Life expectancy at birth in Burundi was 25.8 years in 1972: 28.2 for women and 23.6 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 145,994 people died; 8.6% of them were 65 or older and 36.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1972

Life expectancy at birth

25.8

Women

28.2

Men

23.6

Life expectancy at 65

9.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

160.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

302.0

Deaths

145,994

Deaths per 1,000 people

40.4

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

822

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

725

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1972's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1972

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	168.76	190.23	28.2	23.6
1-4	45.15	48.46	32.2	27.4
5-9	22.32	25.61	34.1	28.8
10-14	18.23	21.28	32.9	27.4
15-19	19.17	23.88	30.8	25.2
20-24	20.48	32.65	28.6	23.1
25-29	24.10	36.89	26.4	21.7
30-34	26.66	37.90	24.5	20.6
35-39	29.81	41.25	22.7	19.4
40-44	30.79	39.69	20.9	18.3
45-49	31.89	40.55	19.0	16.8
50-54	34.78	43.24	16.8	15.0
55-59	39.89	48.71	14.6	13.1
60-64	48.69	58.37	12.2	11.0
65-69	64.83	76.46	9.9	8.9
70-74	92.63	109.02	7.8	7.0
75-79	128.54	150.77	6.0	5.3
80-84	198.39	233.07	4.4	3.8
85-89	292.48	358.83	3.2	2.6
90-94	447.39	596.69	2.2	1.7
95-99	759.22	1000.00	1.3	1.0
100+	803.60	1000.00	1.2	1.0

Mortality in Burundi by year

Mortality in Burundi, 1972

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