Life expectancy at birth in Burkina Faso was 35.1 years in 1957: 36.2 for women and 34.1 for men, a gap of 2.1 years. 125,277 people died; 8.4% of them were 65 or older and 58.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1957

Life expectancy at birth

35.1

Women

36.2

Men

34.1

Life expectancy at 65

9.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

160.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

359.5

Deaths

125,277

Deaths per 1,000 people

27.3

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

487

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

434

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1957's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1957

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	166.05	192.23	36.2	34.1
1-4	68.52	72.84	41.5	40.0
5-9	9.76	9.14	49.6	48.5
10-14	5.28	4.51	47.0	45.7
15-19	7.41	6.84	43.2	41.6
20-24	9.29	10.42	39.7	38.0
25-29	10.11	10.39	36.5	34.9
30-34	10.50	10.54	33.3	31.6
35-39	11.27	11.74	29.9	28.2
40-44	11.78	14.16	26.5	24.8
45-49	12.78	16.97	23.0	21.4
50-54	16.96	22.13	19.3	18.1
55-59	23.46	29.93	15.8	14.9
60-64	38.64	44.65	12.5	11.9
65-69	60.59	66.33	9.6	9.2
70-74	99.39	104.84	7.1	6.9
75-79	158.83	165.12	5.1	5.0
80-84	250.50	255.68	3.6	3.5
85-89	380.87	397.65	2.5	2.4
90-94	522.01	550.04	1.9	1.8
95-99	664.99	699.90	1.5	1.4
100+	799.55	834.93	1.3	1.2

Mortality in Burkina Faso by year

Mortality in Burkina Faso, 1957

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