Life expectancy at birth in Burkina Faso is projected at 63.4 years in 2036: 65.7 for women and 61.1 for men, a gap of 4.6 years. 221,814 people are projected to die; 29.2% of them would be 65 or older and 24.6% 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, 2036

Life expectancy at birth

63.4

Women

65.7

Men

61.1

Life expectancy at 65

12.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

45.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

68.2

Deaths

221,814

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.4

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

261

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

185

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2036's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2036

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	40.15	53.89	65.7	61.1
1-4	5.49	6.65	67.3	63.4
5-9	1.99	2.32	64.8	61.1
10-14	1.18	1.47	60.4	56.8
15-19	1.80	2.24	55.7	52.2
20-24	2.36	3.43	51.2	47.7
25-29	2.73	3.48	46.8	43.5
30-34	2.98	3.97	42.4	39.2
35-39	3.47	4.64	38.0	35.0
40-44	4.20	6.10	33.6	30.7
45-49	5.16	8.08	29.3	26.6
50-54	7.43	11.61	25.0	22.6
55-59	10.80	16.81	20.8	18.8
60-64	18.10	25.82	16.8	15.2
65-69	30.42	39.86	13.2	11.9
70-74	53.87	65.85	9.9	9.0
75-79	93.74	110.52	7.2	6.5
80-84	160.71	180.89	5.1	4.6
85-89	254.64	286.91	3.5	3.2
90-94	398.82	447.32	2.4	2.2
95-99	551.96	612.20	1.8	1.6
100+	705.82	742.67	1.4	1.4

Mortality in Burkina Faso by year

Mortality in Burkina Faso, 2036

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