Life expectancy at birth in Burundi was 54.8 years in 2007: 56.3 for women and 53.3 for men, a gap of 3.0 years. 96,047 people died; 14.2% of them were 65 or older and 41.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2007

Life expectancy at birth

54.8

Women

56.3

Men

53.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

69.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

109.1

Deaths

96,047

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.8

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

366

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

312

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2007's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2007

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	66.74	80.06	56.3	53.3
1-4	10.46	11.29	59.1	56.6
5-9	6.46	6.34	57.6	55.2
10-14	3.46	3.58	54.4	51.9
15-19	4.02	4.49	50.3	47.8
20-24	4.81	6.41	46.2	43.8
25-29	5.60	6.75	42.3	40.1
30-34	6.41	7.20	38.4	36.4
35-39	7.34	8.11	34.6	32.7
40-44	8.47	9.80	30.8	28.9
45-49	9.46	11.90	27.0	25.2
50-54	12.20	15.72	23.2	21.6
55-59	16.44	20.61	19.5	18.2
60-64	24.54	29.73	16.0	14.9
65-69	38.17	44.10	12.7	11.9
70-74	60.43	68.35	9.9	9.2
75-79	93.94	105.58	7.5	6.9
80-84	146.77	163.30	5.5	5.1
85-89	217.70	248.31	4.1	3.6
90-94	324.51	376.89	2.9	2.6
95-99	442.37	515.12	2.2	1.9
100+	578.37	659.67	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Burundi by year

Mortality in Burundi, 2007

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