Life expectancy at birth in Burundi was 59.8 years in 2014: 61.3 for women and 58.2 for men, a gap of 3.2 years. 95,523 people died; 16.8% of them were 65 or older and 34.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2014

Life expectancy at birth

59.8

Women

61.3

Men

58.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

48.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

72.0

Deaths

95,523

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.8

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

319

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

266

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2014's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2014

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	45.76	55.41	61.3	58.2
1-4	5.90	6.56	63.2	60.4
5-9	4.65	4.65	60.6	58.0
10-14	2.55	2.76	57.0	54.3
15-19	3.12	3.70	52.7	50.0
20-24	3.81	5.30	48.5	45.9
25-29	4.45	5.55	44.4	42.0
30-34	5.06	5.95	40.3	38.2
35-39	5.81	6.68	36.3	34.2
40-44	6.93	8.12	32.3	30.3
45-49	7.91	9.98	28.3	26.5
50-54	10.48	13.59	24.3	22.7
55-59	14.14	17.93	20.5	19.1
60-64	21.39	26.37	16.8	15.6
65-69	33.72	39.64	13.4	12.5
70-74	54.11	61.76	10.4	9.7
75-79	85.45	96.56	7.9	7.3
80-84	135.88	150.90	5.8	5.3
85-89	204.37	232.58	4.3	3.8
90-94	295.87	357.80	3.2	2.7
95-99	427.78	495.52	2.3	2.0
100+	565.71	644.29	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Burundi by year

Mortality in Burundi, 2014

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