Burundi Mortality 2018: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Burundi was 61.8 years in 2018: 63.6 for women and 60.0 for men, a gap of 3.6 years. 89,646 people died; 19.2% of them were 65 or older and 29.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2018

Life expectancy at birth

61.8

Women

63.6

Men

60.0

Life expectancy at 65

13.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

41.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

59.4

Deaths

89,646

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.6

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

302

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

241

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2018's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2018

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	38.72	47.20	63.6	60.0
1-4	4.45	4.95	65.1	61.8
5-9	3.81	4.09	62.2	59.0
10-14	2.13	2.49	58.4	55.2
15-19	2.68	3.43	54.0	50.8
20-24	3.32	4.93	49.7	46.7
25-29	3.88	5.16	45.5	42.8
30-34	4.40	5.53	41.3	38.8
35-39	5.06	6.19	37.2	34.8
40-44	6.16	7.54	33.0	30.9
45-49	7.12	9.31	29.0	27.0
50-54	9.60	12.82	25.0	23.1
55-59	12.97	16.95	21.1	19.5
60-64	19.79	25.11	17.3	16.0
65-69	31.47	37.93	13.8	12.8
70-74	50.94	59.22	10.7	9.9
75-79	81.25	93.01	8.1	7.5
80-84	130.52	145.98	6.0	5.5
85-89	198.23	226.22	4.4	3.9
90-94	289.65	350.11	3.2	2.7
95-99	422.99	487.45	2.3	2.0
100+	563.89	636.98	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Burundi by year

Mortality in Burundi, 2018

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