World Development Indicators

Life expectancy at birth, total (years): Nigeria

Most recent: 54.635 (2024)
Earliest: 37.207 (1960)
Highest: 54.635 (2024)
Years reported: 65
Member state: Nigeria at the United Nations

Life expectancy at birth, total (years), 1960–2024. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

Year	Life expectancy at birth
2024	54.635
2023	54.462
2022	54.079
2021	53.455
2020	53.072
2019	53.009
2018	52.669
2017	52.397
2016	52.189
2015	51.939
2014	51.94
2013	51.827
2012	51.688
2011	51.49
2010	51.315
2009	51.08
2008	50.748
2007	50.381
2006	49.876
2005	49.538
2004	49.148
2003	48.618
2002	48.02
2001	47.549
2000	47.143
1999	46.609
1998	46.148
1997	45.96
1996	45.833
1995	45.87
1994	45.748
1993	45.783
1992	45.587
1991	45.483
1990	45.733
1989	45.83
1988	45.834
1987	45.89
1986	45.953
1985	46.193
1984	46.339
1983	46.442
1982	46.437
1981	46.309
1980	45.959
1979	45.738
1978	45.348
1977	44.847
1976	44.186
1975	43.054
1974	42.489
1973	41.831
1972	41.273
1971	40.606
1970	40.008
1969	38.946
1968	38.642
1967	37.497
1966	38.355
1965	38.221
1964	37.98
1963	37.806
1962	37.606
1961	37.427
1960	37.207

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