Burundi Mortality 1950: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Burundi was 40.9 years in 1950: 42.2 for women and 39.6 for men, a gap of 2.7 years. 52,660 people died; 11.3% of them were 65 or older and 53.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1950

Life expectancy at birth

40.9

Women

42.2

Men

39.6

Life expectancy at 65

11.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

162.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

276.1

Deaths

52,660

Deaths per 1,000 people

23.4

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

455

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

396

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1950's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1950

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	170.70	194.89	42.3	39.6
1-4	36.58	37.16	48.9	46.7
5-9	10.14	10.47	52.2	49.9
10-14	5.45	5.27	49.8	47.4
15-19	5.77	6.10	46.1	43.6
20-24	6.69	8.63	42.4	39.9
25-29	7.83	9.14	38.7	36.6
30-34	9.05	9.77	35.2	33.2
35-39	10.36	11.06	31.7	29.7
40-44	11.52	13.37	28.2	26.2
45-49	12.59	16.08	24.8	22.9
50-54	15.65	20.36	21.2	19.6
55-59	21.23	26.62	17.7	16.4
60-64	31.13	37.31	14.4	13.4
65-69	47.45	54.18	11.4	10.6
70-74	73.91	83.57	8.8	8.1
75-79	112.18	126.94	6.7	6.1
80-84	171.33	193.43	4.9	4.5
85-89	247.82	287.37	3.7	3.2
90-94	360.36	425.97	2.7	2.3
95-99	479.67	567.37	2.1	1.8
100+	609.98	705.02	1.6	1.4

Mortality in Burundi by year

Mortality in Burundi, 1950

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