Life expectancy at birth in Burundi was 51.0 years in 2003: 52.7 for women and 49.2 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 97,323 people died; 13.0% of them were 65 or older and 41.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2003

Life expectancy at birth

51.0

Women

52.7

Men

49.2

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

84.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

135.9

Deaths

97,323

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.8

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

418

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

347

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2003's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2003

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	82.03	97.10	52.7	49.2
1-4	14.06	15.02	56.1	53.1
5-9	8.08	7.95	55.3	52.3
10-14	4.20	4.36	52.5	49.3
15-19	4.75	5.46	48.5	45.3
20-24	5.59	8.08	44.6	41.5
25-29	6.51	8.51	40.8	38.1
30-34	7.49	8.93	37.1	34.7
35-39	8.57	9.90	33.4	31.1
40-44	9.72	11.77	29.8	27.6
45-49	10.72	14.04	26.1	24.1
50-54	13.57	17.96	22.4	20.7
55-59	18.29	23.36	18.8	17.4
60-64	27.04	33.03	15.4	14.2
65-69	41.67	48.35	12.2	11.3
70-74	65.37	74.41	9.5	8.7
75-79	100.28	113.45	7.2	6.6
80-84	155.11	174.34	5.3	4.8
85-89	227.87	263.14	3.9	3.5
90-94	336.84	397.79	2.8	2.4
95-99	457.20	536.64	2.1	1.8
100+	592.52	675.77	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Burundi by year

Mortality in Burundi, 2003

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