Life expectancy at birth in Burkina Faso is projected at 61.8 years in 2027: 64.0 for women and 59.6 for men, a gap of 4.4 years. 193,663 people are projected to die; 25.1% of them would be 65 or older and 30.1% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2027

Life expectancy at birth

61.8

Women

64.0

Men

59.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

51.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

78.0

Deaths

193,663

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.7

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

278

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

201

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2027's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2027

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	47.11	60.97	64.0	59.6
1-4	6.47	7.53	66.0	62.3
5-9	2.35	2.60	63.7	60.2
10-14	1.37	1.66	59.5	55.9
15-19	2.12	2.50	54.9	51.4
20-24	2.77	3.84	50.4	47.0
25-29	3.16	3.86	46.1	42.8
30-34	3.40	4.38	41.8	38.6
35-39	3.91	5.07	37.4	34.4
40-44	4.63	6.61	33.1	30.2
45-49	5.60	8.67	28.8	26.2
50-54	7.94	12.32	24.6	22.2
55-59	11.45	17.72	20.5	18.5
60-64	19.04	27.00	16.5	14.9
65-69	31.79	41.40	12.9	11.7
70-74	56.10	68.19	9.7	8.8
75-79	97.34	114.21	7.0	6.4
80-84	166.39	186.47	4.9	4.5
85-89	262.75	294.87	3.5	3.1
90-94	411.08	459.49	2.4	2.1
95-99	567.21	627.27	1.8	1.6
100+	722.13	756.31	1.4	1.3

Mortality in Burkina Faso by year

Mortality in Burkina Faso, 2027

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