Burundi Mortality 2023: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Burundi was 63.7 years in 2023: 65.7 for women and 61.6 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 91,963 people died; 22.5% of them were 65 or older and 24.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2023

Life expectancy at birth

63.7

Women

65.7

Men

61.6

Life expectancy at 65

13.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

35.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

48.8

Deaths

91,963

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.7

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

286

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

219

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2023's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2023

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	32.92	40.02	65.7	61.6
1-4	3.24	3.73	66.9	63.1
5-9	3.10	3.60	63.7	60.0
10-14	1.77	2.24	59.7	56.0
15-19	2.30	3.17	55.2	51.6
20-24	2.89	4.56	50.8	47.4
25-29	3.39	4.77	46.5	43.5
30-34	3.82	5.12	42.2	39.5
35-39	4.40	5.73	38.0	35.4
40-44	5.48	7.00	33.8	31.4
45-49	6.41	8.68	29.7	27.4
50-54	8.80	12.13	25.5	23.5
55-59	11.89	16.07	21.6	19.8
60-64	18.31	24.03	17.7	16.2
65-69	29.38	36.52	14.2	13.0
70-74	47.98	57.17	11.0	10.1
75-79	77.37	90.32	8.3	7.6
80-84	125.55	142.37	6.1	5.6
85-89	192.42	221.78	4.5	4.0
90-94	283.54	344.79	3.3	2.8
95-99	416.94	482.41	2.3	2.0
100+	559.35	634.76	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Burundi by year

Mortality in Burundi, 2023

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