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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 61.6 years in Burkina Faso vs 79 in China. Burkina Faso is ranked 188/197 by life expectancy, and China is 52/197. In Burkina Faso, the life expectancy is 59.4 years for males and 63.8 years for females. In China, it's 76.4 years for males and 81.8 years for females.

The drop in life expectancy in China in 1959–1961 was caused by mass starvation, disease, and social disruption resulting from the Great Leap Forward’s policy failures, poor agricultural management, and adverse weather, leading to 15–30 million excess deaths.

Burkina Faso vs China life expectancy at birth by year chart

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
China
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Burkina Faso China
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 33 32.1 34.1 43.8 42.2 45.7
1951 33.4 32.4 34.5 44.6 42.9 46.4
1952 33.6 32.6 34.7 45.3 43.7 47.2
1953 33.9 32.9 35 45.9 44.4 47.7
1954 34.2 33.2 35.3 46.8 45.1 48.6
1955 34.5 33.5 35.6 47.2 45.5 49.2
1956 34.8 33.7 35.9 47.8 46 49.8
1957 35.1 34.1 36.2 48.4 46.6 50.4
1958 35.4 34.3 36.6 48.8 47 50.9
1959 35.7 34.6 36.9 40.2 38.6 42
1960 36.1 35 37.3 33.4 32.2 34.9
1961 36.4 35.3 37.6 40.2 38.6 41.9
1962 36.8 35.6 38 51 48.9 53.2
1963 37.1 36 38.3 51.7 49.7 53.9
1964 37.4 36.2 38.6 52.3 50.3 54.5
1965 37.8 36.6 39 53 51 55.2
1966 38.1 36.9 39.4 53.7 51.7 55.8
1967 38.4 37.2 39.7 54.4 52.4 56.5
1968 38.8 37.5 40.1 55.2 53.3 57.2
1969 39 37.8 40.4 56 54.1 58
1970 39.5 38.2 40.9 56.8 54.9 58.8
1971 39.9 38.5 41.3 57.7 55.9 59.6
1972 40.4 39.1 41.7 58.6 56.7 60.5
1973 40.9 39.6 42.3 59.5 57.6 61.5
1974 41.7 40.4 43 60.2 58.2 62.3
1975 42.5 41.2 43.8 61 58.9 63.1
1976 43.3 42.1 44.6 61.2 59.2 63.3
1977 44.2 42.9 45.4 62.5 60.3 64.7
1978 45 43.7 46.3 63.1 60.9 65.3
1979 45.7 44.4 47 63.7 61.5 65.9
1980 46.5 45.2 47.7 64.2 62.1 66.5
1981 46.9 45.6 48.1 64.8 62.6 67.1
1982 47.6 46.4 48.8 65.2 63 67.6
1983 48.1 46.9 49.2 65.7 63.5 68.1
1984 48.5 47.3 49.6 66.1 63.9 68.5
1985 48.7 47.6 49.8 66.5 64.2 68.9
1986 49 47.9 50 66.9 64.6 69.3
1987 49.1 48 50.1 67.3 64.9 69.7
1988 49.2 48.2 50.1 67.6 65.2 70.1
1989 49.3 48.3 50.2 67.9 65.6 70.4
1990 49.3 48.3 50.2 68.2 65.9 70.6
1991 49.3 48.3 50.3 68.6 66.3 71
1992 49.4 48.3 50.4 69.1 66.8 71.5
1993 49.4 48.3 50.5 69.5 67.1 72
1994 49.5 48.3 50.6 69.8 67.4 72.4
1995 49.6 48.3 50.7 70.4 67.9 73
1996 49.7 48.4 50.9 70.8 68.3 73.5
1997 49.6 48.2 50.8 71.2 68.7 73.9
1998 50.2 48.8 51.5 71.6 69.1 74.2
1999 50.5 49 51.8 72 69.5 74.5
2000 50.8 49.3 52.2 72.3 69.8 74.9
2001 51.2 49.7 52.6 72.7 70.2 75.3
2002 51.4 50 52.9 73 70.6 75.7
2003 52 50.5 53.4 73.4 70.9 76
2004 52.6 51.1 54 73.7 71.3 76.4
2005 53.3 51.8 54.7 74.1 71.6 76.8
2006 53.8 52.3 55.2 74.4 71.9 77.1
2007 54.4 52.9 55.8 74.8 72.3 77.4
2008 55.2 53.7 56.6 74.8 72.4 77.5
2009 55.8 54.2 57.2 75.3 72.8 78
2010 56.3 54.8 57.8 75.7 73.2 78.3
2011 57 55.4 58.5 75.9 73.3 78.6
2012 57.5 55.9 59 76.2 73.6 79
2013 57.9 56.3 59.4 76.5 73.9 79.2
2014 58.3 56.7 59.9 76.7 74.1 79.5
2015 58.8 57.1 60.4 77 74.4 79.8
2016 59.2 57.5 60.8 77.2 74.6 80.1
2017 59.6 57.9 61.2 77.2 74.4 80.3
2018 60 58.2 61.6 77.7 75 80.6
2019 60.2 58.3 61.9 77.9 75.3 80.7
2020 60.5 58.5 62.3 78 75.2 81
2021 60 58.2 61.8 78.1 75.5 80.9
2022 60.7 58.8 62.6 78.2 75.5 81.1
2023 61.1 58.9 63.2 78 75.2 80.9
2024 61.3 59.1 63.4 78 75.2 81
2025 61.5 59.3 63.6 78.4 75.7 81.2
2026 61.6 59.4 63.8 79 76.4 81.8

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 life. It is a snapshot reflecting mortality rates at a given year that does not account for any future changes in these 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 68.6 in China. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 12.4 healthy years in Burkina Faso and 16.2 in China.

Burkina Faso vs China life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator assesses the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on the current age for both males and females in Burkina Faso and China, also providing 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 50.2 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.2 vs 80.2 years

Median expected age of death:
73.0 vs 82.5 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Burkina Faso China
Male Female Male Female
40 95.3% 96.4% 99.0% 99.4%
50 88.2% 91.5% 96.6% 98.2%
60 75.8% 83.0% 90.8% 95.4%
65 66.2% 75.4% 85.1% 92.5%
70 53.6% 64.2% 76.8% 88.0%
75 37.9% 48.2% 65.1% 80.2%
80 21.0% 29.2% 49.8% 68.1%
85 7.9% 12.3% 30.9% 49.5%
90 1.6% 3.0% 13.6% 27.8%
95 0.1% 0.3% 3.1% 9.5%
100 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 1.5%

Remaining life expectancy by current age

Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. An adult has already survived early-age mortality causes and is expected to have a longer lifespan than calculated from birth.

The life expectancy from current ages in Burkina Faso vs China: 70.2 years vs 80.2 at 30, 77.4 vs 83.3 at 65, 84.8 vs 88.1 at 80 — significantly higher than the 61.6 vs 79 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in Burkina Faso and China.

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
China
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Burkina Faso China
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 61.6 59.4 63.8 79 76.4 81.8
1 65.1 63.2 66.9 79.5 76.8 82.2
2 65.7 63.8 67.5 79.5 76.9 82.2
3 66.2 64.4 68 79.5 76.9 82.2
4 66.6 64.7 68.3 79.5 76.9 82.3
5 66.9 65 68.6 79.6 76.9 82.3
6 67.1 65.3 68.8 79.6 76.9 82.3
7 67.3 65.4 69 79.6 77 82.3
8 67.4 65.6 69.1 79.6 77 82.3
9 67.5 65.7 69.2 79.6 77 82.4
10 67.6 65.8 69.3 79.6 77 82.4
11 67.7 65.9 69.4 79.7 77 82.4
12 67.8 66 69.5 79.7 77.1 82.4
13 67.9 66.1 69.6 79.7 77.1 82.4
14 68 66.2 69.7 79.7 77.1 82.4
15 68 66.2 69.7 79.7 77.1 82.4
16 68.1 66.3 69.8 79.8 77.2 82.5
17 68.2 66.5 69.9 79.8 77.2 82.5
18 68.4 66.6 70.1 79.8 77.2 82.5
19 68.5 66.7 70.2 79.8 77.2 82.5
20 68.6 66.9 70.3 79.8 77.3 82.5
21 68.8 67 70.4 79.9 77.3 82.6
22 68.9 67.2 70.6 79.9 77.3 82.6
23 69.1 67.4 70.7 79.9 77.4 82.6
24 69.3 67.6 70.8 80 77.4 82.6
25 69.4 67.7 71 80 77.4 82.7
26 69.6 67.9 71.1 80 77.5 82.7
27 69.7 68.1 71.3 80.1 77.5 82.7
28 69.9 68.2 71.4 80.1 77.6 82.7
29 70 68.4 71.5 80.1 77.6 82.8
30 70.2 68.5 71.7 80.2 77.6 82.8
31 70.3 68.7 71.8 80.2 77.7 82.8
32 70.5 68.8 72 80.2 77.7 82.8
33 70.6 69 72.1 80.3 77.8 82.9
34 70.8 69.2 72.2 80.3 77.8 82.9
35 70.9 69.3 72.4 80.4 77.8 82.9
36 71.1 69.5 72.5 80.4 77.9 83
37 71.2 69.7 72.6 80.4 77.9 83
38 71.4 69.8 72.8 80.5 78 83
39 71.5 70 72.9 80.5 78 83
40 71.7 70.2 73.1 80.5 78.1 83.1
41 71.8 70.3 73.2 80.6 78.1 83.1
42 72 70.5 73.3 80.6 78.2 83.1
43 72.2 70.7 73.5 80.7 78.3 83.2
44 72.3 70.9 73.6 80.8 78.3 83.2
45 72.5 71.1 73.8 80.8 78.4 83.3
46 72.7 71.3 73.9 80.9 78.5 83.3
47 72.9 71.5 74.1 81 78.6 83.4
48 73.1 71.7 74.2 81 78.7 83.4
49 73.2 71.9 74.4 81.1 78.8 83.5
50 73.4 72.2 74.5 81.2 78.9 83.5
51 73.6 72.4 74.7 81.3 79 83.6
52 73.8 72.6 74.9 81.4 79.1 83.7
53 74.1 72.9 75.1 81.5 79.2 83.7
54 74.3 73.1 75.2 81.6 79.4 83.8
55 74.5 73.4 75.4 81.7 79.5 83.9
56 74.7 73.7 75.6 81.8 79.7 84
57 75 74 75.8 82 79.8 84.1
58 75.2 74.3 76 82.1 80 84.2
59 75.5 74.6 76.3 82.2 80.2 84.2
60 75.8 74.9 76.5 82.4 80.4 84.3
61 76.1 75.2 76.7 82.5 80.6 84.5
62 76.4 75.6 77 82.7 80.8 84.6
63 76.7 75.9 77.3 82.9 81 84.7
64 77 76.3 77.6 83.1 81.3 84.9
65 77.4 76.7 77.9 83.3 81.5 85
66 77.7 77.1 78.2 83.6 81.8 85.2
67 78.1 77.5 78.5 83.8 82.1 85.4
68 78.5 77.9 78.9 84 82.4 85.5
69 78.9 78.3 79.3 84.3 82.7 85.7
70 79.3 78.8 79.7 84.6 83 85.9
71 79.8 79.3 80.1 84.9 83.4 86.1
72 80.2 79.8 80.5 85.2 83.7 86.4
73 80.7 80.3 81 85.5 84.1 86.7
74 81.2 80.8 81.5 85.8 84.5 86.9
75 81.8 81.4 82 86.2 84.9 87.2
76 82.3 82 82.5 86.5 85.3 87.5
77 82.9 82.6 83.1 86.9 85.8 87.8
78 83.5 83.2 83.7 87.3 86.2 88.2
79 84.1 83.8 84.3 87.7 86.7 88.5
80 84.8 84.5 84.9 88.1 87.2 88.9
81 85.4 85.2 85.6 88.6 87.7 89.3
82 86.1 85.9 86.3 89.1 88.2 89.8
83 86.8 86.6 87 89.6 88.8 90.2
84 87.6 87.4 87.7 90.2 89.4 90.7
85 88.3 88.1 88.4 90.8 90 91.3
86 89.1 88.9 89.2 91.4 90.6 91.8
87 89.9 89.7 90 92 91.3 92.4
88 90.6 90.5 90.7 92.6 91.9 93
89 91.5 91.3 91.5 93.2 92.6 93.6
90 92.3 92.1 92.4 93.9 93.3 94.2
91 93.1 93 93.2 94.6 94 94.9
92 94 93.9 94.1 95.3 94.7 95.5
93 94.9 94.8 94.9 96 95.5 96.2
94 95.8 95.7 95.8 96.8 96.3 97
95 96.7 96.6 96.7 97.6 97.1 97.8
96 97.6 97.5 97.7 98.4 97.9 98.6
97 98.6 98.4 98.6 99.3 98.7 99.4
98 99.5 99.4 99.5 100.1 99.6 100.2
99 100.4 100.3 100.4 101 100.6 101.1
100 101.4 101.3 101.4 102 101.7 102

Odds of living to age in Burkina Faso vs China

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 68.5% in Burkina Faso and 91.5% in China are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 50.9% and 80.9% will live to 70 years or older, 21.9% and 57.8% to 80+ years, and 2.05% and 20.2% will live past 90 years old.

For longevity rates starting from an age other than 0, use the probability of survival to an age calculator provided above.

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
China
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Burkina Faso China
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 94.7% 94.1% 95.4% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
2 93.8% 93.1% 94.5% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
3 93.1% 92.3% 93.8% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
4 92.5% 91.7% 93.3% 99.3% 99.3% 99.4%
5 92.1% 91.3% 92.9% 99.3% 99.3% 99.4%
6 91.7% 90.9% 92.6% 99.3% 99.3% 99.4%
7 91.5% 90.7% 92.3% 99.3% 99.2% 99.3%
8 91.3% 90.4% 92.1% 99.3% 99.2% 99.3%
9 91.1% 90.3% 91.9% 99.2% 99.2% 99.3%
10 90.9% 90.1% 91.8% 99.2% 99.1% 99.3%
11 90.8% 89.9% 91.7% 99.2% 99.1% 99.2%
12 90.7% 89.8% 91.6% 99.1% 99.1% 99.2%
13 90.5% 89.6% 91.4% 99.1% 99% 99.2%
14 90.4% 89.5% 91.3% 99.1% 99% 99.2%
15 90.2% 89.3% 91.2% 99.1% 99% 99.2%
16 90.1% 89.2% 91% 99% 98.9% 99.1%
17 89.9% 89% 90.8% 99% 98.9% 99.1%
18 89.7% 88.7% 90.6% 99% 98.9% 99.1%
19 89.4% 88.5% 90.4% 98.9% 98.8% 99.1%
20 89.2% 88.2% 90.2% 98.9% 98.8% 99%
21 88.9% 87.9% 89.9% 98.8% 98.7% 99%
22 88.6% 87.6% 89.7% 98.8% 98.7% 99%
23 88.3% 87.2% 89.4% 98.7% 98.6% 98.9%
24 88% 86.9% 89.2% 98.7% 98.5% 98.9%
25 87.7% 86.5% 88.9% 98.6% 98.4% 98.8%
26 87.4% 86.2% 88.7% 98.6% 98.4% 98.8%
27 87.1% 85.8% 88.4% 98.5% 98.3% 98.7%
28 86.8% 85.5% 88.1% 98.4% 98.2% 98.7%
29 86.5% 85.2% 87.8% 98.4% 98.1% 98.6%
30 86.1% 84.8% 87.5% 98.3% 98% 98.6%
31 85.8% 84.5% 87.2% 98.2% 98% 98.5%
32 85.5% 84.1% 86.9% 98.2% 97.9% 98.5%
33 85.2% 83.8% 86.6% 98.1% 97.8% 98.4%
34 84.8% 83.4% 86.3% 98% 97.7% 98.4%
35 84.5% 83% 86% 97.9% 97.6% 98.3%
36 84.1% 82.6% 85.7% 97.9% 97.5% 98.3%
37 83.7% 82.2% 85.4% 97.8% 97.4% 98.2%
38 83.4% 81.8% 85% 97.7% 97.3% 98.1%
39 83% 81.3% 84.7% 97.6% 97.2% 98.1%
40 82.6% 80.9% 84.3% 97.5% 97% 98%
41 82.1% 80.4% 84% 97.4% 96.9% 97.9%
42 81.7% 79.9% 83.6% 97.3% 96.7% 97.8%
43 81.2% 79.4% 83.2% 97.1% 96.6% 97.7%
44 80.8% 78.8% 82.8% 97% 96.4% 97.6%
45 80.3% 78.2% 82.4% 96.8% 96.1% 97.5%
46 79.7% 77.6% 82% 96.6% 95.9% 97.4%
47 79.2% 77% 81.5% 96.4% 95.7% 97.3%
48 78.7% 76.3% 81.1% 96.2% 95.4% 97.1%
49 78.1% 75.6% 80.6% 96% 95.1% 97%
50 77.4% 74.9% 80.1% 95.7% 94.7% 96.8%
51 76.8% 74.1% 79.5% 95.4% 94.3% 96.6%
52 76% 73.2% 78.9% 95.1% 93.9% 96.4%
53 75.3% 72.3% 78.3% 94.8% 93.4% 96.2%
54 74.5% 71.4% 77.6% 94.4% 92.9% 95.9%
55 73.6% 70.3% 76.9% 94% 92.4% 95.7%
56 72.7% 69.3% 76.2% 93.5% 91.8% 95.4%
57 71.8% 68.2% 75.4% 93.1% 91.2% 95.1%
58 70.7% 67% 74.5% 92.6% 90.5% 94.8%
59 69.6% 65.7% 73.6% 92.1% 89.8% 94.5%
60 68.5% 64.3% 72.6% 91.5% 89% 94.1%
61 67.2% 62.9% 71.5% 90.8% 88.1% 93.6%
62 65.8% 61.3% 70.3% 90.1% 87.1% 93.1%
63 64.4% 59.7% 69% 89.2% 86% 92.6%
64 62.8% 58% 67.5% 88.3% 84.8% 91.9%
65 61.1% 56.1% 65.9% 87.2% 83.4% 91.2%
66 59.3% 54.2% 64.3% 86.1% 82% 90.5%
67 57.4% 52.2% 62.5% 84.9% 80.4% 89.6%
68 55.4% 50.1% 60.5% 83.7% 78.8% 88.8%
69 53.2% 47.8% 58.4% 82.4% 77.1% 87.8%
70 50.9% 45.5% 56.1% 80.9% 75.3% 86.7%
71 48.5% 43% 53.7% 79.3% 73.3% 85.5%
72 45.9% 40.5% 51.1% 77.5% 71.1% 84%
73 43.2% 37.8% 48.3% 75.6% 68.9% 82.5%
74 40.3% 35% 45.3% 73.5% 66.4% 80.8%
75 37.3% 32.1% 42.2% 71.3% 63.9% 79%
76 34.3% 29.2% 39% 69% 61.2% 77%
77 31.2% 26.3% 35.7% 66.5% 58.3% 74.9%
78 28.1% 23.4% 32.3% 63.8% 55.3% 72.5%
79 25% 20.6% 29% 60.9% 52.2% 70%
80 21.9% 17.8% 25.6% 57.8% 48.8% 67.1%
81 18.9% 15.2% 22.3% 54.5% 45.3% 64%
82 16.1% 12.8% 19% 51% 41.7% 60.5%
83 13.4% 10.5% 16% 47.2% 37.9% 56.8%
84 11% 8.52% 13.3% 43.3% 34.1% 52.9%
85 8.84% 6.74% 10.8% 39.4% 30.3% 48.8%
86 6.97% 5.22% 8.56% 35.4% 26.6% 44.5%
87 5.36% 3.93% 6.66% 31.4% 23% 40.2%
88 4.02% 2.87% 5.06% 27.5% 19.5% 35.8%
89 2.92% 2.03% 3.73% 23.8% 16.3% 31.6%
90 2.05% 1.38% 2.66% 20.2% 13.3% 27.4%
91 1.39% 0.9% 1.83% 16.8% 10.6% 23.3%
92 0.91% 0.57% 1.21% 13.7% 8.19% 19.4%
93 0.57% 0.34% 0.77% 10.9% 6.13% 15.8%
94 0.35% 0.2% 0.48% 8.32% 4.42% 12.3%
95 0.2% 0.11% 0.28% 6.17% 3.05% 9.37%
96 0.11% 0.06% 0.16% 4.43% 2% 6.91%
97 0.06% 0.03% 0.09% 3.08% 1.24% 4.95%
98 0.03% 0.02% 0.05% 2.06% 0.72% 3.42%
99 0.02% 0.007% 0.03% 1.33% 0.38% 2.27%
100 0.009% 0.003% 0.01% 0.82% 0.19% 1.45%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 5.27% in the birth year in Burkina Faso and 0.54% in China, 0.37% vs 0.07% at age 30, 1.85% vs 0.73% at 60, and 13.7% vs 5.75% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in Burkina Faso compared to China at any given age.

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
China
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Burkina Faso China
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 5.27% 5.9% 4.62% 0.54% 0.59% 0.49%
1 1% 1.09% 0.91% 0.05% 0.05% 0.05%
2 0.77% 0.83% 0.71% 0.04% 0.04% 0.04%
3 0.59% 0.63% 0.56% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03%
4 0.46% 0.48% 0.44% 0.02% 0.02% 0.03%
5 0.36% 0.38% 0.35% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
6 0.29% 0.3% 0.28% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
7 0.24% 0.25% 0.22% 0.02% 0.03% 0.02%
8 0.2% 0.21% 0.19% 0.03% 0.03% 0.02%
9 0.17% 0.18% 0.16% 0.03% 0.03% 0.02%
10 0.16% 0.17% 0.14% 0.03% 0.03% 0.02%
11 0.15% 0.16% 0.13% 0.03% 0.03% 0.02%
12 0.15% 0.16% 0.13% 0.03% 0.03% 0.02%
13 0.15% 0.17% 0.14% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
14 0.17% 0.18% 0.15% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
15 0.18% 0.2% 0.17% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
16 0.21% 0.22% 0.19% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
17 0.23% 0.25% 0.22% 0.03% 0.04% 0.03%
18 0.26% 0.28% 0.24% 0.04% 0.04% 0.03%
19 0.29% 0.32% 0.25% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
20 0.31% 0.35% 0.27% 0.05% 0.05% 0.03%
21 0.33% 0.38% 0.27% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
22 0.34% 0.4% 0.28% 0.05% 0.07% 0.04%
23 0.35% 0.4% 0.29% 0.06% 0.07% 0.04%
24 0.35% 0.4% 0.3% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
25 0.35% 0.39% 0.31% 0.06% 0.08% 0.05%
26 0.35% 0.39% 0.31% 0.07% 0.08% 0.05%
27 0.35% 0.38% 0.32% 0.07% 0.08% 0.05%
28 0.36% 0.39% 0.33% 0.07% 0.08% 0.05%
29 0.36% 0.4% 0.33% 0.07% 0.09% 0.05%
30 0.37% 0.41% 0.34% 0.07% 0.09% 0.05%
31 0.38% 0.43% 0.34% 0.07% 0.09% 0.05%
32 0.39% 0.44% 0.34% 0.07% 0.09% 0.05%
33 0.4% 0.46% 0.35% 0.08% 0.09% 0.05%
34 0.41% 0.47% 0.36% 0.08% 0.1% 0.06%
35 0.42% 0.48% 0.37% 0.08% 0.1% 0.06%
36 0.43% 0.49% 0.38% 0.08% 0.1% 0.06%
37 0.45% 0.51% 0.39% 0.09% 0.11% 0.06%
38 0.47% 0.53% 0.41% 0.1% 0.12% 0.07%
39 0.49% 0.56% 0.43% 0.1% 0.13% 0.07%
40 0.51% 0.59% 0.44% 0.12% 0.15% 0.08%
41 0.54% 0.63% 0.45% 0.13% 0.17% 0.09%
42 0.57% 0.67% 0.47% 0.14% 0.19% 0.1%
43 0.59% 0.7% 0.48% 0.16% 0.21% 0.11%
44 0.62% 0.74% 0.49% 0.17% 0.22% 0.11%
45 0.64% 0.78% 0.51% 0.18% 0.24% 0.12%
46 0.67% 0.82% 0.53% 0.2% 0.26% 0.13%
47 0.71% 0.86% 0.56% 0.22% 0.29% 0.14%
48 0.75% 0.92% 0.59% 0.24% 0.32% 0.15%
49 0.81% 0.98% 0.64% 0.27% 0.36% 0.17%
50 0.87% 1.06% 0.69% 0.3% 0.41% 0.19%
51 0.93% 1.14% 0.74% 0.34% 0.46% 0.22%
52 1% 1.23% 0.8% 0.38% 0.51% 0.24%
53 1.08% 1.32% 0.85% 0.41% 0.55% 0.26%
54 1.15% 1.42% 0.91% 0.43% 0.59% 0.27%
55 1.23% 1.52% 0.97% 0.45% 0.62% 0.29%
56 1.32% 1.63% 1.04% 0.48% 0.66% 0.31%
57 1.42% 1.75% 1.13% 0.52% 0.71% 0.33%
58 1.54% 1.9% 1.24% 0.57% 0.78% 0.36%
59 1.68% 2.07% 1.37% 0.64% 0.88% 0.41%
60 1.85% 2.25% 1.52% 0.73% 1% 0.46%
61 2.04% 2.46% 1.7% 0.83% 1.14% 0.53%
62 2.24% 2.68% 1.89% 0.95% 1.3% 0.61%
63 2.46% 2.91% 2.1% 1.06% 1.45% 0.69%
64 2.69% 3.16% 2.32% 1.17% 1.59% 0.76%
65 2.93% 3.42% 2.55% 1.26% 1.72% 0.83%
66 3.21% 3.72% 2.81% 1.37% 1.86% 0.91%
67 3.52% 4.05% 3.11% 1.48% 2.01% 1%
68 3.88% 4.44% 3.47% 1.58% 2.14% 1.08%
69 4.31% 4.89% 3.88% 1.76% 2.36% 1.22%
70 4.8% 5.41% 4.36% 2.04% 2.7% 1.47%
71 5.35% 5.99% 4.9% 2.26% 2.96% 1.66%
72 5.96% 6.65% 5.5% 2.45% 3.19% 1.81%
73 6.63% 7.36% 6.14% 2.69% 3.5% 2.02%
74 7.35% 8.15% 6.84% 2.98% 3.86% 2.25%
75 8.14% 9.01% 7.59% 3.27% 4.23% 2.5%
76 9.01% 9.95% 8.43% 3.62% 4.65% 2.8%
77 9.99% 11% 9.38% 4.03% 5.14% 3.15%
78 11.1% 12.1% 10.5% 4.52% 5.71% 3.56%
79 12.3% 13.4% 11.7% 5.09% 6.39% 4.07%
80 13.7% 14.7% 13% 5.75% 7.17% 4.67%
81 15.1% 16.1% 14.4% 6.51% 8.06% 5.36%
82 16.5% 17.6% 15.9% 7.35% 9.03% 6.12%
83 18% 19.2% 17.3% 8.24% 10.1% 6.95%
84 19.6% 20.8% 18.8% 9.17% 11.2% 7.82%
85 21.2% 22.6% 20.4% 10.1% 12.3% 8.73%
86 23% 24.6% 22.2% 11.2% 13.6% 9.72%
87 25% 26.9% 24.1% 12.4% 15% 10.8%
88 27.3% 29.3% 26.3% 13.6% 16.6% 11.9%
89 29.7% 31.9% 28.7% 15.1% 18.4% 13.3%
90 32.3% 34.6% 31.2% 16.7% 20.4% 14.9%
91 34.8% 37.2% 33.8% 18.5% 22.6% 16.6%
92 37.2% 39.7% 36.2% 20.8% 25.2% 19%
93 39.4% 42.1% 38.4% 23.4% 27.9% 21.7%
94 41.4% 44.2% 40.5% 25.9% 31% 24.1%
95 43.3% 46.2% 42.5% 28.2% 34.3% 26.2%
96 45% 48.1% 44.4% 30.5% 38.1% 28.4%
97 46.6% 49.9% 46.2% 33.1% 42.1% 30.9%
98 48.4% 51.7% 48.1% 35.7% 46.6% 33.6%
99 50.1% 53.3% 49.9% 38.1% 51.3% 36.1%
100 51.8% 55.2% 51.8% 40.6% 55.2% 38.5%

Death rate by age in Burkina Faso compared to China

In Burkina Faso, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 85 in China. The median age of death is 70.4 in Burkina Faso and 82.3 in China — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
China
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Burkina Faso China
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 5,267 5,896 4,616 540 585 490
1 950 1,030 867 45.9 46.8 44.9
2 723 770 673 36.1 35.9 36.3
3 553 580 525 29.6 29.3 29.9
4 427 442 411 24.6 24.2 25
5 333 343 323 22.3 22.3 22.4
6 265 272.6 257.1 22.5 23.1 21.8
7 215.6 223.3 207.4 24.2 25.8 22.4
8 180.5 189.3 171.2 26.3 28.8 23.3
9 156.6 166.7 146 27.6 31.1 23.5
10 141.7 152.9 130 27.6 32 22.6
11 134.3 146 122 27.5 32.7 21.6
12 133.4 145.1 121.1 28.2 34.1 21.3
13 138.7 149.9 126.9 28.7 35.2 21.2
14 149.7 160 138.8 29.2 35.9 21.3
15 166 175.5 156 30 36.9 21.9
16 186.6 196.2 176.6 31.4 38.5 23.1
17 210 221.7 197.6 33.6 40.9 25
18 234.1 251 216.2 36.6 44.2 27.6
19 256.8 282 230.4 40.4 48.5 30.8
20 276.4 311 239.9 44.8 53.7 34.3
21 291.5 335 246.4 49.4 59.1 38.1
22 301 349 251.6 53.9 64.4 41.5
23 306 353 257.4 57.6 69 44.1
24 308 349 264.1 60.3 72.7 45.8
25 307 341 271.6 62.2 75.4 46.7
26 307 334 279.1 64.1 78.3 47.4
27 308 330 285.3 65.8 81 48.1
28 311 331 289.7 67 82.9 48.7
29 316 338 292.3 68.3 84.6 49.4
30 322 349 293.7 70 86.7 50.7
31 329 362 295.2 71.6 88.7 51.9
32 336 374 297.6 72.9 90.3 53
33 343 384 302 73.9 91.7 53.8
34 350 391 308 75.4 93.5 55
35 357 397 316 77.6 96.3 56.7
36 366 405 326 81 100.6 59.2
37 377 416 337 86 107.2 62.7
38 390 432 349 93 116.7 67.2
39 407 452 360 102.3 129.3 72.9
40 425 478 371 113.4 144.6 79.7
41 444 505 382 126 161.9 87.5
42 462 533 391 139.1 180 95.4
43 480 559 399 152.2 198 103.3
44 497 584 408 165.2 215.7 111.4
45 514 608 419 178.6 234 119.7
46 535 634 434 192.8 253.9 128.1
47 560 665 454 208.9 276.7 137.2
48 591 701 480 229.6 306 149.2
49 628 745 512 257.4 344 166.1
50 671 794 550 290.9 390 187.2
51 717 847 590 327 438 210
52 764 902 630 360 482 231.3
53 811 957 669 387 518 249.2
54 857 1,012 708 408 546 263.3
55 904 1,069 748 427 572 276.5
56 956 1,129 795 451 603 292
57 1,017 1,196 851 482 645 313
58 1,089 1,272 921 527 706 342
59 1,173 1,356 1,005 590 791 383
60 1,268 1,449 1,105 668 892 436
61 1,371 1,546 1,215 757 1,009 498
62 1,477 1,643 1,330 853 1,133 564
63 1,583 1,738 1,448 946 1,247 635
64 1,687 1,830 1,565 1,030 1,348 703
65 1,792 1,921 1,684 1,103 1,438 761
66 1,901 2,015 1,809 1,179 1,527 825
67 2,019 2,115 1,945 1,260 1,614 898
68 2,150 2,224 2,099 1,325 1,689 956
69 2,293 2,340 2,269 1,448 1,822 1,069
70 2,444 2,461 2,450 1,654 2,034 1,272
71 2,595 2,580 2,633 1,792 2,168 1,415
72 2,737 2,689 2,808 1,895 2,269 1,525
73 2,862 2,782 2,964 2,034 2,410 1,665
74 2,963 2,852 3,096 2,190 2,566 1,823
75 3,039 2,896 3,204 2,336 2,704 1,979
76 3,091 2,910 3,288 2,497 2,846 2,155
77 3,117 2,893 3,350 2,680 2,998 2,356
78 3,117 2,841 3,385 2,884 3,160 2,586
79 3,079 2,751 3,383 3,103 3,332 2,846
80 2,988 2,621 3,327 3,328 3,503 3,132
81 2,844 2,451 3,207 3,550 3,655 3,426
82 2,649 2,247 3,020 3,745 3,764 3,707
83 2,413 2,017 2,776 3,891 3,816 3,953
84 2,149 1,773 2,495 3,972 3,803 4,134
85 1,875 1,527 2,196 3,995 3,731 4,256
86 1,604 1,285 1,896 3,965 3,608 4,325
87 1,343 1,056 1,606 3,880 3,440 4,326
88 1,097 842 1,330 3,745 3,232 4,268
89 869 648 1,070 3,582 2,988 4,200
90 663 478 830 3,366 2,708 4,066
91 484 337 617 3,108 2,396 3,865
92 337 225.7 438 2,856 2,061 3,693
93 224.5 144 297 2,544 1,713 3,413
94 143.1 87.7 192.8 2,153 1,368 2,972
95 87.6 51.2 120.2 1,738 1,046 2,458
96 51.6 28.6 72.2 1,350 762 1,962
97 29.5 15.4 41.9 1,018 523 1,530
98 16.3 7.99 23.4 735 334 1,147
99 8.73 3.99 12.6 505 196.9 819
100 0 0 0 145 0 355

The chart above shows the number of deaths by age and gender per a 100,000 cohort of newborns, illustrating the distribution of expected mortality throughout life.

Note that the graph above does not represent rates per 100,000 population, as this would be skewed by age distribution and reveal more about Burkina Faso and China demographics than the death rate. It also does not represent rates per 100,000 people in an age group, as this would be just the probability of death.

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