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Life Expectancy in Nigeria vs Somalia (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 54.8 years in Nigeria vs 59.1 in Somalia. Nigeria is ranked 197/197 by life expectancy, and Somalia is 192/197. In Nigeria, the life expectancy is 54.5 years for males and 55.1 years for females. In Somalia, it's 56.6 years for males and 61.7 years for females.

Nigeria vs Somalia life expectancy at birth by year chart

Nigeria
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Nigeria Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 35.5 33.6 37.5 41.5 40 42.9
1951 35.7 33.8 37.7 41.7 40.2 43.1
1952 35.9 34 37.9 41.9 40.4 43.4
1953 36 34.1 38.1 42.1 40.6 43.6
1954 36.2 34.3 38.3 42.3 40.8 43.8
1955 36.3 34.3 38.5 42.5 41.1 44
1956 36.5 34.5 38.6 42.7 41.3 44.2
1957 36.6 34.6 38.8 42.9 41.5 44.4
1958 36.8 34.8 39 43.1 41.7 44.6
1959 37 35 39.2 43.3 41.9 44.8
1960 37.2 35.2 39.3 43.5 42.1 45
1961 37.4 35.4 39.6 43.7 42.2 45.2
1962 37.6 35.6 39.7 44 42.5 45.5
1963 37.8 35.8 39.9 44.2 42.7 45.7
1964 38 35.9 40.1 44.4 42.9 45.9
1965 38.2 36.2 40.4 44.6 43.2 46.1
1966 38.4 36.4 40.5 44.8 43.4 46.3
1967 37.5 35.1 40.1 45.1 43.6 46.5
1968 38.6 36.4 41 45.3 43.8 46.7
1969 38.9 36.8 41.3 45.5 44 46.9
1970 40 38.4 41.7 45.6 44.2 47.1
1971 40.6 39 42.3 45.8 44.4 47.3
1972 41.3 39.5 43.1 46 44.6 47.5
1973 41.8 40 43.7 46.2 44.8 47.7
1974 42.5 40.6 44.5 44.3 42.9 45.7
1975 43.1 41 45.2 44.5 43.1 45.9
1976 44.2 42.7 45.7 44.7 43.3 46.2
1977 44.8 43.4 46.3 47 45.6 48.5
1978 45.3 43.8 46.9 47 45.4 48.7
1979 45.7 44.2 47.3 47.4 46 48.9
1980 46 44.3 47.6 47.6 46.2 49.1
1981 46.3 44.6 48 47.8 46.4 49.3
1982 46.4 44.7 48.2 48 46.6 49.5
1983 46.4 44.8 48.1 48.2 46.8 49.7
1984 46.3 44.7 48 48.4 47 49.9
1985 46.2 44.6 47.9 48.3 46.9 49.7
1986 46 44.5 47.5 48.4 47 49.9
1987 45.9 44.5 47.4 49 47.6 50.5
1988 45.8 44.4 47.3 43.9 39.9 48.8
1989 45.8 44.4 47.3 46.6 42.9 50.9
1990 45.7 44.4 47.1 46.9 43.1 51.2
1991 45.5 44.1 47 25.4 23.7 27.3
1992 45.6 44.2 47 25 23.9 26.3
1993 45.8 44.2 47.4 50.6 49.1 52.1
1994 45.7 44.2 47.3 50.3 48.8 51.8
1995 45.9 44.4 47.4 50.6 49.1 52.2
1996 45.8 44.4 47.3 50.5 49 52.1
1997 46 44.7 47.2 50.3 48.8 51.8
1998 46.1 45.1 47.2 50.8 49.3 52.2
1999 46.6 45.7 47.5 50.6 49.1 52.1
2000 47.1 46.3 48 50.7 49.3 52.2
2001 47.5 46.9 48.2 50.8 49.4 52.3
2002 48 47.5 48.5 50.8 49.4 52.3
2003 48.6 48.2 49.1 50.7 49.2 52.2
2004 49.1 48.8 49.5 50.7 49.2 52.2
2005 49.5 49 50.1 50.9 49.4 52.4
2006 49.9 49.3 50.4 50.9 49.3 52.6
2007 50.4 49.8 50.9 50.9 49.2 52.6
2008 50.7 50.3 51.2 51.5 49.8 53.2
2009 51.1 50.6 51.6 52.1 50.5 53.7
2010 51.3 50.9 51.8 48.9 47.1 50.8
2011 51.5 51.1 51.9 32.5 31.3 33.7
2012 51.7 51.3 52 49.1 47.3 51
2013 51.8 51.5 52.2 54 52.1 56
2014 51.9 51.6 52.3 54.4 52.4 56.6
2015 51.9 51.6 52.2 55.1 53 57.1
2016 52.2 51.9 52.4 55.3 53.1 57.6
2017 52.4 52.1 52.6 52.2 50.2 54.3
2018 52.7 52.4 52.9 54.8 52.7 56.9
2019 53 52.8 53.2 57.2 55.2 59.3
2020 53.1 52.7 53.4 57.1 55.1 59.2
2021 53.5 53.2 53.7 55.7 53.7 57.8
2022 54.1 53.8 54.4 53.9 51.8 56.2
2023 54.5 54.2 54.7 58.8 56.3 61.4
2024 54.6 54.3 54.9 59 56.5 61.6
2025 54.8 54.5 55.1 59.1 56.6 61.7

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 47.4 in Somalia. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 14 healthy years in Nigeria and 9.46 in Somalia.

Nigeria vs Somalia 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 Somalia, 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 40.2 years

Mean expected age of death:
67.1 vs 70.2 years

Median expected age of death:
70.0 vs 73.2 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Nigeria Somalia
Male Female Male Female
40 92.9% 92.5% 93.4% 95.7%
50 83.8% 83.8% 85.5% 89.9%
60 70.3% 71.7% 73.6% 80.6%
65 60.9% 62.8% 65.0% 73.3%
70 49.1% 51.2% 53.9% 62.9%
75 35.0% 37.0% 40.2% 49.1%
80 20.7% 22.3% 25.4% 32.8%
85 9.1% 10.2% 12.2% 17.0%
90 2.5% 3.1% 3.8% 6.2%
95 0.3% 0.5% 0.7% 1.4%
100 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.2%

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 Somalia: 67.1 years vs 70.2 at 30, 77.2 vs 78.5 at 65, 85.2 vs 85.9 at 80 — significantly higher than the 54.8 vs 59.1 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 Somalia.

Nigeria
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Nigeria Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 54.8 54.5 55.1 59.1 56.6 61.7
1 58.7 58.7 58.8 63.2 60.9 65.6
2 59.3 59.4 59.2 64.1 61.7 66.5
3 59.8 59.9 59.7 64.7 62.4 67.2
4 60.4 60.4 60.3 65.2 62.9 67.7
5 60.9 60.9 60.8 65.6 63.3 68
6 61.3 61.3 61.3 65.9 63.6 68.3
7 61.8 61.7 61.8 66.2 63.9 68.6
8 62.1 62 62.2 66.4 64 68.8
9 62.4 62.3 62.6 66.5 64.2 68.9
10 62.7 62.5 62.9 66.7 64.3 69.1
11 62.9 62.7 63.2 66.8 64.5 69.2
12 63.1 62.9 63.4 66.9 64.6 69.3
13 63.3 63 63.6 67 64.7 69.4
14 63.5 63.2 63.7 67.1 64.8 69.5
15 63.6 63.3 63.9 67.2 64.9 69.6
16 63.8 63.5 64.1 67.4 65.1 69.7
17 64 63.7 64.3 67.5 65.2 69.9
18 64.2 63.9 64.5 67.7 65.4 70
19 64.4 64.1 64.8 67.8 65.6 70.1
20 64.7 64.3 65 68 65.8 70.3
21 64.9 64.6 65.2 68.2 66.1 70.4
22 65.1 64.8 65.5 68.4 66.4 70.6
23 65.4 65.1 65.7 68.7 66.6 70.7
24 65.6 65.4 65.9 68.9 66.9 70.8
25 65.9 65.6 66.2 69.1 67.2 71
26 66.1 65.9 66.4 69.3 67.5 71.2
27 66.4 66.1 66.6 69.5 67.7 71.3
28 66.6 66.4 66.9 69.7 68 71.5
29 66.9 66.6 67.1 69.9 68.3 71.6
30 67.1 66.9 67.4 70.2 68.5 71.8
31 67.4 67.1 67.7 70.4 68.8 71.9
32 67.6 67.4 67.9 70.6 69 72.1
33 67.9 67.6 68.2 70.8 69.2 72.3
34 68.1 67.8 68.4 71 69.5 72.4
35 68.4 68.1 68.7 71.2 69.7 72.6
36 68.6 68.3 69 71.4 69.9 72.7
37 68.9 68.6 69.2 71.6 70.2 72.9
38 69.1 68.8 69.5 71.8 70.4 73.1
39 69.4 69 69.7 72 70.6 73.2
40 69.7 69.3 70 72.2 70.9 73.4
41 69.9 69.5 70.3 72.4 71.1 73.6
42 70.2 69.8 70.6 72.6 71.3 73.8
43 70.4 70 70.8 72.8 71.6 74
44 70.7 70.3 71.1 73 71.8 74.2
45 71 70.6 71.3 73.2 72 74.3
46 71.2 70.8 71.6 73.4 72.3 74.5
47 71.5 71.1 71.8 73.6 72.5 74.7
48 71.7 71.4 72.1 73.8 72.7 74.9
49 72 71.6 72.4 74.1 73 75.1
50 72.3 71.9 72.6 74.3 73.2 75.3
51 72.5 72.2 72.9 74.5 73.5 75.5
52 72.8 72.5 73.1 74.8 73.8 75.7
53 73.1 72.8 73.4 75 74 75.9
54 73.4 73.1 73.7 75.3 74.3 76.1
55 73.7 73.4 74 75.5 74.6 76.3
56 74 73.7 74.3 75.8 74.9 76.6
57 74.3 74.1 74.6 76 75.2 76.8
58 74.6 74.4 74.9 76.3 75.5 77
59 75 74.7 75.2 76.6 75.8 77.3
60 75.3 75.1 75.5 76.9 76.1 77.5
61 75.6 75.4 75.8 77.2 76.5 77.8
62 76 75.8 76.2 77.5 76.8 78.1
63 76.4 76.2 76.6 77.8 77.2 78.4
64 76.8 76.6 76.9 78.2 77.5 78.7
65 77.2 77 77.3 78.5 77.9 79
66 77.6 77.4 77.7 78.9 78.3 79.4
67 78 77.9 78.2 79.3 78.7 79.7
68 78.5 78.3 78.6 79.7 79.1 80.1
69 78.9 78.8 79.1 80.1 79.6 80.5
70 79.4 79.3 79.5 80.5 80 80.9
71 79.9 79.8 80 81 80.5 81.3
72 80.5 80.3 80.6 81.4 81 81.8
73 81 80.9 81.1 81.9 81.5 82.2
74 81.5 81.4 81.7 82.4 82 82.7
75 82.1 82 82.2 83 82.6 83.2
76 82.7 82.6 82.8 83.5 83.1 83.8
77 83.3 83.2 83.4 84.1 83.7 84.3
78 83.9 83.8 84 84.6 84.3 84.9
79 84.6 84.5 84.7 85.2 84.9 85.5
80 85.2 85.1 85.3 85.9 85.6 86.1
81 85.9 85.8 86 86.5 86.2 86.7
82 86.6 86.5 86.7 87.2 86.9 87.4
83 87.3 87.2 87.5 87.8 87.6 88
84 88.1 87.9 88.2 88.5 88.3 88.7
85 88.8 88.7 88.9 89.3 89 89.4
86 89.6 89.4 89.7 90 89.7 90.2
87 90.3 90.2 90.5 90.8 90.5 90.9
88 91.1 91 91.2 91.5 91.3 91.7
89 91.9 91.8 92 92.3 92.1 92.5
90 92.7 92.6 92.9 93.1 92.9 93.3
91 93.6 93.4 93.7 93.9 93.7 94.1
92 94.4 94.3 94.5 94.8 94.6 94.9
93 95.3 95.1 95.4 95.6 95.4 95.7
94 96.2 96 96.3 96.5 96.3 96.6
95 97.1 96.9 97.2 97.4 97.2 97.4
96 98 97.8 98.1 98.2 98.1 98.3
97 98.9 98.8 99 99.1 99 99.2
98 99.8 99.7 99.9 100 99.9 100.1
99 100.7 100.6 100.8 100.9 100.8 101
100 101.6 101.6 101.7 101.8 101.7 101.9

Odds of living to age in Nigeria vs Somalia

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 55.7% in Nigeria and 63.2% in Somalia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 39.3% and 47.9% will live to 70 years or older, 16.9% and 23.9% to 80+ years, and 2.22% and 4.11% 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
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Nigeria Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 93.2% 92.7% 93.8% 93.5% 93% 94%
2 92.3% 91.7% 93% 92.2% 91.7% 92.7%
3 91.5% 90.8% 92.2% 91.2% 90.7% 91.8%
4 90.6% 89.9% 91.3% 90.5% 89.9% 91.1%
5 89.8% 89.2% 90.5% 89.9% 89.3% 90.5%
6 89.1% 88.5% 89.6% 89.4% 88.8% 90.1%
7 88.4% 87.9% 88.8% 89.1% 88.4% 89.7%
8 87.8% 87.4% 88.1% 88.8% 88.1% 89.5%
9 87.3% 87% 87.5% 88.5% 87.9% 89.2%
10 86.8% 86.6% 87% 88.3% 87.6% 89%
11 86.5% 86.3% 86.6% 88.1% 87.4% 88.9%
12 86.2% 86% 86.3% 88% 87.3% 88.7%
13 85.9% 85.8% 86% 87.8% 87.1% 88.5%
14 85.6% 85.5% 85.6% 87.6% 86.9% 88.3%
15 85.3% 85.2% 85.3% 87.4% 86.7% 88.2%
16 85% 84.9% 85% 87.2% 86.4% 88%
17 84.6% 84.6% 84.6% 87% 86.2% 87.8%
18 84.2% 84.2% 84.2% 86.7% 85.9% 87.5%
19 83.8% 83.9% 83.8% 86.4% 85.5% 87.3%
20 83.4% 83.4% 83.4% 86.1% 85.1% 87.1%
21 83% 83% 83% 85.7% 84.6% 86.8%
22 82.5% 82.5% 82.5% 85.3% 84.1% 86.6%
23 82% 81.9% 82.1% 84.9% 83.5% 86.3%
24 81.5% 81.4% 81.6% 84.5% 83% 86%
25 81% 80.9% 81.2% 84.1% 82.4% 85.8%
26 80.5% 80.4% 80.7% 83.6% 81.9% 85.5%
27 80% 79.9% 80.2% 83.2% 81.4% 85.2%
28 79.5% 79.3% 79.7% 82.8% 80.8% 84.9%
29 79% 78.8% 79.2% 82.4% 80.3% 84.6%
30 78.5% 78.3% 78.6% 82% 79.8% 84.2%
31 77.9% 77.8% 78.1% 81.5% 79.3% 83.9%
32 77.4% 77.3% 77.5% 81.1% 78.8% 83.6%
33 76.9% 76.7% 77% 80.7% 78.2% 83.2%
34 76.3% 76.2% 76.4% 80.3% 77.7% 82.9%
35 75.7% 75.7% 75.8% 79.8% 77.2% 82.5%
36 75.2% 75.1% 75.2% 79.4% 76.7% 82.2%
37 74.6% 74.6% 74.6% 78.9% 76.2% 81.8%
38 74% 74% 74% 78.5% 75.6% 81.4%
39 73.4% 73.4% 73.4% 78% 75.1% 81%
40 72.8% 72.8% 72.7% 77.5% 74.6% 80.6%
41 72.1% 72.2% 72.1% 77% 74% 80.2%
42 71.5% 71.5% 71.4% 76.5% 73.4% 79.7%
43 70.8% 70.9% 70.7% 76% 72.8% 79.3%
44 70.1% 70.2% 70.1% 75.4% 72.2% 78.8%
45 69.4% 69.5% 69.4% 74.9% 71.6% 78.3%
46 68.7% 68.8% 68.7% 74.3% 71% 77.8%
47 68% 68% 68% 73.7% 70.3% 77.3%
48 67.3% 67.3% 67.3% 73.2% 69.7% 76.8%
49 66.5% 66.5% 66.6% 72.5% 69% 76.3%
50 65.8% 65.6% 65.9% 71.9% 68.2% 75.7%
51 64.9% 64.8% 65.1% 71.2% 67.5% 75.1%
52 64.1% 63.8% 64.3% 70.4% 66.6% 74.4%
53 63.2% 62.9% 63.5% 69.7% 65.8% 73.8%
54 62.2% 61.9% 62.6% 68.9% 64.9% 73%
55 61.3% 60.8% 61.7% 68% 64% 72.3%
56 60.2% 59.8% 60.7% 67.1% 63% 71.5%
57 59.2% 58.7% 59.7% 66.2% 62% 70.7%
58 58.1% 57.5% 58.7% 65.3% 61% 69.8%
59 57% 56.3% 57.6% 64.3% 59.9% 68.9%
60 55.7% 55.1% 56.4% 63.2% 58.7% 67.9%
61 54.5% 53.8% 55.2% 62.1% 57.5% 66.9%
62 53.1% 52.4% 53.9% 60.9% 56.2% 65.7%
63 51.7% 50.9% 52.5% 59.6% 54.9% 64.5%
64 50.1% 49.3% 51% 58.2% 53.4% 63.2%
65 48.5% 47.7% 49.4% 56.7% 51.9% 61.7%
66 46.9% 46% 47.8% 55.1% 50.3% 60.2%
67 45.1% 44.2% 46% 53.5% 48.6% 58.6%
68 43.3% 42.4% 44.2% 51.7% 46.8% 56.9%
69 41.3% 40.4% 42.3% 49.9% 44.9% 55%
70 39.3% 38.4% 40.2% 47.9% 43% 53%
71 37.2% 36.3% 38.1% 45.8% 41% 50.9%
72 35.1% 34.2% 35.9% 43.7% 38.9% 48.7%
73 32.8% 32% 33.7% 41.4% 36.7% 46.3%
74 30.6% 29.7% 31.4% 39% 34.4% 43.9%
75 28.3% 27.4% 29.1% 36.6% 32.1% 41.3%
76 26% 25.2% 26.7% 34.1% 29.7% 38.7%
77 23.7% 22.9% 24.4% 31.6% 27.4% 36%
78 21.4% 20.6% 22.1% 29% 25% 33.3%
79 19.1% 18.4% 19.8% 26.5% 22.6% 30.5%
80 16.9% 16.2% 17.6% 23.9% 20.3% 27.6%
81 14.8% 14.2% 15.4% 21.3% 18% 24.8%
82 12.8% 12.2% 13.3% 18.8% 15.7% 22.1%
83 10.9% 10.3% 11.4% 16.4% 13.6% 19.4%
84 9.13% 8.64% 9.6% 14.1% 11.6% 16.8%
85 7.55% 7.11% 7.98% 12% 9.7% 14.4%
86 6.15% 5.75% 6.55% 10% 8% 12.1%
87 4.93% 4.56% 5.28% 8.24% 6.47% 10.1%
88 3.87% 3.54% 4.18% 6.66% 5.13% 8.22%
89 2.96% 2.67% 3.24% 5.28% 3.98% 6.61%
90 2.22% 1.97% 2.46% 4.11% 3.03% 5.21%
91 1.61% 1.4% 1.82% 3.13% 2.25% 4.03%
92 1.14% 0.97% 1.31% 2.33% 1.63% 3.05%
93 0.79% 0.65% 0.92% 1.7% 1.15% 2.26%
94 0.53% 0.42% 0.63% 1.21% 0.79% 1.63%
95 0.35% 0.27% 0.42% 0.84% 0.53% 1.16%
96 0.22% 0.16% 0.27% 0.57% 0.35% 0.8%
97 0.14% 0.1% 0.17% 0.38% 0.22% 0.54%
98 0.08% 0.06% 0.11% 0.24% 0.13% 0.35%
99 0.05% 0.03% 0.06% 0.15% 0.08% 0.23%
100 0.03% 0.02% 0.04% 0.09% 0.05% 0.14%

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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 6.5% in Somalia, 0.68% vs 0.52% at age 30, 2.3% vs 1.79% at 60, and 12.6% vs 10.7% at 80.

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

Nigeria
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Nigeria Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 6.77% 7.31% 6.22% 6.5% 7.02% 5.97%
1 0.96% 1.08% 0.84% 1.39% 1.41% 1.37%
2 0.94% 1% 0.88% 1.07% 1.1% 1.04%
3 0.92% 0.91% 0.92% 0.82% 0.86% 0.79%
4 0.89% 0.83% 0.94% 0.64% 0.68% 0.6%
5 0.84% 0.74% 0.93% 0.5% 0.54% 0.47%
6 0.77% 0.66% 0.88% 0.4% 0.43% 0.38%
7 0.68% 0.57% 0.79% 0.33% 0.35% 0.31%
8 0.58% 0.49% 0.68% 0.28% 0.29% 0.26%
9 0.49% 0.42% 0.56% 0.24% 0.25% 0.23%
10 0.42% 0.37% 0.47% 0.22% 0.22% 0.21%
11 0.37% 0.34% 0.41% 0.2% 0.21% 0.2%
12 0.34% 0.32% 0.37% 0.2% 0.2% 0.19%
13 0.33% 0.31% 0.36% 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
14 0.34% 0.32% 0.37% 0.22% 0.24% 0.2%
15 0.37% 0.34% 0.39% 0.24% 0.27% 0.21%
16 0.4% 0.38% 0.43% 0.27% 0.32% 0.23%
17 0.44% 0.42% 0.46% 0.31% 0.37% 0.24%
18 0.48% 0.47% 0.49% 0.35% 0.43% 0.26%
19 0.52% 0.52% 0.51% 0.39% 0.5% 0.27%
20 0.54% 0.56% 0.53% 0.43% 0.56% 0.28%
21 0.57% 0.6% 0.53% 0.46% 0.62% 0.3%
22 0.58% 0.62% 0.54% 0.48% 0.64% 0.31%
23 0.59% 0.64% 0.55% 0.48% 0.65% 0.32%
24 0.6% 0.64% 0.56% 0.49% 0.65% 0.33%
25 0.61% 0.64% 0.58% 0.49% 0.65% 0.34%
26 0.62% 0.64% 0.61% 0.5% 0.65% 0.35%
27 0.64% 0.64% 0.63% 0.5% 0.65% 0.36%
28 0.65% 0.64% 0.65% 0.51% 0.65% 0.37%
29 0.66% 0.65% 0.67% 0.51% 0.65% 0.38%
30 0.68% 0.66% 0.69% 0.52% 0.65% 0.39%
31 0.69% 0.67% 0.71% 0.52% 0.65% 0.4%
32 0.71% 0.69% 0.72% 0.53% 0.66% 0.4%
33 0.72% 0.7% 0.74% 0.54% 0.66% 0.41%
34 0.74% 0.71% 0.76% 0.54% 0.67% 0.42%
35 0.75% 0.73% 0.78% 0.55% 0.67% 0.43%
36 0.77% 0.74% 0.8% 0.56% 0.68% 0.45%
37 0.8% 0.77% 0.83% 0.58% 0.69% 0.46%
38 0.82% 0.79% 0.85% 0.6% 0.71% 0.49%
39 0.85% 0.82% 0.88% 0.62% 0.73% 0.51%
40 0.88% 0.86% 0.9% 0.65% 0.75% 0.54%
41 0.91% 0.9% 0.92% 0.67% 0.78% 0.57%
42 0.94% 0.93% 0.94% 0.69% 0.8% 0.59%
43 0.96% 0.97% 0.95% 0.71% 0.83% 0.6%
44 0.98% 1% 0.97% 0.73% 0.85% 0.62%
45 1.01% 1.03% 0.98% 0.75% 0.88% 0.63%
46 1.03% 1.07% 1% 0.77% 0.91% 0.64%
47 1.07% 1.12% 1.02% 0.81% 0.95% 0.67%
48 1.12% 1.18% 1.06% 0.85% 1% 0.7%
49 1.18% 1.25% 1.11% 0.9% 1.07% 0.75%
50 1.25% 1.33% 1.17% 0.97% 1.14% 0.8%
51 1.33% 1.42% 1.24% 1.03% 1.22% 0.86%
52 1.41% 1.5% 1.31% 1.1% 1.29% 0.92%
53 1.48% 1.59% 1.38% 1.17% 1.37% 0.98%
54 1.56% 1.67% 1.46% 1.23% 1.43% 1.03%
55 1.65% 1.75% 1.55% 1.29% 1.5% 1.09%
56 1.74% 1.84% 1.64% 1.35% 1.58% 1.15%
57 1.85% 1.95% 1.75% 1.43% 1.66% 1.22%
58 1.98% 2.08% 1.88% 1.53% 1.77% 1.31%
59 2.13% 2.23% 2.02% 1.65% 1.9% 1.42%
60 2.3% 2.41% 2.19% 1.79% 2.06% 1.55%
61 2.5% 2.61% 2.39% 1.96% 2.25% 1.7%
62 2.71% 2.83% 2.6% 2.14% 2.45% 1.87%
63 2.94% 3.07% 2.83% 2.34% 2.66% 2.06%
64 3.19% 3.31% 3.08% 2.55% 2.88% 2.26%
65 3.46% 3.57% 3.35% 2.77% 3.12% 2.47%
66 3.75% 3.86% 3.65% 3.01% 3.37% 2.71%
67 4.08% 4.18% 3.98% 3.28% 3.65% 2.97%
68 4.45% 4.54% 4.36% 3.59% 3.96% 3.27%
69 4.86% 4.95% 4.78% 3.93% 4.31% 3.6%
70 5.32% 5.41% 5.24% 4.31% 4.71% 3.98%
71 5.82% 5.92% 5.73% 4.73% 5.15% 4.39%
72 6.36% 6.47% 6.25% 5.19% 5.64% 4.83%
73 6.92% 7.05% 6.81% 5.69% 6.16% 5.3%
74 7.53% 7.68% 7.39% 6.22% 6.72% 5.81%
75 8.17% 8.35% 8.02% 6.79% 7.33% 6.36%
76 8.89% 9.08% 8.71% 7.42% 8% 6.96%
77 9.68% 9.88% 9.49% 8.11% 8.72% 7.64%
78 10.6% 10.8% 10.4% 8.88% 9.52% 8.39%
79 11.5% 11.7% 11.3% 9.74% 10.4% 9.24%
80 12.6% 12.8% 12.4% 10.7% 11.4% 10.2%
81 13.7% 13.9% 13.5% 11.7% 12.4% 11.2%
82 14.8% 15.1% 14.6% 12.8% 13.6% 12.2%
83 16% 16.4% 15.7% 13.9% 14.8% 13.3%
84 17.2% 17.7% 16.8% 15.2% 16.2% 14.5%
85 18.5% 19.1% 18% 16.4% 17.6% 15.7%
86 20% 20.7% 19.3% 17.8% 19.1% 16.9%
87 21.5% 22.5% 20.8% 19.2% 20.7% 18.2%
88 23.3% 24.4% 22.4% 20.7% 22.3% 19.6%
89 25.2% 26.5% 24.2% 22.2% 24% 21.1%
90 27.2% 28.6% 26.1% 23.8% 25.8% 22.7%
91 29.2% 30.8% 28% 25.5% 27.5% 24.3%
92 31.1% 33% 29.8% 27.1% 29.3% 26%
93 32.9% 35% 31.6% 28.8% 31.1% 27.6%
94 34.7% 36.9% 33.3% 30.5% 33% 29.3%
95 36.3% 38.8% 34.9% 32.2% 34.8% 31%
96 38% 40.6% 36.5% 33.9% 36.7% 32.7%
97 39.6% 42.4% 38.2% 35.6% 38.6% 34.4%
98 41.3% 44.2% 40% 37.2% 40.4% 36.1%
99 43% 46.1% 41.7% 38.9% 42.2% 37.8%
100 44.7% 47.9% 43.4% 40.6% 44.1% 39.5%

Death rate by age in Nigeria compared to Somalia

In Nigeria, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in Somalia. The median age of death is 64.1 in Nigeria and 68.9 in Somalia — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Nigeria
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Nigeria Somalia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 6,773 7,315 6,219 6,499 7,017 5,965
1 899 1,005 788 1,300 1,309 1,291
2 868 913 822 983 1,005 960
3 839 828 851 751 779 722
4 803 746 862 579 608 550
5 753 664 845 453 479 426
6 684 582 790 360 382 338
7 600 503 701 293.5 310 276.1
8 512 431 596 245.7 257.8 233
9 430 369 493 212.5 220.9 203.7
10 365 322 410 190.8 196.6 184.8
11 321 289.3 353 178.7 182.8 174.3
12 295 271.2 320 174.5 178.2 170.6
13 287.3 266.9 309 179.1 185.3 172.6
14 294.5 274.8 315 192.6 205.5 179.1
15 314 293.8 335 213.4 236.6 189.1
16 342 322 363 239.2 275.4 201.3
17 374 356 392 267.4 318 214.2
18 405 395 416 299.4 369 226.7
19 432 434 431 334 426 238.1
20 454 469 438 366 480 248.2
21 469 496 441 391 520 257
22 480 514 444 406 540 265
23 487 523 450 411 544 272.7
24 493 524 460 414 542 280.6
25 498 521 474 416 537 288.7
26 503 516 490 417 531 296.9
27 509 512 506 419 527 305
28 516 511 521 421 523 313
29 524 514 534 423 520 320
30 531 519 544 425 519 327
31 539 525 553 428 518 333
32 546 531 561 430 518 338
33 553 537 570 433 517 343
34 561 543 580 436 517 349
35 570 550 591 440 518 357
36 581 559 603 446 520 367
37 594 571 617 455 526 380
38 608 587 631 468 535 397
39 625 605 644 483 547 416
40 641 626 656 500 561 436
41 656 647 666 516 575 454
42 669 667 672 531 590 468
43 679 684 675 542 603 478
44 688 700 676 552 615 485
45 698 717 679 562 628 491
46 711 737 685 575 645 501
47 730 762 696 595 668 516
48 755 794 715 621 698 539
49 786 832 740 655 735 570
50 823 875 770 694 777 606
51 862 918 805 735 820 646
52 901 960 841 776 861 685
53 938 998 878 812 898 721
54 973 1,031 915 844 931 754
55 1,009 1,064 954 875 961 786
56 1,048 1,100 996 908 993 821
57 1,094 1,142 1,045 947 1,031 862
58 1,148 1,195 1,101 997 1,080 913
59 1,211 1,257 1,166 1,059 1,140 977
60 1,283 1,329 1,238 1,133 1,212 1,053
61 1,360 1,405 1,316 1,215 1,292 1,138
62 1,440 1,483 1,398 1,303 1,375 1,230
63 1,520 1,560 1,482 1,392 1,458 1,327
64 1,599 1,632 1,568 1,482 1,539 1,425
65 1,678 1,703 1,654 1,571 1,617 1,527
66 1,757 1,773 1,742 1,662 1,694 1,631
67 1,839 1,846 1,834 1,756 1,772 1,742
68 1,924 1,923 1,927 1,855 1,853 1,859
69 2,010 2,002 2,019 1,958 1,938 1,982
70 2,093 2,080 2,107 2,065 2,026 2,108
71 2,168 2,152 2,185 2,169 2,111 2,232
72 2,229 2,212 2,248 2,267 2,190 2,349
73 2,274 2,256 2,293 2,354 2,259 2,455
74 2,301 2,283 2,321 2,427 2,314 2,547
75 2,311 2,292 2,332 2,487 2,354 2,626
76 2,307 2,284 2,331 2,532 2,379 2,693
77 2,289 2,261 2,317 2,563 2,386 2,749
78 2,256 2,220 2,290 2,579 2,377 2,791
79 2,203 2,161 2,243 2,577 2,350 2,815
80 2,126 2,078 2,172 2,551 2,302 2,812
81 2,022 1,972 2,071 2,496 2,230 2,775
82 1,892 1,842 1,940 2,409 2,134 2,698
83 1,739 1,693 1,785 2,290 2,013 2,581
84 1,573 1,530 1,614 2,143 1,871 2,429
85 1,400 1,361 1,439 1,971 1,708 2,248
86 1,228 1,191 1,265 1,782 1,528 2,047
87 1,061 1,024 1,098 1,581 1,339 1,834
88 900 863 938 1,376 1,146 1,615
89 747 708 785 1,174 957 1,396
90 603 563 642 979 780 1,183
91 471 433 509 797 618 979
92 356 320 391 633 477 791
93 259.5 227.7 290.2 490 358 624
94 183.1 156.2 209 369 261.4 479
95 125.3 103.5 146.2 270.7 185 358
96 83.4 66.3 99.7 193.2 127 260.7
97 54 41.2 66.2 134.1 84.5 184.7
98 34 24.7 42.8 90.5 54.4 127.3
99 20.8 14.4 26.8 59.3 33.9 85.2
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 Somalia 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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