Life expectancy at birth in Burundi was 44.5 years in 1992: 46.2 for women and 42.7 for men, a gap of 3.4 years. 111,228 people died; 13.5% of them were 65 or older and 40.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1992

Life expectancy at birth

44.5

Women

46.2

Men

42.7

Life expectancy at 65

10.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

103.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

171.1

Deaths

111,228

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.0

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

513

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

435

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1992's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1992

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	102.36	119.87	46.2	42.8
1-4	19.16	20.15	50.0	47.0
5-9	12.13	12.07	49.9	46.8
10-14	6.02	6.55	47.8	44.6
15-19	6.64	7.28	44.2	41.0
20-24	7.64	10.32	40.6	37.4
25-29	8.94	10.94	37.1	34.3
30-34	10.39	11.68	33.7	31.1
35-39	11.90	13.27	30.4	27.8
40-44	13.08	16.01	27.1	24.5
45-49	14.21	19.21	23.7	21.3
50-54	17.44	23.89	20.3	18.2
55-59	23.70	31.18	16.9	15.2
60-64	34.55	43.15	13.7	12.4
65-69	52.36	62.14	10.8	9.8
70-74	81.12	95.93	8.3	7.4
75-79	122.06	144.68	6.3	5.5
80-84	184.77	219.33	4.7	4.0
85-89	264.11	337.63	3.5	2.8
90-94	379.33	469.55	2.6	2.1
95-99	498.29	612.54	2.0	1.6
100+	623.71	750.86	1.6	1.3

Mortality in Burundi by year

Mortality in Burundi, 1992

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