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Life Expectancy in Nigeria vs Zimbabwe (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 55 years in Nigeria vs 63.6 in Zimbabwe. Nigeria is ranked 197/197 by life expectancy, and Zimbabwe is 180/197. In Nigeria, the life expectancy is 54.6 years for males and 55.3 years for females. In Zimbabwe, it's 61 years for males and 65.9 years for females.

Nigeria vs Zimbabwe life expectancy at birth by year chart

Nigeria
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Nigeria Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 35.5 33.6 37.5 49.4 47.2 51.7
1951 35.7 33.8 37.7 49.8 47.6 52.1
1952 35.9 34 37.9 50.2 48 52.5
1953 36 34.1 38.1 50.6 48.4 52.9
1954 36.2 34.3 38.3 51 48.8 53.3
1955 36.3 34.3 38.5 51.4 49.1 53.7
1956 36.5 34.5 38.6 51.8 49.5 54.2
1957 36.6 34.6 38.8 52.2 49.9 54.6
1958 36.8 34.8 39 52.6 50.2 55
1959 37 35 39.2 53 50.6 55.5
1960 37.2 35.2 39.3 53.5 51.1 56
1961 37.4 35.4 39.6 54 51.5 56.5
1962 37.6 35.6 39.7 54.5 52 57
1963 37.8 35.8 39.9 54.9 52.4 57.5
1964 38 35.9 40.1 55.4 52.9 58
1965 38.2 36.2 40.4 55.9 53.3 58.5
1966 38.4 36.4 40.5 56.4 53.7 59
1967 37.5 35.1 40.1 56.8 54.1 59.5
1968 38.6 36.4 41 57.1 54.4 59.9
1969 38.9 36.8 41.3 57.5 54.8 60.2
1970 40 38.4 41.7 57.8 55.1 60.5
1971 40.6 39 42.3 58 55.3 60.7
1972 41.3 39.5 43.1 58.2 55.5 60.9
1973 41.8 40 43.7 58.1 55.2 61
1974 42.5 40.6 44.5 58.2 55.3 61.1
1975 43.1 41 45.2 58.2 55.4 61.2
1976 44.2 42.7 45.7 57.6 54.2 61.3
1977 44.8 43.4 46.3 57 53 61.3
1978 45.3 43.8 46.9 54.7 49 61.2
1979 45.7 44.2 47.3 54.9 49.2 61.3
1980 46 44.3 47.6 59.1 56.2 62.2
1981 46.3 44.6 48 59.4 56.4 62.5
1982 46.4 44.7 48.2 59.9 56.8 63
1983 46.4 44.8 48.1 60 56.7 63.3
1984 46.3 44.7 48 60.6 57.3 63.9
1985 46.2 44.6 47.9 60.9 57.5 64.3
1986 46 44.5 47.5 61 57.5 64.5
1987 45.9 44.5 47.4 60.7 57.2 64.3
1988 45.8 44.4 47.3 60.2 56.8 63.8
1989 45.8 44.4 47.3 59.4 56.1 62.9
1990 45.7 44.4 47.1 58.3 55.2 61.6
1991 45.5 44.1 47 57 54.1 60.1
1992 45.6 44.2 47 55.6 52.9 58.4
1993 45.8 44.2 47.4 54 51.6 56.5
1994 45.7 44.2 47.3 52.5 50.4 54.8
1995 45.9 44.4 47.4 51.1 49.2 53.2
1996 45.8 44.4 47.3 49 46.9 51.1
1997 46 44.7 47.2 48.5 47 50.1
1998 46.1 45.1 47.2 47.6 46 49.2
1999 46.6 45.7 47.5 46.4 45 47.8
2000 47.1 46.3 48 46 44.8 47.3
2001 47.5 46.9 48.2 44.5 44 45.1
2002 48 47.5 48.5 45.9 45.1 46.8
2003 48.6 48.2 49.1 45.4 45 45.8
2004 49.1 48.8 49.5 46 45.7 46.5
2005 49.5 49 50.1 46.6 46.2 47
2006 49.9 49.3 50.4 47.1 46.9 47.4
2007 50.4 49.8 50.9 47.6 47.6 47.6
2008 50.7 50.3 51.2 48.5 48.2 48.7
2009 51.1 50.6 51.6 49.7 49.2 50.3
2010 51.3 50.9 51.8 51.9 51.2 52.7
2011 51.5 51.1 51.9 53.9 52.5 55.2
2012 51.7 51.3 52 55.4 54.1 56.6
2013 51.8 51.5 52.2 56.8 55.4 58.2
2014 51.9 51.6 52.3 58.1 56.6 59.5
2015 51.9 51.6 52.2 59 57.3 60.5
2016 52.2 51.9 52.4 59.8 57.9 61.4
2017 52.4 52.1 52.6 60.3 58.3 62
2018 52.7 52.4 52.9 60.9 58.9 62.7
2019 53 52.8 53.2 61.1 58.8 63
2020 53.1 52.7 53.4 61.5 59.1 63.7
2021 53.5 53.2 53.7 60.1 57.7 62.3
2022 54.1 53.8 54.4 62.4 59.9 64.5
2023 54.5 54.2 54.7 62.8 60.2 65
2024 54.6 54.3 54.9 63.1 60.5 65.3
2025 54.8 54.5 55.1 63.3 60.8 65.6
2026 55 54.6 55.3 63.6 61 65.9

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 51.2 in Zimbabwe. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 14 healthy years in Nigeria and 10.4 in Zimbabwe.

Nigeria vs Zimbabwe 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 Zimbabwe, 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 38.5 years

Mean expected age of death:
67.2 vs 68.5 years

Median expected age of death:
70.1 vs 70.7 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Nigeria Zimbabwe
Male Female Male Female
40 93.0% 92.6% 93.7% 95.2%
50 83.9% 83.9% 83.3% 87.7%
60 70.5% 71.9% 67.6% 76.0%
65 61.0% 63.0% 57.2% 67.5%
70 49.2% 51.4% 45.2% 57.0%
75 35.2% 37.2% 32.1% 44.6%
80 20.8% 22.5% 19.3% 31.3%
85 9.2% 10.2% 9.1% 18.2%
90 2.5% 3.2% 3.0% 7.8%
95 0.3% 0.5% 0.6% 2.2%
100 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.4%

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 Zimbabwe: 67.2 years vs 68.5 at 30, 77.2 vs 78.3 at 65, 85.2 vs 86.4 at 80 — significantly higher than the 55 vs 63.6 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 Zimbabwe.

Nigeria
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Nigeria Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 55 54.6 55.3 63.6 61 65.9
1 58.9 58.8 58.9 65.6 63.2 67.7
2 59.4 59.5 59.4 66 63.5 68.1
3 60 60 59.9 66.2 63.6 68.3
4 60.5 60.5 60.4 66.3 63.8 68.4
5 61 61 60.9 66.4 63.9 68.5
6 61.4 61.4 61.4 66.5 64 68.6
7 61.9 61.8 61.9 66.5 64 68.7
8 62.2 62.1 62.4 66.6 64.1 68.7
9 62.5 62.4 62.7 66.6 64.1 68.8
10 62.8 62.6 63 66.7 64.2 68.8
11 63 62.8 63.3 66.7 64.2 68.8
12 63.2 62.9 63.5 66.8 64.2 68.9
13 63.4 63.1 63.7 66.8 64.3 68.9
14 63.5 63.3 63.8 66.8 64.3 69
15 63.7 63.4 64 66.9 64.4 69
16 63.9 63.6 64.2 67 64.4 69.1
17 64.1 63.8 64.4 67 64.5 69.1
18 64.3 63.9 64.6 67.1 64.6 69.2
19 64.5 64.2 64.9 67.2 64.7 69.3
20 64.7 64.4 65.1 67.3 64.8 69.3
21 65 64.6 65.3 67.4 64.9 69.4
22 65.2 64.9 65.5 67.5 65 69.5
23 65.5 65.2 65.8 67.6 65.1 69.6
24 65.7 65.4 66 67.7 65.3 69.7
25 66 65.7 66.2 67.8 65.4 69.8
26 66.2 65.9 66.5 68 65.5 70
27 66.5 66.2 66.7 68.1 65.7 70.1
28 66.7 66.4 67 68.2 65.8 70.2
29 67 66.7 67.2 68.4 66 70.4
30 67.2 66.9 67.5 68.5 66.2 70.5
31 67.5 67.2 67.7 68.7 66.3 70.6
32 67.7 67.4 68 68.9 66.5 70.8
33 68 67.7 68.2 69 66.7 71
34 68.2 67.9 68.5 69.2 66.9 71.1
35 68.4 68.1 68.8 69.4 67.1 71.3
36 68.7 68.4 69 69.6 67.3 71.5
37 68.9 68.6 69.3 69.8 67.5 71.7
38 69.2 68.8 69.5 70 67.8 71.9
39 69.4 69.1 69.8 70.2 68 72
40 69.7 69.3 70.1 70.5 68.2 72.2
41 70 69.6 70.3 70.7 68.5 72.5
42 70.2 69.8 70.6 70.9 68.7 72.7
43 70.5 70.1 70.9 71.2 69 72.9
44 70.7 70.3 71.1 71.4 69.3 73.1
45 71 70.6 71.4 71.7 69.6 73.3
46 71.3 70.9 71.6 71.9 69.9 73.6
47 71.5 71.1 71.9 72.2 70.2 73.8
48 71.8 71.4 72.1 72.5 70.5 74
49 72 71.7 72.4 72.7 70.8 74.3
50 72.3 71.9 72.7 73 71.1 74.6
51 72.6 72.2 72.9 73.3 71.4 74.8
52 72.9 72.5 73.2 73.6 71.8 75.1
53 73.1 72.8 73.4 73.9 72.1 75.4
54 73.4 73.1 73.7 74.2 72.5 75.7
55 73.7 73.5 74 74.6 72.8 76
56 74 73.8 74.3 74.9 73.2 76.3
57 74.4 74.1 74.6 75.2 73.6 76.6
58 74.7 74.4 74.9 75.6 74 76.9
59 75 74.8 75.2 75.9 74.4 77.2
60 75.3 75.1 75.5 76.3 74.8 77.5
61 75.7 75.5 75.9 76.7 75.2 77.9
62 76 75.8 76.2 77.1 75.6 78.2
63 76.4 76.2 76.6 77.5 76.1 78.6
64 76.8 76.6 77 77.9 76.5 79
65 77.2 77 77.4 78.3 77 79.4
66 77.6 77.5 77.8 78.8 77.5 79.8
67 78.1 77.9 78.2 79.2 77.9 80.2
68 78.5 78.4 78.6 79.7 78.4 80.7
69 79 78.8 79.1 80.2 79 81.1
70 79.4 79.3 79.6 80.7 79.5 81.6
71 79.9 79.8 80.1 81.2 80 82.1
72 80.5 80.3 80.6 81.7 80.6 82.5
73 81 80.9 81.1 82.2 81.2 83
74 81.6 81.4 81.7 82.8 81.7 83.5
75 82.1 82 82.2 83.4 82.3 84.1
76 82.7 82.6 82.8 83.9 83 84.6
77 83.3 83.2 83.4 84.5 83.6 85.2
78 83.9 83.8 84.1 85.1 84.2 85.7
79 84.6 84.5 84.7 85.8 84.9 86.3
80 85.2 85.1 85.4 86.4 85.6 86.9
81 85.9 85.8 86 87 86.3 87.5
82 86.6 86.5 86.7 87.7 87 88.1
83 87.3 87.2 87.5 88.4 87.7 88.7
84 88.1 87.9 88.2 89 88.4 89.4
85 88.8 88.7 88.9 89.8 89.2 90.1
86 89.6 89.4 89.7 90.5 90 90.8
87 90.3 90.2 90.5 91.2 90.8 91.5
88 91.1 91 91.3 92 91.6 92.2
89 91.9 91.8 92 92.8 92.4 93
90 92.7 92.6 92.9 93.6 93.2 93.8
91 93.6 93.4 93.7 94.4 94 94.5
92 94.4 94.3 94.5 95.2 94.9 95.3
93 95.3 95.2 95.4 96 95.7 96.1
94 96.2 96 96.3 96.9 96.6 97
95 97.1 96.9 97.2 97.7 97.5 97.8
96 98 97.8 98.1 98.6 98.4 98.7
97 98.9 98.8 99 99.5 99.2 99.5
98 99.8 99.7 99.9 100.4 100.1 100.4
99 100.7 100.6 100.8 101.2 101 101.3
100 101.6 101.6 101.7 102.2 101.9 102.2

Odds of living to age in Nigeria vs Zimbabwe

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 56% in Nigeria and 66.2% in Zimbabwe are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 39.6% and 47.3% will live to 70 years or older, 17.1% and 23.5% to 80+ years, and 2.24% and 4.99% 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
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Nigeria Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 93.3% 92.8% 93.9% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
2 92.4% 91.8% 93.1% 96.5% 96.1% 96.8%
3 91.6% 90.9% 92.3% 96.2% 95.8% 96.5%
4 90.7% 90% 91.4% 95.9% 95.6% 96.3%
5 89.9% 89.3% 90.6% 95.8% 95.5% 96.1%
6 89.2% 88.6% 89.7% 95.7% 95.3% 96%
7 88.5% 88.1% 89% 95.6% 95.2% 95.9%
8 87.9% 87.6% 88.3% 95.5% 95.1% 95.8%
9 87.4% 87.1% 87.7% 95.4% 95.1% 95.8%
10 87% 86.8% 87.2% 95.3% 95% 95.7%
11 86.6% 86.4% 86.8% 95.3% 94.9% 95.6%
12 86.3% 86.2% 86.4% 95.2% 94.8% 95.6%
13 86% 85.9% 86.1% 95.1% 94.8% 95.5%
14 85.7% 85.6% 85.8% 95% 94.7% 95.4%
15 85.4% 85.4% 85.5% 94.9% 94.6% 95.3%
16 85.1% 85.1% 85.2% 94.8% 94.5% 95.2%
17 84.8% 84.7% 84.8% 94.7% 94.3% 95.1%
18 84.4% 84.4% 84.4% 94.6% 94.2% 95%
19 84% 84% 84% 94.4% 94% 94.9%
20 83.6% 83.6% 83.6% 94.2% 93.8% 94.7%
21 83.1% 83.1% 83.1% 94% 93.5% 94.5%
22 82.7% 82.6% 82.7% 93.8% 93.3% 94.4%
23 82.2% 82.1% 82.3% 93.6% 93% 94.2%
24 81.7% 81.6% 81.8% 93.3% 92.7% 93.9%
25 81.2% 81.1% 81.4% 93.1% 92.4% 93.7%
26 80.7% 80.5% 80.9% 92.8% 92.1% 93.5%
27 80.2% 80% 80.4% 92.5% 91.7% 93.2%
28 79.7% 79.5% 79.9% 92.1% 91.4% 92.9%
29 79.2% 79% 79.4% 91.8% 91% 92.6%
30 78.7% 78.5% 78.9% 91.4% 90.6% 92.3%
31 78.1% 78% 78.3% 91.1% 90.1% 91.9%
32 77.6% 77.5% 77.8% 90.7% 89.7% 91.6%
33 77.1% 76.9% 77.2% 90.2% 89.2% 91.2%
34 76.5% 76.4% 76.6% 89.8% 88.7% 90.8%
35 76% 75.8% 76.1% 89.3% 88.1% 90.4%
36 75.4% 75.3% 75.5% 88.8% 87.5% 89.9%
37 74.8% 74.7% 74.9% 88.2% 86.9% 89.5%
38 74.2% 74.2% 74.3% 87.7% 86.3% 89%
39 73.6% 73.6% 73.6% 87.1% 85.6% 88.4%
40 73% 73% 73% 86.4% 84.9% 87.9%
41 72.4% 72.4% 72.3% 85.8% 84.1% 87.3%
42 71.7% 71.7% 71.7% 85.1% 83.3% 86.7%
43 71% 71.1% 71% 84.4% 82.5% 86.1%
44 70.4% 70.4% 70.3% 83.6% 81.6% 85.5%
45 69.7% 69.7% 69.7% 82.9% 80.7% 84.8%
46 69% 69% 69% 82% 79.7% 84.1%
47 68.3% 68.2% 68.3% 81.2% 78.7% 83.4%
48 67.5% 67.5% 67.6% 80.3% 77.7% 82.6%
49 66.8% 66.7% 66.9% 79.4% 76.6% 81.8%
50 66% 65.8% 66.2% 78.4% 75.4% 81%
51 65.2% 65% 65.4% 77.4% 74.2% 80.1%
52 64.3% 64.1% 64.6% 76.3% 73% 79.1%
53 63.4% 63.1% 63.7% 75.2% 71.7% 78.2%
54 62.5% 62.1% 62.9% 74.1% 70.3% 77.2%
55 61.5% 61.1% 62% 72.9% 69% 76.1%
56 60.5% 60% 61% 71.7% 67.5% 75%
57 59.5% 58.9% 60% 70.4% 66% 73.9%
58 58.4% 57.8% 59% 69.1% 64.5% 72.7%
59 57.2% 56.6% 57.9% 67.6% 62.9% 71.4%
60 56% 55.3% 56.7% 66.2% 61.2% 70.1%
61 54.7% 54% 55.5% 64.6% 59.5% 68.7%
62 53.4% 52.6% 54.1% 63% 57.7% 67.2%
63 51.9% 51.1% 52.8% 61.2% 55.8% 65.7%
64 50.4% 49.5% 51.3% 59.5% 53.8% 64%
65 48.8% 47.9% 49.7% 57.6% 51.8% 62.3%
66 47.1% 46.2% 48% 55.6% 49.7% 60.5%
67 45.4% 44.4% 46.3% 53.6% 47.6% 58.6%
68 43.5% 42.6% 44.5% 51.6% 45.4% 56.7%
69 41.6% 40.7% 42.5% 49.5% 43.2% 54.7%
70 39.6% 38.6% 40.5% 47.3% 40.9% 52.6%
71 37.5% 36.6% 38.4% 45.1% 38.6% 50.4%
72 35.3% 34.4% 36.2% 42.8% 36.3% 48.2%
73 33.1% 32.2% 33.9% 40.4% 33.9% 45.9%
74 30.8% 29.9% 31.6% 38% 31.4% 43.6%
75 28.5% 27.6% 29.3% 35.6% 29% 41.2%
76 26.2% 25.3% 27% 33.2% 26.6% 38.7%
77 23.8% 23% 24.6% 30.7% 24.3% 36.3%
78 21.5% 20.8% 22.3% 28.3% 21.9% 33.8%
79 19.3% 18.5% 20% 25.9% 19.7% 31.3%
80 17.1% 16.4% 17.7% 23.5% 17.5% 28.8%
81 14.9% 14.3% 15.5% 21.2% 15.4% 26.4%
82 12.9% 12.3% 13.5% 19% 13.4% 24%
83 11% 10.4% 11.5% 16.8% 11.5% 21.5%
84 9.22% 8.73% 9.7% 14.7% 9.78% 19.1%
85 7.63% 7.19% 8.07% 12.7% 8.2% 16.8%
86 6.22% 5.81% 6.62% 10.8% 6.78% 14.5%
87 4.98% 4.61% 5.34% 9.1% 5.53% 12.4%
88 3.91% 3.58% 4.23% 7.56% 4.44% 10.5%
89 3% 2.71% 3.28% 6.18% 3.51% 8.72%
90 2.24% 1.99% 2.49% 4.99% 2.73% 7.15%
91 1.63% 1.42% 1.84% 3.95% 2.09% 5.75%
92 1.16% 0.98% 1.33% 3.08% 1.57% 4.57%
93 0.8% 0.66% 0.93% 2.36% 1.15% 3.55%
94 0.54% 0.43% 0.64% 1.77% 0.83% 2.71%
95 0.35% 0.27% 0.42% 1.3% 0.59% 2.02%
96 0.22% 0.17% 0.28% 0.94% 0.4% 1.47%
97 0.14% 0.1% 0.18% 0.66% 0.27% 1.05%
98 0.08% 0.06% 0.11% 0.46% 0.18% 0.73%
99 0.05% 0.03% 0.07% 0.31% 0.12% 0.5%
100 0.03% 0.02% 0.04% 0.2% 0.07% 0.33%

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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 3.05% in Zimbabwe, 0.67% vs 0.42% at age 30, 2.29% vs 2.37% at 60, and 12.5% vs 9.89% at 80.

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

Nigeria
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Nigeria Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 6.69% 7.24% 6.13% 3.05% 3.4% 2.7%
1 0.96% 1.08% 0.84% 0.5% 0.48% 0.52%
2 0.93% 0.99% 0.88% 0.32% 0.32% 0.32%
3 0.91% 0.9% 0.91% 0.22% 0.22% 0.22%
4 0.88% 0.82% 0.93% 0.16% 0.17% 0.16%
5 0.83% 0.74% 0.92% 0.12% 0.13% 0.12%
6 0.76% 0.65% 0.87% 0.1% 0.11% 0.1%
7 0.67% 0.57% 0.78% 0.09% 0.1% 0.09%
8 0.58% 0.49% 0.67% 0.08% 0.09% 0.08%
9 0.49% 0.42% 0.56% 0.08% 0.08% 0.07%
10 0.42% 0.37% 0.47% 0.07% 0.08% 0.07%
11 0.37% 0.33% 0.4% 0.07% 0.08% 0.07%
12 0.34% 0.31% 0.37% 0.08% 0.08% 0.07%
13 0.33% 0.31% 0.35% 0.08% 0.09% 0.08%
14 0.34% 0.32% 0.36% 0.1% 0.1% 0.09%
15 0.36% 0.34% 0.39% 0.11% 0.12% 0.1%
16 0.4% 0.38% 0.42% 0.13% 0.14% 0.12%
17 0.44% 0.42% 0.46% 0.15% 0.17% 0.13%
18 0.48% 0.47% 0.49% 0.17% 0.2% 0.15%
19 0.51% 0.51% 0.51% 0.19% 0.22% 0.16%
20 0.54% 0.56% 0.52% 0.21% 0.25% 0.18%
21 0.56% 0.59% 0.53% 0.23% 0.27% 0.19%
22 0.58% 0.62% 0.53% 0.25% 0.29% 0.21%
23 0.59% 0.63% 0.54% 0.27% 0.31% 0.23%
24 0.6% 0.64% 0.56% 0.29% 0.33% 0.25%
25 0.61% 0.64% 0.58% 0.31% 0.35% 0.26%
26 0.62% 0.64% 0.6% 0.33% 0.37% 0.29%
27 0.63% 0.64% 0.63% 0.35% 0.4% 0.31%
28 0.64% 0.64% 0.65% 0.37% 0.42% 0.33%
29 0.66% 0.65% 0.67% 0.4% 0.45% 0.35%
30 0.67% 0.66% 0.69% 0.42% 0.48% 0.37%
31 0.69% 0.67% 0.7% 0.44% 0.51% 0.39%
32 0.7% 0.68% 0.72% 0.47% 0.54% 0.41%
33 0.71% 0.7% 0.73% 0.5% 0.58% 0.44%
34 0.73% 0.71% 0.75% 0.54% 0.62% 0.47%
35 0.75% 0.72% 0.77% 0.57% 0.66% 0.5%
36 0.77% 0.74% 0.8% 0.61% 0.71% 0.53%
37 0.79% 0.76% 0.82% 0.64% 0.75% 0.55%
38 0.82% 0.79% 0.85% 0.68% 0.8% 0.59%
39 0.85% 0.82% 0.87% 0.72% 0.85% 0.62%
40 0.88% 0.85% 0.9% 0.76% 0.9% 0.65%
41 0.9% 0.89% 0.92% 0.8% 0.95% 0.68%
42 0.93% 0.93% 0.93% 0.84% 1% 0.71%
43 0.95% 0.96% 0.95% 0.89% 1.06% 0.75%
44 0.98% 0.99% 0.96% 0.93% 1.12% 0.78%
45 1% 1.03% 0.97% 0.99% 1.19% 0.83%
46 1.03% 1.07% 0.99% 1.04% 1.25% 0.87%
47 1.07% 1.11% 1.02% 1.09% 1.33% 0.92%
48 1.11% 1.17% 1.05% 1.16% 1.41% 0.98%
49 1.17% 1.25% 1.1% 1.22% 1.5% 1.03%
50 1.24% 1.33% 1.16% 1.3% 1.6% 1.1%
51 1.32% 1.41% 1.23% 1.36% 1.68% 1.15%
52 1.4% 1.5% 1.3% 1.44% 1.78% 1.23%
53 1.48% 1.58% 1.37% 1.52% 1.87% 1.29%
54 1.56% 1.66% 1.45% 1.6% 1.97% 1.36%
55 1.64% 1.74% 1.54% 1.69% 2.09% 1.44%
56 1.73% 1.83% 1.63% 1.79% 2.2% 1.53%
57 1.84% 1.94% 1.74% 1.91% 2.33% 1.62%
58 1.97% 2.07% 1.87% 2.04% 2.48% 1.73%
59 2.12% 2.22% 2.01% 2.19% 2.65% 1.85%
60 2.29% 2.4% 2.18% 2.37% 2.87% 1.99%
61 2.49% 2.6% 2.37% 2.53% 3.04% 2.13%
62 2.7% 2.82% 2.58% 2.73% 3.28% 2.31%
63 2.93% 3.05% 2.81% 2.92% 3.5% 2.49%
64 3.18% 3.3% 3.06% 3.14% 3.74% 2.7%
65 3.44% 3.56% 3.33% 3.38% 4.01% 2.93%
66 3.73% 3.84% 3.63% 3.58% 4.26% 3.1%
67 4.06% 4.16% 3.97% 3.82% 4.56% 3.31%
68 4.43% 4.52% 4.34% 4.09% 4.9% 3.54%
69 4.84% 4.93% 4.76% 4.38% 5.25% 3.78%
70 5.3% 5.39% 5.22% 4.75% 5.7% 4.11%
71 5.8% 5.9% 5.71% 5.06% 6.09% 4.37%
72 6.33% 6.45% 6.23% 5.51% 6.62% 4.76%
73 6.9% 7.03% 6.78% 5.92% 7.12% 5.11%
74 7.5% 7.66% 7.37% 6.38% 7.68% 5.51%
75 8.15% 8.33% 8% 6.87% 8.28% 5.94%
76 8.86% 9.06% 8.69% 7.37% 8.9% 6.37%
77 9.65% 9.86% 9.47% 7.89% 9.57% 6.81%
78 10.5% 10.7% 10.3% 8.54% 10.4% 7.38%
79 11.5% 11.7% 11.3% 9.11% 11.1% 7.87%
80 12.5% 12.8% 12.3% 9.89% 12.1% 8.58%
81 13.7% 13.9% 13.4% 10.5% 12.9% 9.17%
82 14.8% 15.1% 14.5% 11.6% 14% 10.2%
83 16% 16.3% 15.7% 12.5% 15% 11.2%
84 17.2% 17.7% 16.8% 13.6% 16.2% 12.3%
85 18.5% 19.1% 18% 14.7% 17.3% 13.3%
86 19.9% 20.7% 19.3% 15.8% 18.5% 14.5%
87 21.5% 22.4% 20.8% 16.9% 19.7% 15.6%
88 23.3% 24.3% 22.4% 18.2% 20.9% 16.8%
89 25.2% 26.4% 24.2% 19.3% 22.2% 18%
90 27.2% 28.6% 26.1% 20.9% 23.7% 19.6%
91 29.2% 30.8% 28% 21.9% 24.9% 20.6%
92 31.1% 32.9% 29.8% 23.5% 26.4% 22.2%
93 32.9% 34.9% 31.6% 24.9% 27.9% 23.7%
94 34.6% 36.9% 33.2% 26.4% 29.5% 25.4%
95 36.3% 38.7% 34.9% 28.1% 31% 27.1%
96 37.9% 40.5% 36.5% 29.6% 32.5% 28.7%
97 39.6% 42.4% 38.2% 31.1% 33.9% 30.2%
98 41.3% 44.2% 39.9% 32.4% 35.2% 31.7%
99 43% 46% 41.7% 34.3% 36.9% 33.6%
100 44.7% 47.8% 43.4% 35.7% 38.2% 35%

Death rate by age in Nigeria compared to Zimbabwe

In Nigeria, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in Zimbabwe. The median age of death is 64.3 in Nigeria and 68.8 in Zimbabwe — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Nigeria
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Nigeria Zimbabwe
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 6,691 7,237 6,132 3,053 3,402 2,699
1 895 1,000 785 484 463 505
2 862 907 815 308 305 311
3 832 822 842 211.7 213.4 209.9
4 795 740 852 153.9 157.9 149.8
5 744 658 834 116.6 119.9 113.1
6 676 577 779 98.5 103 94
7 593 498 691 87.5 92.4 82.5
8 506 427 588 78.6 83.3 73.8
9 425 366 487 72.9 76.9 68.8
10 361 319 406 70.4 74.5 66.2
11 317 287 349 70.9 76.1 65.5
12 292.3 269.1 316 73.9 79.4 68.4
13 284.9 264.9 306 80.4 85.9 74.8
14 292.2 272.9 312 90.9 97.8 83.9
15 312 291.9 332 106.1 114.9 97.1
16 340 320 360 122.8 135.4 110
17 371 354 389 143.2 161.3 124.9
18 402 393 412 164.9 188.9 140.6
19 429 431 427 182.4 209.2 155.3
20 451 466 435 200.4 229.9 170.6
21 466 494 438 216.1 249.9 182.2
22 477 512 441 234.1 270.1 198.3
23 484 520 447 251.5 289 214.4
24 490 522 457 268.5 307 231.1
25 495 518 471 286.4 326 248.2
26 501 513 487 304 344 267.1
27 507 510 504 324 365 286.2
28 514 509 519 343 387 303
29 521 511 531 363 409 323
30 529 516 541 385 436 341
31 536 523 550 403 458 356
32 543 529 558 428 487 379
33 551 535 567 453 517 400
34 559 541 577 481 550 423
35 568 548 588 512 586 450
36 578 557 600 539 619 473
37 591 569 614 568 655 496
38 606 584 628 599 691 522
39 622 603 642 627 725 545
40 639 624 654 659 766 571
41 654 645 663 685 795 592
42 667 664 669 717 834 617
43 677 682 672 747 871 642
44 686 698 674 779 911 669
45 696 715 676 816 958 702
46 709 735 682 850 1,000 731
47 727 760 694 888 1,046 766
48 753 792 712 929 1,096 806
49 784 830 737 969 1,146 846
50 821 873 768 1,018 1,207 892
51 860 917 803 1,050 1,245 925
52 899 958 839 1,100 1,298 971
53 936 996 876 1,140 1,342 1,009
54 972 1,030 913 1,184 1,389 1,052
55 1,008 1,062 952 1,233 1,440 1,097
56 1,047 1,098 995 1,284 1,485 1,146
57 1,093 1,141 1,044 1,341 1,537 1,197
58 1,147 1,194 1,100 1,411 1,599 1,257
59 1,211 1,256 1,165 1,481 1,664 1,318
60 1,283 1,328 1,237 1,571 1,756 1,398
61 1,360 1,405 1,316 1,632 1,809 1,463
62 1,440 1,483 1,398 1,718 1,890 1,553
63 1,521 1,560 1,483 1,790 1,952 1,636
64 1,600 1,633 1,569 1,866 2,014 1,726
65 1,679 1,704 1,656 1,945 2,075 1,824
66 1,759 1,775 1,745 1,993 2,121 1,875
67 1,842 1,849 1,837 2,050 2,172 1,938
68 1,928 1,926 1,931 2,111 2,224 2,007
69 2,014 2,006 2,024 2,166 2,269 2,069
70 2,098 2,084 2,113 2,250 2,336 2,164
71 2,174 2,157 2,192 2,281 2,352 2,203
72 2,236 2,218 2,256 2,356 2,400 2,294
73 2,282 2,263 2,303 2,393 2,412 2,346
74 2,310 2,291 2,331 2,427 2,414 2,401
75 2,321 2,301 2,344 2,448 2,404 2,446
76 2,318 2,294 2,344 2,444 2,370 2,468
77 2,300 2,271 2,331 2,424 2,321 2,470
78 2,268 2,232 2,304 2,416 2,272 2,497
79 2,216 2,172 2,258 2,358 2,186 2,465
80 2,140 2,091 2,187 2,328 2,113 2,474
81 2,036 1,984 2,087 2,235 1,982 2,419
82 1,906 1,855 1,956 2,197 1,873 2,450
83 1,753 1,705 1,800 2,102 1,730 2,403
84 1,586 1,542 1,629 1,999 1,583 2,345
85 1,413 1,373 1,452 1,858 1,418 2,232
86 1,240 1,202 1,277 1,709 1,253 2,102
87 1,072 1,034 1,109 1,540 1,088 1,934
88 910 871 948 1,372 930 1,762
89 755 715 794 1,196 779 1,570
90 610 569 649 1,040 647 1,401
91 477 438 515 863 518 1,184
92 360 324 395 724 414 1,016
93 262.7 230.7 293.7 588 322 843
94 185.4 158.4 211.6 469 244.7 687
95 127 105 148.2 366 181.8 548
96 84.6 67.4 101 277.6 131.3 423
97 54.8 41.8 67.1 205 92.4 318
98 34.5 25.2 43.4 147.6 63.5 232.4
99 21.1 14.6 27.2 105.4 43.2 168.4
100 0 0 0 24.9 0 53

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 Zimbabwe 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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