Burundi Mortality 2016: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Burundi was 60.8 years in 2016: 62.5 for women and 59.0 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 92,266 people died; 17.8% of them were 65 or older and 32.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2016

Life expectancy at birth

60.8

Women

62.5

Men

59.0

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

44.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

65.2

Deaths

92,266

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.2

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

312

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

253

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2016's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2016

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	42.10	50.77	62.5	59.0
1-4	5.08	5.73	64.2	61.1
5-9	4.20	4.37	61.4	58.4
10-14	2.32	2.63	57.7	54.7
15-19	2.89	3.58	53.3	50.4
20-24	3.55	5.15	49.1	46.2
25-29	4.15	5.40	44.9	42.4
30-34	4.71	5.77	40.8	38.5
35-39	5.42	6.47	36.7	34.5
40-44	6.54	7.86	32.6	30.6
45-49	7.51	9.68	28.6	26.7
50-54	10.05	13.25	24.6	22.9
55-59	13.56	17.49	20.8	19.3
60-64	20.61	25.81	17.0	15.8
65-69	32.64	38.88	13.6	12.6
70-74	52.61	60.61	10.6	9.8
75-79	83.48	94.93	8.0	7.4
80-84	133.50	148.70	5.9	5.4
85-89	201.87	229.92	4.3	3.8
90-94	293.95	357.88	3.2	2.7
95-99	429.16	547.33	2.3	1.8
100+	568.73	685.07	1.8	1.5

Mortality in Burundi by year

Mortality in Burundi, 2016

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