# Life expectancy at birth in Nigeria

Life expectancy at birth in Nigeria was 54.64 years in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `life_expectancy`
- Place id: `ng`
- Unit: years
- Definition: Average number of years a newborn would live at current age-specific mortality, both sexes.
- Note: United States: NCHS period life tables. National figures from 1900 to 1932 cover only the states then in the death registration area. State figures are available for 2018 to 2021.
- Source: World Bank, Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/life-expectancy/nigeria
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/life-expectancy/nigeria.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=life_expectancy&place=ng

| Period | years |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 54.64 |
| 2023 | 54.46 |
| 2022 | 54.08 |
| 2021 | 53.46 |
| 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 | 51.32 |
| 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 | 38.36 |
| 1965 | 38.22 |
| 1964 | 37.98 |
| 1963 | 37.81 |
| 1962 | 37.61 |
| 1961 | 37.43 |
| 1960 | 37.21 |