Life expectancy at birth in Burundi was 37.2 years in 1993: 39.4 for women and 35.1 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 148,748 people died; 11.1% of them were 65 or older and 34.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1993

Life expectancy at birth

37.2

Women

39.4

Men

35.1

Life expectancy at 65

9.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

107.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

189.5

Deaths

148,748

Deaths per 1,000 people

26.2

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

663

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

568

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1993's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1993

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	107.29	124.82	39.4	35.1
1-4	23.14	24.98	42.8	38.7
5-9	16.41	17.20	42.7	38.5
10-14	10.37	11.87	41.2	36.8
15-19	11.19	13.10	38.2	33.9
20-24	12.33	18.10	35.3	31.0
25-29	14.48	19.95	32.4	28.7
30-34	16.40	20.86	29.6	26.4
35-39	18.56	23.15	26.9	24.1
40-44	19.67	24.65	24.3	21.7
45-49	20.81	27.28	21.6	19.3
50-54	24.01	31.43	18.7	16.7
55-59	30.22	38.49	15.7	14.1
60-64	40.88	50.14	12.9	11.6
65-69	58.87	69.55	10.3	9.2
70-74	88.54	104.59	7.9	7.1
75-79	129.84	153.82	6.0	5.3
80-84	195.83	232.76	4.5	3.8
85-89	280.82	363.95	3.3	2.6
90-94	411.55	518.75	2.4	1.9
95-99	552.17	638.23	1.8	1.6
100+	670.47	751.71	1.5	1.3

Mortality in Burundi by year

Mortality in Burundi, 1993

Year

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