Nigeria vs Somalia: Life expectancy at age 15

Nigeria

69.86 years

in 2100

Somalia

72.1 years

in 2100

Nigeria rank

236th

Somalia rank

233rd

Life expectancy at age 15 over time

Somalia currently reports 72.1 years against 69.86 years in Nigeria, a difference of 2.23 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 151 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Somalia ahead.

Globally, Nigeria ranks 236th and Somalia ranks 233rd of 236 countries.

Indicator: Life expectancy at age 15
Unit: years
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 36,894 data points, 1751–2100
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.