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Life Expectancy in Nigeria vs Somalia (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 55 years in Nigeria vs 59.3 in Somalia. Nigeria is ranked 197/197 by life expectancy, and Somalia is 192/197. In Nigeria, the life expectancy is 54.6 years for males and 55.3 years for females. In Somalia, it's 56.8 years for males and 61.9 years for females.

Nigeria vs Somalia life expectancy at birth by year

Nigeria
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
1x
Year Life expectancy, years
Nigeria Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
2026 55 54.6 55.3 59.3 56.8 61.9
2025 54.8 54.5 55.1 59.1 56.6 61.7
2024 54.6 54.3 54.9 59 56.5 61.6
2023 54.5 54.2 54.7 58.8 56.3 61.4
2022 54.1 53.8 54.4 53.9 51.8 56.2
2021 53.5 53.2 53.7 55.7 53.7 57.8
2020 53.1 52.7 53.4 57.1 55.1 59.2
2019 53 52.8 53.2 57.2 55.2 59.3
2018 52.7 52.4 52.9 54.8 52.7 56.9
2017 52.4 52.1 52.6 52.2 50.2 54.3
2016 52.2 51.9 52.4 55.3 53.1 57.6
2015 51.9 51.6 52.2 55.1 53 57.1
2014 51.9 51.6 52.3 54.4 52.4 56.6
2013 51.8 51.5 52.2 54 52.1 56
2012 51.7 51.3 52 49.1 47.3 51
2011 51.5 51.1 51.9 32.5 31.3 33.7
2010 51.3 50.9 51.8 48.9 47.1 50.8
2009 51.1 50.6 51.6 52.1 50.5 53.7
2008 50.7 50.3 51.2 51.5 49.8 53.2
2007 50.4 49.8 50.9 50.9 49.2 52.6
2006 49.9 49.3 50.4 50.9 49.3 52.6
2005 49.5 49 50.1 50.9 49.4 52.4
2004 49.1 48.8 49.5 50.7 49.2 52.2
2003 48.6 48.2 49.1 50.7 49.2 52.2
2002 48 47.5 48.5 50.8 49.4 52.3
2001 47.5 46.9 48.2 50.8 49.4 52.3
2000 47.1 46.3 48 50.7 49.3 52.2
1999 46.6 45.7 47.5 50.6 49.1 52.1
1998 46.1 45.1 47.2 50.8 49.3 52.2
1997 46 44.7 47.2 50.3 48.8 51.8
1996 45.8 44.4 47.3 50.5 49 52.1
1995 45.9 44.4 47.4 50.6 49.1 52.2
1994 45.7 44.2 47.3 50.3 48.8 51.8
1993 45.8 44.2 47.4 50.6 49.1 52.1
1992 45.6 44.2 47 25 23.9 26.3
1991 45.5 44.1 47 25.4 23.7 27.3
1990 45.7 44.4 47.1 46.9 43.1 51.2
1989 45.8 44.4 47.3 46.6 42.9 50.9
1988 45.8 44.4 47.3 43.9 39.9 48.8
1987 45.9 44.5 47.4 49 47.6 50.5
1986 46 44.5 47.5 48.4 47 49.9
1985 46.2 44.6 47.9 48.3 46.9 49.7
1984 46.3 44.7 48 48.4 47 49.9
1983 46.4 44.8 48.1 48.2 46.8 49.7
1982 46.4 44.7 48.2 48 46.6 49.5
1981 46.3 44.6 48 47.8 46.4 49.3
1980 46 44.3 47.6 47.6 46.2 49.1
1979 45.7 44.2 47.3 47.4 46 48.9
1978 45.3 43.8 46.9 47 45.4 48.7
1977 44.8 43.4 46.3 47 45.6 48.5
1976 44.2 42.7 45.7 44.7 43.3 46.2
1975 43.1 41 45.2 44.5 43.1 45.9
1974 42.5 40.6 44.5 44.3 42.9 45.7
1973 41.8 40 43.7 46.2 44.8 47.7
1972 41.3 39.5 43.1 46 44.6 47.5
1971 40.6 39 42.3 45.8 44.4 47.3
1970 40 38.4 41.7 45.6 44.2 47.1
1969 38.9 36.8 41.3 45.5 44 46.9
1968 38.6 36.4 41 45.3 43.8 46.7
1967 37.5 35.1 40.1 45.1 43.6 46.5
1966 38.4 36.4 40.5 44.8 43.4 46.3
1965 38.2 36.2 40.4 44.6 43.2 46.1
1964 38 35.9 40.1 44.4 42.9 45.9
1963 37.8 35.8 39.9 44.2 42.7 45.7
1962 37.6 35.6 39.7 44 42.5 45.5
1961 37.4 35.4 39.6 43.7 42.2 45.2
1960 37.2 35.2 39.3 43.5 42.1 45
1959 37 35 39.2 43.3 41.9 44.8
1958 36.8 34.8 39 43.1 41.7 44.6
1957 36.6 34.6 38.8 42.9 41.5 44.4
1956 36.5 34.5 38.6 42.7 41.3 44.2
1955 36.3 34.3 38.5 42.5 41.1 44
1954 36.2 34.3 38.3 42.3 40.8 43.8
1953 36 34.1 38.1 42.1 40.6 43.6
1952 35.9 34 37.9 41.9 40.4 43.4
1951 35.7 33.8 37.7 41.7 40.2 43.1
1950 35.5 33.6 37.5 41.5 40 42.9

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (1950–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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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 lives. It's a snapshot reflecting mortality rates in a given year that does not account for any future changes in those 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 shows the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on current age for both males and females in Nigeria and Somalia, along with 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 40.2 years

Mean expected age of death:
67.2 vs 70.2 years

Median expected age of death:
70.1 vs 73.2 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Nigeria Somalia
Male Female Male Female
40 93.0% 92.6% 93.5% 95.8%
50 83.9% 83.9% 85.6% 89.9%
60 70.5% 71.9% 73.7% 80.7%
65 61.0% 63.0% 65.1% 73.4%
70 49.2% 51.4% 54.0% 63.1%
75 35.2% 37.2% 40.3% 49.2%
80 20.8% 22.5% 25.4% 32.9%
85 9.2% 10.2% 12.2% 17.1%
90 2.5% 3.2% 3.8% 6.2%
95 0.3% 0.5% 0.7% 1.4%
100 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.2%

Life expectancy by current age

Nigeria
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
1x
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Nigeria Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 101.6 101.6 101.7 101.8 101.7 101.9
99 100.7 100.6 100.8 100.9 100.8 101
98 99.8 99.7 99.9 100 99.9 100.1
97 98.9 98.8 99 99.1 99 99.2
96 98 97.8 98.1 98.2 98.1 98.3
95 97.1 96.9 97.2 97.4 97.2 97.4
94 96.2 96 96.3 96.5 96.3 96.6
93 95.3 95.2 95.4 95.6 95.4 95.7
92 94.4 94.3 94.5 94.8 94.6 94.9
91 93.6 93.4 93.7 93.9 93.7 94.1
90 92.7 92.6 92.9 93.1 92.9 93.3
89 91.9 91.8 92 92.3 92.1 92.5
88 91.1 91 91.3 91.5 91.3 91.7
87 90.3 90.2 90.5 90.8 90.5 90.9
86 89.6 89.4 89.7 90 89.7 90.2
85 88.8 88.7 88.9 89.3 89 89.4
84 88.1 87.9 88.2 88.5 88.3 88.7
83 87.3 87.2 87.5 87.8 87.6 88
82 86.6 86.5 86.7 87.2 86.9 87.4
81 85.9 85.8 86 86.5 86.2 86.7
80 85.2 85.1 85.4 85.9 85.6 86.1
79 84.6 84.5 84.7 85.2 84.9 85.5
78 83.9 83.8 84.1 84.6 84.3 84.9
77 83.3 83.2 83.4 84.1 83.7 84.3
76 82.7 82.6 82.8 83.5 83.1 83.8
75 82.1 82 82.2 83 82.6 83.3
74 81.6 81.4 81.7 82.4 82 82.7
73 81 80.9 81.1 81.9 81.5 82.3
72 80.5 80.3 80.6 81.4 81 81.8
71 79.9 79.8 80.1 81 80.5 81.3
70 79.4 79.3 79.6 80.5 80 80.9
69 79 78.8 79.1 80.1 79.6 80.5
68 78.5 78.4 78.6 79.7 79.2 80.1
67 78.1 77.9 78.2 79.3 78.7 79.7
66 77.6 77.5 77.8 78.9 78.3 79.4
65 77.2 77 77.4 78.5 77.9 79
64 76.8 76.6 77 78.2 77.5 78.7
63 76.4 76.2 76.6 77.8 77.2 78.4
62 76 75.8 76.2 77.5 76.8 78.1
61 75.7 75.5 75.9 77.2 76.5 77.8
60 75.3 75.1 75.5 76.9 76.1 77.5
59 75 74.8 75.2 76.6 75.8 77.3
58 74.7 74.4 74.9 76.3 75.5 77
57 74.4 74.1 74.6 76.1 75.2 76.8
56 74 73.8 74.3 75.8 74.9 76.6
55 73.7 73.5 74 75.5 74.6 76.3
54 73.4 73.1 73.7 75.3 74.3 76.1
53 73.1 72.8 73.4 75 74 75.9
52 72.9 72.5 73.2 74.8 73.8 75.7
51 72.6 72.2 72.9 74.5 73.5 75.5
50 72.3 71.9 72.7 74.3 73.2 75.3
49 72 71.7 72.4 74.1 73 75.1
48 71.8 71.4 72.1 73.9 72.7 74.9
47 71.5 71.1 71.9 73.6 72.5 74.7
46 71.3 70.9 71.6 73.4 72.3 74.5
45 71 70.6 71.4 73.2 72 74.4
44 70.7 70.3 71.1 73 71.8 74.2
43 70.5 70.1 70.9 72.8 71.6 74
42 70.2 69.8 70.6 72.6 71.3 73.8
41 70 69.6 70.3 72.4 71.1 73.6
40 69.7 69.3 70.1 72.2 70.9 73.5
39 69.4 69.1 69.8 72 70.7 73.3
38 69.2 68.8 69.5 71.8 70.4 73.1
37 68.9 68.6 69.3 71.6 70.2 73
36 68.7 68.4 69 71.4 70 72.8
35 68.4 68.1 68.8 71.2 69.7 72.6
34 68.2 67.9 68.5 71 69.5 72.5
33 68 67.7 68.2 70.8 69.3 72.3
32 67.7 67.4 68 70.6 69 72.2
31 67.5 67.2 67.7 70.4 68.8 72
30 67.2 66.9 67.5 70.2 68.6 71.8
29 67 66.7 67.2 70 68.3 71.7
28 66.7 66.4 67 69.8 68 71.5
27 66.5 66.2 66.7 69.6 67.8 71.4
26 66.2 65.9 66.5 69.4 67.5 71.2
25 66 65.7 66.2 69.2 67.3 71.1
24 65.7 65.4 66 68.9 67 70.9
23 65.5 65.2 65.8 68.7 66.7 70.8
22 65.2 64.9 65.5 68.5 66.4 70.6
21 65 64.6 65.3 68.3 66.1 70.5
20 64.7 64.4 65.1 68.1 65.9 70.3
19 64.5 64.2 64.9 67.9 65.7 70.2
18 64.3 63.9 64.6 67.7 65.5 70.1
17 64.1 63.8 64.4 67.6 65.3 69.9
16 63.9 63.6 64.2 67.4 65.1 69.8
15 63.7 63.4 64 67.3 65 69.7
14 63.5 63.3 63.8 67.2 64.9 69.6
13 63.4 63.1 63.7 67.1 64.8 69.5
12 63.2 62.9 63.5 67 64.7 69.4
11 63 62.8 63.3 66.9 64.6 69.3
10 62.8 62.6 63 66.8 64.4 69.1
9 62.5 62.4 62.7 66.6 64.3 69
8 62.2 62.1 62.4 66.5 64.1 68.9
7 61.9 61.8 61.9 66.3 63.9 68.7
6 61.4 61.4 61.4 66 63.7 68.4
5 61 61 60.9 65.7 63.4 68.1
4 60.5 60.5 60.4 65.3 63 67.8
3 60 60 59.9 64.8 62.5 67.3
2 59.4 59.5 59.4 64.2 61.8 66.6
1 58.9 58.8 58.9 63.3 61 65.7
0 55 54.6 55.3 59.3 56.8 61.9

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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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 70.2 in Somalia, rising to 77.2 and 78.5 at 65, and to 85.2 and 85.9 at 80 — higher than the 55 and 59.3 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Nigeria
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
1x
Age Survival probability
Nigeria Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 0.03% 0.02% 0.04% 0.09% 0.05% 0.14%
99 0.05% 0.03% 0.07% 0.15% 0.08% 0.23%
98 0.08% 0.06% 0.11% 0.24% 0.14% 0.35%
97 0.14% 0.1% 0.18% 0.38% 0.22% 0.54%
96 0.22% 0.17% 0.28% 0.57% 0.35% 0.8%
95 0.35% 0.27% 0.42% 0.85% 0.53% 1.16%
94 0.54% 0.43% 0.64% 1.22% 0.8% 1.65%
93 0.8% 0.66% 0.93% 1.71% 1.16% 2.27%
92 1.16% 0.98% 1.33% 2.35% 1.64% 3.07%
91 1.63% 1.42% 1.84% 3.15% 2.26% 4.06%
90 2.24% 1.99% 2.49% 4.13% 3.04% 5.25%
89 3% 2.71% 3.28% 5.31% 4% 6.65%
88 3.91% 3.58% 4.23% 6.69% 5.15% 8.27%
87 4.98% 4.61% 5.34% 8.28% 6.5% 10.1%
86 6.22% 5.81% 6.62% 10.1% 8.03% 12.2%
85 7.63% 7.19% 8.07% 12.1% 9.75% 14.4%
84 9.22% 8.73% 9.7% 14.2% 11.6% 16.9%
83 11% 10.4% 11.5% 16.5% 13.6% 19.5%
82 12.9% 12.3% 13.5% 18.9% 15.8% 22.2%
81 14.9% 14.3% 15.5% 21.4% 18% 25%
80 17.1% 16.4% 17.7% 24% 20.3% 27.8%
79 19.3% 18.5% 20% 26.6% 22.7% 30.6%
78 21.5% 20.8% 22.3% 29.2% 25.1% 33.4%
77 23.8% 23% 24.6% 31.8% 27.5% 36.2%
76 26.2% 25.3% 27% 34.3% 29.9% 38.9%
75 28.5% 27.6% 29.3% 36.8% 32.2% 41.5%
74 30.8% 29.9% 31.6% 39.2% 34.6% 44.1%
73 33.1% 32.2% 33.9% 41.6% 36.8% 46.5%
72 35.3% 34.4% 36.2% 43.9% 39% 48.9%
71 37.5% 36.6% 38.4% 46% 41.1% 51.1%
70 39.6% 38.6% 40.5% 48.1% 43.2% 53.2%
69 41.6% 40.7% 42.5% 50.1% 45.1% 55.2%
68 43.5% 42.6% 44.5% 51.9% 47% 57.1%
67 45.4% 44.4% 46.3% 53.7% 48.8% 58.8%
66 47.1% 46.2% 48% 55.4% 50.5% 60.5%
65 48.8% 47.9% 49.7% 56.9% 52.1% 62%
64 50.4% 49.5% 51.3% 58.4% 53.6% 63.4%
63 51.9% 51.1% 52.8% 59.8% 55.1% 64.8%
62 53.4% 52.6% 54.1% 61.1% 56.5% 66%
61 54.7% 54% 55.5% 62.3% 57.8% 67.1%
60 56% 55.3% 56.7% 63.5% 59% 68.2%
59 57.2% 56.6% 57.9% 64.5% 60.1% 69.1%
58 58.4% 57.8% 59% 65.5% 61.2% 70.1%
57 59.5% 58.9% 60% 66.5% 62.2% 70.9%
56 60.5% 60% 61% 67.4% 63.2% 71.7%
55 61.5% 61.1% 62% 68.3% 64.2% 72.5%
54 62.5% 62.1% 62.9% 69.1% 65.1% 73.3%
53 63.4% 63.1% 63.7% 69.9% 66% 74%
52 64.3% 64.1% 64.6% 70.7% 66.9% 74.7%
51 65.2% 65% 65.4% 71.4% 67.7% 75.3%
50 66% 65.8% 66.2% 72.1% 68.5% 75.9%
49 66.8% 66.7% 66.9% 72.8% 69.2% 76.5%
48 67.5% 67.5% 67.6% 73.4% 69.9% 77%
47 68.3% 68.2% 68.3% 74% 70.6% 77.6%
46 69% 69% 69% 74.6% 71.2% 78.1%
45 69.7% 69.7% 69.7% 75.1% 71.9% 78.5%
44 70.4% 70.4% 70.3% 75.7% 72.5% 79%
43 71% 71.1% 71% 76.2% 73.1% 79.5%
42 71.7% 71.7% 71.7% 76.7% 73.7% 80%
41 72.4% 72.4% 72.3% 77.2% 74.2% 80.4%
40 73% 73% 73% 77.7% 74.8% 80.8%
39 73.6% 73.6% 73.6% 78.2% 75.3% 81.3%
38 74.2% 74.2% 74.3% 78.7% 75.9% 81.7%
37 74.8% 74.7% 74.9% 79.1% 76.4% 82%
36 75.4% 75.3% 75.5% 79.6% 76.9% 82.4%
35 76% 75.8% 76.1% 80% 77.4% 82.7%
34 76.5% 76.4% 76.6% 80.5% 77.9% 83.1%
33 77.1% 76.9% 77.2% 80.9% 78.4% 83.4%
32 77.6% 77.5% 77.8% 81.3% 79% 83.8%
31 78.1% 78% 78.3% 81.7% 79.5% 84.1%
30 78.7% 78.5% 78.9% 82.2% 80% 84.4%
29 79.2% 79% 79.4% 82.6% 80.5% 84.7%
28 79.7% 79.5% 79.9% 83% 81% 85.1%
27 80.2% 80% 80.4% 83.4% 81.5% 85.4%
26 80.7% 80.5% 80.9% 83.8% 82.1% 85.6%
25 81.2% 81.1% 81.4% 84.2% 82.6% 85.9%
24 81.7% 81.6% 81.8% 84.6% 83.1% 86.2%
23 82.2% 82.1% 82.3% 85.1% 83.7% 86.5%
22 82.7% 82.6% 82.7% 85.5% 84.2% 86.7%
21 83.1% 83.1% 83.1% 85.8% 84.7% 87%
20 83.6% 83.6% 83.6% 86.2% 85.2% 87.2%
19 84% 84% 84% 86.5% 85.6% 87.5%
18 84.4% 84.4% 84.4% 86.8% 86% 87.7%
17 84.8% 84.7% 84.8% 87.1% 86.3% 87.9%
16 85.1% 85.1% 85.2% 87.3% 86.6% 88.1%
15 85.4% 85.4% 85.5% 87.5% 86.8% 88.3%
14 85.7% 85.6% 85.8% 87.7% 87% 88.5%
13 86% 85.9% 86.1% 87.9% 87.2% 88.7%
12 86.3% 86.2% 86.4% 88.1% 87.4% 88.8%
11 86.6% 86.4% 86.8% 88.3% 87.6% 89%
10 87% 86.8% 87.2% 88.4% 87.7% 89.2%
9 87.4% 87.1% 87.7% 88.7% 88% 89.4%
8 87.9% 87.6% 88.3% 88.9% 88.2% 89.6%
7 88.5% 88.1% 89% 89.2% 88.5% 89.9%
6 89.2% 88.6% 89.7% 89.5% 88.9% 90.2%
5 89.9% 89.3% 90.6% 90% 89.4% 90.6%
4 90.7% 90% 91.4% 90.6% 90% 91.2%
3 91.6% 90.9% 92.3% 91.3% 90.7% 91.9%
2 92.4% 91.8% 93.1% 92.3% 91.7% 92.8%
1 93.3% 92.8% 93.9% 93.6% 93% 94.1%

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 56% of newborns in Nigeria and 63.5% in Somalia are expected to live past 60, 39.6% and 48.1% past 70, 17.1% and 24% past 80, and only 2.24% and 4.13% past 90.

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

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Odds of dying at each age

Nigeria
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
1x
Age Probability of dying
Nigeria Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 44.7% 47.8% 43.4% 40.6% 44.1% 39.5%
99 43% 46% 41.7% 38.9% 42.2% 37.8%
98 41.3% 44.2% 39.9% 37.3% 40.4% 36.1%
97 39.6% 42.4% 38.2% 35.6% 38.6% 34.4%
96 37.9% 40.5% 36.5% 33.9% 36.7% 32.7%
95 36.3% 38.7% 34.9% 32.2% 34.8% 31%
94 34.6% 36.9% 33.2% 30.5% 33% 29.3%
93 32.9% 34.9% 31.6% 28.8% 31.1% 27.6%
92 31.1% 32.9% 29.8% 27.1% 29.3% 25.9%
91 29.2% 30.8% 28% 25.5% 27.5% 24.3%
90 27.2% 28.6% 26.1% 23.8% 25.8% 22.7%
89 25.2% 26.4% 24.2% 22.2% 24% 21.1%
88 23.3% 24.3% 22.4% 20.7% 22.3% 19.6%
87 21.5% 22.4% 20.8% 19.2% 20.7% 18.2%
86 19.9% 20.7% 19.3% 17.8% 19.1% 16.9%
85 18.5% 19.1% 18% 16.4% 17.6% 15.7%
84 17.2% 17.7% 16.8% 15.2% 16.2% 14.5%
83 16% 16.3% 15.7% 13.9% 14.8% 13.3%
82 14.8% 15.1% 14.5% 12.8% 13.6% 12.2%
81 13.7% 13.9% 13.4% 11.7% 12.4% 11.2%
80 12.5% 12.8% 12.3% 10.7% 11.4% 10.2%
79 11.5% 11.7% 11.3% 9.73% 10.4% 9.23%
78 10.5% 10.7% 10.3% 8.88% 9.52% 8.38%
77 9.65% 9.86% 9.47% 8.1% 8.72% 7.63%
76 8.86% 9.06% 8.69% 7.41% 8% 6.95%
75 8.15% 8.33% 8% 6.78% 7.33% 6.35%
74 7.5% 7.66% 7.37% 6.21% 6.72% 5.8%
73 6.9% 7.03% 6.78% 5.68% 6.16% 5.29%
72 6.33% 6.45% 6.23% 5.18% 5.63% 4.82%
71 5.8% 5.9% 5.71% 4.73% 5.15% 4.38%
70 5.3% 5.39% 5.22% 4.3% 4.71% 3.97%
69 4.84% 4.93% 4.76% 3.92% 4.31% 3.6%
68 4.43% 4.52% 4.34% 3.58% 3.96% 3.26%
67 4.06% 4.16% 3.97% 3.28% 3.65% 2.96%
66 3.73% 3.84% 3.63% 3.01% 3.37% 2.7%
65 3.44% 3.56% 3.33% 2.77% 3.11% 2.47%
64 3.18% 3.3% 3.06% 2.54% 2.88% 2.25%
63 2.93% 3.05% 2.81% 2.33% 2.65% 2.05%
62 2.7% 2.82% 2.58% 2.13% 2.44% 1.87%
61 2.49% 2.6% 2.37% 1.95% 2.24% 1.7%
60 2.29% 2.4% 2.18% 1.79% 2.06% 1.54%
59 2.12% 2.22% 2.01% 1.64% 1.9% 1.41%
58 1.97% 2.07% 1.87% 1.52% 1.77% 1.3%
57 1.84% 1.94% 1.74% 1.43% 1.66% 1.21%
56 1.73% 1.83% 1.63% 1.35% 1.57% 1.14%
55 1.64% 1.74% 1.54% 1.28% 1.5% 1.08%
54 1.56% 1.66% 1.45% 1.22% 1.43% 1.03%
53 1.48% 1.58% 1.37% 1.16% 1.36% 0.97%
52 1.4% 1.5% 1.3% 1.1% 1.29% 0.91%
51 1.32% 1.41% 1.23% 1.03% 1.21% 0.85%
50 1.24% 1.33% 1.16% 0.96% 1.13% 0.8%
49 1.17% 1.25% 1.1% 0.9% 1.06% 0.74%
48 1.11% 1.17% 1.05% 0.84% 1% 0.7%
47 1.07% 1.11% 1.02% 0.8% 0.95% 0.66%
46 1.03% 1.07% 0.99% 0.77% 0.9% 0.64%
45 1% 1.03% 0.97% 0.75% 0.87% 0.62%
44 0.98% 0.99% 0.96% 0.73% 0.85% 0.61%
43 0.95% 0.96% 0.95% 0.71% 0.82% 0.6%
42 0.93% 0.93% 0.93% 0.69% 0.8% 0.58%
41 0.9% 0.89% 0.92% 0.67% 0.77% 0.56%
40 0.88% 0.85% 0.9% 0.64% 0.75% 0.54%
39 0.85% 0.82% 0.87% 0.61% 0.72% 0.51%
38 0.82% 0.79% 0.85% 0.59% 0.7% 0.48%
37 0.79% 0.76% 0.82% 0.57% 0.68% 0.46%
36 0.77% 0.74% 0.8% 0.56% 0.67% 0.44%
35 0.75% 0.72% 0.77% 0.55% 0.66% 0.43%
34 0.73% 0.71% 0.75% 0.54% 0.66% 0.42%
33 0.71% 0.7% 0.73% 0.53% 0.65% 0.41%
32 0.7% 0.68% 0.72% 0.53% 0.65% 0.4%
31 0.69% 0.67% 0.7% 0.52% 0.65% 0.39%
30 0.67% 0.66% 0.69% 0.51% 0.64% 0.38%
29 0.66% 0.65% 0.67% 0.51% 0.64% 0.37%
28 0.64% 0.64% 0.65% 0.5% 0.64% 0.36%
27 0.63% 0.64% 0.63% 0.5% 0.64% 0.35%
26 0.62% 0.64% 0.6% 0.49% 0.64% 0.34%
25 0.61% 0.64% 0.58% 0.49% 0.64% 0.33%
24 0.6% 0.64% 0.56% 0.48% 0.65% 0.32%
23 0.59% 0.63% 0.54% 0.48% 0.64% 0.31%
22 0.58% 0.62% 0.53% 0.47% 0.64% 0.3%
21 0.56% 0.59% 0.53% 0.45% 0.61% 0.29%
20 0.54% 0.56% 0.52% 0.42% 0.56% 0.28%
19 0.51% 0.51% 0.51% 0.38% 0.49% 0.27%
18 0.48% 0.47% 0.49% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
17 0.44% 0.42% 0.46% 0.3% 0.37% 0.24%
16 0.4% 0.38% 0.42% 0.27% 0.32% 0.23%
15 0.36% 0.34% 0.39% 0.24% 0.27% 0.21%
14 0.34% 0.32% 0.36% 0.22% 0.23% 0.2%
13 0.33% 0.31% 0.35% 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
12 0.34% 0.31% 0.37% 0.2% 0.2% 0.19%
11 0.37% 0.33% 0.4% 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
10 0.42% 0.37% 0.47% 0.21% 0.22% 0.2%
9 0.49% 0.42% 0.56% 0.24% 0.25% 0.22%
8 0.58% 0.49% 0.67% 0.27% 0.29% 0.26%
7 0.67% 0.57% 0.78% 0.32% 0.35% 0.3%
6 0.76% 0.65% 0.87% 0.4% 0.42% 0.37%
5 0.83% 0.74% 0.92% 0.5% 0.53% 0.46%
4 0.88% 0.82% 0.93% 0.63% 0.67% 0.59%
3 0.91% 0.9% 0.91% 0.81% 0.85% 0.77%
2 0.93% 0.99% 0.88% 1.05% 1.08% 1.02%
1 0.96% 1.08% 0.84% 1.37% 1.39% 1.35%
0 6.69% 7.24% 6.13% 6.43% 6.96% 5.9%

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/nigeria/somalia | CC BY

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

The annual chance of dying is 6.69% in the birth year in Nigeria and 6.43% in Somalia, 0.67% vs 0.51% at age 30, 2.29% vs 1.79% at 60, and 12.5% vs 10.7% at 80.

Death rate by age in Nigeria vs Somalia

Nigeria
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
1x
Age Death rate
Nigeria Somalia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
100 0 0 0 0 0 0
99 21.1 14.6 27.2 59.7 34 85.8
98 34.5 25.2 43.4 91 54.6 128.2
97 54.8 41.8 67.1 134.9 84.8 186
96 84.6 67.4 101 194.3 127.5 262.5
95 127 105 148.2 272.3 185.8 361
94 185.4 158.4 211.6 371 262.4 482
93 262.7 230.7 293.7 493 360 628
92 360 324 395 637 479 797
91 477 438 515 802 621 985
90 610 569 649 984 783 1,190
89 755 715 794 1,179 961 1,405
88 910 871 948 1,383 1,151 1,624
87 1,072 1,034 1,109 1,589 1,345 1,844
86 1,240 1,202 1,277 1,791 1,535 2,058
85 1,413 1,373 1,452 1,981 1,715 2,260
84 1,586 1,542 1,629 2,154 1,879 2,441
83 1,753 1,705 1,800 2,302 2,022 2,594
82 1,906 1,855 1,956 2,420 2,143 2,711
81 2,036 1,984 2,087 2,507 2,240 2,788
80 2,140 2,091 2,187 2,562 2,312 2,824
79 2,216 2,172 2,258 2,588 2,361 2,826
78 2,268 2,232 2,304 2,590 2,388 2,802
77 2,300 2,271 2,331 2,573 2,397 2,759
76 2,318 2,294 2,344 2,542 2,389 2,703
75 2,321 2,301 2,344 2,496 2,364 2,635
74 2,310 2,291 2,331 2,436 2,323 2,555
73 2,282 2,263 2,303 2,362 2,268 2,462
72 2,236 2,218 2,256 2,274 2,199 2,355
71 2,174 2,157 2,192 2,176 2,119 2,237
70 2,098 2,084 2,113 2,071 2,033 2,113
69 2,014 2,006 2,024 1,964 1,945 1,985
68 1,928 1,926 1,931 1,859 1,860 1,862
67 1,842 1,849 1,837 1,760 1,778 1,744
66 1,759 1,775 1,745 1,665 1,699 1,633
65 1,679 1,704 1,656 1,575 1,622 1,528
64 1,600 1,633 1,569 1,485 1,544 1,427
63 1,521 1,560 1,483 1,395 1,462 1,328
62 1,440 1,483 1,398 1,305 1,379 1,231
61 1,360 1,405 1,316 1,217 1,295 1,139
60 1,283 1,328 1,237 1,134 1,215 1,053
59 1,211 1,256 1,165 1,060 1,143 977
58 1,147 1,194 1,100 998 1,082 913
57 1,093 1,141 1,044 948 1,033 861
56 1,047 1,098 995 908 994 820
55 1,008 1,062 952 875 962 785
54 972 1,030 913 844 931 753
53 936 996 876 811 898 720
52 899 958 839 775 861 683
51 860 917 803 734 819 644
50 821 873 768 693 776 604
49 784 830 737 654 734 568
48 753 792 712 620 697 537
47 727 760 694 593 667 514
46 709 735 682 574 644 499
45 696 715 676 560 627 489
44 686 698 674 550 613 482
43 677 682 672 540 601 475
42 667 664 669 528 587 465
41 654 645 663 514 573 451
40 639 624 654 497 558 433
39 622 603 642 481 544 413
38 606 584 628 465 532 394
37 591 569 614 453 523 377
36 578 557 600 443 517 364
35 568 548 588 437 514 354
34 559 541 577 433 514 347
33 551 535 567 430 514 341
32 543 529 558 427 514 335
31 536 523 550 424 514 330
30 529 516 541 422 515 324
29 521 511 531 419 516 317
28 514 509 519 417 519 310
27 507 510 504 415 522 302
26 501 513 487 413 526 294.2
25 495 518 471 412 532 286
24 490 522 457 410 537 278
23 484 520 447 407 539 270.2
22 477 512 441 402 535 262.5
21 466 494 438 388 515 254.5
20 451 466 435 363 475 245.7
19 429 431 427 331 422 235.7
18 402 393 412 296.4 365 224.4
17 371 354 389 264.8 315 211.9
16 340 320 360 236.8 272.8 199.1
15 312 291.9 332 211.2 234.4 187
14 292.2 272.9 312 190.6 203.7 177.1
13 284.9 264.9 306 177.2 183.6 170.5
12 292.3 269.1 316 172.6 176.5 168.5
11 317 287 349 176.6 181 172.1
10 361 319 406 188.6 194.5 182.4
9 425 366 487 209.9 218.5 200.9
8 506 427 588 242.6 254.9 229.7
7 593 498 691 289.8 307 272.2
6 676 577 779 356 377 333
5 744 658 834 447 473 420
4 795 740 852 572 601 542
3 832 822 842 742 770 712
2 862 907 815 972 995 947
1 895 1,000 785 1,286 1,297 1,274
0 6,691 7,237 6,132 6,435 6,958 5,895

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/nigeria/somalia | CC BY

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 Somalia. The median age of death is 64.3 in Nigeria and 69 in Somalia, 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 Somalia more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

1x

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (1960–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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