Life expectancy at birth in Burundi was 49.9 years in 2002: 51.9 for women and 47.9 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 98,657 people died; 12.8% of them were 65 or older and 40.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2002

Life expectancy at birth

49.9

Women

51.9

Men

47.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

87.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

141.8

Deaths

98,657

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.5

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

439

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

357

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2002's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2002

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	85.30	100.93	51.9	47.9
1-4	14.90	15.86	55.4	51.9
5-9	8.53	8.43	54.7	51.2
10-14	4.39	4.60	52.0	48.3
15-19	4.94	5.87	48.1	44.3
20-24	5.79	8.90	44.2	40.6
25-29	6.76	9.36	40.4	37.3
30-34	7.78	9.73	36.7	34.0
35-39	8.91	10.68	33.1	30.6
40-44	10.08	12.58	29.5	27.1
45-49	11.09	14.91	25.9	23.7
50-54	13.97	18.85	22.2	20.3
55-59	18.85	24.44	18.6	17.1
60-64	27.77	34.30	15.2	14.0
65-69	42.66	49.99	12.1	11.1
70-74	66.76	76.75	9.4	8.6
75-79	102.14	116.63	7.1	6.5
80-84	157.49	178.91	5.3	4.7
85-89	230.61	269.56	3.9	3.4
90-94	339.90	409.32	2.8	2.4
95-99	461.74	564.01	2.1	1.8
100+	600.67	699.50	1.7	1.4

Mortality in Burundi by year

Mortality in Burundi, 2002

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