Nigeria
Life expectancy in Nigeria
Life expectancy in Nigeria: 35.5 years in 1950 and 54.5 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 54.5 years
- Since 1950
- +18.9 years
- Rank, 2023
- 229 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 64.7 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 64.7 years in 2100, between 49.6 years and 77.8 years (95% prediction interval).
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Nigeria | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 54.5 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 54.1 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 53.5 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 53.1 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 53 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 52.7 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 52.4 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 52.2 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 51.9 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 51.9 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 51.8 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 51.7 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 51.5 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 51.3 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 51.1 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 50.8 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 50.4 | 69 |
| 2006 | 49.9 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 49.5 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 49.2 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 48.6 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 48 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 47.6 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 47.1 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 46.6 | 66 |
| 1998 | 46.2 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 46 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 45.8 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 45.9 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 45.8 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 45.8 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 45.6 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 45.5 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 45.7 | 64 |
| 1989 | 45.8 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 45.8 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 45.9 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 46 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 46.2 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 46.3 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 46.4 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 46.4 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 46.3 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 46 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 45.7 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 45.4 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 44.9 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 44.2 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 43.1 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 42.5 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 41.8 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 41.3 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 40.6 | 56 |
| 1970 | 40 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 39 | 56 |
| 1968 | 38.6 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 37.5 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 38.4 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 38.2 | 54 |
| 1964 | 38 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 37.8 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 37.6 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 37.4 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 37.2 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 37 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 36.8 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 36.6 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 36.5 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 36.3 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 36.2 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 36 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 35.9 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 35.7 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 35.5 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Nigeria | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 54.653–56.3 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 54.852.5–57.2 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 5552–57.9 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 55.151.6–58.5 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 55.351.5–59 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 55.451.3–59.5 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 55.651–60 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 55.750.8–60.5 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 55.950.5–60.9 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 5650.4–61.4 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 56.250.2–61.8 | 75 |
| 2035 | 56.350.1–62.2 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 56.549.9–62.7 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 56.649.8–62.9 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 56.849.8–62.8 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 56.949.7–63.4 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 57.150–63.8 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 57.249.7–64 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 57.449.9–64.3 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 57.549.7–64.6 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 57.749.7–65.3 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 57.849.7–65.5 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 5849.7–65.8 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 58.149.7–66.1 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 58.349.6–66.3 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 58.449.7–66.5 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 58.549.7–67 | 77 |
| 2051 | 58.749.4–67.2 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 58.849.3–67.5 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 5949.3–67.7 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 59.149.1–67.6 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 59.249.2–68.1 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 59.449.2–68.6 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 59.549–68.9 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 59.648.9–69.2 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 59.848.8–69.2 | 78 |
| 2060 | 59.948.6–69.1 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 60.148.7–69.2 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 60.248.5–69.6 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 60.348.8–69.7 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 60.549–69.8 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 60.649–70.3 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 60.748.7–70.4 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 60.849.2–70.8 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 6149–71 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 61.149.1–71.3 | 79 |
| 2070 | 61.248.9–71.6 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 61.348.8–71.7 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 61.548.7–72.2 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 61.648.6–72.2 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 61.748.7–72.6 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 61.948.6–72.6 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 6248.7–72.9 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 62.148.6–73.1 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 62.248.4–73.3 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 62.348.5–73.8 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 62.548.4–73.7 | 80 |
| 2081 | 62.648.9–73.9 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 62.748.6–74.1 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 62.848.7–74.6 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 62.948.7–74.6 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 6349.2–74.7 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 63.148.8–74.8 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 63.348.7–74.9 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 63.449–75.1 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 63.549–75.1 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 63.649.3–75.5 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 63.749.1–75.6 | 81 |
| 2092 | 63.949.2–75.6 | 81 |
| 2093 | 6449–75.9 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 64.149.3–76.3 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 64.249.2–76.4 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 64.349.3–76.7 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 64.449–77 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 64.549.3–77.3 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 64.649.3–77.5 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 64.749.6–77.8 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending0.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.76B in 2025
- Military spending per person$9 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel223,000 people in 2020
- National power1.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports21 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports4 million TIV in 2022