Life expectancy at birth in Burundi was 41.8 years in 1965: 43.7 for women and 39.9 for men, a gap of 3.8 years. 70,520 people died; 12.2% of them were 65 or older and 51.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1965

Life expectancy at birth

41.8

Women

43.7

Men

39.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

147.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

252.6

Deaths

70,520

Deaths per 1,000 people

22.4

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

487

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

391

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1965's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1965

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	152.15	173.88	43.7	39.9
1-4	33.45	33.47	49.7	46.2
5-9	9.92	10.13	52.5	48.5
10-14	5.26	5.24	50.1	45.9
15-19	5.58	6.93	46.3	42.1
20-24	6.51	10.57	42.6	38.5
25-29	7.62	11.11	38.9	35.4
30-34	8.75	11.35	35.3	32.3
35-39	10.02	12.47	31.8	29.1
40-44	11.33	14.54	28.3	25.8
45-49	12.56	17.17	24.8	22.5
50-54	15.67	21.48	21.2	19.3
55-59	21.16	27.79	17.7	16.2
60-64	31.12	38.48	14.4	13.3
65-69	47.62	55.41	11.4	10.6
70-74	73.94	84.15	8.8	8.1
75-79	110.83	125.54	6.7	6.1
80-84	170.07	191.94	5.0	4.5
85-89	248.65	288.14	3.6	3.2
90-94	366.17	431.94	2.6	2.3
95-99	496.47	572.07	2.0	1.7
100+	628.50	703.53	1.6	1.4

Mortality in Burundi by year

Mortality in Burundi, 1965

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