Life expectancy at birth in Burkina Faso was 52.6 years in 2004: 54.0 for women and 51.1 for men, a gap of 2.8 years. 187,133 people died; 16.8% of them were 65 or older and 48.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2004

Life expectancy at birth

52.6

Women

54.0

Men

51.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

94.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

158.3

Deaths

187,133

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.9

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

353

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

287

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2004's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2004

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	94.15	107.25	54.0	51.1
1-4	18.35	18.59	58.2	55.8
5-9	4.57	4.49	58.5	55.9
10-14	2.60	2.57	54.8	52.2
15-19	3.82	3.87	50.4	47.8
20-24	4.88	5.91	46.4	43.7
25-29	5.43	5.89	42.5	39.9
30-34	5.70	6.39	38.6	36.0
35-39	6.31	7.25	34.6	32.1
40-44	7.02	9.10	30.6	28.2
45-49	8.05	11.42	26.6	24.4
50-54	10.95	15.54	22.6	20.7
55-59	15.37	21.72	18.7	17.1
60-64	25.13	32.63	15.0	13.8
65-69	40.60	49.14	11.7	10.8
70-74	69.09	79.31	8.8	8.1
75-79	115.50	129.10	6.4	5.9
80-84	190.56	206.33	4.5	4.2
85-89	291.18	336.37	3.2	2.8
90-94	442.85	484.96	2.2	2.0
95-99	596.63	645.66	1.7	1.5
100+	742.78	793.53	1.4	1.3

Mortality in Burkina Faso by year

Mortality in Burkina Faso, 2004

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