Life Expectancy in Nigeria vs South Africa (1950-2026)

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

Nigeria

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	Nigeria			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	101.6	101.6	101.7	103.4	103.1	103.5
99	100.7	100.6	100.8	102.5	102.3	102.6
98	99.8	99.7	99.9	101.7	101.5	101.7
97	98.9	98.8	99	100.8	100.7	100.9
96	98	97.8	98.1	100	99.9	100
95	97.1	96.9	97.2	99.2	99.1	99.2
94	96.2	96	96.3	98.4	98.3	98.4
93	95.3	95.2	95.4	97.6	97.5	97.7
92	94.4	94.3	94.5	96.9	96.7	96.9
91	93.6	93.4	93.7	96.1	96	96.2
90	92.7	92.6	92.9	95.4	95.2	95.5
89	91.9	91.8	92	94.7	94.4	94.8
88	91.1	91	91.3	94	93.7	94.1
87	90.3	90.2	90.5	93.3	92.9	93.4
86	89.6	89.4	89.7	92.6	92.2	92.7
85	88.8	88.7	88.9	91.9	91.5	92.1
84	88.1	87.9	88.2	91.3	90.8	91.5
83	87.3	87.2	87.5	90.6	90.1	90.9
82	86.6	86.5	86.7	90	89.4	90.3
81	85.9	85.8	86	89.4	88.7	89.7
80	85.2	85.1	85.4	88.8	88	89.1
79	84.6	84.5	84.7	88.1	87.4	88.5
78	83.9	83.8	84.1	87.5	86.7	88
77	83.3	83.2	83.4	86.9	86	87.4
76	82.7	82.6	82.8	86.3	85.3	86.9
75	82.1	82	82.2	85.7	84.7	86.4
74	81.6	81.4	81.7	85.2	84	85.9
73	81	80.9	81.1	84.6	83.4	85.4
72	80.5	80.3	80.6	84.1	82.8	84.9
71	79.9	79.8	80.1	83.6	82.2	84.5
70	79.4	79.3	79.6	83.1	81.7	84.1
69	79	78.8	79.1	82.6	81.1	83.6
68	78.5	78.4	78.6	82.1	80.5	83.2
67	78.1	77.9	78.2	81.6	80	82.8
66	77.6	77.5	77.8	81.2	79.4	82.4
65	77.2	77	77.4	80.7	78.9	82.1
64	76.8	76.6	77	80.3	78.4	81.7
63	76.4	76.2	76.6	79.9	77.9	81.4
62	76	75.8	76.2	79.4	77.4	81
61	75.7	75.5	75.9	79	76.9	80.7
60	75.3	75.1	75.5	78.7	76.5	80.4
59	75	74.8	75.2	78.3	76	80.1
58	74.7	74.4	74.9	77.9	75.6	79.8
57	74.4	74.1	74.6	77.5	75.2	79.5
56	74	73.8	74.3	77.2	74.8	79.2
55	73.7	73.5	74	76.9	74.4	78.9
54	73.4	73.1	73.7	76.5	74	78.7
53	73.1	72.8	73.4	76.2	73.6	78.4
52	72.9	72.5	73.2	75.9	73.3	78.2
51	72.6	72.2	72.9	75.6	72.9	77.9
50	72.3	71.9	72.7	75.3	72.6	77.7
49	72	71.7	72.4	75	72.2	77.4
48	71.8	71.4	72.1	74.7	71.9	77.2
47	71.5	71.1	71.9	74.4	71.6	77
46	71.3	70.9	71.6	74.2	71.3	76.7
45	71	70.6	71.4	73.9	71	76.5
44	70.7	70.3	71.1	73.6	70.7	76.3
43	70.5	70.1	70.9	73.4	70.4	76.1
42	70.2	69.8	70.6	73.1	70.2	75.8
41	70	69.6	70.3	72.9	69.9	75.6
40	69.7	69.3	70.1	72.6	69.7	75.4
39	69.4	69.1	69.8	72.4	69.4	75.2
38	69.2	68.8	69.5	72.2	69.2	75
37	68.9	68.6	69.3	72	68.9	74.8
36	68.7	68.4	69	71.8	68.7	74.6
35	68.4	68.1	68.8	71.6	68.5	74.5
34	68.2	67.9	68.5	71.4	68.3	74.3
33	68	67.7	68.2	71.2	68.1	74.1
32	67.7	67.4	68	71	67.9	73.9
31	67.5	67.2	67.7	70.8	67.7	73.8
30	67.2	66.9	67.5	70.6	67.5	73.6
29	67	66.7	67.2	70.4	67.3	73.5
28	66.7	66.4	67	70.3	67.1	73.3
27	66.5	66.2	66.7	70.1	66.9	73.2
26	66.2	65.9	66.5	70	66.8	73.1
25	66	65.7	66.2	69.9	66.6	73
24	65.7	65.4	66	69.7	66.5	72.9
23	65.5	65.2	65.8	69.6	66.3	72.8
22	65.2	64.9	65.5	69.5	66.2	72.7
21	65	64.6	65.3	69.4	66.1	72.6
20	64.7	64.4	65.1	69.3	66	72.6
19	64.5	64.2	64.9	69.2	65.9	72.5
18	64.3	63.9	64.6	69.2	65.8	72.4
17	64.1	63.8	64.4	69.1	65.7	72.4
16	63.9	63.6	64.2	69	65.7	72.3
15	63.7	63.4	64	69	65.6	72.3
14	63.5	63.3	63.8	68.9	65.6	72.3
13	63.4	63.1	63.7	68.9	65.5	72.2
12	63.2	62.9	63.5	68.9	65.5	72.2
11	63	62.8	63.3	68.9	65.5	72.2
10	62.8	62.6	63	68.8	65.4	72.2
9	62.5	62.4	62.7	68.8	65.4	72.1
8	62.2	62.1	62.4	68.8	65.4	72.1
7	61.9	61.8	61.9	68.8	65.4	72.1
6	61.4	61.4	61.4	68.7	65.3	72.1
5	61	61	60.9	68.7	65.3	72
4	60.5	60.5	60.4	68.6	65.2	72
3	60	60	59.9	68.5	65.1	71.9
2	59.4	59.5	59.4	68.4	64.9	71.8
1	58.9	58.8	58.9	68.1	64.7	71.5
0	55	54.6	55.3	66.7	63.1	70.2

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 70.6 in South Africa, rising to 77.2 and 80.7 at 65, and to 85.2 and 88.8 at 80 — higher than the 55 and 66.7 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

Nigeria

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	Nigeria			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	0.03%	0.02%	0.04%	1.63%	1%	2.22%
99	0.05%	0.03%	0.07%	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%
98	0.08%	0.06%	0.11%	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%
97	0.14%	0.1%	0.18%	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%
96	0.22%	0.17%	0.28%	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%
95	0.35%	0.27%	0.42%	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%
94	0.54%	0.43%	0.64%	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%
93	0.8%	0.66%	0.93%	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%
92	1.16%	0.98%	1.33%	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%
91	1.63%	1.42%	1.84%	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%
90	2.24%	1.99%	2.49%	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%
89	3%	2.71%	3.28%	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%
88	3.91%	3.58%	4.23%	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%
87	4.98%	4.61%	5.34%	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%
86	6.22%	5.81%	6.62%	18.2%	12.2%	24%
85	7.63%	7.19%	8.07%	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%
84	9.22%	8.73%	9.7%	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%
83	11%	10.4%	11.5%	24%	16.8%	31%
82	12.9%	12.3%	13.5%	26%	18.5%	33.4%
81	14.9%	14.3%	15.5%	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%
80	17.1%	16.4%	17.7%	30.2%	22%	38.2%
79	19.3%	18.5%	20%	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%
78	21.5%	20.8%	22.3%	34.6%	25.9%	43%
77	23.8%	23%	24.6%	36.8%	28%	45.4%
76	26.2%	25.3%	27%	39%	30.1%	47.7%
75	28.5%	27.6%	29.3%	41.2%	32.3%	50%
74	30.8%	29.9%	31.6%	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%
73	33.1%	32.2%	33.9%	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%
72	35.3%	34.4%	36.2%	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%
71	37.5%	36.6%	38.4%	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%
70	39.6%	38.6%	40.5%	51.6%	42.9%	60%
69	41.6%	40.7%	42.5%	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%
68	43.5%	42.6%	44.5%	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%
67	45.4%	44.4%	46.3%	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%
66	47.1%	46.2%	48%	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%
65	48.8%	47.9%	49.7%	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%
64	50.4%	49.5%	51.3%	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%
63	51.9%	51.1%	52.8%	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%
62	53.4%	52.6%	54.1%	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%
61	54.7%	54%	55.5%	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%
60	56%	55.3%	56.7%	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%
59	57.2%	56.6%	57.9%	70%	64.3%	75.9%
58	58.4%	57.8%	59%	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%
57	59.5%	58.9%	60%	72.7%	67.5%	78%
56	60.5%	60%	61%	73.9%	69%	78.9%
55	61.5%	61.1%	62%	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%
54	62.5%	62.1%	62.9%	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%
53	63.4%	63.1%	63.7%	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%
52	64.3%	64.1%	64.6%	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%
51	65.2%	65%	65.4%	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%
50	66%	65.8%	66.2%	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%
49	66.8%	66.7%	66.9%	81.2%	78%	84.6%
48	67.5%	67.5%	67.6%	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%
47	68.3%	68.2%	68.3%	83%	80.1%	85.9%
46	69%	69%	69%	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%
45	69.7%	69.7%	69.7%	84.6%	82%	87.2%
44	70.4%	70.4%	70.3%	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%
43	71%	71.1%	71%	86%	83.7%	88.4%
42	71.7%	71.7%	71.7%	86.7%	84.5%	89%
41	72.4%	72.4%	72.3%	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%
40	73%	73%	73%	88.1%	86%	90.1%
39	73.6%	73.6%	73.6%	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%
38	74.2%	74.2%	74.3%	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%
37	74.8%	74.7%	74.9%	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%
36	75.4%	75.3%	75.5%	90.4%	88.7%	92%
35	76%	75.8%	76.1%	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%
34	76.5%	76.4%	76.6%	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%
33	77.1%	76.9%	77.2%	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%
32	77.6%	77.5%	77.8%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
31	78.1%	78%	78.3%	92.7%	91.5%	94%
30	78.7%	78.5%	78.9%	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%
29	79.2%	79%	79.4%	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%
28	79.7%	79.5%	79.9%	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%
27	80.2%	80%	80.4%	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%
26	80.7%	80.5%	80.9%	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%
25	81.2%	81.1%	81.4%	94.8%	94%	95.7%
24	81.7%	81.6%	81.8%	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%
23	82.2%	82.1%	82.3%	95.3%	94.6%	96%
22	82.7%	82.6%	82.7%	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%
21	83.1%	83.1%	83.1%	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%
20	83.6%	83.6%	83.6%	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%
19	84%	84%	84%	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%
18	84.4%	84.4%	84.4%	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%
17	84.8%	84.7%	84.8%	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%
16	85.1%	85.1%	85.2%	96.4%	96%	96.9%
15	85.4%	85.4%	85.5%	96.5%	96.1%	97%
14	85.7%	85.6%	85.8%	96.6%	96.2%	97%
13	86%	85.9%	86.1%	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%
12	86.3%	86.2%	86.4%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
11	86.6%	86.4%	86.8%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
10	87%	86.8%	87.2%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
9	87.4%	87.1%	87.7%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
8	87.9%	87.6%	88.3%	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%
7	88.5%	88.1%	89%	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%
6	89.2%	88.6%	89.7%	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%
5	89.9%	89.3%	90.6%	97%	96.7%	97.4%
4	90.7%	90%	91.4%	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%
3	91.6%	90.9%	92.3%	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%
2	92.4%	91.8%	93.1%	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%
1	93.3%	92.8%	93.9%	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 56% of newborns in Nigeria and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to live past 60, 39.6% and 51.6% past 70, 17.1% and 30.2% past 80, and only 2.24% and 11.3% 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

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	Nigeria			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	44.7%	47.8%	43.4%	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%
99	43%	46%	41.7%	22.5%	22%	22.8%
98	41.3%	44.2%	39.9%	21.3%	21%	21.5%
97	39.6%	42.4%	38.2%	20.2%	20%	20.2%
96	37.9%	40.5%	36.5%	19%	19.1%	19%
95	36.3%	38.7%	34.9%	18%	18.2%	17.9%
94	34.6%	36.9%	33.2%	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%
93	32.9%	34.9%	31.6%	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%
92	31.1%	32.9%	29.8%	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%
91	29.2%	30.8%	28%	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%
90	27.2%	28.6%	26.1%	13%	14.1%	12.6%
89	25.2%	26.4%	24.2%	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%
88	23.3%	24.3%	22.4%	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%
87	21.5%	22.4%	20.8%	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%
86	19.9%	20.7%	19.3%	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%
85	18.5%	19.1%	18%	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%
84	17.2%	17.7%	16.8%	8.78%	10%	8.21%
83	16%	16.3%	15.7%	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%
82	14.8%	15.1%	14.5%	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%
81	13.7%	13.9%	13.4%	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%
80	12.5%	12.8%	12.3%	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%
79	11.5%	11.7%	11.3%	6.67%	8%	5.94%
78	10.5%	10.7%	10.3%	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%
77	9.65%	9.86%	9.47%	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%
76	8.86%	9.06%	8.69%	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%
75	8.15%	8.33%	8%	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%
74	7.5%	7.66%	7.37%	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%
73	6.9%	7.03%	6.78%	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%
72	6.33%	6.45%	6.23%	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%
71	5.8%	5.9%	5.71%	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%
70	5.3%	5.39%	5.22%	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%
69	4.84%	4.93%	4.76%	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%
68	4.43%	4.52%	4.34%	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%
67	4.06%	4.16%	3.97%	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%
66	3.73%	3.84%	3.63%	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%
65	3.44%	3.56%	3.33%	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%
64	3.18%	3.3%	3.06%	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%
63	2.93%	3.05%	2.81%	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%
62	2.7%	2.82%	2.58%	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%
61	2.49%	2.6%	2.37%	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%
60	2.29%	2.4%	2.18%	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%
59	2.12%	2.22%	2.01%	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%
58	1.97%	2.07%	1.87%	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%
57	1.84%	1.94%	1.74%	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%
56	1.73%	1.83%	1.63%	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%
55	1.64%	1.74%	1.54%	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%
54	1.56%	1.66%	1.45%	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%
53	1.48%	1.58%	1.37%	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%
52	1.4%	1.5%	1.3%	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%
51	1.32%	1.41%	1.23%	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%
50	1.24%	1.33%	1.16%	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%
49	1.17%	1.25%	1.1%	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%
48	1.11%	1.17%	1.05%	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%
47	1.07%	1.11%	1.02%	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%
46	1.03%	1.07%	0.99%	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%
45	1%	1.03%	0.97%	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%
44	0.98%	0.99%	0.96%	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%
43	0.95%	0.96%	0.95%	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%
42	0.93%	0.93%	0.93%	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%
41	0.9%	0.89%	0.92%	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%
40	0.88%	0.85%	0.9%	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%
39	0.85%	0.82%	0.87%	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%
38	0.82%	0.79%	0.85%	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%
37	0.79%	0.76%	0.82%	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%
36	0.77%	0.74%	0.8%	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%
35	0.75%	0.72%	0.77%	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%
34	0.73%	0.71%	0.75%	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%
33	0.71%	0.7%	0.73%	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%
32	0.7%	0.68%	0.72%	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%
31	0.69%	0.67%	0.7%	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%
30	0.67%	0.66%	0.69%	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%
29	0.66%	0.65%	0.67%	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%
28	0.64%	0.64%	0.65%	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%
27	0.63%	0.64%	0.63%	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%
26	0.62%	0.64%	0.6%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
25	0.61%	0.64%	0.58%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
24	0.6%	0.64%	0.56%	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%
23	0.59%	0.63%	0.54%	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%
22	0.58%	0.62%	0.53%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
21	0.56%	0.59%	0.53%	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%
20	0.54%	0.56%	0.52%	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%
19	0.51%	0.51%	0.51%	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%
18	0.48%	0.47%	0.49%	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%
17	0.44%	0.42%	0.46%	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%
16	0.4%	0.38%	0.42%	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%
15	0.36%	0.34%	0.39%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
14	0.34%	0.32%	0.36%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
13	0.33%	0.31%	0.35%	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%
12	0.34%	0.31%	0.37%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
11	0.37%	0.33%	0.4%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
10	0.42%	0.37%	0.47%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
9	0.49%	0.42%	0.56%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
8	0.58%	0.49%	0.67%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
7	0.67%	0.57%	0.78%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
6	0.76%	0.65%	0.87%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
5	0.83%	0.74%	0.92%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
4	0.88%	0.82%	0.93%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
3	0.91%	0.9%	0.91%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
2	0.93%	0.99%	0.88%	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%
1	0.96%	1.08%	0.84%	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%
0	6.69%	7.24%	6.13%	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%

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

The annual chance of dying is 6.69% in the birth year in Nigeria and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.67% vs 0.44% at age 30, 2.29% vs 2.08% at 60, and 12.5% vs 6.96% at 80.

Death rate by age in Nigeria vs South Africa

Chart Table

Nigeria

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Death rate
	Nigeria			South Africa
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	0	0	0	359	204.6	501
99	21.1	14.6	27.2	475	280.8	655
98	34.5	25.2	43.4	572	340	787
97	54.8	41.8	67.1	677	406	928
96	84.6	67.4	101	789	478	1,077
95	127	105	148.2	909	558	1,236
94	185.4	158.4	211.6	1,031	642	1,393
93	262.7	230.7	293.7	1,148	729	1,540
92	360	324	395	1,257	818	1,670
91	477	438	515	1,363	912	1,794
90	610	569	649	1,476	1,014	1,924
89	755	715	794	1,585	1,118	2,045
88	910	871	948	1,686	1,220	2,150
87	1,072	1,034	1,109	1,775	1,315	2,238
86	1,240	1,202	1,277	1,845	1,397	2,299
85	1,413	1,373	1,452	1,897	1,467	2,335
84	1,586	1,542	1,629	1,937	1,530	2,353
83	1,753	1,705	1,800	1,972	1,591	2,363
82	1,906	1,855	1,956	2,008	1,656	2,371
81	2,036	1,984	2,087	2,052	1,732	2,383
80	2,140	2,091	2,187	2,102	1,819	2,399
79	2,216	2,172	2,258	2,156	1,914	2,411
78	2,268	2,232	2,304	2,202	2,006	2,410
77	2,300	2,271	2,331	2,228	2,080	2,386
76	2,318	2,294	2,344	2,228	2,126	2,335
75	2,321	2,301	2,344	2,204	2,144	2,262
74	2,310	2,291	2,331	2,161	2,141	2,176
73	2,282	2,263	2,303	2,112	2,132	2,089
72	2,236	2,218	2,256	2,066	2,123	2,008
71	2,174	2,157	2,192	2,028	2,121	1,936
70	2,098	2,084	2,113	1,997	2,124	1,871
69	2,014	2,006	2,024	1,966	2,128	1,807
68	1,928	1,926	1,931	1,929	2,124	1,740
67	1,842	1,849	1,837	1,882	2,108	1,667
66	1,759	1,775	1,745	1,822	2,074	1,585
65	1,679	1,704	1,656	1,752	2,025	1,500
64	1,600	1,633	1,569	1,679	1,965	1,415
63	1,521	1,560	1,483	1,606	1,901	1,337
62	1,440	1,483	1,398	1,540	1,839	1,269
61	1,360	1,405	1,316	1,482	1,782	1,211
60	1,283	1,328	1,237	1,431	1,730	1,162
59	1,211	1,256	1,165	1,384	1,679	1,116
58	1,147	1,194	1,100	1,339	1,629	1,072
57	1,093	1,141	1,044	1,292	1,575	1,026
56	1,047	1,098	995	1,242	1,519	978
55	1,008	1,062	952	1,190	1,459	929
54	972	1,030	913	1,137	1,397	881
53	936	996	876	1,085	1,337	835
52	899	958	839	1,037	1,279	795
51	860	917	803	994	1,223	760
50	821	873	768	954	1,171	731
49	784	830	737	918	1,120	707
48	753	792	712	883	1,071	686
47	727	760	694	850	1,022	668
46	709	735	682	818	974	652
45	696	715	676	786	928	635
44	686	698	674	755	884	619
43	677	682	672	724	842	601
42	667	664	669	695	804	581
41	654	645	663	667	770	560
40	639	624	654	639	738	538
39	622	603	642	613	708	515
38	606	584	628	587	680	492
37	591	569	614	562	653	470
36	578	557	600	538	626	449
35	568	548	588	515	600	429
34	559	541	577	493	575	410
33	551	535	567	471	551	392
32	543	529	558	450	527	374
31	536	523	550	429	504	355
30	529	516	541	408	481	335
29	521	511	531	386	458	314
28	514	509	519	363	434	291.3
27	507	510	504	339	410	266.7
26	501	513	487	314	384	241.5
25	495	518	471	289.1	358	217.1
24	490	522	457	264.7	331	195.1
23	484	520	447	241.4	304	176
22	477	512	441	219.2	276.6	159.6
21	466	494	438	198.1	249	145.6
20	451	466	435	177.8	221.4	133.1
19	429	431	427	158	194.2	121.2
18	402	393	412	138.5	167.7	108.8
17	371	354	389	119.5	142.6	96
16	340	320	360	101.4	119.6	82.9
15	312	291.9	332	85	99.4	70.2
14	292.2	272.9	312	70.7	82.4	58.8
13	284.9	264.9	306	58.9	68.7	49
12	292.3	269.1	316	49.7	58.1	41.1
11	317	287	349	43	50.5	35.3
10	361	319	406	38.7	45.8	31.6
9	425	366	487	37	43.9	30
8	506	427	588	37.9	45.2	30.6
7	593	498	691	42.2	50.2	34.1
6	676	577	779	51.2	60.6	41.7
5	744	658	834	67.2	79	55.4
4	795	740	852	95.3	110.3	80
3	832	822	842	141.9	161.3	121.7
2	862	907	815	218.6	243.8	192.5
1	895	1,000	785	343	375	310
0	6,691	7,237	6,132	2,192	2,441	1,934

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 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 64.3 in Nigeria and 70.8 in South Africa, 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 South Africa more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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