Life expectancy at birth in Burundi is projected at 65.9 years in 2038: 68.2 for women and 63.7 for men, a gap of 4.6 years. 122,498 people are projected to die; 27.9% of them would be 65 or older and 18.3% 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, 2038

Life expectancy at birth

65.9

Women

68.2

Men

63.7

Life expectancy at 65

13.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

29.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

40.7

Deaths

122,498

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.3

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

257

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

188

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2038's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2038

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	25.74	34.41	68.3	63.7
1-4	2.58	3.29	69.0	64.9
5-9	2.21	2.86	65.7	61.7
10-14	1.28	1.78	61.4	57.6
15-19	1.68	2.56	56.8	53.0
20-24	2.14	3.71	52.2	48.7
25-29	2.56	3.93	47.8	44.6
30-34	2.95	4.29	43.4	40.4
35-39	3.51	4.90	39.0	36.2
40-44	4.54	6.12	34.6	32.0
45-49	5.51	7.77	30.4	28.0
50-54	7.82	11.12	26.1	24.0
55-59	10.81	14.97	22.1	20.2
60-64	16.97	22.72	18.1	16.6
65-69	27.62	34.88	14.5	13.2
70-74	45.60	54.98	11.3	10.3
75-79	74.22	87.42	8.5	7.7
80-84	121.41	138.53	6.3	5.7
85-89	187.36	216.85	4.6	4.0
90-94	277.73	337.16	3.3	2.8
95-99	408.67	473.10	2.4	2.1
100+	547.20	598.84	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Burundi by year

Mortality in Burundi, 2038

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