Life expectancy at birth in Burkina Faso is projected at 62.7 years in 2032: 64.9 for women and 60.5 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 208,205 people are projected to die; 27.2% of them would be 65 or older and 27.0% 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, 2032

Life expectancy at birth

62.7

Women

64.9

Men

60.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

48.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

72.4

Deaths

208,205

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.5

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

268

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

192

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2032's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2032

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	43.07	56.88	65.0	60.5
1-4	5.91	7.03	66.8	62.9
5-9	2.15	2.45	64.3	60.7
10-14	1.26	1.56	60.0	56.4
15-19	1.94	2.36	55.4	51.8
20-24	2.54	3.61	50.9	47.4
25-29	2.92	3.65	46.5	43.2
30-34	3.16	4.15	42.1	39.0
35-39	3.66	4.83	37.8	34.7
40-44	4.38	6.31	33.4	30.5
45-49	5.34	8.32	29.1	26.4
50-54	7.63	11.90	24.8	22.4
55-59	11.06	17.17	20.7	18.6
60-64	18.47	26.29	16.7	15.1
65-69	30.97	40.47	13.1	11.8
70-74	54.78	66.81	9.8	8.9
75-79	95.27	112.09	7.1	6.5
80-84	163.22	183.34	5.0	4.6
85-89	258.33	290.51	3.5	3.2
90-94	404.53	452.93	2.4	2.2
95-99	559.21	619.27	1.8	1.6
100+	713.67	749.23	1.4	1.3

Mortality in Burkina Faso by year

Mortality in Burkina Faso, 2032

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