Life expectancy at birth in Burkina Faso was 34.8 years in 1956: 35.9 for women and 33.7 for men, a gap of 2.1 years. 124,278 people died; 8.2% of them were 65 or older and 58.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1956

Life expectancy at birth

34.8

Women

35.9

Men

33.7

Life expectancy at 65

9.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

161.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

364.1

Deaths

124,278

Deaths per 1,000 people

27.5

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

490

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

437

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1956's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1956

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	167.13	193.60	35.9	33.7
1-4	69.89	74.74	41.2	39.7
5-9	9.87	9.23	49.5	48.3
10-14	5.33	4.55	46.9	45.5
15-19	7.48	6.90	43.1	41.5
20-24	9.39	10.52	39.6	37.9
25-29	10.21	10.48	36.4	34.8
30-34	10.60	10.63	33.2	31.5
35-39	11.38	11.84	29.8	28.1
40-44	11.88	14.28	26.4	24.7
45-49	12.89	17.11	22.9	21.3
50-54	17.09	22.30	19.3	18.0
55-59	23.64	30.15	15.8	14.8
60-64	38.94	44.98	12.4	11.8
65-69	61.04	66.81	9.5	9.2
70-74	100.09	105.59	7.1	6.8
75-79	159.87	166.24	5.1	5.0
80-84	251.98	257.37	3.6	3.5
85-89	382.70	399.93	2.5	2.4
90-94	523.97	553.20	1.9	1.8
95-99	666.54	702.95	1.5	1.4
100+	799.94	845.38	1.3	1.2

Mortality in Burkina Faso by year

Mortality in Burkina Faso, 1956

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