Life expectancy at birth in Burundi is projected at 64.4 years in 2028: 66.6 for women and 62.3 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 100,485 people are projected to die; 24.5% of them would be 65 or older and 21.7% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2028

Life expectancy at birth

64.4

Women

66.6

Men

62.3

Life expectancy at 65

13.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

33.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

45.7

Deaths

100,485

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.5

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

276

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

208

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2028's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2028

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	30.20	37.88	66.6	62.3
1-4	3.00	3.57	67.6	63.7
5-9	2.78	3.33	64.4	60.6
10-14	1.59	2.07	60.3	56.6
15-19	2.07	2.95	55.7	52.1
20-24	2.62	4.25	51.3	47.9
25-29	3.09	4.47	46.9	43.8
30-34	3.51	4.82	42.6	39.8
35-39	4.09	5.44	38.3	35.7
40-44	5.15	6.69	34.1	31.6
45-49	6.11	8.38	29.9	27.6
50-54	8.47	11.79	25.7	23.6
55-59	11.54	15.72	21.7	19.9
60-64	17.89	23.61	17.9	16.3
65-69	28.83	36.01	14.3	13.1
70-74	47.25	56.51	11.1	10.1
75-79	76.41	89.46	8.4	7.6
80-84	124.30	141.25	6.2	5.6
85-89	190.90	220.38	4.5	4.0
90-94	281.80	342.64	3.3	2.8
95-99	414.51	479.85	2.4	2.1
100+	553.31	603.97	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Burundi by year

Mortality in Burundi, 2028

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