Life expectancy at age 15 in Nigeria
Nigeria: Life expectancy at age 15 was 69.86 years in 2100. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at age 15 in Nigeria, 1950–2100
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 69.86 years for life expectancy at age 15 in 2100. That is the highest value across all 151 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Nigeria peaked at 69.86 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 57.11 years, in 1967.
Nigeria ranks 236th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 151 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 57.77 years | 57.56 years | 58 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 58.06 years | 57.11 years | 58.41 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 60.51 years | 59.11 years | 61.63 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 61.47 years | 61.15 years | 61.8 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 60.72 years | 60.44 years | 61.03 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 61.62 years | 60.88 years | 62.31 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 62.52 years | 62.37 years | 62.85 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 63.48 years | 62.67 years | 63.96 years | 10 |
| 2030s | 64.46 years | 64.04 years | 64.86 years | 10 |
| 2040s | 65.37 years | 64.96 years | 65.78 years | 10 |
| 2050s | 66.26 years | 65.86 years | 66.66 years | 10 |
| 2060s | 67.13 years | 66.75 years | 67.51 years | 10 |
| 2070s | 67.95 years | 67.58 years | 68.31 years | 10 |
| 2080s | 68.73 years | 68.38 years | 69.07 years | 10 |
| 2090s | 69.47 years | 69.14 years | 69.8 years | 10 |
| 2100s | 69.86 years | 69.86 years | 69.86 years | 1 |
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- Population, male 50.6% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 3.15 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 3.23 million (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 3.13 million (2025)
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- Population ages 0-14, total 96.25 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 40.6% (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 3.11 million (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at age 15 in Nigeria?
- Life expectancy at age 15 in Nigeria was 69.86 years in 2100, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 69.86 years in 2100.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.11 years in 1967.
- How does Nigeria rank for life expectancy at age 15?
- Nigeria ranks 236th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
- Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.