Life expectancy at birth in Burkina Faso was 53.8 years in 2006: 55.2 for women and 52.3 for men, a gap of 3.0 years. 187,564 people died; 17.1% of them were 65 or older and 47.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2006

Life expectancy at birth

53.8

Women

55.2

Men

52.3

Life expectancy at 65

11.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

88.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

146.2

Deaths

187,564

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.0

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

345

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

277

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2006's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2006

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	88.30	100.62	55.2	52.3
1-4	16.25	16.57	59.2	56.7
5-9	4.30	4.23	59.0	56.4
10-14	2.45	2.46	55.3	52.6
15-19	3.62	3.70	50.9	48.2
20-24	4.63	5.64	46.8	44.0
25-29	5.17	5.63	42.9	40.2
30-34	5.44	6.15	38.9	36.3
35-39	6.03	6.99	34.9	32.3
40-44	6.75	8.81	30.9	28.4
45-49	7.78	11.12	26.9	24.6
50-54	10.61	15.20	22.8	20.8
55-59	14.91	21.31	18.9	17.3
60-64	24.37	32.04	15.2	13.9
65-69	39.46	48.32	11.8	10.9
70-74	67.37	78.13	8.9	8.2
75-79	113.06	127.59	6.4	5.9
80-84	187.27	204.40	4.5	4.2
85-89	287.26	334.84	3.2	2.8
90-94	438.48	483.96	2.2	2.0
95-99	592.40	646.51	1.7	1.5
100+	739.43	795.93	1.4	1.3

Mortality in Burkina Faso by year

Mortality in Burkina Faso, 2006

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