Chad vs Nigeria: Life expectancy at birth, female

Chad

57.19 years

in 2024

Nigeria

54.94 years

in 2024

Chad rank

214th

Nigeria rank

215th

Life expectancy at birth, female over time

Chad
Nigeria

How they compare

Chad currently reports 57.19 years against 54.94 years in Nigeria, a difference of 2.25 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Chad ahead.

Globally, Chad ranks 214th and Nigeria ranks 215th of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Life expectancy at birth, female in Chad
Life expectancy at birth, female in Nigeria
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
Unit: years
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 264 places, 17,126 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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.