Life expectancy at birth in Burkina Faso was 36.8 years in 1962: 38.0 for women and 35.6 for men, a gap of 2.3 years. 130,912 people died; 9.6% of them were 65 or older and 57.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1962

Life expectancy at birth

36.8

Women

38.0

Men

35.6

Life expectancy at 65

9.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

155.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

339.6

Deaths

130,912

Deaths per 1,000 people

26.6

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

473

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

415

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1962's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1962

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	160.62	185.81	38.0	35.7
1-4	61.98	65.72	43.4	41.6
5-9	9.06	8.65	50.7	49.2
10-14	4.92	4.29	48.0	46.3
15-19	6.92	6.51	44.1	42.3
20-24	8.69	9.93	40.6	38.6
25-29	9.47	9.89	37.2	35.4
30-34	9.83	10.07	33.9	32.1
35-39	10.58	11.23	30.5	28.6
40-44	11.11	13.58	27.0	25.1
45-49	12.11	16.32	23.4	21.7
50-54	16.10	21.35	19.7	18.3
55-59	22.29	28.94	16.2	15.1
60-64	36.67	43.19	12.8	12.1
65-69	57.61	64.21	9.8	9.4
70-74	94.75	101.61	7.3	7.0
75-79	151.90	160.38	5.3	5.1
80-84	240.65	249.01	3.7	3.6
85-89	368.33	388.93	2.6	2.5
90-94	508.45	540.45	1.9	1.8
95-99	653.14	691.32	1.5	1.4
100+	789.64	825.49	1.3	1.2

Mortality in Burkina Faso by year

Mortality in Burkina Faso, 1962

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