 45.7 44.2 47.3 57.5 55.9 59.1
1995 45.9 44.4 47.4 57.3 55.8 58.9
1996 45.8 44.4 47.3 57.1 55.7 58.5
1997 46 44.7 47.2 57.1 55.7 58.6
1998 46.1 45.1 47.2 57.1 55.7 58.5
1999 46.6 45.7 47.5 57.3 56 58.6
2000 47.1 46.3 48 57.6 56.1 59.1
2001 47.5 46.9 48.2 58.2 56.6 59.7
2002 48 47.5 48.5 58.9 57.2 60.6
2003 48.6 48.2 49.1 59.5 57.7 61.2
2004 49.1 48.8 49.5 60.3 58.6 62
2005 49.5 49 50.1 61 59.3 62.6
2006 49.9 49.3 50.4 61.8 60.1 63.5
2007 50.4 49.8 50.9 62.7 61 64.3
2008 50.7 50.3 51.2 63.2 61.5 64.9
2009 51.1 50.6 51.6 63.8 61.8 65.7
2010 51.3 50.9 51.8 64.2 62.3 66.2
2011 51.5 51.1 51.9 64.8 62.8 66.8
2012 51.7 51.3 52 65.2 63.2 67.3
2013 51.8 51.5 52.2 65.6 63.6 67.7
2014 51.9 51.6 52.3 66 64 68
2015 51.9 51.6 52.2 66.5 64.6 68.3
2016 52.2 51.9 52.4 66.7 64.9 68.5
2017 52.4 52.1 52.6 67.1 65.3 68.9
2018 52.7 52.4 52.9 67.4 65.6 69.2
2019 53 52.8 53.2 67.7 65.9 69.6
2020 53.1 52.7 53.4 67.5 65.5 69.7
2021 53.5 53.2 53.7 66.9 64.9 69
2022 54.1 53.8 54.4 67.8 65.9 69.9
2023 54.5 54.2 54.7 68.7 66.8 70.8
2024 54.6 54.3 54.9 68.9 67 71
2025 54.8 54.5 55.1 69.2 67.2 71.3
2026 55 54.6 55.3 69.4 67.4 71.5

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 58.9 in Senegal. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 14 healthy years in Nigeria and 12.7 in Senegal.

Nigeria vs Senegal 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 Senegal, 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 vs 43.3 years

Mean expected age of death:
67.2 vs 73.3 years

Median expected age of death:
70.1 vs 75.9 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Nigeria Senegal
Male Female Male Female
40 93.0% 92.6% 97.3% 98.0%
50 83.9% 83.9% 92.4% 94.8%
60 70.5% 71.9% 82.5% 88.5%
65 61.0% 63.0% 74.2% 82.7%
70 49.2% 51.4% 63.0% 73.5%
75 35.2% 37.2% 47.6% 59.2%
80 20.8% 22.5% 29.1% 39.7%
85 9.2% 10.2% 12.6% 19.1%
90 2.5% 3.2% 3.0% 5.6%
95 0.3% 0.5% 0.3% 0.7%
100 0.0% 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.

The life expectancy from current ages in Nigeria vs Senegal: 67.2 years vs 73.3 at 30, 77.2 vs 78.7 at 65, 85.2 vs 85.2 at 80 — significantly higher than the 55 vs 69.4 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 Senegal.

Nigeria
Male

Female
Senegal
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Nigeria Senegal
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 55 54.6 55.3 69.4 67.4 71.5
1 58.9 58.8 58.9 70.9 69.1 72.8
2 59.4 59.5 59.4 71.2 69.4 73.1
3 60 60 59.9 71.4 69.6 73.2
4 60.5 60.5 60.4 71.5 69.8 73.4
5 61 61 60.9 71.6 69.9 73.5
6 61.4 61.4 61.4 71.7 70 73.6
7 61.9 61.8 61.9 71.8 70 73.7
8 62.2 62.1 62.4 71.8 70.1 73.7
9 62.5 62.4 62.7 71.9 70.2 73.8
10 62.8 62.6 63 71.9 70.2 73.8
11 63 62.8 63.3 72 70.3 73.9
12 63.2 62.9 63.5 72 70.3 73.9
13 63.4 63.1 63.7 72.1 70.4 73.9
14 63.5 63.3 63.8 72.1 70.4 74
15 63.7 63.4 64 72.2 70.5 74
16 63.9 63.6 64.2 72.2 70.5 74
17 64.1 63.8 64.4 72.3 70.6 74.1
18 64.3 63.9 64.6 72.3 70.7 74.1
19 64.5 64.2 64.9 72.4 70.7 74.2
20 64.7 64.4 65.1 72.5 70.8 74.3
21 65 64.6 65.3 72.6 70.9 74.3
22 65.2 64.9 65.5 72.6 71 74.4
23 65.5 65.2 65.8 72.7 71.1 74.5
24 65.7 65.4 66 72.8 71.2 74.5
25 66 65.7 66.2 72.9 71.3 74.6
26 66.2 65.9 66.5 73 71.4 74.7
27 66.5 66.2 66.7 73 71.4 74.8
28 66.7 66.4 67 73.1 71.5 74.8
29 67 66.7 67.2 73.2 71.6 74.9
30 67.2 66.9 67.5 73.3 71.7 75
31 67.5 67.2 67.7 73.4 71.8 75.1
32 67.7 67.4 68 73.5 71.9 75.1
33 68 67.7 68.2 73.6 72 75.2
34 68.2 67.9 68.5 73.6 72.1 75.3
35 68.4 68.1 68.8 73.7 72.2 75.4
36 68.7 68.4 69 73.8 72.3 75.5
37 68.9 68.6 69.3 73.9 72.4 75.5
38 69.2 68.8 69.5 74 72.5 75.6
39 69.4 69.1 69.8 74.1 72.6 75.7
40 69.7 69.3 70.1 74.2 72.7 75.8
41 70 69.6 70.3 74.3 72.8 75.9
42 70.2 69.8 70.6 74.4 73 76
43 70.5 70.1 70.9 74.5 73.1 76.1
44 70.7 70.3 71.1 74.6 73.2 76.2
45 71 70.6 71.4 74.8 73.4 76.3
46 71.3 70.9 71.6 74.9 73.5 76.4
47 71.5 71.1 71.9 75 73.7 76.5
48 71.8 71.4 72.1 75.2 73.8 76.6
49 72 71.7 72.4 75.3 74 76.7
50 72.3 71.9 72.7 75.4 74.2 76.8
51 72.6 72.2 72.9 75.6 74.3 76.9
52 72.9 72.5 73.2 75.8 74.5 77.1
53 73.1 72.8 73.4 75.9 74.7 77.2
54 73.4 73.1 73.7 76.1 74.9 77.4
55 73.7 73.5 74 76.3 75.2 77.5
56 74 73.8 74.3 76.5 75.4 77.7
57 74.4 74.1 74.6 76.7 75.6 77.8
58 74.7 74.4 74.9 76.9 75.9 78
59 75 74.8 75.2 77.1 76.1 78.1
60 75.3 75.1 75.5 77.3 76.4 78.3
61 75.7 75.5 75.9 77.6 76.7 78.5
62 76 75.8 76.2 77.8 77 78.7
63 76.4 76.2 76.6 78.1 77.3 78.9
64 76.8 76.6 77 78.4 77.6 79.2
65 77.2 77 77.4 78.7 77.9 79.4
66 77.6 77.5 77.8 79 78.3 79.7
67 78.1 77.9 78.2 79.3 78.6 80
68 78.5 78.4 78.6 79.6 79 80.3
69 79 78.8 79.1 80 79.4 80.6
70 79.4 79.3 79.6 80.3 79.8 80.9
71 79.9 79.8 80.1 80.7 80.2 81.2
72 80.5 80.3 80.6 81.1 80.6 81.6
73 81 80.9 81.1 81.5 81.1 82
74 81.6 81.4 81.7 82 81.6 82.4
75 82.1 82 82.2 82.5 82.1 82.9
76 82.7 82.6 82.8 83 82.6 83.4
77 83.3 83.2 83.4 83.5 83.2 83.8
78 83.9 83.8 84.1 84 83.7 84.4
79 84.6 84.5 84.7 84.6 84.3 84.9
80 85.2 85.1 85.4 85.2 85 85.5
81 85.9 85.8 86 85.8 85.6 86.1
82 86.6 86.5 86.7 86.5 86.3 86.7
83 87.3 87.2 87.5 87.2 87 87.4
84 88.1 87.9 88.2 87.9 87.7 88.1
85 88.8 88.7 88.9 88.6 88.4 88.8
86 89.6 89.4 89.7 89.3 89.1 89.5
87 90.3 90.2 90.5 90.1 89.9 90.2
88 91.1 91 91.3 90.8 90.7 91
89 91.9 91.8 92 91.6 91.4 91.7
90 92.7 92.6 92.9 92.4 92.3 92.5
91 93.6 93.4 93.7 93.2 93.1 93.3
92 94.4 94.3 94.5 94.1 94 94.2
93 95.3 95.2 95.4 95 94.8 95
94 96.2 96 96.3 95.9 95.7 95.9
95 97.1 96.9 97.2 96.8 96.7 96.8
96 98 97.8 98.1 97.7 97.6 97.7
97 98.9 98.8 99 98.6 98.5 98.6
98 99.8 99.7 99.9 99.5 99.4 99.5
99 100.7 100.6 100.8 100.5 100.4 100.5
100 101.6 101.6 101.7 101.4 101.3 101.4

Odds of living to age in Nigeria vs Senegal

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 56% in Nigeria and 80.2% in Senegal are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 39.6% and 63.9% will live to 70 years or older, 17.1% and 32.1% to 80+ years, and 2.24% and 3.88% 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
Senegal
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Nigeria Senegal
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 93.3% 92.8% 93.9% 97.9% 97.5% 98.2%
2 92.4% 91.8% 93.1% 97.5% 97.1% 97.9%
3 91.6% 90.9% 92.3% 97.2% 96.8% 97.6%
4 90.7% 90% 91.4% 97% 96.6% 97.4%
5 89.9% 89.3% 90.6% 96.8% 96.4% 97.3%
6 89.2% 88.6% 89.7% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
7 88.5% 88.1% 89% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
8 87.9% 87.6% 88.3% 96.5% 96.1% 96.9%
9 87.4% 87.1% 87.7% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
10 87% 86.8% 87.2% 96.4% 95.9% 96.8%
11 86.6% 86.4% 86.8% 96.3% 95.8% 96.7%
12 86.3% 86.2% 86.4% 96.2% 95.8% 96.7%
13 86% 85.9% 86.1% 96.1% 95.7% 96.6%
14 85.7% 85.6% 85.8% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
15 85.4% 85.4% 85.5% 96% 95.5% 96.5%
16 85.1% 85.1% 85.2% 95.9% 95.4% 96.4%
17 84.8% 84.7% 84.8% 95.8% 95.3% 96.3%
18 84.4% 84.4% 84.4% 95.7% 95.2% 96.3%
19 84% 84% 84% 95.6% 95% 96.1%
20 83.6% 83.6% 83.6% 95.4% 94.9% 96%
21 83.1% 83.1% 83.1% 95.3% 94.7% 95.9%
22 82.7% 82.6% 82.7% 95.2% 94.5% 95.8%
23 82.2% 82.1% 82.3% 95% 94.4% 95.7%
24 81.7% 81.6% 81.8% 94.8% 94.2% 95.5%
25 81.2% 81.1% 81.4% 94.7% 94% 95.4%
26 80.7% 80.5% 80.9% 94.5% 93.8% 95.3%
27 80.2% 80% 80.4% 94.4% 93.6% 95.1%
28 79.7% 79.5% 79.9% 94.2% 93.4% 95%
29 79.2% 79% 79.4% 94% 93.3% 94.8%
30 78.7% 78.5% 78.9% 93.8% 93.1% 94.7%
31 78.1% 78% 78.3% 93.7% 92.8% 94.5%
32 77.6% 77.5% 77.8% 93.5% 92.6% 94.3%
33 77.1% 76.9% 77.2% 93.3% 92.4% 94.2%
34 76.5% 76.4% 76.6% 93% 92.1% 94%
35 76% 75.8% 76.1% 92.8% 91.9% 93.8%
36 75.4% 75.3% 75.5% 92.6% 91.6% 93.6%
37 74.8% 74.7% 74.9% 92.4% 91.4% 93.4%
38 74.2% 74.2% 74.3% 92.1% 91.1% 93.2%
39 73.6% 73.6% 73.6% 91.9% 90.8% 93%
40 73% 73% 73% 91.6% 90.5% 92.8%
41 72.4% 72.4% 72.3% 91.4% 90.2% 92.5%
42 71.7% 71.7% 71.7% 91.1% 89.9% 92.3%
43 71% 71.1% 71% 90.7% 89.5% 92%
44 70.4% 70.4% 70.3% 90.4% 89.1% 91.7%
45 69.7% 69.7% 69.7% 90% 88.6% 91.5%
46 69% 69% 69% 89.7% 88.2% 91.2%
47 68.3% 68.2% 68.3% 89.2% 87.7% 90.8%
48 67.5% 67.5% 67.6% 88.8% 87.2% 90.5%
49 66.8% 66.7% 66.9% 88.4% 86.6% 90.1%
50 66% 65.8% 66.2% 87.9% 86% 89.8%
51 65.2% 65% 65.4% 87.3% 85.4% 89.3%
52 64.3% 64.1% 64.6% 86.7% 84.7% 88.9%
53 63.4% 63.1% 63.7% 86.1% 83.9% 88.4%
54 62.5% 62.1% 62.9% 85.4% 83.1% 87.8%
55 61.5% 61.1% 62% 84.7% 82.2% 87.3%
56 60.5% 60% 61% 83.9% 81.2% 86.7%
57 59.5% 58.9% 60% 83.1% 80.2% 86%
58 58.4% 57.8% 59% 82.2% 79.1% 85.3%
59 57.2% 56.6% 57.9% 81.2% 78% 84.6%
60 56% 55.3% 56.7% 80.2% 76.7% 83.8%
61 54.7% 54% 55.5% 79% 75.4% 82.9%
62 53.4% 52.6% 54.1% 77.8% 74% 81.9%
63 51.9% 51.1% 52.8% 76.5% 72.4% 80.8%
64 50.4% 49.5% 51.3% 75.1% 70.8% 79.6%
65 48.8% 47.9% 49.7% 73.5% 69.1% 78.3%
66 47.1% 46.2% 48% 71.9% 67.2% 76.8%
67 45.4% 44.4% 46.3% 70.1% 65.2% 75.3%
68 43.5% 42.6% 44.5% 68.2% 63.2% 73.5%
69 41.6% 40.7% 42.5% 66.1% 61% 71.7%
70 39.6% 38.6% 40.5% 63.9% 58.6% 69.6%
71 37.5% 36.6% 38.4% 61.5% 56.1% 67.3%
72 35.3% 34.4% 36.2% 58.9% 53.4% 64.8%
73 33.1% 32.2% 33.9% 56.1% 50.5% 62.1%
74 30.8% 29.9% 31.6% 53.1% 47.5% 59.2%
75 28.5% 27.6% 29.3% 50% 44.3% 56%
76 26.2% 25.3% 27% 46.6% 41% 52.7%
77 23.8% 23% 24.6% 43.2% 37.6% 49.1%
78 21.5% 20.8% 22.3% 39.5% 34.1% 45.4%
79 19.3% 18.5% 20% 35.8% 30.6% 41.6%
80 17.1% 16.4% 17.7% 32.1% 27.1% 37.6%
81 14.9% 14.3% 15.5% 28.3% 23.7% 33.5%
82 12.9% 12.3% 13.5% 24.6% 20.4% 29.4%
83 11% 10.4% 11.5% 21.1% 17.2% 25.5%
84 9.22% 8.73% 9.7% 17.7% 14.3% 21.7%
85 7.63% 7.19% 8.07% 14.6% 11.7% 18.1%
86 6.22% 5.81% 6.62% 11.8% 9.32% 14.9%
87 4.98% 4.61% 5.34% 9.31% 7.25% 12%
88 3.91% 3.58% 4.23% 7.17% 5.47% 9.37%
89 3% 2.71% 3.28% 5.36% 4% 7.14%
90 2.24% 1.99% 2.49% 3.88% 2.82% 5.27%
91 1.63% 1.42% 1.84% 2.71% 1.91% 3.75%
92 1.16% 0.98% 1.33% 1.82% 1.24% 2.57%
93 0.8% 0.66% 0.93% 1.18% 0.77% 1.69%
94 0.54% 0.43% 0.64% 0.74% 0.46% 1.08%
95 0.35% 0.27% 0.42% 0.44% 0.27% 0.66%
96 0.22% 0.17% 0.28% 0.26% 0.15% 0.39%
97 0.14% 0.1% 0.18% 0.14% 0.08% 0.22%
98 0.08% 0.06% 0.11% 0.08% 0.04% 0.12%
99 0.05% 0.03% 0.07% 0.04% 0.02% 0.06%
100 0.03% 0.02% 0.04% 0.02% 0.01% 0.03%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 6.69% in the birth year in Nigeria and 2.14% in Senegal, 0.67% vs 0.2% at age 30, 2.29% vs 1.41% at 60, and 12.5% vs 11.7% at 80.

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

Nigeria
Male

Female
Senegal
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Nigeria Senegal
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 6.69% 7.24% 6.13% 2.14% 2.45% 1.82%
1 0.96% 1.08% 0.84% 0.37% 0.42% 0.32%
2 0.93% 0.99% 0.88% 0.28% 0.31% 0.26%
3 0.91% 0.9% 0.91% 0.22% 0.23% 0.21%
4 0.88% 0.82% 0.93% 0.17% 0.18% 0.17%
5 0.83% 0.74% 0.92% 0.14% 0.14% 0.13%
6 0.76% 0.65% 0.87% 0.11% 0.12% 0.11%
7 0.67% 0.57% 0.78% 0.1% 0.1% 0.09%
8 0.58% 0.49% 0.67% 0.08% 0.09% 0.08%
9 0.49% 0.42% 0.56% 0.08% 0.08% 0.07%
10 0.42% 0.37% 0.47% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
11 0.37% 0.33% 0.4% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
12 0.34% 0.31% 0.37% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
13 0.33% 0.31% 0.35% 0.08% 0.09% 0.06%
14 0.34% 0.32% 0.36% 0.08% 0.1% 0.07%
15 0.36% 0.34% 0.39% 0.09% 0.11% 0.07%
16 0.4% 0.38% 0.42% 0.1% 0.12% 0.08%
17 0.44% 0.42% 0.46% 0.11% 0.13% 0.1%
18 0.48% 0.47% 0.49% 0.12% 0.14% 0.11%
19 0.51% 0.51% 0.51% 0.14% 0.16% 0.12%
20 0.54% 0.56% 0.52% 0.15% 0.17% 0.12%
21 0.56% 0.59% 0.53% 0.16% 0.19% 0.13%
22 0.58% 0.62% 0.53% 0.16% 0.19% 0.13%
23 0.59% 0.63% 0.54% 0.17% 0.2% 0.14%
24 0.6% 0.64% 0.56% 0.17% 0.2% 0.14%
25 0.61% 0.64% 0.58% 0.17% 0.2% 0.15%
26 0.62% 0.64% 0.6% 0.17% 0.19% 0.15%
27 0.63% 0.64% 0.63% 0.18% 0.2% 0.16%
28 0.64% 0.64% 0.65% 0.18% 0.2% 0.16%
29 0.66% 0.65% 0.67% 0.19% 0.21% 0.17%
30 0.67% 0.66% 0.69% 0.2% 0.22% 0.17%
31 0.69% 0.67% 0.7% 0.21% 0.24% 0.18%
32 0.7% 0.68% 0.72% 0.22% 0.25% 0.18%
33 0.71% 0.7% 0.73% 0.22% 0.26% 0.19%
34 0.73% 0.71% 0.75% 0.23% 0.27% 0.19%
35 0.75% 0.72% 0.77% 0.24% 0.28% 0.2%
36 0.77% 0.74% 0.8% 0.24% 0.28% 0.21%
37 0.79% 0.76% 0.82% 0.25% 0.29% 0.22%
38 0.82% 0.79% 0.85% 0.27% 0.31% 0.23%
39 0.85% 0.82% 0.87% 0.29% 0.33% 0.24%
40 0.88% 0.85% 0.9% 0.31% 0.36% 0.26%
41 0.9% 0.89% 0.92% 0.33% 0.39% 0.27%
42 0.93% 0.93% 0.93% 0.35% 0.42% 0.29%
43 0.95% 0.96% 0.95% 0.38% 0.45% 0.3%
44 0.98% 0.99% 0.96% 0.4% 0.48% 0.32%
45 1% 1.03% 0.97% 0.42% 0.52% 0.33%
46 1.03% 1.07% 0.99% 0.45% 0.55% 0.35%
47 1.07% 1.11% 1.02% 0.48% 0.59% 0.37%
48 1.11% 1.17% 1.05% 0.52% 0.64% 0.4%
49 1.17% 1.25% 1.1% 0.56% 0.69% 0.43%
50 1.24% 1.33% 1.16% 0.62% 0.76% 0.47%
51 1.32% 1.41% 1.23% 0.67% 0.83% 0.52%
52 1.4% 1.5% 1.3% 0.73% 0.91% 0.56%
53 1.48% 1.58% 1.37% 0.79% 0.99% 0.61%
54 1.56% 1.66% 1.45% 0.85% 1.07% 0.65%
55 1.64% 1.74% 1.54% 0.92% 1.16% 0.69%
56 1.73% 1.83% 1.63% 0.99% 1.25% 0.74%
57 1.84% 1.94% 1.74% 1.07% 1.35% 0.8%
58 1.97% 2.07% 1.87% 1.17% 1.47% 0.87%
59 2.12% 2.22% 2.01% 1.28% 1.6% 0.96%
60 2.29% 2.4% 2.18% 1.41% 1.74% 1.07%
61 2.49% 2.6% 2.37% 1.55% 1.9% 1.2%
62 2.7% 2.82% 2.58% 1.71% 2.07% 1.34%
63 2.93% 3.05% 2.81% 1.87% 2.26% 1.49%
64 3.18% 3.3% 3.06% 2.05% 2.45% 1.66%
65 3.44% 3.56% 3.33% 2.24% 2.67% 1.84%
66 3.73% 3.84% 3.63% 2.46% 2.91% 2.04%
67 4.06% 4.16% 3.97% 2.71% 3.19% 2.27%
68 4.43% 4.52% 4.34% 3.01% 3.51% 2.55%
69 4.84% 4.93% 4.76% 3.36% 3.88% 2.88%
70 5.3% 5.39% 5.22% 3.76% 4.31% 3.26%
71 5.8% 5.9% 5.71% 4.22% 4.8% 3.7%
72 6.33% 6.45% 6.23% 4.74% 5.36% 4.19%
73 6.9% 7.03% 6.78% 5.32% 5.99% 4.73%
74 7.5% 7.66% 7.37% 5.96% 6.68% 5.32%
75 8.15% 8.33% 8% 6.68% 7.46% 5.98%
76 8.86% 9.06% 8.69% 7.47% 8.31% 6.72%
77 9.65% 9.86% 9.47% 8.36% 9.25% 7.56%
78 10.5% 10.7% 10.3% 9.36% 10.3% 8.52%
79 11.5% 11.7% 11.3% 10.5% 11.4% 9.62%
80 12.5% 12.8% 12.3% 11.7% 12.6% 10.8%
81 13.7% 13.9% 13.4% 13.1% 14% 12.1%
82 14.8% 15.1% 14.5% 14.5% 15.4% 13.5%
83 16% 16.3% 15.7% 16% 16.9% 14.9%
84 17.2% 17.7% 16.8% 17.6% 18.5% 16.4%
85 18.5% 19.1% 18% 19.2% 20.3% 17.9%
86 19.9% 20.7% 19.3% 21% 22.3% 19.6%
87 21.5% 22.4% 20.8% 23% 24.5% 21.6%
88 23.3% 24.3% 22.4% 25.2% 26.9% 23.8%
89 25.2% 26.4% 24.2% 27.6% 29.6% 26.2%
90 27.2% 28.6% 26.1% 30.2% 32.3% 28.8%
91 29.2% 30.8% 28% 32.8% 35% 31.5%
92 31.1% 32.9% 29.8% 35.3% 37.6% 34%
93 32.9% 34.9% 31.6% 37.7% 40% 36.5%
94 34.6% 36.9% 33.2% 39.9% 42.3% 38.7%
95 36.3% 38.7% 34.9% 41.9% 44.4% 40.8%
96 37.9% 40.5% 36.5% 43.9% 46.4% 42.9%
97 39.6% 42.4% 38.2% 45.9% 48.4% 45%
98 41.3% 44.2% 39.9% 47.9% 50.3% 47.1%
99 43% 46% 41.7% 49.8% 52.2% 49.1%
100 44.7% 47.8% 43.4% 51.8% 54.2% 51.2%

Death rate by age in Nigeria compared to Senegal

In Nigeria, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 80 in Senegal. The median age of death is 64.3 in Nigeria and 75 in Senegal — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Nigeria
Male

Female
Senegal
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Nigeria Senegal
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 6,691 7,237 6,132 2,140 2,451 1,820
1 895 1,000 785 362 407 315
2 862 907 815 277.2 302 251.1
3 832 822 842 214.1 226.8 200.9
4 795 740 852 167.5 173.3 161.3
5 744 658 834 133.5 136.4 130.3
6 676 577 779 108.9 111.5 106.1
7 593 498 691 91.8 95.6 87.6
8 506 427 588 80.3 86.1 74
9 425 366 487 73.2 81.2 64.3
10 361 319 406 69.5 79.6 58.3
11 317 287 349 68.7 80.6 55.4
12 292.3 269.1 316 70.2 83.5 55.4
13 284.9 264.9 306 73.9 87.9 58.3
14 292.2 272.9 312 79.6 93.8 64
15 312 291.9 332 87.3 101.3 72
16 340 320 360 96.8 110.5 81.9
17 371 354 389 107.7 121.7 92.5
18 402 393 412 119.4 134.9 102.6
19 429 431 427 131 149.3 111.2
20 451 466 435 141.6 163.5 118
21 466 494 438 150.2 175.5 123.2
22 477 512 441 156.2 183.5 127.4
23 484 520 447 159.6 186.8 131.4
24 490 522 457 161.2 186.2 135.4
25 495 518 471 162.1 184 139.7
26 501 513 487 163.6 182.4 144.4
27 507 510 504 166.5 183.6 149.2
28 514 509 519 171.5 188.6 154
29 521 511 531 178.2 197.5 158.6
30 529 516 541 186.4 209.3 163
31 536 523 550 194.8 222 167.3
32 543 529 558 202.6 233.5 171.4
33 551 535 567 209.1 242.5 175.6
34 559 541 577 214.4 248.7 180.2
35 568 548 588 219.6 253.8 185.8
36 578 557 600 225.9 259.5 192.8
37 591 569 614 234.6 268.3 201.5
38 606 584 628 246.7 281.7 212.2
39 622 603 642 262.1 300 224.7
40 639 624 654 280.6 324 238.2
41 654 645 663 301 350 252
42 667 664 669 322 378 265.3
43 677 682 672 342 405 277.7
44 686 698 674 362 432 289.5
45 696 715 676 382 458 302
46 709 735 682 404 487 317
47 727 760 694 430 519 336
48 753 792 712 461 557 360
49 784 830 737 499 601 390
50 821 873 768 542 652 425
51 860 917 803 588 709 462
52 899 958 839 636 768 499
53 936 996 876 683 828 535
54 972 1,030 913 730 888 569
55 1,008 1,062 952 778 950 604
56 1,047 1,098 995 831 1,014 642
57 1,093 1,141 1,044 891 1,084 688
58 1,147 1,194 1,100 961 1,160 745
59 1,211 1,256 1,165 1,041 1,245 815
60 1,283 1,328 1,237 1,131 1,336 899
61 1,360 1,405 1,316 1,228 1,433 994
62 1,440 1,483 1,398 1,329 1,533 1,097
63 1,521 1,560 1,483 1,433 1,635 1,205
64 1,600 1,633 1,569 1,538 1,738 1,318
65 1,679 1,704 1,656 1,649 1,845 1,437
66 1,759 1,775 1,745 1,769 1,958 1,566
67 1,842 1,849 1,837 1,902 2,081 1,711
68 1,928 1,926 1,931 2,052 2,216 1,876
69 2,014 2,006 2,024 2,220 2,365 2,064
70 2,098 2,084 2,113 2,404 2,525 2,271
71 2,174 2,157 2,192 2,598 2,692 2,492
72 2,236 2,218 2,256 2,795 2,861 2,717
73 2,282 2,263 2,303 2,988 3,023 2,939
74 2,310 2,291 2,331 3,170 3,173 3,150
75 2,321 2,301 2,344 3,336 3,304 3,349
76 2,318 2,294 2,344 3,483 3,408 3,538
77 2,300 2,271 2,331 3,607 3,480 3,714
78 2,268 2,232 2,304 3,702 3,512 3,872
79 2,216 2,172 2,258 3,758 3,497 3,997
80 2,140 2,091 2,187 3,761 3,429 4,067
81 2,036 1,984 2,087 3,700 3,306 4,064
82 1,906 1,855 1,956 3,568 3,131 3,972
83 1,753 1,705 1,800 3,369 2,908 3,795
84 1,586 1,542 1,629 3,106 2,651 3,546
85 1,413 1,373 1,452 2,799 2,369 3,248
86 1,240 1,202 1,277 2,473 2,074 2,922
87 1,072 1,034 1,109 2,139 1,773 2,581
88 910 871 948 1,806 1,473 2,231
89 755 715 794 1,481 1,182 1,874
90 610 569 649 1,171 910 1,519
91 477 438 515 888 668 1,180
92 360 324 395 643 466 874
93 262.7 230.7 293.7 444 310 617
94 185.4 158.4 211.6 293.3 196.1 417
95 127 105 148.2 185.6 118.8 269.4
96 84.6 67.4 101 112.9 69.1 167.5
97 54.8 41.8 67.1 66.2 38.6 100.2
98 34.5 25.2 43.4 37.3 20.7 57.6
99 21.1 14.6 27.2 20.2 10.7 31.9
100 0 0 0 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 Nigeria and Senegal 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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