Burkina Faso Mortality 1951: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Burkina Faso was 33.4 years in 1951: 34.5 for women and 32.4 for men, a gap of 2.1 years. 119,022 people died; 7.0% of them were 65 or older and 58.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1951

Life expectancy at birth

33.4

Women

34.5

Men

32.4

Life expectancy at 65

9.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

165.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

383.9

Deaths

119,022

Deaths per 1,000 people

27.9

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

497

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

449

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1951's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1951

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	172.06	199.86	34.5	32.4
1-4	76.65	82.55	39.7	38.3
5-9	10.34	9.55	48.8	47.9
10-14	5.58	4.68	46.3	45.2
15-19	7.81	7.10	42.5	41.2
20-24	9.79	10.82	39.1	37.6
25-29	10.65	10.79	35.9	34.5
30-34	11.06	10.91	32.7	31.3
35-39	11.85	12.15	29.5	27.9
40-44	12.33	14.63	26.1	24.5
45-49	13.34	17.49	22.6	21.1
50-54	17.68	22.75	19.0	17.8
55-59	24.44	30.72	15.5	14.7
60-64	40.29	45.82	12.2	11.7
65-69	63.10	68.02	9.4	9.1
70-74	103.34	107.41	6.9	6.8
75-79	164.80	168.90	5.0	4.9
80-84	259.07	260.98	3.5	3.5
85-89	391.85	404.63	2.5	2.4
90-94	534.03	557.56	1.9	1.8
95-99	675.71	707.04	1.5	1.4
100+	809.26	843.24	1.2	1.2

Mortality in Burkina Faso by year

Mortality in Burkina Faso, 1951

Year

Country