Life expectancy at birth in Burundi was 58.5 years in 2012: 60.0 for women and 57.0 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 96,688 people died; 16.1% of them were 65 or older and 36.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2012

Life expectancy at birth

58.5

Women

60.0

Men

57.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

53.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

80.6

Deaths

96,688

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.6

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

330

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

280

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2012

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	50.63	61.00	60.0	57.0
1-4	6.89	7.65	62.0	59.5
5-9	5.15	5.03	59.7	57.3
10-14	2.80	2.94	56.2	53.7
15-19	3.38	3.87	51.9	49.5
20-24	4.10	5.53	47.8	45.4
25-29	4.78	5.81	43.7	41.6
30-34	5.46	6.22	39.7	37.7
35-39	6.26	6.99	35.7	33.9
40-44	7.39	8.50	31.8	30.0
45-49	8.37	10.42	27.9	26.2
50-54	11.00	14.09	24.0	22.4
55-59	14.83	18.56	20.2	18.9
60-64	22.35	27.17	16.6	15.5
65-69	35.08	40.71	13.2	12.3
70-74	56.05	63.35	10.2	9.5
75-79	88.09	98.77	7.8	7.2
80-84	139.21	153.95	5.7	5.3
85-89	208.40	236.47	4.2	3.8
90-94	314.57	362.53	3.0	2.7
95-99	432.37	500.51	2.3	2.0
100+	569.70	648.47	1.8	1.5

Mortality in Burundi by year

Mortality in Burundi, 2012

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