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Nigeria
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

Global rank#217out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

54.650.345.941.637.2196019922024Nigeria · 2024: 54.64 yearsNigeria

Analytical takeaways

  • Nigeria records 54.64 years for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in 2024, ranking #217 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Life expectancy at birth, total (years) increased from 37.21 years in 1960 to 54.64 years in 2024, a gain of 17.43 years.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

Comparison

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