Life expectancy at birth in Burundi was 42.9 years in 1988: 45.4 for women and 40.5 for men, a gap of 4.8 years. 111,523 people died; 13.1% of them were 65 or older and 41.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1988

Life expectancy at birth

42.9

Women

45.4

Men

40.5

Life expectancy at 65

10.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

107.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

183.9

Deaths

111,523

Deaths per 1,000 people

20.8

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

553

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

443

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1988's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1988

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	107.32	125.20	45.4	40.5
1-4	21.75	22.92	49.4	44.8
5-9	11.66	12.30	49.7	44.9
10-14	6.47	7.31	47.5	42.6
15-19	7.02	8.82	44.0	39.1
20-24	8.01	12.93	40.5	35.7
25-29	9.38	13.84	37.0	32.9
30-34	10.72	14.28	33.7	30.1
35-39	12.21	15.79	30.4	27.2
40-44	13.47	17.84	27.2	24.2
45-49	14.67	20.61	23.9	21.2
50-54	17.80	24.99	20.5	18.2
55-59	23.47	31.78	17.2	15.3
60-64	33.60	43.06	14.0	12.5
65-69	50.43	61.18	11.1	10.0
70-74	77.57	92.63	8.6	7.6
75-79	115.44	137.46	6.5	5.8
80-84	176.39	208.82	4.8	4.2
85-89	256.31	310.28	3.5	3.0
90-94	379.84	474.11	2.5	2.1
95-99	574.38	762.17	1.7	1.3
100+	677.87	854.04	1.5	1.2

Mortality in Burundi by year

Mortality in Burundi, 1988

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