Life expectancy at birth in Burkina Faso was 57.0 years in 2011: 58.5 for women and 55.4 for men, a gap of 3.1 years. 181,694 people died; 18.6% of them were 65 or older and 44.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2011

Life expectancy at birth

57.0

Women

58.5

Men

55.4

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

74.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

117.3

Deaths

181,694

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.9

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

317

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

250

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2011's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2011

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	73.59	84.36	58.5	55.4
1-4	11.67	12.00	61.9	59.2
5-9	3.56	3.50	60.7	58.0
10-14	2.04	2.12	56.8	54.0
15-19	3.07	3.18	52.3	49.5
20-24	3.95	4.84	48.1	45.3
25-29	4.44	4.84	44.0	41.3
30-34	4.69	5.38	39.9	37.3
35-39	5.25	6.15	35.8	33.2
40-44	5.98	7.87	31.7	29.2
45-49	6.99	10.08	27.6	25.2
50-54	9.63	13.99	23.5	21.4
55-59	13.60	19.80	19.5	17.8
60-64	22.27	29.86	15.7	14.4
65-69	36.35	45.26	12.3	11.3
70-74	62.71	73.67	9.2	8.5
75-79	106.46	121.74	6.7	6.2
80-84	178.29	196.38	4.7	4.4
85-89	276.33	306.53	3.3	3.0
90-94	425.88	472.94	2.3	2.1
95-99	579.71	637.49	1.7	1.6
100+	729.02	784.99	1.4	1.3

Mortality in Burkina Faso by year

Mortality in Burkina Faso, 2011

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