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Life Expectancy in Burkina Faso vs Cameroon (1950-2026)

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The average life expectancy at birth is 61.6 years in Burkina Faso vs 64.5 in Cameroon. Burkina Faso is ranked 188/197 by life expectancy, and Cameroon is 174/197. In Burkina Faso, the life expectancy is 59.4 years for males and 63.8 years for females. In Cameroon, it's 62.3 years for males and 66.8 years for females.

Burkina Faso vs Cameroon life expectancy at birth by year

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
Cameroon
Male

Female
1x
Year Life expectancy, years
Burkina Faso Cameroon
Average Male Female Average Male Female
2026 61.6 59.4 63.8 64.5 62.3 66.8
2025 61.5 59.3 63.6 64.2 62 66.5
2024 61.3 59.1 63.4 64 61.8 66.2
2023 61.1 58.9 63.2 63.7 61.5 65.9
2022 60.7 58.8 62.6 62.4 60.3 64.6
2021 60 58.2 61.8 61.1 59.1 63.3
2020 60.5 58.5 62.3 61.7 59.5 64
2019 60.2 58.3 61.9 61.7 59.6 63.8
2018 60 58.2 61.6 61.2 59.1 63.3
2017 59.6 57.9 61.2 60.8 58.8 62.9
2016 59.2 57.5 60.8 60.3 58.4 62.3
2015 58.8 57.1 60.4 59.7 57.8 61.7
2014 58.3 56.7 59.9 59.1 57.2 61.1
2013 57.9 56.3 59.4 58.7 57 60.5
2012 57.5 55.9 59 58.2 56.5 59.9
2011 57 55.4 58.5 57.5 55.9 59
2010 56.3 54.8 57.8 57 55.4 58.5
2009 55.8 54.2 57.2 56.5 55 57.9
2008 55.2 53.7 56.6 56.1 54.8 57.5
2007 54.4 52.9 55.8 55.7 54.4 57
2006 53.8 52.3 55.2 55.3 54.1 56.5
2005 53.3 51.8 54.7 54.9 53.7 56
2004 52.6 51.1 54 54.6 53.4 55.8
2003 52 50.5 53.4 54.3 53.1 55.4
2002 51.4 50 52.9 53.9 52.8 55.1
2001 51.2 49.7 52.6 53.6 52.5 54.7
2000 50.8 49.3 52.2 53.3 52.1 54.5
1999 50.5 49 51.8 53.2 51.8 54.5
1998 50.2 48.8 51.5 53 51.6 54.5
1997 49.6 48.2 50.8 53.1 51.5 54.7
1996 49.7 48.4 50.9 53.2 51.7 54.7
1995 49.6 48.3 50.7 53.3 51.8 54.9
1994 49.5 48.3 50.6 53.5 51.9 55.1
1993 49.4 48.3 50.5 53.9 52.3 55.5
1992 49.4 48.3 50.4 54.1 52.5 55.6
1991 49.3 48.3 50.3 54.2 52.6 55.7
1990 49.3 48.3 50.2 54.3 52.8 55.9
1989 49.3 48.3 50.2 54.4 52.9 55.9
1988 49.2 48.2 50.1 54.4 52.8 55.9
1987 49.1 48 50.1 54.2 52.7 55.7
1986 49 47.9 50 53.6 52.1 55
1985 48.7 47.6 49.8 53.5 51.9 55
1984 48.5 47.3 49.6 52.9 51.3 54.5
1983 48.1 46.9 49.2 52.4 50.9 54
1982 47.6 46.4 48.8 51.8 50.3 53.3
1981 46.9 45.6 48.1 51.2 49.7 52.7
1980 46.5 45.2 47.7 50.9 49.4 52.3
1979 45.7 44.4 47 50.5 49.1 52
1978 45 43.7 46.3 50.3 48.9 51.7
1977 44.2 42.9 45.4 50.1 48.8 51.5
1976 43.3 42.1 44.6 50 48.7 51.4
1975 42.5 41.2 43.8 49.9 48.6 51.2
1974 41.7 40.4 43 49.7 48.4 51
1973 40.9 39.6 42.3 49.5 48.2 50.8
1972 40.4 39.1 41.7 49.1 47.9 50.3
1971 39.9 38.5 41.3 48.6 47.4 49.7
1970 39.5 38.2 40.9 48 46.8 49.1
1969 39 37.8 40.4 47.2 46.1 48.3
1968 38.8 37.5 40.1 46.4 45.2 47.5
1967 38.4 37.2 39.7 45.6 44.4 46.8
1966 38.1 36.9 39.4 44.8 43.7 46
1965 37.8 36.6 39 44.2 43 45.3
1964 37.4 36.2 38.6 43.6 42.4 44.7
1963 37.1 36 38.3 43.1 41.9 44.2
1962 36.8 35.6 38 42.6 41.5 43.7
1961 36.4 35.3 37.6 35.2 29.8 42.3
1960 36.1 35 37.3 34.7 29.4 41.7
1959 35.7 34.6 36.9 39.8 37.9 41.7
1958 35.4 34.3 36.6 39.1 37.3 40.9
1957 35.1 34.1 36.2 38.3 36.5 40.1
1956 34.8 33.7 35.9 38.4 37.6 39.3
1955 34.5 33.5 35.6 37.5 36.6 38.3
1954 34.2 33.2 35.3 36.5 35.5 37.5
1953 33.9 32.9 35 35.5 34.4 36.6
1952 33.6 32.6 34.7 34.6 33.4 35.9
1951 33.4 32.4 34.5 33.9 32.5 35.3
1950 33 32.1 34.1 33.1 31.6 34.6

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (1950–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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Life expectancy is the average age of death for a hypothetical cohort of newborns if they experienced the age-specific mortality rates of one particular year throughout their entire lives. It's a snapshot reflecting mortality rates in a given year that does not account for any future changes in those rates.

Healthy life expectancy at birth, defined by the World Health Organization as the average number of years a person can expect to live in full health, is 54.6 years in Burkina Faso and 54 in Cameroon. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 12.4 healthy years in Burkina Faso and 12.2 in Cameroon.

Burkina Faso vs Cameroon life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator shows the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on current age for both males and females in Burkina Faso and Cameroon, along with mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
40.2 vs 41.0 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.2 vs 71.0 years

Median expected age of death:
73.0 vs 73.5 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Burkina Faso Cameroon
Male Female Male Female
40 95.3% 96.4% 95.7% 97.0%
50 88.2% 91.5% 88.7% 92.2%
60 75.8% 83.0% 76.3% 83.4%
65 66.2% 75.4% 67.0% 76.1%
70 53.6% 64.2% 54.8% 65.6%
75 37.9% 48.2% 39.7% 50.8%
80 21.0% 29.2% 23.9% 33.0%
85 7.9% 12.3% 11.1% 16.5%
90 1.6% 3.0% 3.7% 5.6%
95 0.1% 0.3% 0.8% 1.1%
100 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%

Life expectancy by current age

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
Cameroon
Male

Female
1x
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Burkina Faso Cameroon
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 101.4 101.3 101.4 101.9 101.9 101.9
99 100.4 100.3 100.4 101 101 100.9
98 99.5 99.4 99.5 100.1 100.1 100
97 98.6 98.4 98.6 99.1 99.2 99.1
96 97.6 97.5 97.7 98.3 98.4 98.2
95 96.7 96.6 96.7 97.4 97.5 97.3
94 95.8 95.7 95.8 96.5 96.6 96.4
93 94.9 94.8 94.9 95.6 95.7 95.6
92 94 93.9 94.1 94.8 94.9 94.7
91 93.1 93 93.2 94 94 93.9
90 92.3 92.1 92.4 93.1 93.2 93.1
89 91.5 91.3 91.5 92.3 92.4 92.3
88 90.6 90.5 90.7 91.5 91.6 91.5
87 89.9 89.7 90 90.7 90.8 90.7
86 89.1 88.9 89.2 90 90 90
85 88.3 88.1 88.4 89.2 89.2 89.2
84 87.6 87.4 87.7 88.5 88.4 88.5
83 86.8 86.6 87 87.7 87.7 87.8
82 86.1 85.9 86.3 87 86.9 87.1
81 85.4 85.2 85.6 86.4 86.2 86.5
80 84.8 84.5 84.9 85.7 85.5 85.8
79 84.1 83.8 84.3 85 84.9 85.2
78 83.5 83.2 83.7 84.4 84.2 84.6
77 82.9 82.6 83.1 83.8 83.6 84
76 82.3 82 82.5 83.2 82.9 83.5
75 81.8 81.4 82 82.7 82.3 82.9
74 81.2 80.8 81.5 82.1 81.8 82.4
73 80.7 80.3 81 81.6 81.2 81.9
72 80.2 79.8 80.5 81.1 80.6 81.4
71 79.8 79.3 80.1 80.6 80.1 81
70 79.3 78.8 79.7 80.1 79.6 80.6
69 78.9 78.3 79.3 79.7 79.2 80.2
68 78.5 77.9 78.9 79.3 78.7 79.8
67 78.1 77.5 78.5 78.9 78.3 79.5
66 77.7 77.1 78.2 78.5 77.8 79.1
65 77.4 76.7 77.9 78.2 77.4 78.8
64 77 76.3 77.6 77.8 77.1 78.5
63 76.7 75.9 77.3 77.5 76.7 78.2
62 76.4 75.6 77 77.2 76.3 77.9
61 76.1 75.2 76.7 76.8 76 77.6
60 75.8 74.9 76.5 76.5 75.6 77.4
59 75.5 74.6 76.3 76.3 75.3 77.1
58 75.2 74.3 76 76 75 76.9
57 75 74 75.8 75.7 74.7 76.7
56 74.7 73.7 75.6 75.5 74.4 76.5
55 74.5 73.4 75.4 75.2 74.1 76.3
54 74.3 73.1 75.2 75 73.8 76.1
53 74.1 72.9 75.1 74.7 73.6 75.9
52 73.8 72.6 74.9 74.5 73.3 75.7
51 73.6 72.4 74.7 74.3 73.1 75.5
50 73.4 72.2 74.5 74.1 72.8 75.3
49 73.2 71.9 74.4 73.9 72.6 75.1
48 73.1 71.7 74.2 73.7 72.4 75
47 72.9 71.5 74.1 73.5 72.1 74.8
46 72.7 71.3 73.9 73.3 71.9 74.7
45 72.5 71.1 73.8 73.1 71.7 74.5
44 72.3 70.9 73.6 73 71.5 74.4
43 72.2 70.7 73.5 72.8 71.3 74.2
42 72 70.5 73.3 72.6 71.2 74.1
41 71.8 70.3 73.2 72.5 71 73.9
40 71.7 70.2 73.1 72.3 70.8 73.8
39 71.5 70 72.9 72.2 70.6 73.7
38 71.4 69.8 72.8 72 70.5 73.5
37 71.2 69.7 72.6 71.9 70.3 73.4
36 71.1 69.5 72.5 71.7 70.2 73.3
35 70.9 69.3 72.4 71.6 70 73.2
34 70.8 69.2 72.2 71.5 69.8 73.1
33 70.6 69 72.1 71.3 69.7 73
32 70.5 68.8 72 71.2 69.6 72.9
31 70.3 68.7 71.8 71.1 69.4 72.8
30 70.2 68.5 71.7 71 69.3 72.7
29 70 68.4 71.5 70.9 69.2 72.6
28 69.9 68.2 71.4 70.7 69 72.5
27 69.7 68.1 71.3 70.6 68.9 72.4
26 69.6 67.9 71.1 70.5 68.8 72.3
25 69.4 67.7 71 70.4 68.6 72.2
24 69.3 67.6 70.8 70.3 68.5 72.1
23 69.1 67.4 70.7 70.2 68.4 72
22 68.9 67.2 70.6 70.1 68.2 71.9
21 68.8 67 70.4 70 68.1 71.9
20 68.6 66.9 70.3 69.9 68 71.8
19 68.5 66.7 70.2 69.8 67.9 71.7
18 68.4 66.6 70.1 69.7 67.8 71.6
17 68.2 66.5 69.9 69.6 67.7 71.6
16 68.1 66.3 69.8 69.5 67.6 71.5
15 68 66.2 69.7 69.5 67.5 71.4
14 68 66.2 69.7 69.4 67.5 71.4
13 67.9 66.1 69.6 69.3 67.4 71.3
12 67.8 66 69.5 69.3 67.4 71.3
11 67.7 65.9 69.4 69.2 67.3 71.2
10 67.6 65.8 69.3 69.2 67.2 71.2
9 67.5 65.7 69.2 69.1 67.2 71.1
8 67.4 65.6 69.1 69 67.1 71
7 67.3 65.4 69 69 67 70.9
6 67.1 65.3 68.8 68.9 66.9 70.9
5 66.9 65 68.6 68.7 66.8 70.7
4 66.6 64.7 68.3 68.6 66.6 70.6
3 66.2 64.4 68 68.3 66.4 70.4
2 65.7 63.8 67.5 68 66 70
1 65.1 63.2 66.9 67.4 65.4 69.5
0 61.6 59.4 63.8 64.5 62.3 66.8

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. However, an adult has already survived the causes of early-age mortality and can expect to live longer than the figure calculated at birth.

A 30-year-old in Burkina Faso can expect to live to 70.2 years compared to 71 in Cameroon, rising to 77.4 and 78.2 at 65, and to 84.8 and 85.7 at 80 — higher than the 61.6 and 64.5 years calculated at birth.

The chart above accounts for remaining lifespan and displays total life expectancy by age and gender in Burkina Faso and Cameroon.

Probability of surviving to a given age

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
Cameroon
Male

Female
1x
Age Survival probability
Burkina Faso Cameroon
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 0.009% 0.003% 0.01% 0.1% 0.09% 0.1%
99 0.02% 0.007% 0.03% 0.16% 0.14% 0.17%
98 0.03% 0.02% 0.05% 0.25% 0.22% 0.28%
97 0.06% 0.03% 0.09% 0.39% 0.33% 0.44%
96 0.11% 0.06% 0.16% 0.58% 0.49% 0.68%
95 0.2% 0.11% 0.28% 0.86% 0.7% 1.02%
94 0.35% 0.2% 0.48% 1.23% 1% 1.47%
93 0.57% 0.34% 0.77% 1.72% 1.38% 2.08%
92 0.91% 0.57% 1.21% 2.36% 1.87% 2.87%
91 1.39% 0.9% 1.83% 3.16% 2.49% 3.85%
90 2.05% 1.38% 2.66% 4.16% 3.27% 5.08%
89 2.92% 2.03% 3.73% 5.35% 4.2% 6.54%
88 4.02% 2.87% 5.06% 6.77% 5.32% 8.26%
87 5.36% 3.93% 6.66% 8.41% 6.62% 10.2%
86 6.97% 5.22% 8.56% 10.3% 8.14% 12.5%
85 8.84% 6.74% 10.8% 12.4% 9.85% 15%
84 11% 8.52% 13.3% 14.7% 11.8% 17.7%
83 13.4% 10.5% 16% 17.2% 13.9% 20.6%
82 16.1% 12.8% 19% 19.8% 16.2% 23.6%
81 18.9% 15.2% 22.3% 22.6% 18.6% 26.8%
80 21.9% 17.8% 25.6% 25.5% 21.2% 30.1%
79 25% 20.6% 29% 28.5% 23.8% 33.3%
78 28.1% 23.4% 32.3% 31.5% 26.6% 36.6%
77 31.2% 26.3% 35.7% 34.5% 29.4% 39.9%
76 34.3% 29.2% 39% 37.6% 32.2% 43.1%
75 37.3% 32.1% 42.2% 40.5% 35.1% 46.2%
74 40.3% 35% 45.3% 43.4% 37.9% 49.1%
73 43.2% 37.8% 48.3% 46.2% 40.7% 52%
72 45.9% 40.5% 51.1% 49% 43.4% 54.7%
71 48.5% 43% 53.7% 51.5% 46% 57.2%
70 50.9% 45.5% 56.1% 54% 48.5% 59.6%
69 53.2% 47.8% 58.4% 56.3% 50.9% 61.9%
68 55.4% 50.1% 60.5% 58.5% 53.2% 63.9%
67 57.4% 52.2% 62.5% 60.5% 55.3% 65.8%
66 59.3% 54.2% 64.3% 62.4% 57.4% 67.6%
65 61.1% 56.1% 65.9% 64.2% 59.3% 69.2%
64 62.8% 58% 67.5% 65.9% 61.1% 70.7%
63 64.4% 59.7% 69% 67.4% 62.9% 72.2%
62 65.8% 61.3% 70.3% 68.9% 64.5% 73.5%
61 67.2% 62.9% 71.5% 70.3% 66.1% 74.7%
60 68.5% 64.3% 72.6% 71.6% 67.5% 75.9%
59 69.6% 65.7% 73.6% 72.8% 68.9% 76.9%
58 70.7% 67% 74.5% 74% 70.2% 77.9%
57 71.8% 68.2% 75.4% 75.1% 71.4% 78.8%
56 72.7% 69.3% 76.2% 76.1% 72.6% 79.6%
55 73.6% 70.3% 76.9% 77% 73.7% 80.4%
54 74.5% 71.4% 77.6% 77.9% 74.7% 81.2%
53 75.3% 72.3% 78.3% 78.8% 75.7% 81.9%
52 76% 73.2% 78.9% 79.6% 76.7% 82.6%
51 76.8% 74.1% 79.5% 80.4% 77.6% 83.2%
50 77.4% 74.9% 80.1% 81.1% 78.4% 83.8%
49 78.1% 75.6% 80.6% 81.8% 79.2% 84.4%
48 78.7% 76.3% 81.1% 82.4% 80% 84.9%
47 79.2% 77% 81.5% 83% 80.7% 85.4%
46 79.7% 77.6% 82% 83.6% 81.3% 85.9%
45 80.3% 78.2% 82.4% 84.1% 82% 86.3%
44 80.8% 78.8% 82.8% 84.6% 82.6% 86.8%
43 81.2% 79.4% 83.2% 85.1% 83.1% 87.2%
42 81.7% 79.9% 83.6% 85.6% 83.7% 87.5%
41 82.1% 80.4% 84% 86% 84.2% 87.9%
40 82.6% 80.9% 84.3% 86.5% 84.7% 88.3%
39 83% 81.3% 84.7% 86.9% 85.1% 88.6%
38 83.4% 81.8% 85% 87.2% 85.6% 88.9%
37 83.7% 82.2% 85.4% 87.6% 86% 89.2%
36 84.1% 82.6% 85.7% 87.9% 86.4% 89.5%
35 84.5% 83% 86% 88.3% 86.8% 89.8%
34 84.8% 83.4% 86.3% 88.6% 87.2% 90%
33 85.2% 83.8% 86.6% 88.9% 87.5% 90.3%
32 85.5% 84.1% 86.9% 89.2% 87.8% 90.5%
31 85.8% 84.5% 87.2% 89.4% 88.2% 90.7%
30 86.1% 84.8% 87.5% 89.7% 88.5% 90.9%
29 86.5% 85.2% 87.8% 90% 88.8% 91.2%
28 86.8% 85.5% 88.1% 90.2% 89.1% 91.4%
27 87.1% 85.8% 88.4% 90.4% 89.3% 91.5%
26 87.4% 86.2% 88.7% 90.7% 89.6% 91.7%
25 87.7% 86.5% 88.9% 90.9% 89.9% 91.9%
24 88% 86.9% 89.2% 91.1% 90.2% 92.1%
23 88.3% 87.2% 89.4% 91.3% 90.4% 92.3%
22 88.6% 87.6% 89.7% 91.5% 90.7% 92.4%
21 88.9% 87.9% 89.9% 91.7% 90.9% 92.6%
20 89.2% 88.2% 90.2% 91.9% 91.1% 92.7%
19 89.4% 88.5% 90.4% 92.1% 91.3% 92.8%
18 89.7% 88.7% 90.6% 92.2% 91.5% 93%
17 89.9% 89% 90.8% 92.4% 91.7% 93.1%
16 90.1% 89.2% 91% 92.5% 91.8% 93.2%
15 90.2% 89.3% 91.2% 92.6% 92% 93.3%
14 90.4% 89.5% 91.3% 92.7% 92.1% 93.4%
13 90.5% 89.6% 91.4% 92.8% 92.2% 93.5%
12 90.7% 89.8% 91.6% 92.9% 92.3% 93.6%
11 90.8% 89.9% 91.7% 93% 92.4% 93.7%
10 90.9% 90.1% 91.8% 93.1% 92.5% 93.7%
9 91.1% 90.3% 91.9% 93.2% 92.6% 93.8%
8 91.3% 90.4% 92.1% 93.3% 92.7% 93.9%
7 91.5% 90.7% 92.3% 93.4% 92.9% 94%
6 91.7% 90.9% 92.6% 93.6% 93% 94.2%
5 92.1% 91.3% 92.9% 93.8% 93.2% 94.3%
4 92.5% 91.7% 93.3% 94% 93.5% 94.6%
3 93.1% 92.3% 93.8% 94.3% 93.8% 94.9%
2 93.8% 93.1% 94.5% 94.8% 94.3% 95.3%
1 94.7% 94.1% 95.4% 95.6% 95.2% 96.1%

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 68.5% of newborns in Burkina Faso and 71.6% in Cameroon are expected to live past 60, 50.9% and 54% past 70, 21.9% and 25.5% past 80, and only 2.05% and 4.16% past 90.

For longevity rates starting from a different age, use the calculator provided above.

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Odds of dying at each age

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
Cameroon
Male

Female
1x
Age Probability of dying
Burkina Faso Cameroon
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 51.8% 55.2% 51.8% 40.3% 37.9% 42.2%
99 50.1% 53.3% 49.9% 38.8% 36.7% 40.4%
98 48.4% 51.7% 48.1% 36.9% 34.9% 38.4%
97 46.6% 49.9% 46.2% 35.4% 33.7% 36.7%
96 45% 48.1% 44.4% 33.8% 32.3% 34.8%
95 43.3% 46.2% 42.5% 32.1% 30.9% 33%
94 41.4% 44.2% 40.5% 30.4% 29.3% 31.1%
93 39.4% 42.1% 38.4% 28.7% 27.8% 29.2%
92 37.2% 39.7% 36.2% 27% 26.4% 27.4%
91 34.8% 37.2% 33.8% 25.3% 24.8% 25.6%
90 32.3% 34.6% 31.2% 23.9% 23.7% 24.1%
89 29.7% 31.9% 28.7% 22.3% 22.2% 22.4%
88 27.3% 29.3% 26.3% 20.9% 21% 20.8%
87 25% 26.9% 24.1% 19.5% 19.7% 19.4%
86 23% 24.6% 22.2% 18.2% 18.6% 18%
85 21.2% 22.6% 20.4% 16.9% 17.4% 16.6%
84 19.6% 20.8% 18.8% 15.7% 16.3% 15.3%
83 18% 19.2% 17.3% 14.5% 15.2% 14.1%
82 16.5% 17.6% 15.9% 13.4% 14.1% 12.9%
81 15.1% 16.1% 14.4% 12.3% 13% 11.8%
80 13.7% 14.7% 13% 11.5% 12.2% 10.9%
79 12.3% 13.4% 11.7% 10.4% 11.2% 9.85%
78 11.1% 12.1% 10.5% 9.59% 10.4% 8.98%
77 9.99% 11% 9.38% 8.73% 9.53% 8.12%
76 9.01% 9.95% 8.43% 8.01% 8.8% 7.4%
75 8.14% 9.01% 7.59% 7.34% 8.12% 6.72%
74 7.35% 8.15% 6.84% 6.68% 7.44% 6.07%
73 6.63% 7.36% 6.14% 6.08% 6.82% 5.48%
72 5.96% 6.65% 5.5% 5.54% 6.25% 4.96%
71 5.35% 5.99% 4.9% 4.97% 5.64% 4.41%
70 4.8% 5.41% 4.36% 4.58% 5.21% 4.05%
69 4.31% 4.89% 3.88% 4.08% 4.69% 3.57%
68 3.88% 4.44% 3.47% 3.72% 4.28% 3.23%
67 3.52% 4.05% 3.11% 3.36% 3.89% 2.89%
66 3.21% 3.72% 2.81% 3.04% 3.54% 2.6%
65 2.93% 3.42% 2.55% 2.79% 3.25% 2.37%
64 2.69% 3.16% 2.32% 2.55% 3% 2.16%
63 2.46% 2.91% 2.1% 2.35% 2.77% 1.97%
62 2.24% 2.68% 1.89% 2.16% 2.56% 1.8%
61 2.04% 2.46% 1.7% 1.96% 2.33% 1.62%
60 1.85% 2.25% 1.52% 1.84% 2.19% 1.52%
59 1.68% 2.07% 1.37% 1.67% 1.99% 1.36%
58 1.54% 1.9% 1.24% 1.54% 1.85% 1.26%
57 1.42% 1.75% 1.13% 1.42% 1.71% 1.15%
56 1.32% 1.63% 1.04% 1.33% 1.6% 1.08%
55 1.23% 1.52% 0.97% 1.25% 1.5% 1%
54 1.15% 1.42% 0.91% 1.17% 1.41% 0.94%
53 1.08% 1.32% 0.85% 1.09% 1.32% 0.88%
52 1% 1.23% 0.8% 1.03% 1.24% 0.83%
51 0.93% 1.14% 0.74% 0.95% 1.15% 0.76%
50 0.87% 1.06% 0.69% 0.9% 1.09% 0.72%
49 0.81% 0.98% 0.64% 0.83% 1% 0.66%
48 0.75% 0.92% 0.59% 0.77% 0.94% 0.62%
47 0.71% 0.86% 0.56% 0.72% 0.87% 0.57%
46 0.67% 0.82% 0.53% 0.68% 0.82% 0.54%
45 0.64% 0.78% 0.51% 0.64% 0.77% 0.52%
44 0.62% 0.74% 0.49% 0.6% 0.72% 0.49%
43 0.59% 0.7% 0.48% 0.57% 0.68% 0.46%
42 0.57% 0.67% 0.47% 0.54% 0.65% 0.44%
41 0.54% 0.63% 0.45% 0.51% 0.6% 0.41%
40 0.51% 0.59% 0.44% 0.49% 0.58% 0.4%
39 0.49% 0.56% 0.43% 0.46% 0.54% 0.37%
38 0.47% 0.53% 0.41% 0.44% 0.52% 0.36%
37 0.45% 0.51% 0.39% 0.41% 0.49% 0.33%
36 0.43% 0.49% 0.38% 0.39% 0.46% 0.32%
35 0.42% 0.48% 0.37% 0.37% 0.44% 0.3%
34 0.41% 0.47% 0.36% 0.35% 0.42% 0.29%
33 0.4% 0.46% 0.35% 0.34% 0.4% 0.27%
32 0.39% 0.44% 0.34% 0.32% 0.38% 0.26%
31 0.38% 0.43% 0.34% 0.3% 0.36% 0.25%
30 0.37% 0.41% 0.34% 0.3% 0.35% 0.24%
29 0.36% 0.4% 0.33% 0.28% 0.34% 0.23%
28 0.36% 0.39% 0.33% 0.27% 0.33% 0.22%
27 0.35% 0.38% 0.32% 0.26% 0.32% 0.21%
26 0.35% 0.39% 0.31% 0.26% 0.31% 0.2%
25 0.35% 0.39% 0.31% 0.25% 0.3% 0.19%
24 0.35% 0.4% 0.3% 0.24% 0.29% 0.19%
23 0.35% 0.4% 0.29% 0.23% 0.29% 0.18%
22 0.34% 0.4% 0.28% 0.22% 0.28% 0.17%
21 0.33% 0.38% 0.27% 0.21% 0.26% 0.16%
20 0.31% 0.35% 0.27% 0.2% 0.25% 0.16%
19 0.29% 0.32% 0.25% 0.19% 0.23% 0.15%
18 0.26% 0.28% 0.24% 0.17% 0.21% 0.14%
17 0.23% 0.25% 0.22% 0.16% 0.18% 0.13%
16 0.21% 0.22% 0.19% 0.14% 0.16% 0.12%
15 0.18% 0.2% 0.17% 0.12% 0.14% 0.11%
14 0.17% 0.18% 0.15% 0.11% 0.13% 0.1%
13 0.15% 0.17% 0.14% 0.1% 0.11% 0.09%
12 0.15% 0.16% 0.13% 0.1% 0.11% 0.09%
11 0.15% 0.16% 0.13% 0.1% 0.11% 0.09%
10 0.16% 0.17% 0.14% 0.1% 0.11% 0.09%
9 0.17% 0.18% 0.16% 0.11% 0.12% 0.1%
8 0.2% 0.21% 0.19% 0.12% 0.13% 0.11%
7 0.24% 0.25% 0.22% 0.13% 0.15% 0.12%
6 0.29% 0.3% 0.28% 0.16% 0.17% 0.15%
5 0.36% 0.38% 0.35% 0.19% 0.2% 0.18%
4 0.46% 0.48% 0.44% 0.25% 0.27% 0.24%
3 0.59% 0.63% 0.56% 0.35% 0.38% 0.33%
2 0.77% 0.83% 0.71% 0.52% 0.55% 0.48%
1 1% 1.09% 0.91% 0.84% 0.89% 0.79%
0 5.27% 5.9% 4.62% 4.36% 4.83% 3.89%

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/burkina-faso/cameroon | CC BY

This chart displays the probability of dying at any given age in Burkina Faso compared to Cameroon, as mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime.

The annual chance of dying is 5.27% in the birth year in Burkina Faso and 4.36% in Cameroon, 0.37% vs 0.3% at age 30, 1.85% vs 1.84% at 60, and 13.7% vs 11.5% at 80.

Death rate by age in Burkina Faso vs Cameroon

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
Cameroon
Male

Female
1x
Age Death rate
Burkina Faso Cameroon
Total Male Female Total Male Female
100 0 0 0 0 0 0
99 8.73 3.99 12.6 60.9 52.1 70
98 16.3 7.99 23.4 91.9 76.3 108
97 29.5 15.4 41.9 136.3 110.9 162.6
96 51.6 28.6 72.2 196.6 157.3 237
95 87.6 51.2 120.2 275.2 217.5 335
94 143.1 87.7 192.8 374 292.2 457
93 224.5 144 297 494 384 608
92 337 225.7 438 638 494 786
91 484 337 617 800 619 987
90 663 478 830 995 774 1,223
89 869 648 1,070 1,194 933 1,464
88 1,097 842 1,330 1,415 1,116 1,723
87 1,343 1,056 1,606 1,641 1,308 1,985
86 1,604 1,285 1,896 1,871 1,510 2,244
85 1,875 1,527 2,196 2,092 1,714 2,483
84 2,149 1,773 2,495 2,306 1,919 2,707
83 2,413 2,017 2,776 2,490 2,103 2,892
82 2,649 2,247 3,020 2,660 2,282 3,052
81 2,844 2,451 3,207 2,782 2,421 3,155
80 2,988 2,621 3,327 2,927 2,590 3,276
79 3,079 2,751 3,383 2,971 2,671 3,284
78 3,117 2,841 3,385 3,023 2,764 3,291
77 3,117 2,893 3,350 3,017 2,803 3,239
76 3,091 2,910 3,288 3,008 2,837 3,185
75 3,039 2,896 3,204 2,973 2,848 3,102
74 2,963 2,852 3,096 2,902 2,821 2,985
73 2,862 2,782 2,964 2,811 2,772 2,850
72 2,737 2,689 2,808 2,712 2,710 2,715
71 2,595 2,580 2,633 2,558 2,591 2,524
70 2,444 2,461 2,450 2,471 2,526 2,413
69 2,293 2,340 2,269 2,298 2,386 2,207
68 2,150 2,224 2,099 2,172 2,277 2,063
67 2,019 2,115 1,945 2,031 2,155 1,903
66 1,901 2,015 1,809 1,898 2,033 1,758
65 1,792 1,921 1,684 1,787 1,929 1,640
64 1,687 1,830 1,565 1,682 1,833 1,525
63 1,583 1,738 1,448 1,584 1,741 1,421
62 1,477 1,643 1,330 1,492 1,651 1,326
61 1,371 1,546 1,215 1,380 1,541 1,210
60 1,268 1,449 1,105 1,319 1,477 1,153
59 1,173 1,356 1,005 1,214 1,374 1,046
58 1,089 1,272 921 1,143 1,299 979
57 1,017 1,196 851 1,069 1,223 908
56 956 1,129 795 1,015 1,164 858
55 904 1,069 748 960 1,106 807
54 857 1,012 708 912 1,053 764
53 811 957 669 862 999 719
52 764 902 630 820 951 682
51 717 847 590 762 889 630
50 671 794 550 731 852 604
49 628 745 512 678 794 557
48 591 701 480 638 748 525
47 560 665 454 598 702 491
46 535 634 434 566 663 466
45 514 608 419 540 633 445
44 497 584 408 510 596 422
43 480 559 399 486 566 403
42 462 533 391 466 542 388
41 444 505 382 437 509 363
40 425 478 371 423 491 352
39 407 452 360 398 463 331
38 390 432 349 380 442 317
37 377 416 337 360 420 298.4
36 366 405 326 344 401 285.3
35 357 397 316 328 383 271.7
34 350 391 308 312 364 258.6
33 343 384 302 298.3 349 246.8
32 336 374 297.6 285.9 335 236.2
31 329 362 295.2 271.7 319 223.8
30 322 349 293.7 264.7 311 218
29 316 338 292.3 253.6 298.7 207.7
28 311 331 289.7 246.1 290.5 200.9
27 308 330 285.3 238.2 282.8 192.8
26 307 334 279.1 231.5 276.5 185.7
25 307 341 271.6 225.3 271.1 178.7
24 308 349 264.1 219.4 265.9 172
23 306 353 257.4 212.8 259.5 165.1
22 301 349 251.6 205.4 251.5 158.4
21 291.5 335 246.4 196.2 240 151.5
20 276.4 311 239.9 185.3 225.2 144.7
19 256.8 282 230.4 172.7 207.6 137.2
18 234.1 251 216.2 159.3 188.6 129.4
17 210 221.7 197.6 143.9 167.2 120.2
16 186.6 196.2 176.6 129.6 147.1 111.7
15 166 175.5 156 115.2 128.5 101.7
14 149.7 160 138.8 104.4 115.1 93.4
13 138.7 149.9 126.9 96.4 105.3 87.3
12 133.4 145.1 121.1 92 100 83.8
11 134.3 146 122 90.8 98.6 82.9
10 141.7 152.9 130 93.5 101.8 85
9 156.6 166.7 146 99.4 108.4 90.2
8 180.5 189.3 171.2 109.7 119.1 100
7 215.6 223.3 207.4 125.5 135.4 115.2
6 265 272.6 257.1 147.7 158.1 136.9
5 333 343 323 179.5 190.7 167.9
4 427 442 411 236.9 251 222.3
3 553 580 525 334 354 313
2 723 770 673 489 516 460
1 950 1,030 867 805 845 763
0 5,267 5,896 4,616 4,365 4,831 3,893

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/burkina-faso/cameroon | CC BY

This chart shows the number of deaths by age up to 100 for 3 cohorts of 100,000 newborns each — male, female, and both combined — illustrating how expected mortality is distributed throughout life.

In Burkina Faso, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in Cameroon. The median age of death is 70.4 in Burkina Faso and 71.6 in Cameroon, meaning only half of each cohort is expected to live past that age.

Note that this chart does not show rates per 100,000 population, as those would be skewed by age structure differences and reflect the demographics of Burkina Faso and Cameroon more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

1x

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (1960–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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