Life expectancy at birth in Burundi was 44.5 years in 1994: 46.2 for women and 42.8 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 101,080 people died; 13.1% 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, 1994

Life expectancy at birth

44.5

Women

46.2

Men

42.8

Life expectancy at 65

10.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

102.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

170.2

Deaths

101,080

Deaths per 1,000 people

17.7

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

515

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

435

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1994's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1994

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	101.76	119.30	46.2	42.8
1-4	19.02	20.03	50.1	47.0
5-9	12.13	11.99	49.9	46.8
10-14	6.02	6.51	47.8	44.5
15-19	6.64	7.32	44.2	40.9
20-24	7.64	10.46	40.6	37.4
25-29	8.94	11.08	37.1	34.2
30-34	10.39	11.79	33.7	31.0
35-39	11.91	13.34	30.4	27.8
40-44	13.09	16.06	27.1	24.5
45-49	14.23	19.23	23.7	21.4
50-54	17.45	23.88	20.3	18.3
55-59	23.71	31.15	16.9	15.3
60-64	34.57	43.07	13.7	12.4
65-69	52.38	62.00	10.8	9.8
70-74	81.15	95.62	8.3	7.4
75-79	122.07	144.13	6.3	5.5
80-84	184.79	218.51	4.7	4.0
85-89	264.21	336.72	3.5	2.8
90-94	379.60	467.92	2.6	2.1
95-99	498.25	610.45	2.0	1.6
100+	623.52	748.28	1.6	1.3

Mortality in Burundi by year

Mortality in Burundi, 1994

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