World Development Indicators

Life expectancy at birth, total (years): Nigeria

Most recent: 54.63 (2024)
Earliest: 37.21 (1960)
Highest: 54.63 (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	54.63
2023	54.46
2022	54.08
2021	53.45
2020	53.07
2019	53.01
2018	52.67
2017	52.4
2016	52.19
2015	51.94
2014	51.94
2013	51.83
2012	51.69
2011	51.49
2010	51.31
2009	51.08
2008	50.75
2007	50.38
2006	49.88
2005	49.54
2004	49.15
2003	48.62
2002	48.02
2001	47.55
2000	47.14
1999	46.61
1998	46.15
1997	45.96
1996	45.83
1995	45.87
1994	45.75
1993	45.78
1992	45.59
1991	45.48
1990	45.73
1989	45.83
1988	45.83
1987	45.89
1986	45.95
1985	46.19
1984	46.34
1983	46.44
1982	46.44
1981	46.31
1980	45.96
1979	45.74
1978	45.35
1977	44.85
1976	44.19
1975	43.05
1974	42.49
1973	41.83
1972	41.27
1971	40.61
1970	40.01
1969	38.95
1968	38.64
1967	37.5
1966	38.35
1965	38.22
1964	37.98
1963	37.81
1962	37.61
1961	37.43
1960	37.21

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