Life expectancy at birth in Burkina Faso is projected at 66.1 years in 2055: 68.6 for women and 63.7 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 309,998 people are projected to die; 43.6% of them would be 65 or older and 13.4% 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, 2055

Life expectancy at birth

66.1

Women

68.6

Men

63.7

Life expectancy at 65

13.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

35.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

52.2

Deaths

309,998

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.8

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

231

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

156

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2055's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2055

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	29.21	42.91	68.7	63.7
1-4	3.78	5.15	69.7	65.4
5-9	1.36	1.84	66.7	62.8
10-14	0.83	1.16	62.1	58.3
15-19	1.27	1.81	57.4	53.6
20-24	1.69	2.76	52.7	49.1
25-29	2.00	2.86	48.2	44.7
30-34	2.24	3.29	43.6	40.4
35-39	2.70	3.90	39.1	36.0
40-44	3.44	5.21	34.6	31.6
45-49	4.38	7.04	30.1	27.4
50-54	6.52	10.40	25.7	23.3
55-59	9.64	15.19	21.5	19.4
60-64	16.36	23.70	17.4	15.7
65-69	27.85	37.00	13.7	12.4
70-74	49.55	61.31	10.4	9.4
75-79	86.60	103.13	7.6	6.8
80-84	149.19	169.34	5.3	4.9
85-89	237.81	269.87	3.7	3.4
90-94	373.05	420.92	2.6	2.3
95-99	519.70	579.08	1.9	1.7
100+	671.50	711.84	1.5	1.4

Mortality in Burkina Faso by year

Mortality in Burkina Faso, 2055

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