Life expectancy at birth in Burundi was 47.7 years in 1985: 49.2 for women and 46.1 for men, a gap of 3.2 years. 90,258 people died; 13.7% of them were 65 or older and 48.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1985

Life expectancy at birth

47.7

Women

49.2

Men

46.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

109.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

182.9

Deaths

90,258

Deaths per 1,000 people

17.9

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

425

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

361

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1985's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1985

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	108.94	127.58	49.2	46.1
1-4	21.32	21.88	53.8	51.1
5-9	8.74	8.98	54.4	51.6
10-14	4.59	4.73	51.7	48.9
15-19	5.04	5.55	47.9	45.0
20-24	5.88	7.86	44.0	41.2
25-29	6.88	8.32	40.2	37.8
30-34	7.93	8.89	36.6	34.3
35-39	9.06	10.03	32.9	30.7
40-44	10.19	12.13	29.4	27.1
45-49	11.20	14.59	25.8	23.7
50-54	14.10	18.66	22.1	20.3
55-59	19.08	24.39	18.5	17.0
60-64	28.12	34.47	15.1	13.9
65-69	43.16	50.39	12.0	11.0
70-74	67.50	77.76	9.3	8.5
75-79	103.24	118.65	7.1	6.4
80-84	158.87	181.57	5.2	4.7
85-89	232.00	271.86	3.9	3.4
90-94	340.69	406.13	2.8	2.4
95-99	458.01	546.28	2.1	1.8
100+	590.91	686.06	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Burundi by year

Mortality in Burundi, 1985

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