Life expectancy at birth in Burundi was 45.7 years in 1997: 47.7 for women and 43.8 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 105,976 people died; 12.6% of them were 65 or older and 40.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1997

Life expectancy at birth

45.7

Women

47.7

Men

43.8

Life expectancy at 65

10.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

100.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

165.0

Deaths

105,976

Deaths per 1,000 people

17.5

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

500

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

412

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1997's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1997

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	98.44	115.73	47.7	43.8
1-4	18.31	19.29	51.5	48.0
5-9	10.99	10.96	51.3	47.7
10-14	5.52	5.95	49.0	45.2
15-19	6.11	7.06	45.3	41.5
20-24	7.07	10.42	41.6	37.9
25-29	8.27	11.00	38.1	34.8
30-34	9.58	11.55	34.6	31.7
35-39	10.97	12.87	31.1	28.4
40-44	12.18	15.31	27.7	25.1
45-49	13.29	18.22	24.3	21.9
50-54	16.43	22.67	20.8	18.8
55-59	22.26	29.48	17.4	15.7
60-64	32.54	40.79	14.1	12.8
65-69	49.48	58.77	11.2	10.1
70-74	76.85	90.24	8.6	7.7
75-79	116.07	136.07	6.5	5.8
80-84	176.73	206.67	4.8	4.2
85-89	254.86	308.09	3.6	3.0
90-94	370.00	487.96	2.6	2.0
95-99	487.52	599.33	2.0	1.7
100+	616.33	724.74	1.6	1.4

Mortality in Burundi by year

Mortality in Burundi, 1997

Year

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