Life expectancy at birth in Burundi was 47.1 years in 1987: 48.8 for women and 45.3 for men, a gap of 3.6 years. 94,189 people died; 14.0% of them were 65 or older and 45.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1987

Life expectancy at birth

47.1

Women

48.8

Men

45.3

Life expectancy at 65

11.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

105.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

174.7

Deaths

94,189

Deaths per 1,000 people

17.9

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

452

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

378

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1987's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1987

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	104.55	122.35	48.8	45.3
1-4	19.81	20.64	53.1	50.0
5-9	9.49	9.89	53.3	50.1
10-14	4.90	5.26	50.8	47.6
15-19	5.39	6.05	47.0	43.8
20-24	6.27	8.56	43.2	40.0
25-29	7.33	9.07	39.5	36.7
30-34	8.47	9.69	35.9	33.2
35-39	9.68	10.97	32.3	29.8
40-44	10.82	13.26	28.8	26.3
45-49	11.86	15.95	25.3	22.9
50-54	14.83	20.20	21.7	19.6
55-59	20.09	26.42	18.1	16.5
60-64	29.54	37.04	14.8	13.4
65-69	45.14	53.81	11.7	10.6
70-74	70.46	83.00	9.1	8.2
75-79	107.34	126.11	6.9	6.1
80-84	164.54	192.21	5.1	4.5
85-89	239.06	285.67	3.8	3.2
90-94	349.28	423.69	2.7	2.3
95-99	466.98	564.48	2.1	1.8
100+	597.91	702.15	1.7	1.4

Mortality in Burundi by year

Mortality in Burundi, 1987

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