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Life Expectancy in Nigeria vs Taiwan (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 55 years in Nigeria vs 81.1 in Taiwan. Nigeria is ranked 197/197 by life expectancy, and Taiwan is 40/197. In Nigeria, the life expectancy is 54.6 years for males and 55.3 years for females. In Taiwan, it's 78.3 years for males and 84 years for females.

Nigeria vs Taiwan life expectancy at birth by year chart

Nigeria
Male

Female
Taiwan
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Nigeria Taiwan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 35.5 33.6 37.5 56.6 54.4 58.8
1951 35.7 33.8 37.7 57.2 55 59.5
1952 35.9 34 37.9 57.9 55.7 60.3
1953 36 34.1 38.1 58.6 56.3 60.9
1954 36.2 34.3 38.3 58.9 56.5 61.5
1955 36.3 34.3 38.5 59.8 57.5 62.2
1956 36.5 34.5 38.6 60.3 58.1 62.7
1957 36.6 34.6 38.8 61 58.8 63.3
1958 36.8 34.8 39 61 58.6 63.8
1959 37 35 39.2 61.6 59.6 63.8
1960 37.2 35.2 39.3 62.5 60.3 65.1
1961 37.4 35.4 39.6 63 60.8 65.5
1962 37.6 35.6 39.7 63.8 61.6 66.2
1963 37.8 35.8 39.9 64.5 63.1 66
1964 38 35.9 40.1 64.9 62.3 67.9
1965 38.2 36.2 40.4 65.7 63.4 68.5
1966 38.4 36.4 40.5 66.1 63.9 68.7
1967 37.5 35.1 40.1 66.7 64.3 69.6
1968 38.6 36.4 41 66.8 64.3 70
1969 38.9 36.8 41.3 67.7 65.2 70.8
1970 40 38.4 41.7 69 66.8 71.7
1971 40.6 39 42.3 69.4 67.1 72
1972 41.3 39.5 43.1 69.6 67.4 72.2
1973 41.8 40 43.7 69.8 67.5 72.6
1974 42.5 40.6 44.5 70.3 68 73
1975 43.1 41 45.2 70.9 68.7 73.4
1976 44.2 42.7 45.7 71.2 68.9 73.8
1977 44.8 43.4 46.3 71.3 69 73.9
1978 45.3 43.8 46.9 71.7 69.4 74.5
1979 45.7 44.2 47.3 71.7 69.4 74.6
1980 46 44.3 47.6 72 69.7 74.7
1981 46.3 44.6 48 72 69.8 74.7
1982 46.4 44.7 48.2 72.4 70.2 75.2
1983 46.4 44.8 48.1 72.4 70.2 75.1
1984 46.3 44.7 48 73 70.7 75.8
1985 46.2 44.6 47.9 73.3 71.1 76
1986 46 44.5 47.5 73.3 71.1 76.1
1987 45.9 44.5 47.4 73.6 71.4 76.4
1988 45.8 44.4 47.3 73.4 71.1 76.2
1989 45.8 44.4 47.3 73.7 71.3 76.7
1990 45.7 44.4 47.1 73.9 71.6 76.9
1991 45.5 44.1 47 74.3 71.9 77.3
1992 45.6 44.2 47 74.3 71.9 77.3
1993 45.8 44.2 47.4 74.6 72 77.7
1994 45.7 44.2 47.3 74.7 72.1 78
1995 45.9 44.4 47.4 74.6 72 77.8
1996 45.8 44.4 47.3 74.9 72.3 78.1
1997 46 44.7 47.2 75.3 72.6 78.6
1998 46.1 45.1 47.2 75.5 72.8 78.8
1999 46.6 45.7 47.5 75.6 73 78.8
2000 47.1 46.3 48 76.1 73.4 79.5
2001 47.5 46.9 48.2 76.5 73.7 79.8
2002 48 47.5 48.5 76.9 74.1 80.1
2003 48.6 48.2 49.1 77 74.3 80.2
2004 49.1 48.8 49.5 77.2 74.3 80.6
2005 49.5 49 50.1 77.1 74.1 80.7
2006 49.9 49.3 50.4 77.8 74.8 81.5
2007 50.4 49.8 50.9 78 75.1 81.5
2008 50.7 50.3 51.2 78.3 75.2 81.9
2009 51.1 50.6 51.6 78.7 75.7 82.2
2010 51.3 50.9 51.8 79 76 82.5
2011 51.5 51.1 51.9 78.9 75.7 82.6
2012 51.7 51.3 52 79.2 76.1 82.6
2013 51.8 51.5 52.2 79.6 76.5 83.1
2014 51.9 51.6 52.3 79.5 76.4 83
2015 51.9 51.6 52.2 79.9 76.7 83.4
2016 52.2 51.9 52.4 79.7 76.5 83.3
2017 52.4 52.1 52.6 80.1 76.9 83.6
2018 52.7 52.4 52.9 80.4 77.2 83.9
2019 53 52.8 53.2 80.6 77.4 84.1
2020 53.1 52.7 53.4 81.1 77.9 84.5
2021 53.5 53.2 53.7 80.8 77.5 84.2
2022 54.1 53.8 54.4 80.2 77.3 83.2
2023 54.5 54.2 54.7 80.6 77.6 83.6
2024 54.6 54.3 54.9 80.7 77.9 83.7
2025 54.8 54.5 55.1 80.9 78.1 83.9
2026 55 54.6 55.3 81.1 78.3 84

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.

Nigeria vs Taiwan 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 Taiwan, 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 51.9 years

Mean expected age of death:
67.2 vs 81.9 years

Median expected age of death:
70.1 vs 84.4 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Nigeria Taiwan
Male Female Male Female
40 93.0% 92.6% 98.8% 99.4%
50 83.9% 83.9% 95.5% 98.1%
60 70.5% 71.9% 89.3% 95.4%
65 61.0% 63.0% 84.8% 93.0%
70 49.2% 51.4% 78.5% 89.2%
75 35.2% 37.2% 69.6% 83.0%
80 20.8% 22.5% 56.9% 72.7%
85 9.2% 10.2% 39.4% 56.4%
90 2.5% 3.2% 21.1% 36.5%
95 0.3% 0.5% 7.5% 17.6%
100 0.0% 0.0% 1.4% 5.4%

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 Taiwan: 67.2 years vs 81.9 at 30, 77.2 vs 85.4 at 65, 85.2 vs 89.6 at 80 — significantly higher than the 55 vs 81.1 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 Taiwan.

Nigeria
Male

Female
Taiwan
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Nigeria Taiwan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 55 54.6 55.3 81.1 78.3 84
1 58.9 58.8 58.9 81.4 78.6 84.3
2 59.4 59.5 59.4 81.4 78.6 84.3
3 60 60 59.9 81.4 78.6 84.3
4 60.5 60.5 60.4 81.5 78.6 84.3
5 61 61 60.9 81.5 78.6 84.4
6 61.4 61.4 61.4 81.5 78.7 84.4
7 61.9 61.8 61.9 81.5 78.7 84.4
8 62.2 62.1 62.4 81.5 78.7 84.4
9 62.5 62.4 62.7 81.5 78.7 84.4
10 62.8 62.6 63 81.5 78.7 84.4
11 63 62.8 63.3 81.5 78.7 84.4
12 63.2 62.9 63.5 81.5 78.7 84.4
13 63.4 63.1 63.7 81.5 78.7 84.4
14 63.5 63.3 63.8 81.5 78.7 84.4
15 63.7 63.4 64 81.5 78.7 84.4
16 63.9 63.6 64.2 81.6 78.7 84.4
17 64.1 63.8 64.4 81.6 78.8 84.5
18 64.3 63.9 64.6 81.6 78.8 84.5
19 64.5 64.2 64.9 81.6 78.8 84.5
20 64.7 64.4 65.1 81.6 78.8 84.5
21 65 64.6 65.3 81.7 78.9 84.5
22 65.2 64.9 65.5 81.7 78.9 84.5
23 65.5 65.2 65.8 81.7 78.9 84.5
24 65.7 65.4 66 81.7 79 84.6
25 66 65.7 66.2 81.8 79 84.6
26 66.2 65.9 66.5 81.8 79 84.6
27 66.5 66.2 66.7 81.8 79 84.6
28 66.7 66.4 67 81.8 79.1 84.6
29 67 66.7 67.2 81.9 79.1 84.6
30 67.2 66.9 67.5 81.9 79.1 84.7
31 67.5 67.2 67.7 81.9 79.2 84.7
32 67.7 67.4 68 81.9 79.2 84.7
33 68 67.7 68.2 82 79.3 84.7
34 68.2 67.9 68.5 82 79.3 84.8
35 68.4 68.1 68.8 82.1 79.4 84.8
36 68.7 68.4 69 82.1 79.4 84.8
37 68.9 68.6 69.3 82.1 79.5 84.8
38 69.2 68.8 69.5 82.2 79.5 84.9
39 69.4 69.1 69.8 82.3 79.6 84.9
40 69.7 69.3 70.1 82.3 79.7 85
41 70 69.6 70.3 82.4 79.8 85
42 70.2 69.8 70.6 82.4 79.9 85
43 70.5 70.1 70.9 82.5 80 85.1
44 70.7 70.3 71.1 82.6 80.1 85.1
45 71 70.6 71.4 82.7 80.2 85.2
46 71.3 70.9 71.6 82.8 80.3 85.2
47 71.5 71.1 71.9 82.9 80.4 85.3
48 71.8 71.4 72.1 83 80.6 85.3
49 72 71.7 72.4 83.1 80.7 85.4
50 72.3 71.9 72.7 83.2 80.8 85.5
51 72.6 72.2 72.9 83.3 81 85.5
52 72.9 72.5 73.2 83.4 81.1 85.6
53 73.1 72.8 73.4 83.5 81.3 85.7
54 73.4 73.1 73.7 83.6 81.5 85.8
55 73.7 73.5 74 83.8 81.6 85.9
56 74 73.8 74.3 83.9 81.8 85.9
57 74.4 74.1 74.6 84.1 82 86
58 74.7 74.4 74.9 84.2 82.2 86.1
59 75 74.8 75.2 84.4 82.4 86.2
60 75.3 75.1 75.5 84.5 82.6 86.3
61 75.7 75.5 75.9 84.7 82.8 86.4
62 76 75.8 76.2 84.8 83 86.6
63 76.4 76.2 76.6 85 83.2 86.7
64 76.8 76.6 77 85.2 83.5 86.8
65 77.2 77 77.4 85.4 83.7 86.9
66 77.6 77.5 77.8 85.6 83.9 87.1
67 78.1 77.9 78.2 85.8 84.2 87.2
68 78.5 78.4 78.6 86 84.4 87.4
69 79 78.8 79.1 86.2 84.7 87.6
70 79.4 79.3 79.6 86.4 85 87.8
71 79.9 79.8 80.1 86.7 85.2 88
72 80.5 80.3 80.6 86.9 85.5 88.2
73 81 80.9 81.1 87.2 85.9 88.4
74 81.6 81.4 81.7 87.5 86.2 88.6
75 82.1 82 82.2 87.8 86.5 88.9
76 82.7 82.6 82.8 88.1 86.9 89.2
77 83.3 83.2 83.4 88.4 87.3 89.4
78 83.9 83.8 84.1 88.8 87.7 89.8
79 84.6 84.5 84.7 89.2 88.1 90.1
80 85.2 85.1 85.4 89.6 88.5 90.5
81 85.9 85.8 86 90 89 90.9
82 86.6 86.5 86.7 90.5 89.5 91.3
83 87.3 87.2 87.5 91 90 91.7
84 88.1 87.9 88.2 91.5 90.6 92.2
85 88.8 88.7 88.9 92.1 91.1 92.7
86 89.6 89.4 89.7 92.6 91.7 93.2
87 90.3 90.2 90.5 93.2 92.4 93.8
88 91.1 91 91.3 93.8 93 94.4
89 91.9 91.8 92 94.4 93.7 94.9
90 92.7 92.6 92.9 95.1 94.3 95.6
91 93.6 93.4 93.7 95.7 95 96.2
92 94.4 94.3 94.5 96.4 95.7 96.8
93 95.3 95.2 95.4 97.1 96.5 97.5
94 96.2 96 96.3 97.8 97.3 98.2
95 97.1 96.9 97.2 98.6 98 98.9
96 98 97.8 98.1 99.4 98.9 99.7
97 98.9 98.8 99 100.2 99.7 100.4
98 99.8 99.7 99.9 101 100.5 101.2
99 100.7 100.6 100.8 101.8 101.4 102
100 101.6 101.6 101.7 102.6 102.3 102.8

Odds of living to age in Nigeria vs Taiwan

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 56% in Nigeria and 91.3% in Taiwan are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 39.6% and 82.9% will live to 70 years or older, 17.1% and 64% to 80+ years, and 2.24% and 28.5% 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
Taiwan
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Nigeria Taiwan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 93.3% 92.8% 93.9% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
2 92.4% 91.8% 93.1% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
3 91.6% 90.9% 92.3% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
4 90.7% 90% 91.4% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
5 89.9% 89.3% 90.6% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
6 89.2% 88.6% 89.7% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
7 88.5% 88.1% 89% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
8 87.9% 87.6% 88.3% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
9 87.4% 87.1% 87.7% 99.5% 99.5% 99.5%
10 87% 86.8% 87.2% 99.5% 99.5% 99.5%
11 86.6% 86.4% 86.8% 99.5% 99.5% 99.5%
12 86.3% 86.2% 86.4% 99.5% 99.5% 99.5%
13 86% 85.9% 86.1% 99.5% 99.5% 99.5%
14 85.7% 85.6% 85.8% 99.5% 99.5% 99.5%
15 85.4% 85.4% 85.5% 99.5% 99.5% 99.5%
16 85.1% 85.1% 85.2% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
17 84.8% 84.7% 84.8% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
18 84.4% 84.4% 84.4% 99.4% 99.4% 99.4%
19 84% 84% 84% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
20 83.6% 83.6% 83.6% 99.3% 99.3% 99.4%
21 83.1% 83.1% 83.1% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
22 82.7% 82.6% 82.7% 99.3% 99.2% 99.3%
23 82.2% 82.1% 82.3% 99.2% 99.1% 99.3%
24 81.7% 81.6% 81.8% 99.2% 99.1% 99.3%
25 81.2% 81.1% 81.4% 99.1% 99% 99.3%
26 80.7% 80.5% 80.9% 99.1% 99% 99.2%
27 80.2% 80% 80.4% 99.1% 98.9% 99.2%
28 79.7% 79.5% 79.9% 99% 98.8% 99.2%
29 79.2% 79% 79.4% 99% 98.8% 99.1%
30 78.7% 78.5% 78.9% 98.9% 98.7% 99.1%
31 78.1% 78% 78.3% 98.9% 98.6% 99.1%
32 77.6% 77.5% 77.8% 98.8% 98.6% 99%
33 77.1% 76.9% 77.2% 98.7% 98.5% 99%
34 76.5% 76.4% 76.6% 98.6% 98.4% 98.9%
35 76% 75.8% 76.1% 98.6% 98.3% 98.9%
36 75.4% 75.3% 75.5% 98.5% 98.1% 98.8%
37 74.8% 74.7% 74.9% 98.4% 98% 98.8%
38 74.2% 74.2% 74.3% 98.3% 97.9% 98.7%
39 73.6% 73.6% 73.6% 98.1% 97.7% 98.6%
40 73% 73% 73% 98% 97.5% 98.5%
41 72.4% 72.4% 72.3% 97.8% 97.3% 98.5%
42 71.7% 71.7% 71.7% 97.7% 97.1% 98.4%
43 71% 71.1% 71% 97.5% 96.8% 98.3%
44 70.4% 70.4% 70.3% 97.3% 96.5% 98.2%
45 69.7% 69.7% 69.7% 97.1% 96.2% 98%
46 69% 69% 69% 96.9% 95.9% 97.9%
47 68.3% 68.2% 68.3% 96.6% 95.5% 97.8%
48 67.5% 67.5% 67.6% 96.4% 95.1% 97.6%
49 66.8% 66.7% 66.9% 96.1% 94.7% 97.4%
50 66% 65.8% 66.2% 95.8% 94.3% 97.3%
51 65.2% 65% 65.4% 95.4% 93.8% 97.1%
52 64.3% 64.1% 64.6% 95.1% 93.3% 96.9%
53 63.4% 63.1% 63.7% 94.7% 92.8% 96.6%
54 62.5% 62.1% 62.9% 94.3% 92.3% 96.4%
55 61.5% 61.1% 62% 93.9% 91.7% 96.1%
56 60.5% 60% 61% 93.4% 91.1% 95.8%
57 59.5% 58.9% 60% 92.9% 90.4% 95.5%
58 58.4% 57.8% 59% 92.4% 89.7% 95.2%
59 57.2% 56.6% 57.9% 91.9% 89% 94.9%
60 56% 55.3% 56.7% 91.3% 88.2% 94.5%
61 54.7% 54% 55.5% 90.7% 87.4% 94.1%
62 53.4% 52.6% 54.1% 90.1% 86.5% 93.7%
63 51.9% 51.1% 52.8% 89.4% 85.6% 93.2%
64 50.4% 49.5% 51.3% 88.6% 84.7% 92.7%
65 48.8% 47.9% 49.7% 87.9% 83.7% 92.1%
66 47.1% 46.2% 48% 87% 82.6% 91.5%
67 45.4% 44.4% 46.3% 86.1% 81.5% 90.9%
68 43.5% 42.6% 44.5% 85.1% 80.2% 90.1%
69 41.6% 40.7% 42.5% 84.1% 78.9% 89.3%
70 39.6% 38.6% 40.5% 82.9% 77.5% 88.4%
71 37.5% 36.6% 38.4% 81.7% 76% 87.4%
72 35.3% 34.4% 36.2% 80.3% 74.4% 86.3%
73 33.1% 32.2% 33.9% 78.8% 72.6% 85.1%
74 30.8% 29.9% 31.6% 77.2% 70.7% 83.8%
75 28.5% 27.6% 29.3% 75.4% 68.7% 82.3%
76 26.2% 25.3% 27% 73.5% 66.5% 80.6%
77 23.8% 23% 24.6% 71.5% 64.2% 78.8%
78 21.5% 20.8% 22.3% 69.2% 61.7% 76.8%
79 19.3% 18.5% 20% 66.7% 59% 74.6%
80 17.1% 16.4% 17.7% 64% 56.1% 72.1%
81 14.9% 14.3% 15.5% 61.1% 53% 69.3%
82 12.9% 12.3% 13.5% 57.9% 49.7% 66.3%
83 11% 10.4% 11.5% 54.6% 46.2% 63.1%
84 9.22% 8.73% 9.7% 51% 42.6% 59.6%
85 7.63% 7.19% 8.07% 47.4% 38.9% 55.9%
86 6.22% 5.81% 6.62% 43.6% 35.2% 52.1%
87 4.98% 4.61% 5.34% 39.8% 31.5% 48.2%
88 3.91% 3.58% 4.23% 36% 27.8% 44.2%
89 3% 2.71% 3.28% 32.2% 24.3% 40.2%
90 2.24% 1.99% 2.49% 28.5% 20.9% 36.2%
91 1.63% 1.42% 1.84% 24.9% 17.6% 32.2%
92 1.16% 0.98% 1.33% 21.4% 14.7% 28.2%
93 0.8% 0.66% 0.93% 18.2% 11.9% 24.4%
94 0.54% 0.43% 0.64% 15.1% 9.49% 20.8%
95 0.35% 0.27% 0.42% 12.3% 7.39% 17.4%
96 0.22% 0.17% 0.28% 9.87% 5.61% 14.3%
97 0.14% 0.1% 0.18% 7.74% 4.16% 11.6%
98 0.08% 0.06% 0.11% 5.94% 3% 9.16%
99 0.05% 0.03% 0.07% 4.45% 2.1% 7.09%
100 0.03% 0.02% 0.04% 3.26% 1.43% 5.36%

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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 0.29% in Taiwan, 0.67% vs 0.06% at age 30, 2.29% vs 0.67% at 60, and 12.5% vs 4.57% at 80.

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

Nigeria
Male

Female
Taiwan
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Nigeria Taiwan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 6.69% 7.24% 6.13% 0.29% 0.3% 0.28%
1 0.96% 1.08% 0.84% 0.05% 0.04% 0.05%
2 0.93% 0.99% 0.88% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03%
3 0.91% 0.9% 0.91% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
4 0.88% 0.82% 0.93% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
5 0.83% 0.74% 0.92% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
6 0.76% 0.65% 0.87% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
7 0.67% 0.57% 0.78% 0.009% 0.009% 0.009%
8 0.58% 0.49% 0.67% 0.008% 0.008% 0.008%
9 0.49% 0.42% 0.56% 0.008% 0.008% 0.008%
10 0.42% 0.37% 0.47% 0.008% 0.009% 0.008%
11 0.37% 0.33% 0.4% 0.009% 0.01% 0.009%
12 0.34% 0.31% 0.37% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
13 0.33% 0.31% 0.35% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
14 0.34% 0.32% 0.36% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
15 0.36% 0.34% 0.39% 0.02% 0.03% 0.02%
16 0.4% 0.38% 0.42% 0.03% 0.03% 0.02%
17 0.44% 0.42% 0.46% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
18 0.48% 0.47% 0.49% 0.03% 0.05% 0.02%
19 0.51% 0.51% 0.51% 0.04% 0.05% 0.02%
20 0.54% 0.56% 0.52% 0.04% 0.05% 0.02%
21 0.56% 0.59% 0.53% 0.04% 0.05% 0.02%
22 0.58% 0.62% 0.53% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
23 0.59% 0.63% 0.54% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
24 0.6% 0.64% 0.56% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
25 0.61% 0.64% 0.58% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
26 0.62% 0.64% 0.6% 0.04% 0.06% 0.03%
27 0.63% 0.64% 0.63% 0.04% 0.06% 0.03%
28 0.64% 0.64% 0.65% 0.05% 0.06% 0.03%
29 0.66% 0.65% 0.67% 0.05% 0.07% 0.04%
30 0.67% 0.66% 0.69% 0.06% 0.07% 0.04%
31 0.69% 0.67% 0.7% 0.06% 0.08% 0.04%
32 0.7% 0.68% 0.72% 0.07% 0.09% 0.05%
33 0.71% 0.7% 0.73% 0.08% 0.1% 0.05%
34 0.73% 0.71% 0.75% 0.09% 0.11% 0.06%
35 0.75% 0.72% 0.77% 0.09% 0.13% 0.06%
36 0.77% 0.74% 0.8% 0.1% 0.14% 0.06%
37 0.79% 0.76% 0.82% 0.11% 0.16% 0.07%
38 0.82% 0.79% 0.85% 0.12% 0.17% 0.07%
39 0.85% 0.82% 0.87% 0.14% 0.19% 0.08%
40 0.88% 0.85% 0.9% 0.15% 0.22% 0.09%
41 0.9% 0.89% 0.92% 0.17% 0.24% 0.09%
42 0.93% 0.93% 0.93% 0.18% 0.26% 0.1%
43 0.95% 0.96% 0.95% 0.2% 0.29% 0.11%
44 0.98% 0.99% 0.96% 0.22% 0.32% 0.12%
45 1% 1.03% 0.97% 0.24% 0.34% 0.13%
46 1.03% 1.07% 0.99% 0.26% 0.37% 0.14%
47 1.07% 1.11% 1.02% 0.28% 0.4% 0.16%
48 1.11% 1.17% 1.05% 0.3% 0.43% 0.17%
49 1.17% 1.25% 1.1% 0.32% 0.46% 0.19%
50 1.24% 1.33% 1.16% 0.34% 0.49% 0.2%
51 1.32% 1.41% 1.23% 0.37% 0.53% 0.22%
52 1.4% 1.5% 1.3% 0.39% 0.56% 0.23%
53 1.48% 1.58% 1.37% 0.42% 0.6% 0.25%
54 1.56% 1.66% 1.45% 0.45% 0.64% 0.27%
55 1.64% 1.74% 1.54% 0.48% 0.68% 0.29%
56 1.73% 1.83% 1.63% 0.52% 0.72% 0.31%
57 1.84% 1.94% 1.74% 0.55% 0.77% 0.34%
58 1.97% 2.07% 1.87% 0.59% 0.82% 0.36%
59 2.12% 2.22% 2.01% 0.62% 0.87% 0.39%
60 2.29% 2.4% 2.18% 0.67% 0.92% 0.42%
61 2.49% 2.6% 2.37% 0.71% 0.98% 0.46%
62 2.7% 2.82% 2.58% 0.76% 1.04% 0.5%
63 2.93% 3.05% 2.81% 0.82% 1.11% 0.55%
64 3.18% 3.3% 3.06% 0.89% 1.19% 0.6%
65 3.44% 3.56% 3.33% 0.96% 1.28% 0.66%
66 3.73% 3.84% 3.63% 1.04% 1.38% 0.73%
67 4.06% 4.16% 3.97% 1.14% 1.5% 0.81%
68 4.43% 4.52% 4.34% 1.25% 1.63% 0.9%
69 4.84% 4.93% 4.76% 1.37% 1.78% 1%
70 5.3% 5.39% 5.22% 1.52% 1.96% 1.12%
71 5.8% 5.9% 5.71% 1.68% 2.15% 1.26%
72 6.33% 6.45% 6.23% 1.86% 2.36% 1.41%
73 6.9% 7.03% 6.78% 2.05% 2.59% 1.58%
74 7.5% 7.66% 7.37% 2.27% 2.85% 1.77%
75 8.15% 8.33% 8% 2.53% 3.15% 1.99%
76 8.86% 9.06% 8.69% 2.82% 3.49% 2.25%
77 9.65% 9.86% 9.47% 3.16% 3.89% 2.55%
78 10.5% 10.7% 10.3% 3.57% 4.36% 2.91%
79 11.5% 11.7% 11.3% 4.03% 4.91% 3.33%
80 12.5% 12.8% 12.3% 4.57% 5.53% 3.81%
81 13.7% 13.9% 13.4% 5.17% 6.23% 4.35%
82 14.8% 15.1% 14.5% 5.82% 7% 4.92%
83 16% 16.3% 15.7% 6.49% 7.82% 5.53%
84 17.2% 17.7% 16.8% 7.2% 8.68% 6.15%
85 18.5% 19.1% 18% 7.94% 9.6% 6.8%
86 19.9% 20.7% 19.3% 8.71% 10.6% 7.49%
87 21.5% 22.4% 20.8% 9.55% 11.6% 8.25%
88 23.3% 24.3% 22.4% 10.5% 12.8% 9.1%
89 25.2% 26.4% 24.2% 11.5% 14% 10.1%
90 27.2% 28.6% 26.1% 12.7% 15.4% 11.1%
91 29.2% 30.8% 28% 13.9% 16.9% 12.3%
92 31.1% 32.9% 29.8% 15.3% 18.6% 13.5%
93 32.9% 34.9% 31.6% 16.8% 20.4% 14.8%
94 34.6% 36.9% 33.2% 18.4% 22.2% 16.2%
95 36.3% 38.7% 34.9% 19.9% 24% 17.7%
96 37.9% 40.5% 36.5% 21.6% 25.9% 19.2%
97 39.6% 42.4% 38.2% 23.3% 27.9% 20.9%
98 41.3% 44.2% 39.9% 25% 30% 22.6%
99 43% 46% 41.7% 26.8% 32% 24.4%
100 44.7% 47.8% 43.4% 28.5% 34% 26%

Death rate by age in Nigeria compared to Taiwan

In Nigeria, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 87 in Taiwan. The median age of death is 64.3 in Nigeria and 84.3 in Taiwan — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Nigeria
Male

Female
Taiwan
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Nigeria Taiwan
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 6,691 7,237 6,132 293.7 302 284.5
1 895 1,000 785 46.8 42.4 51.4
2 862 907 815 32.8 31 34.7
3 832 822 842 23.2 22.7 23.8
4 795 740 852 16.9 16.9 16.9
5 744 658 834 12.8 13 12.5
6 676 577 779 10.2 10.5 9.95
7 593 498 691 8.75 9.01 8.46
8 506 427 588 8.03 8.26 7.78
9 425 366 487 7.93 8.14 7.7
10 361 319 406 8.39 8.64 8.12
11 317 287 349 9.42 9.82 8.98
12 292.3 269.1 316 11.1 11.8 10.2
13 284.9 264.9 306 13.4 14.9 11.9
14 292.2 272.9 312 16.6 19.2 13.7
15 312 291.9 332 20.6 25 15.7
16 340 320 360 25.2 32 17.8
17 371 354 389 30 39.5 19.7
18 402 393 412 34.3 46.1 21.4
19 429 431 427 37.4 50.7 22.8
20 451 466 435 39 52.9 23.9
21 466 494 438 39.6 53.3 24.7
22 477 512 441 39.7 52.8 25.3
23 484 520 447 39.7 52.4 25.9
24 490 522 457 40 52.3 26.5
25 495 518 471 40.9 53.2 27.4
26 501 513 487 42.2 54.9 28.6
27 507 510 504 44.5 57.8 30.3
28 514 509 519 47.8 61.8 32.6
29 521 511 531 51.8 67.1 35.4
30 529 516 541 56.8 73.6 38.7
31 536 523 550 62.5 81.2 42.5
32 543 529 558 69 90 46.5
33 551 535 567 76.1 99.9 50.5
34 559 541 577 83.9 110.9 54.6
35 568 548 588 92.5 123.2 58.7
36 578 557 600 101.8 136.8 63
37 591 569 614 111.7 152.2 67.5
38 606 584 628 122.8 169.4 72.7
39 622 603 642 134.9 188.6 78.5
40 639 624 654 148.1 209.7 85
41 654 645 663 162.7 232.2 92.4
42 667 664 669 178.4 256 100.5
43 677 682 672 194.7 280.4 109.4
44 686 698 674 211.9 305 119.1
45 696 715 676 229.2 330 129.6
46 709 735 682 247.1 355 141
47 727 760 694 266.4 380 153.3
48 753 792 712 286.2 407 166.5
49 784 830 737 307 434 180.7
50 821 873 768 329 463 195.7
51 860 917 803 351 493 211.4
52 899 958 839 376 525 227.5
53 936 996 876 400 557 244.2
54 972 1,030 913 425 590 261.4
55 1,008 1,062 952 453 625 279.5
56 1,047 1,098 995 481 660 299
57 1,093 1,141 1,044 510 696 320
58 1,147 1,194 1,100 541 733 344
59 1,211 1,256 1,165 573 771 371
60 1,283 1,328 1,237 608 812 401
61 1,360 1,405 1,316 646 855 434
62 1,440 1,483 1,398 688 901 471
63 1,521 1,560 1,483 733 951 511
64 1,600 1,633 1,569 785 1,007 557
65 1,679 1,704 1,656 841 1,069 608
66 1,759 1,775 1,745 905 1,140 666
67 1,842 1,849 1,837 978 1,220 732
68 1,928 1,926 1,931 1,061 1,310 808
69 2,014 2,006 2,024 1,154 1,408 895
70 2,098 2,084 2,113 1,258 1,516 993
71 2,174 2,157 2,192 1,370 1,632 1,102
72 2,236 2,218 2,256 1,490 1,755 1,220
73 2,282 2,263 2,303 1,619 1,884 1,348
74 2,310 2,291 2,331 1,756 2,019 1,487
75 2,321 2,301 2,344 1,906 2,164 1,640
76 2,318 2,294 2,344 2,074 2,324 1,813
77 2,300 2,271 2,331 2,259 2,500 2,010
78 2,268 2,232 2,304 2,467 2,693 2,234
79 2,216 2,172 2,258 2,692 2,897 2,482
80 2,140 2,091 2,187 2,926 3,105 2,748
81 2,036 1,984 2,087 3,158 3,305 3,015
82 1,906 1,855 1,956 3,370 3,480 3,267
83 1,753 1,705 1,800 3,545 3,616 3,486
84 1,586 1,542 1,629 3,675 3,702 3,663
85 1,413 1,373 1,452 3,759 3,736 3,800
86 1,240 1,202 1,277 3,796 3,722 3,903
87 1,072 1,034 1,109 3,800 3,658 3,976
88 910 871 948 3,772 3,549 4,024
89 755 715 794 3,713 3,403 4,043
90 610 569 649 3,613 3,214 4,020
91 477 438 515 3,467 2,984 3,946
92 360 324 395 3,286 2,730 3,814
93 262.7 230.7 293.7 3,056 2,437 3,621
94 185.4 158.4 211.6 2,771 2,107 3,369
95 127 105 148.2 2,458 1,771 3,074
96 84.6 67.4 101 2,131 1,452 2,754
97 54.8 41.8 67.1 1,802 1,160 2,416
98 34.5 25.2 43.4 1,486 899 2,069
99 21.1 14.6 27.2 1,192 674 1,729
100 0 0 0 861 367 1,395

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 Taiwan 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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