Life expectancy at birth in Burkina Faso was 57.5 years in 2012: 59.0 for women and 55.9 for men, a gap of 3.1 years. 181,753 people died; 19.0% of them were 65 or older and 44.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2012

Life expectancy at birth

57.5

Women

59.0

Men

55.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

72.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

112.9

Deaths

181,753

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.6

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

313

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

247

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2012

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	71.11	81.73	59.0	55.9
1-4	11.04	11.37	62.2	59.5
5-9	3.47	3.40	60.9	58.2
10-14	1.99	2.07	57.0	54.1
15-19	3.00	3.11	52.5	49.7
20-24	3.87	4.75	48.3	45.4
25-29	4.35	4.75	44.2	41.4
30-34	4.60	5.29	40.1	37.4
35-39	5.16	6.05	35.9	33.3
40-44	5.89	7.75	31.8	29.3
45-49	6.90	9.96	27.7	25.3
50-54	9.52	13.84	23.6	21.5
55-59	13.46	19.62	19.6	17.8
60-64	22.04	29.59	15.8	14.4
65-69	36.02	44.89	12.3	11.3
70-74	62.24	73.13	9.2	8.5
75-79	105.86	121.00	6.7	6.2
80-84	177.61	195.43	4.7	4.4
85-89	275.77	305.51	3.3	3.0
90-94	425.67	471.95	2.3	2.1
95-99	580.33	637.22	1.7	1.6
100+	730.41	785.05	1.4	1.3

Mortality in Burkina Faso by year

Mortality in Burkina Faso, 2012

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