Life Expectancy in Nigeria vs Sierra Leone (1950-2026)

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

Nigeria

Male

Female

Sierra Leone

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	Nigeria			Sierra Leone
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	101.6	101.6	101.7	101.8	101.7	101.8
99	100.7	100.6	100.8	100.9	100.8	100.9
98	99.8	99.7	99.9	99.9	99.8	100
97	98.9	98.8	99	99	98.9	99.1
96	98	97.8	98.1	98.1	98	98.2
95	97.1	96.9	97.2	97.2	97.1	97.3
94	96.2	96	96.3	96.4	96.2	96.4
93	95.3	95.2	95.4	95.5	95.3	95.6
92	94.4	94.3	94.5	94.6	94.5	94.7
91	93.6	93.4	93.7	93.8	93.6	93.9
90	92.7	92.6	92.9	93	92.8	93.1
89	91.9	91.8	92	92.1	91.9	92.2
88	91.1	91	91.3	91.3	91.1	91.4
87	90.3	90.2	90.5	90.5	90.3	90.6
86	89.6	89.4	89.7	89.7	89.5	89.9
85	88.8	88.7	88.9	88.9	88.7	89.1
84	88.1	87.9	88.2	88.2	87.9	88.4
83	87.3	87.2	87.5	87.5	87.2	87.6
82	86.6	86.5	86.7	86.7	86.5	86.9
81	85.9	85.8	86	86	85.8	86.2
80	85.2	85.1	85.4	85.4	85.1	85.6
79	84.6	84.5	84.7	84.7	84.4	84.9
78	83.9	83.8	84.1	84.1	83.8	84.3
77	83.3	83.2	83.4	83.5	83.1	83.7
76	82.7	82.6	82.8	82.9	82.5	83.1
75	82.1	82	82.2	82.3	81.9	82.6
74	81.6	81.4	81.7	81.7	81.3	82
73	81	80.9	81.1	81.2	80.8	81.5
72	80.5	80.3	80.6	80.7	80.2	81
71	79.9	79.8	80.1	80.2	79.7	80.6
70	79.4	79.3	79.6	79.7	79.2	80.1
69	79	78.8	79.1	79.3	78.7	79.7
68	78.5	78.4	78.6	78.8	78.3	79.3
67	78.1	77.9	78.2	78.4	77.8	79
66	77.6	77.5	77.8	78	77.4	78.6
65	77.2	77	77.4	77.7	77	78.3
64	76.8	76.6	77	77.3	76.6	77.9
63	76.4	76.2	76.6	77	76.2	77.6
62	76	75.8	76.2	76.6	75.8	77.3
61	75.7	75.5	75.9	76.3	75.5	77
60	75.3	75.1	75.5	76	75.2	76.8
59	75	74.8	75.2	75.7	74.9	76.5
58	74.7	74.4	74.9	75.5	74.6	76.3
57	74.4	74.1	74.6	75.2	74.3	76.1
56	74	73.8	74.3	75	74	75.8
55	73.7	73.5	74	74.7	73.7	75.6
54	73.4	73.1	73.7	74.5	73.5	75.4
53	73.1	72.8	73.4	74.3	73.3	75.2
52	72.9	72.5	73.2	74.1	73	75
51	72.6	72.2	72.9	73.9	72.8	74.8
50	72.3	71.9	72.7	73.7	72.6	74.7
49	72	71.7	72.4	73.5	72.4	74.5
48	71.8	71.4	72.1	73.3	72.2	74.3
47	71.5	71.1	71.9	73.1	72.1	74.2
46	71.3	70.9	71.6	73	71.9	74
45	71	70.6	71.4	72.8	71.7	73.9
44	70.7	70.3	71.1	72.7	71.6	73.7
43	70.5	70.1	70.9	72.5	71.4	73.6
42	70.2	69.8	70.6	72.4	71.3	73.4
41	70	69.6	70.3	72.3	71.1	73.3
40	69.7	69.3	70.1	72.1	71	73.2
39	69.4	69.1	69.8	72	70.9	73
38	69.2	68.8	69.5	71.9	70.8	72.9
37	68.9	68.6	69.3	71.8	70.7	72.8
36	68.7	68.4	69	71.6	70.5	72.7
35	68.4	68.1	68.8	71.5	70.4	72.6
34	68.2	67.9	68.5	71.4	70.3	72.5
33	68	67.7	68.2	71.3	70.2	72.4
32	67.7	67.4	68	71.2	70.1	72.3
31	67.5	67.2	67.7	71.1	70	72.2
30	67.2	66.9	67.5	71	69.9	72.1
29	67	66.7	67.2	70.9	69.8	72
28	66.7	66.4	67	70.8	69.7	71.9
27	66.5	66.2	66.7	70.7	69.6	71.8
26	66.2	65.9	66.5	70.6	69.4	71.7
25	66	65.7	66.2	70.5	69.3	71.6
24	65.7	65.4	66	70.4	69.2	71.5
23	65.5	65.2	65.8	70.3	69.1	71.4
22	65.2	64.9	65.5	70.2	68.9	71.3
21	65	64.6	65.3	70	68.8	71.3
20	64.7	64.4	65.1	69.9	68.7	71.2
19	64.5	64.2	64.9	69.8	68.6	71.1
18	64.3	63.9	64.6	69.7	68.4	71
17	64.1	63.8	64.4	69.6	68.3	70.9
16	63.9	63.6	64.2	69.5	68.2	70.9
15	63.7	63.4	64	69.5	68.1	70.8
14	63.5	63.3	63.8	69.4	68	70.7
13	63.4	63.1	63.7	69.3	68	70.7
12	63.2	62.9	63.5	69.3	67.9	70.6
11	63	62.8	63.3	69.2	67.8	70.5
10	62.8	62.6	63	69.1	67.8	70.5
9	62.5	62.4	62.7	69.1	67.7	70.4
8	62.2	62.1	62.4	69	67.6	70.4
7	61.9	61.8	61.9	68.9	67.5	70.3
6	61.4	61.4	61.4	68.8	67.4	70.2
5	61	61	60.9	68.6	67.2	70
4	60.5	60.5	60.4	68.5	67.1	69.9
3	60	60	59.9	68.3	66.9	69.7
2	59.4	59.5	59.4	67.8	66.4	69.2
1	58.9	58.8	58.9	66.9	65.4	68.3
0	55	54.6	55.3	62.3	60.6	64.1

Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. However, an adult has already survived the causes of early-age mortality and can expect to live longer than the figure calculated at birth.

A 30-year-old in Nigeria can expect to live to 67.2 years compared to 71 in Sierra Leone, rising to 77.2 and 77.7 at 65, and to 85.2 and 85.4 at 80 — higher than the 55 and 62.3 years calculated at birth.

The chart above accounts for remaining lifespan and displays total life expectancy by age and gender in Nigeria and Sierra Leone.

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

Nigeria

Male

Female

Sierra Leone

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	Nigeria			Sierra Leone
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	0.03%	0.02%	0.04%	0.06%	0.03%	0.08%
99	0.05%	0.03%	0.07%	0.1%	0.05%	0.14%
98	0.08%	0.06%	0.11%	0.16%	0.09%	0.22%
97	0.14%	0.1%	0.18%	0.25%	0.15%	0.35%
96	0.22%	0.17%	0.28%	0.39%	0.24%	0.54%
95	0.35%	0.27%	0.42%	0.59%	0.38%	0.81%
94	0.54%	0.43%	0.64%	0.87%	0.57%	1.17%
93	0.8%	0.66%	0.93%	1.25%	0.85%	1.66%
92	1.16%	0.98%	1.33%	1.75%	1.22%	2.29%
91	1.63%	1.42%	1.84%	2.4%	1.71%	3.09%
90	2.24%	1.99%	2.49%	3.22%	2.35%	4.08%
89	3%	2.71%	3.28%	4.24%	3.16%	5.3%
88	3.91%	3.58%	4.23%	5.48%	4.17%	6.76%
87	4.98%	4.61%	5.34%	6.95%	5.39%	8.47%
86	6.22%	5.81%	6.62%	8.66%	6.84%	10.4%
85	7.63%	7.19%	8.07%	10.6%	8.51%	12.7%
84	9.22%	8.73%	9.7%	12.8%	10.4%	15.1%
83	11%	10.4%	11.5%	15.1%	12.5%	17.7%
82	12.9%	12.3%	13.5%	17.7%	14.8%	20.5%
81	14.9%	14.3%	15.5%	20.4%	17.2%	23.5%
80	17.1%	16.4%	17.7%	23.2%	19.8%	26.6%
79	19.3%	18.5%	20%	26.1%	22.5%	29.7%
78	21.5%	20.8%	22.3%	29.1%	25.3%	32.9%
77	23.8%	23%	24.6%	32.1%	28.1%	36.1%
76	26.2%	25.3%	27%	35.2%	31%	39.2%
75	28.5%	27.6%	29.3%	38.2%	33.9%	42.4%
74	30.8%	29.9%	31.6%	41.2%	36.8%	45.4%
73	33.1%	32.2%	33.9%	44%	39.7%	48.3%
72	35.3%	34.4%	36.2%	46.8%	42.5%	51.1%
71	37.5%	36.6%	38.4%	49.4%	45.2%	53.7%
70	39.6%	38.6%	40.5%	52%	47.8%	56.1%
69	41.6%	40.7%	42.5%	54.3%	50.2%	58.4%
68	43.5%	42.6%	44.5%	56.6%	52.6%	60.5%
67	45.4%	44.4%	46.3%	58.7%	54.9%	62.5%
66	47.1%	46.2%	48%	60.7%	57%	64.3%
65	48.8%	47.9%	49.7%	62.5%	59%	66%
64	50.4%	49.5%	51.3%	64.3%	61%	67.6%
63	51.9%	51.1%	52.8%	65.9%	62.8%	69.1%
62	53.4%	52.6%	54.1%	67.5%	64.5%	70.5%
61	54.7%	54%	55.5%	68.9%	66.1%	71.8%
60	56%	55.3%	56.7%	70.2%	67.6%	72.9%
59	57.2%	56.6%	57.9%	71.5%	68.9%	74%
58	58.4%	57.8%	59%	72.6%	70.2%	75%
57	59.5%	58.9%	60%	73.7%	71.4%	75.9%
56	60.5%	60%	61%	74.6%	72.5%	76.8%
55	61.5%	61.1%	62%	75.6%	73.5%	77.6%
54	62.5%	62.1%	62.9%	76.4%	74.5%	78.4%
53	63.4%	63.1%	63.7%	77.2%	75.4%	79.1%
52	64.3%	64.1%	64.6%	78%	76.2%	79.8%
51	65.2%	65%	65.4%	78.7%	77%	80.4%
50	66%	65.8%	66.2%	79.3%	77.7%	81%
49	66.8%	66.7%	66.9%	79.9%	78.4%	81.6%
48	67.5%	67.5%	67.6%	80.5%	79%	82.1%
47	68.3%	68.2%	68.3%	81%	79.6%	82.6%
46	69%	69%	69%	81.5%	80.1%	83%
45	69.7%	69.7%	69.7%	82%	80.6%	83.5%
44	70.4%	70.4%	70.3%	82.4%	81%	83.9%
43	71%	71.1%	71%	82.9%	81.5%	84.3%
42	71.7%	71.7%	71.7%	83.2%	81.9%	84.6%
41	72.4%	72.4%	72.3%	83.6%	82.2%	85%
40	73%	73%	73%	84%	82.6%	85.3%
39	73.6%	73.6%	73.6%	84.3%	82.9%	85.7%
38	74.2%	74.2%	74.3%	84.6%	83.2%	86%
37	74.8%	74.7%	74.9%	84.9%	83.5%	86.3%
36	75.4%	75.3%	75.5%	85.2%	83.8%	86.5%
35	76%	75.8%	76.1%	85.4%	84.1%	86.8%
34	76.5%	76.4%	76.6%	85.7%	84.3%	87%
33	77.1%	76.9%	77.2%	85.9%	84.6%	87.3%
32	77.6%	77.5%	77.8%	86.2%	84.8%	87.5%
31	78.1%	78%	78.3%	86.4%	85.1%	87.7%
30	78.7%	78.5%	78.9%	86.6%	85.3%	87.9%
29	79.2%	79%	79.4%	86.8%	85.5%	88.1%
28	79.7%	79.5%	79.9%	87%	85.7%	88.3%
27	80.2%	80%	80.4%	87.2%	86%	88.5%
26	80.7%	80.5%	80.9%	87.4%	86.2%	88.7%
25	81.2%	81.1%	81.4%	87.6%	86.4%	88.8%
24	81.7%	81.6%	81.8%	87.8%	86.7%	89%
23	82.2%	82.1%	82.3%	88%	86.9%	89.2%
22	82.7%	82.6%	82.7%	88.2%	87.2%	89.3%
21	83.1%	83.1%	83.1%	88.4%	87.4%	89.5%
20	83.6%	83.6%	83.6%	88.6%	87.6%	89.6%
19	84%	84%	84%	88.8%	87.9%	89.8%
18	84.4%	84.4%	84.4%	89%	88.1%	89.9%
17	84.8%	84.7%	84.8%	89.2%	88.3%	90.1%
16	85.1%	85.1%	85.2%	89.3%	88.4%	90.2%
15	85.4%	85.4%	85.5%	89.4%	88.6%	90.3%
14	85.7%	85.6%	85.8%	89.6%	88.7%	90.4%
13	86%	85.9%	86.1%	89.7%	88.9%	90.5%
12	86.3%	86.2%	86.4%	89.8%	89%	90.6%
11	86.6%	86.4%	86.8%	89.9%	89.1%	90.7%
10	87%	86.8%	87.2%	90%	89.2%	90.8%
9	87.4%	87.1%	87.7%	90.1%	89.3%	90.8%
8	87.9%	87.6%	88.3%	90.2%	89.4%	91%
7	88.5%	88.1%	89%	90.3%	89.6%	91.1%
6	89.2%	88.6%	89.7%	90.5%	89.8%	91.2%
5	89.9%	89.3%	90.6%	90.7%	90%	91.5%
4	90.7%	90%	91.4%	90.9%	90.2%	91.6%
3	91.6%	90.9%	92.3%	91.2%	90.5%	91.9%
2	92.4%	91.8%	93.1%	91.8%	91.2%	92.5%
1	93.3%	92.8%	93.9%	93.2%	92.6%	93.8%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 56% of newborns in Nigeria and 70.2% in Sierra Leone are expected to live past 60, 39.6% and 52% past 70, 17.1% and 23.2% past 80, and only 2.24% and 3.22% past 90.

For longevity rates starting from a different age, use the calculator provided above.

Odds of dying at each age

Chart Table

Nigeria

Male

Female

Sierra Leone

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	Nigeria			Sierra Leone
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	44.7%	47.8%	43.4%	42.6%	44.5%	41.8%
99	43%	46%	41.7%	40.8%	42.7%	40%
98	41.3%	44.2%	39.9%	39.2%	41.1%	38.4%
97	39.6%	42.4%	38.2%	37.5%	39.4%	36.6%
96	37.9%	40.5%	36.5%	35.7%	37.6%	34.8%
95	36.3%	38.7%	34.9%	33.9%	35.8%	33%
94	34.6%	36.9%	33.2%	32.1%	34%	31.1%
93	32.9%	34.9%	31.6%	30.3%	32.2%	29.3%
92	31.1%	32.9%	29.8%	28.6%	30.4%	27.6%
91	29.2%	30.8%	28%	27%	28.8%	25.9%
90	27.2%	28.6%	26.1%	25.5%	27.2%	24.4%
89	25.2%	26.4%	24.2%	24%	25.7%	23%
88	23.3%	24.3%	22.4%	22.6%	24.2%	21.6%
87	21.5%	22.4%	20.8%	21.2%	22.7%	20.2%
86	19.9%	20.7%	19.3%	19.8%	21.2%	18.8%
85	18.5%	19.1%	18%	18.3%	19.6%	17.5%
84	17.2%	17.7%	16.8%	17%	18.1%	16.2%
83	16%	16.3%	15.7%	15.6%	16.7%	14.9%
82	14.8%	15.1%	14.5%	14.4%	15.4%	13.7%
81	13.7%	13.9%	13.4%	13.2%	14.2%	12.6%
80	12.5%	12.8%	12.3%	12.2%	13%	11.5%
79	11.5%	11.7%	11.3%	11.2%	12%	10.6%
78	10.5%	10.7%	10.3%	10.3%	11.1%	9.68%
77	9.65%	9.86%	9.47%	9.43%	10.2%	8.85%
76	8.86%	9.06%	8.69%	8.64%	9.37%	8.08%
75	8.15%	8.33%	8%	7.9%	8.6%	7.36%
74	7.5%	7.66%	7.37%	7.2%	7.87%	6.67%
73	6.9%	7.03%	6.78%	6.54%	7.18%	6.03%
72	6.33%	6.45%	6.23%	5.92%	6.55%	5.42%
71	5.8%	5.9%	5.71%	5.35%	5.96%	4.86%
70	5.3%	5.39%	5.22%	4.83%	5.43%	4.34%
69	4.84%	4.93%	4.76%	4.36%	4.94%	3.89%
68	4.43%	4.52%	4.34%	3.95%	4.5%	3.49%
67	4.06%	4.16%	3.97%	3.59%	4.11%	3.15%
66	3.73%	3.84%	3.63%	3.28%	3.76%	2.86%
65	3.44%	3.56%	3.33%	3%	3.45%	2.6%
64	3.18%	3.3%	3.06%	2.74%	3.16%	2.37%
63	2.93%	3.05%	2.81%	2.5%	2.89%	2.16%
62	2.7%	2.82%	2.58%	2.28%	2.64%	1.96%
61	2.49%	2.6%	2.37%	2.08%	2.41%	1.78%
60	2.29%	2.4%	2.18%	1.89%	2.19%	1.6%
59	2.12%	2.22%	2.01%	1.71%	2%	1.45%
58	1.97%	2.07%	1.87%	1.56%	1.82%	1.32%
57	1.84%	1.94%	1.74%	1.43%	1.66%	1.21%
56	1.73%	1.83%	1.63%	1.32%	1.53%	1.12%
55	1.64%	1.74%	1.54%	1.22%	1.4%	1.04%
54	1.56%	1.66%	1.45%	1.13%	1.29%	0.97%
53	1.48%	1.58%	1.37%	1.05%	1.19%	0.91%
52	1.4%	1.5%	1.3%	0.97%	1.09%	0.85%
51	1.32%	1.41%	1.23%	0.9%	1%	0.79%
50	1.24%	1.33%	1.16%	0.83%	0.92%	0.74%
49	1.17%	1.25%	1.1%	0.76%	0.84%	0.68%
48	1.11%	1.17%	1.05%	0.7%	0.78%	0.63%
47	1.07%	1.11%	1.02%	0.65%	0.71%	0.59%
46	1.03%	1.07%	0.99%	0.61%	0.66%	0.55%
45	1%	1.03%	0.97%	0.57%	0.61%	0.52%
44	0.98%	0.99%	0.96%	0.53%	0.56%	0.49%
43	0.95%	0.96%	0.95%	0.5%	0.52%	0.47%
42	0.93%	0.93%	0.93%	0.47%	0.49%	0.44%
41	0.9%	0.89%	0.92%	0.44%	0.46%	0.42%
40	0.88%	0.85%	0.9%	0.41%	0.43%	0.4%
39	0.85%	0.82%	0.87%	0.39%	0.4%	0.37%
38	0.82%	0.79%	0.85%	0.37%	0.38%	0.35%
37	0.79%	0.76%	0.82%	0.35%	0.36%	0.33%
36	0.77%	0.74%	0.8%	0.33%	0.34%	0.32%
35	0.75%	0.72%	0.77%	0.31%	0.32%	0.3%
34	0.73%	0.71%	0.75%	0.3%	0.31%	0.28%
33	0.71%	0.7%	0.73%	0.28%	0.29%	0.27%
32	0.7%	0.68%	0.72%	0.27%	0.28%	0.26%
31	0.69%	0.67%	0.7%	0.26%	0.27%	0.25%
30	0.67%	0.66%	0.69%	0.25%	0.27%	0.24%
29	0.66%	0.65%	0.67%	0.24%	0.26%	0.23%
28	0.64%	0.64%	0.65%	0.24%	0.26%	0.22%
27	0.63%	0.64%	0.63%	0.23%	0.26%	0.21%
26	0.62%	0.64%	0.6%	0.23%	0.27%	0.2%
25	0.61%	0.64%	0.58%	0.23%	0.27%	0.19%
24	0.6%	0.64%	0.56%	0.23%	0.28%	0.19%
23	0.59%	0.63%	0.54%	0.23%	0.28%	0.18%
22	0.58%	0.62%	0.53%	0.23%	0.28%	0.18%
21	0.56%	0.59%	0.53%	0.23%	0.28%	0.17%
20	0.54%	0.56%	0.52%	0.22%	0.27%	0.17%
19	0.51%	0.51%	0.51%	0.21%	0.26%	0.16%
18	0.48%	0.47%	0.49%	0.2%	0.24%	0.15%
17	0.44%	0.42%	0.46%	0.18%	0.22%	0.15%
16	0.4%	0.38%	0.42%	0.16%	0.19%	0.13%
15	0.36%	0.34%	0.39%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
14	0.34%	0.32%	0.36%	0.13%	0.15%	0.11%
13	0.33%	0.31%	0.35%	0.12%	0.14%	0.1%
12	0.34%	0.31%	0.37%	0.11%	0.13%	0.1%
11	0.37%	0.33%	0.4%	0.11%	0.12%	0.1%
10	0.42%	0.37%	0.47%	0.11%	0.12%	0.1%
9	0.49%	0.42%	0.56%	0.12%	0.13%	0.1%
8	0.58%	0.49%	0.67%	0.13%	0.15%	0.12%
7	0.67%	0.57%	0.78%	0.16%	0.17%	0.14%
6	0.76%	0.65%	0.87%	0.19%	0.21%	0.17%
5	0.83%	0.74%	0.92%	0.26%	0.28%	0.23%
4	0.88%	0.82%	0.93%	0.18%	0.18%	0.17%
3	0.91%	0.9%	0.91%	0.29%	0.3%	0.27%
2	0.93%	0.99%	0.88%	0.72%	0.76%	0.68%
1	0.96%	1.08%	0.84%	1.46%	1.53%	1.39%
0	6.69%	7.24%	6.13%	6.81%	7.42%	6.2%

This chart displays the probability of dying at any given age in Nigeria compared to Sierra Leone, as mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime.

The annual chance of dying is 6.69% in the birth year in Nigeria and 6.81% in Sierra Leone, 0.67% vs 0.25% at age 30, 2.29% vs 1.89% at 60, and 12.5% vs 12.2% at 80.

Death rate by age in Nigeria vs Sierra Leone

Chart Table

Nigeria

Male

Female

Sierra Leone

Male

Female

1x

Age	Death rate
	Nigeria			Sierra Leone
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	21.1	14.6	27.2	39.1	23.2	55.1
98	34.5	25.2	43.4	61.8	37.9	85.7
97	54.8	41.8	67.1	94.5	59.9	129.2
96	84.6	67.4	101	140.1	91.7	188.4
95	127	105	148.2	201.1	135.9	266
94	185.4	158.4	211.6	280.1	195.3	364
93	262.7	230.7	293.7	379	272.6	485
92	360	324	395	501	371	630
91	477	438	515	648	492	801
90	610	569	649	820	639	997
89	755	715	794	1,018	812	1,218
88	910	871	948	1,237	1,009	1,459
87	1,072	1,034	1,109	1,471	1,223	1,713
86	1,240	1,202	1,277	1,711	1,447	1,967
85	1,413	1,373	1,452	1,946	1,671	2,213
84	1,586	1,542	1,629	2,166	1,885	2,439
83	1,753	1,705	1,800	2,367	2,085	2,640
82	1,906	1,855	1,956	2,543	2,268	2,812
81	2,036	1,984	2,087	2,695	2,432	2,952
80	2,140	2,091	2,187	2,822	2,576	3,060
79	2,216	2,172	2,258	2,921	2,699	3,137
78	2,268	2,232	2,304	2,989	2,796	3,181
77	2,300	2,271	2,331	3,029	2,867	3,193
76	2,318	2,294	2,344	3,039	2,908	3,172
75	2,321	2,301	2,344	3,015	2,918	3,117
74	2,310	2,291	2,331	2,961	2,899	3,030
73	2,282	2,263	2,303	2,878	2,852	2,912
72	2,236	2,218	2,256	2,771	2,782	2,768
71	2,174	2,157	2,192	2,646	2,693	2,606
70	2,098	2,084	2,113	2,510	2,591	2,437
69	2,014	2,006	2,024	2,371	2,482	2,269
68	1,928	1,926	1,931	2,236	2,369	2,112
67	1,842	1,849	1,837	2,108	2,256	1,968
66	1,759	1,775	1,745	1,988	2,145	1,839
65	1,679	1,704	1,656	1,874	2,034	1,719
64	1,600	1,633	1,569	1,762	1,924	1,606
63	1,521	1,560	1,483	1,652	1,814	1,495
62	1,440	1,483	1,398	1,541	1,702	1,384
61	1,360	1,405	1,316	1,431	1,591	1,275
60	1,283	1,328	1,237	1,324	1,481	1,170
59	1,211	1,256	1,165	1,224	1,377	1,074
58	1,147	1,194	1,100	1,134	1,279	990
57	1,093	1,141	1,044	1,053	1,189	919
56	1,047	1,098	995	982	1,106	859
55	1,008	1,062	952	919	1,030	808
54	972	1,030	913	862	960	763
53	936	996	876	808	894	721
52	899	958	839	755	831	679
51	860	917	803	705	772	637
50	821	873	768	656	715	596
49	784	830	737	610	662	557
48	753	792	712	567	613	520
47	727	760	694	529	568	489
46	709	735	682	495	527	461
45	696	715	676	464	490	437
44	686	698	674	436	457	415
43	677	682	672	411	427	395
42	667	664	669	388	400	376
41	654	645	663	366	375	357
40	639	624	654	346	353	339
39	622	603	642	327	332	321
38	606	584	628	309	314	304
37	591	569	614	293.1	297.9	288.1
36	578	557	600	278.5	283.4	273.4
35	568	548	588	265.3	270.4	260
34	559	541	577	253.4	258.9	247.7
33	551	535	567	242.7	248.7	236.4
32	543	529	558	233.1	239.9	226
31	536	523	550	224.6	232.6	216.4
30	529	516	541	217.5	227.2	207.5
29	521	511	531	211.8	223.9	199.3
28	514	509	519	207.6	223	191.6
27	507	510	504	204.9	224.7	184.5
26	501	513	487	203.8	228.6	178
25	495	518	471	203.9	234.2	172.3
24	490	522	457	204.6	240.4	167.2
23	484	520	447	205	245.6	162.9
22	477	512	441	204.4	248.2	159.1
21	466	494	438	201.9	246.7	155.4
20	451	466	435	196.4	240.1	151.2
19	429	431	427	187.8	228.2	145.9
18	402	393	412	175.9	211.6	139.1
17	371	354	389	161.7	191.8	130.6
16	340	320	360	146.4	171	121.1
15	312	291.9	332	131.6	151.3	111.2
14	292.2	272.9	312	118.5	134.3	102.1
13	284.9	264.9	306	108.1	121.1	94.7
12	292.3	269.1	316	101.1	112.4	89.5
11	317	287	349	98	108.4	87.3
10	361	319	406	99.1	109.4	88.5
9	425	366	487	105.4	116.1	94.2
8	506	427	588	118.2	130.1	105.9
7	593	498	691	140.3	153.9	126.2
6	676	577	779	175.8	191.6	159.5
5	744	658	834	231.8	249.9	213
4	795	740	852	160.3	163.4	157
3	832	822	842	263.1	274.4	251.4
2	862	907	815	664	694	633
1	895	1,000	785	1,363	1,421	1,302
0	6,691	7,237	6,132	6,810	7,421	6,205

This chart shows the number of deaths by age up to 100 for 3 cohorts of 100,000 newborns each — male, female, and both combined — illustrating how expected mortality is distributed throughout life.

In Nigeria, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in Sierra Leone. The median age of death is 64.3 in Nigeria and 70.8 in Sierra Leone, meaning only half of each cohort is expected to live past that age.

Note that this chart does not show rates per 100,000 population, as those would be skewed by age structure differences and reflect the demographics of Nigeria and Sierra Leone more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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