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Life Expectancy in Burkina Faso vs DR Congo (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 61.6 years in Burkina Faso vs 62.4 in the DR Congo. Burkina Faso is ranked 188/197 by life expectancy, and the DR Congo is 185/197. In Burkina Faso, the life expectancy is 59.4 years for males and 63.8 years for females. In the DR Congo, it's 60.2 years for males and 64.6 years for females.

Burkina Faso vs DR Congo life expectancy at birth by year chart

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
DR Congo
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Burkina Faso DR Congo
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 33 32.1 34.1 38.2 37.1 39.3
1951 33.4 32.4 34.5 38.5 37.3 39.6
1952 33.6 32.6 34.7 38.9 37.7 39.9
1953 33.9 32.9 35 39.1 38 40.2
1954 34.2 33.2 35.3 39.4 38.2 40.5
1955 34.5 33.5 35.6 39.7 38.4 40.8
1956 34.8 33.7 35.9 39.9 38.7 41
1957 35.1 34.1 36.2 40.2 39 41.3
1958 35.4 34.3 36.6 40.5 39.3 41.6
1959 35.7 34.6 36.9 40.6 39.4 41.7
1960 36.1 35 37.3 40.8 39.5 41.9
1961 36.4 35.3 37.6 40.2 38.6 41.6
1962 36.8 35.6 38 40.4 38.8 41.8
1963 37.1 36 38.3 40.6 39.1 42
1964 37.4 36.2 38.6 40.1 38.2 41.9
1965 37.8 36.6 39 40.8 39 42.4
1966 38.1 36.9 39.4 42.2 41 43.3
1967 38.4 37.2 39.7 42.3 41.1 43.5
1968 38.8 37.5 40.1 42.7 41.5 43.8
1969 39 37.8 40.4 43 41.8 44.1
1970 39.5 38.2 40.9 43.3 42.1 44.5
1971 39.9 38.5 41.3 43.6 42.4 44.7
1972 40.4 39.1 41.7 43.9 42.7 45
1973 40.9 39.6 42.3 44.1 42.9 45.2
1974 41.7 40.4 43 44.3 43.1 45.4
1975 42.5 41.2 43.8 44.5 43.4 45.6
1976 43.3 42.1 44.6 44.7 43.6 45.7
1977 44.2 42.9 45.4 44.9 43.8 45.9
1978 45 43.7 46.3 44.6 43.4 45.8
1979 45.7 44.4 47 45.3 44.3 46.2
1980 46.5 45.2 47.7 45.5 44.6 46.4
1981 46.9 45.6 48.1 45.7 44.8 46.6
1982 47.6 46.4 48.8 45.9 45 46.8
1983 48.1 46.9 49.2 46.2 45.3 47.1
1984 48.5 47.3 49.6 46.5 45.6 47.4
1985 48.7 47.6 49.8 46.7 45.8 47.5
1986 49 47.9 50 47 46.2 47.8
1987 49.1 48 50.1 47.4 46.5 48.2
1988 49.2 48.2 50.1 47.8 46.8 48.7
1989 49.3 48.3 50.2 48.1 47.1 49.2
1990 49.3 48.3 50.2 48.5 47.4 49.7
1991 49.3 48.3 50.3 48.9 47.7 50.2
1992 49.4 48.3 50.4 49.3 47.9 50.7
1993 49.4 48.3 50.5 49.6 48 51.2
1994 49.5 48.3 50.6 49.9 48.3 51.5
1995 49.6 48.3 50.7 50.4 48.7 52.1
1996 49.7 48.4 50.9 49.4 47.1 51.7
1997 49.6 48.2 50.8 50.5 48.4 52.6
1998 50.2 48.8 51.5 49.7 46.6 53
1999 50.5 49 51.8 50.1 47 53.4
2000 50.8 49.3 52.2 51.9 50 53.8
2001 51.2 49.7 52.6 52.2 50.3 54.1
2002 51.4 50 52.9 52.4 50.4 54.4
2003 52 50.5 53.4 53 51.2 54.8
2004 52.6 51.1 54 53.5 51.9 55.2
2005 53.3 51.8 54.7 54 52.4 55.6
2006 53.8 52.3 55.2 54.5 52.9 56.1
2007 54.4 52.9 55.8 55 53.4 56.5
2008 55.2 53.7 56.6 55.4 53.8 56.9
2009 55.8 54.2 57.2 55.8 54.2 57.4
2010 56.3 54.8 57.8 56.4 54.8 58
2011 57 55.4 58.5 56.9 55.3 58.5
2012 57.5 55.9 59 57.4 55.7 59
2013 57.9 56.3 59.4 57.8 56.1 59.5
2014 58.3 56.7 59.9 58.2 56.5 59.9
2015 58.8 57.1 60.4 58.7 56.9 60.4
2016 59.2 57.5 60.8 59.1 57.3 60.9
2017 59.6 57.9 61.2 59.5 57.7 61.3
2018 60 58.2 61.6 59.9 58.1 61.8
2019 60.2 58.3 61.9 60.2 58.4 62.2
2020 60.5 58.5 62.3 60.4 58.4 62.5
2021 60 58.2 61.8 60 58 62.1
2022 60.7 58.8 62.6 61 58.9 63.1
2023 61.1 58.9 63.2 61.9 59.8 64
2024 61.3 59.1 63.4 62.1 60 64.2
2025 61.5 59.3 63.6 62.2 60.1 64.4
2026 61.6 59.4 63.8 62.4 60.2 64.6

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 53.2 in the DR Congo. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 12.4 healthy years in Burkina Faso and 11.5 in the DR Congo.

Burkina Faso vs DR Congo 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 the DR Congo, 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 41.0 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.2 vs 71.0 years

Median expected age of death:
73.0 vs 73.8 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Burkina Faso DR Congo
Male Female Male Female
40 95.3% 96.4% 94.8% 96.1%
50 88.2% 91.5% 87.8% 90.6%
60 75.8% 83.0% 76.4% 81.8%
65 66.2% 75.4% 67.8% 74.6%
70 53.6% 64.2% 56.5% 64.4%
75 37.9% 48.2% 42.4% 50.6%
80 21.0% 29.2% 26.8% 34.2%
85 7.9% 12.3% 12.9% 18.0%
90 1.6% 3.0% 4.1% 6.6%
95 0.1% 0.3% 0.6% 1.5%
100 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%

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 the DR Congo: 70.2 years vs 71 at 30, 77.4 vs 78.6 at 65, 84.8 vs 85.9 at 80 — significantly higher than the 61.6 vs 62.4 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 the DR Congo.

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
DR Congo
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Burkina Faso DR Congo
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 61.6 59.4 63.8 62.4 60.2 64.6
1 65.1 63.2 66.9 65.5 63.6 67.4
2 65.7 63.8 67.5 66 64.1 67.9
3 66.2 64.4 68 66.4 64.5 68.3
4 66.6 64.7 68.3 66.7 64.9 68.6
5 66.9 65 68.6 67 65.2 68.9
6 67.1 65.3 68.8 67.3 65.5 69.1
7 67.3 65.4 69 67.5 65.7 69.4
8 67.4 65.6 69.1 67.7 65.9 69.5
9 67.5 65.7 69.2 67.9 66.1 69.7
10 67.6 65.8 69.3 68 66.3 69.8
11 67.7 65.9 69.4 68.2 66.4 69.9
12 67.8 66 69.5 68.3 66.5 70
13 67.9 66.1 69.6 68.4 66.6 70.1
14 68 66.2 69.7 68.5 66.7 70.2
15 68 66.2 69.7 68.6 66.8 70.3
16 68.1 66.3 69.8 68.7 67 70.4
17 68.2 66.5 69.9 68.8 67.1 70.6
18 68.4 66.6 70.1 69 67.2 70.7
19 68.5 66.7 70.2 69.1 67.4 70.8
20 68.6 66.9 70.3 69.3 67.6 70.9
21 68.8 67 70.4 69.4 67.8 71.1
22 68.9 67.2 70.6 69.6 68 71.2
23 69.1 67.4 70.7 69.8 68.2 71.3
24 69.3 67.6 70.8 69.9 68.4 71.5
25 69.4 67.7 71 70.1 68.6 71.6
26 69.6 67.9 71.1 70.3 68.8 71.8
27 69.7 68.1 71.3 70.5 69 71.9
28 69.9 68.2 71.4 70.6 69.2 72
29 70 68.4 71.5 70.8 69.4 72.2
30 70.2 68.5 71.7 71 69.6 72.3
31 70.3 68.7 71.8 71.1 69.8 72.5
32 70.5 68.8 72 71.3 70 72.6
33 70.6 69 72.1 71.5 70.2 72.8
34 70.8 69.2 72.2 71.7 70.3 72.9
35 70.9 69.3 72.4 71.8 70.5 73.1
36 71.1 69.5 72.5 72 70.7 73.2
37 71.2 69.7 72.6 72.2 70.9 73.4
38 71.4 69.8 72.8 72.3 71.1 73.5
39 71.5 70 72.9 72.5 71.3 73.7
40 71.7 70.2 73.1 72.7 71.5 73.9
41 71.8 70.3 73.2 72.9 71.7 74
42 72 70.5 73.3 73.1 71.9 74.2
43 72.2 70.7 73.5 73.2 72.1 74.4
44 72.3 70.9 73.6 73.4 72.3 74.5
45 72.5 71.1 73.8 73.6 72.5 74.7
46 72.7 71.3 73.9 73.8 72.7 74.9
47 72.9 71.5 74.1 74 72.9 75.1
48 73.1 71.7 74.2 74.2 73.1 75.2
49 73.2 71.9 74.4 74.4 73.3 75.4
50 73.4 72.2 74.5 74.6 73.6 75.6
51 73.6 72.4 74.7 74.8 73.8 75.8
52 73.8 72.6 74.9 75 74.1 76
53 74.1 72.9 75.1 75.3 74.3 76.2
54 74.3 73.1 75.2 75.5 74.6 76.4
55 74.5 73.4 75.4 75.8 74.9 76.6
56 74.7 73.7 75.6 76 75.1 76.8
57 75 74 75.8 76.3 75.4 77.1
58 75.2 74.3 76 76.5 75.7 77.3
59 75.5 74.6 76.3 76.8 76 77.5
60 75.8 74.9 76.5 77.1 76.3 77.8
61 76.1 75.2 76.7 77.3 76.6 78
62 76.4 75.6 77 77.6 76.9 78.3
63 76.7 75.9 77.3 78 77.3 78.6
64 77 76.3 77.6 78.3 77.6 78.9
65 77.4 76.7 77.9 78.6 78 79.2
66 77.7 77.1 78.2 79 78.4 79.5
67 78.1 77.5 78.5 79.4 78.8 79.9
68 78.5 77.9 78.9 79.8 79.2 80.3
69 78.9 78.3 79.3 80.2 79.7 80.6
70 79.3 78.8 79.7 80.6 80.1 81
71 79.8 79.3 80.1 81.1 80.6 81.5
72 80.2 79.8 80.5 81.5 81.1 81.9
73 80.7 80.3 81 82 81.6 82.4
74 81.2 80.8 81.5 82.5 82.1 82.9
75 81.8 81.4 82 83 82.6 83.4
76 82.3 82 82.5 83.6 83.2 83.9
77 82.9 82.6 83.1 84.1 83.7 84.4
78 83.5 83.2 83.7 84.7 84.3 85
79 84.1 83.8 84.3 85.3 84.9 85.5
80 84.8 84.5 84.9 85.9 85.6 86.1
81 85.4 85.2 85.6 86.5 86.2 86.8
82 86.1 85.9 86.3 87.2 86.9 87.4
83 86.8 86.6 87 87.9 87.6 88.1
84 87.6 87.4 87.7 88.6 88.3 88.8
85 88.3 88.1 88.4 89.3 89 89.5
86 89.1 88.9 89.2 90 89.7 90.2
87 89.9 89.7 90 90.8 90.4 91
88 90.6 90.5 90.7 91.5 91.2 91.7
89 91.5 91.3 91.5 92.3 92 92.5
90 92.3 92.1 92.4 93.1 92.8 93.3
91 93.1 93 93.2 93.9 93.6 94
92 94 93.9 94.1 94.7 94.4 94.8
93 94.9 94.8 94.9 95.5 95.3 95.7
94 95.8 95.7 95.8 96.4 96.2 96.5
95 96.7 96.6 96.7 97.3 97 97.3
96 97.6 97.5 97.7 98.1 97.9 98.2
97 98.6 98.4 98.6 99 98.8 99.1
98 99.5 99.4 99.5 99.9 99.8 100
99 100.4 100.3 100.4 100.8 100.7 100.9
100 101.4 101.3 101.4 101.8 101.7 101.8

Odds of living to age in Burkina Faso vs DR Congo

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 68.5% in Burkina Faso and 68% in the DR Congo are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 50.9% and 52% will live to 70 years or older, 21.9% and 26.3% to 80+ years, and 2.05% and 4.61% 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
DR Congo
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Burkina Faso DR Congo
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 94.7% 94.1% 95.4% 95.3% 94.7% 95.8%
2 93.8% 93.1% 94.5% 94.6% 94% 95.1%
3 93.1% 92.3% 93.8% 93.9% 93.3% 94.5%
4 92.5% 91.7% 93.3% 93.4% 92.8% 94.1%
5 92.1% 91.3% 92.9% 92.9% 92.3% 93.6%
6 91.7% 90.9% 92.6% 92.5% 91.8% 93.3%
7 91.5% 90.7% 92.3% 92.2% 91.5% 92.9%
8 91.3% 90.4% 92.1% 91.9% 91.1% 92.7%
9 91.1% 90.3% 91.9% 91.6% 90.9% 92.4%
10 90.9% 90.1% 91.8% 91.4% 90.6% 92.2%
11 90.8% 89.9% 91.7% 91.2% 90.4% 92.1%
12 90.7% 89.8% 91.6% 91.1% 90.2% 91.9%
13 90.5% 89.6% 91.4% 90.9% 90% 91.7%
14 90.4% 89.5% 91.3% 90.7% 89.9% 91.6%
15 90.2% 89.3% 91.2% 90.5% 89.7% 91.4%
16 90.1% 89.2% 91% 90.3% 89.5% 91.2%
17 89.9% 89% 90.8% 90.1% 89.2% 91.1%
18 89.7% 88.7% 90.6% 89.9% 88.9% 90.9%
19 89.4% 88.5% 90.4% 89.6% 88.6% 90.6%
20 89.2% 88.2% 90.2% 89.3% 88.3% 90.4%
21 88.9% 87.9% 89.9% 89% 87.9% 90.2%
22 88.6% 87.6% 89.7% 88.7% 87.5% 89.9%
23 88.3% 87.2% 89.4% 88.4% 87.1% 89.7%
24 88% 86.9% 89.2% 88.1% 86.7% 89.4%
25 87.7% 86.5% 88.9% 87.7% 86.3% 89.1%
26 87.4% 86.2% 88.7% 87.4% 85.9% 88.9%
27 87.1% 85.8% 88.4% 87.1% 85.5% 88.6%
28 86.8% 85.5% 88.1% 86.7% 85.1% 88.3%
29 86.5% 85.2% 87.8% 86.4% 84.8% 88%
30 86.1% 84.8% 87.5% 86% 84.4% 87.7%
31 85.8% 84.5% 87.2% 85.6% 83.9% 87.4%
32 85.5% 84.1% 86.9% 85.3% 83.5% 87.1%
33 85.2% 83.8% 86.6% 84.9% 83.1% 86.7%
34 84.8% 83.4% 86.3% 84.5% 82.7% 86.4%
35 84.5% 83% 86% 84.1% 82.3% 86.1%
36 84.1% 82.6% 85.7% 83.8% 81.8% 85.7%
37 83.7% 82.2% 85.4% 83.4% 81.4% 85.4%
38 83.4% 81.8% 85% 83% 80.9% 85%
39 83% 81.3% 84.7% 82.5% 80.5% 84.6%
40 82.6% 80.9% 84.3% 82.1% 80% 84.2%
41 82.1% 80.4% 84% 81.6% 79.5% 83.8%
42 81.7% 79.9% 83.6% 81.2% 79% 83.4%
43 81.2% 79.4% 83.2% 80.7% 78.4% 82.9%
44 80.8% 78.8% 82.8% 80.1% 77.9% 82.5%
45 80.3% 78.2% 82.4% 79.6% 77.3% 82%
46 79.7% 77.6% 82% 79.1% 76.7% 81.5%
47 79.2% 77% 81.5% 78.5% 76.1% 81%
48 78.7% 76.3% 81.1% 78% 75.4% 80.5%
49 78.1% 75.6% 80.6% 77.4% 74.8% 80%
50 77.4% 74.9% 80.1% 76.7% 74.1% 79.5%
51 76.8% 74.1% 79.5% 76% 73.3% 78.9%
52 76% 73.2% 78.9% 75.3% 72.5% 78.2%
53 75.3% 72.3% 78.3% 74.5% 71.6% 77.5%
54 74.5% 71.4% 77.6% 73.7% 70.7% 76.8%
55 73.6% 70.3% 76.9% 72.9% 69.8% 76.1%
56 72.7% 69.3% 76.2% 72% 68.8% 75.3%
57 71.8% 68.2% 75.4% 71.1% 67.8% 74.5%
58 70.7% 67% 74.5% 70.1% 66.7% 73.6%
59 69.6% 65.7% 73.6% 69.1% 65.6% 72.7%
60 68.5% 64.3% 72.6% 68% 64.4% 71.7%
61 67.2% 62.9% 71.5% 66.9% 63.2% 70.6%
62 65.8% 61.3% 70.3% 65.6% 61.8% 69.5%
63 64.4% 59.7% 69% 64.3% 60.3% 68.3%
64 62.8% 58% 67.5% 62.8% 58.8% 66.9%
65 61.1% 56.1% 65.9% 61.3% 57.2% 65.4%
66 59.3% 54.2% 64.3% 59.6% 55.4% 63.9%
67 57.4% 52.2% 62.5% 57.9% 53.6% 62.2%
68 55.4% 50.1% 60.5% 56% 51.7% 60.4%
69 53.2% 47.8% 58.4% 54.1% 49.7% 58.5%
70 50.9% 45.5% 56.1% 52% 47.6% 56.5%
71 48.5% 43% 53.7% 49.8% 45.4% 54.3%
72 45.9% 40.5% 51.1% 47.5% 43.1% 52%
73 43.2% 37.8% 48.3% 45.1% 40.8% 49.6%
74 40.3% 35% 45.3% 42.6% 38.3% 47%
75 37.3% 32.1% 42.2% 40% 35.7% 44.4%
76 34.3% 29.2% 39% 37.3% 33.2% 41.6%
77 31.2% 26.3% 35.7% 34.6% 30.5% 38.8%
78 28.1% 23.4% 32.3% 31.9% 27.9% 35.9%
79 25% 20.6% 29% 29.1% 25.3% 33%
80 21.9% 17.8% 25.6% 26.3% 22.6% 30%
81 18.9% 15.2% 22.3% 23.5% 20.1% 27%
82 16.1% 12.8% 19% 20.8% 17.6% 24%
83 13.4% 10.5% 16% 18.2% 15.2% 21.2%
84 11% 8.52% 13.3% 15.7% 13% 18.4%
85 8.84% 6.74% 10.8% 13.3% 10.9% 15.8%
86 6.97% 5.22% 8.56% 11.2% 9.03% 13.3%
87 5.36% 3.93% 6.66% 9.2% 7.33% 11.1%
88 4.02% 2.87% 5.06% 7.45% 5.83% 9.1%
89 2.92% 2.03% 3.73% 5.92% 4.52% 7.34%
90 2.05% 1.38% 2.66% 4.61% 3.42% 5.82%
91 1.39% 0.9% 1.83% 3.52% 2.51% 4.53%
92 0.91% 0.57% 1.21% 2.62% 1.79% 3.45%
93 0.57% 0.34% 0.77% 1.9% 1.24% 2.56%
94 0.35% 0.2% 0.48% 1.34% 0.83% 1.85%
95 0.2% 0.11% 0.28% 0.92% 0.54% 1.3%
96 0.11% 0.06% 0.16% 0.61% 0.34% 0.88%
97 0.06% 0.03% 0.09% 0.4% 0.21% 0.58%
98 0.03% 0.02% 0.05% 0.25% 0.13% 0.37%
99 0.02% 0.007% 0.03% 0.15% 0.07% 0.23%
100 0.009% 0.003% 0.01% 0.09% 0.04% 0.14%

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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 4.74% in the DR Congo, 0.37% vs 0.42% at age 30, 1.85% vs 1.71% at 60, and 13.7% vs 10.5% at 80.

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

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
DR Congo
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Burkina Faso DR Congo
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 5.27% 5.9% 4.62% 4.74% 5.25% 4.22%
1 1% 1.09% 0.91% 0.74% 0.79% 0.69%
2 0.77% 0.83% 0.71% 0.65% 0.69% 0.6%
3 0.59% 0.63% 0.56% 0.57% 0.61% 0.52%
4 0.46% 0.48% 0.44% 0.5% 0.54% 0.46%
5 0.36% 0.38% 0.35% 0.43% 0.47% 0.4%
6 0.29% 0.3% 0.28% 0.37% 0.41% 0.34%
7 0.24% 0.25% 0.22% 0.32% 0.35% 0.29%
8 0.2% 0.21% 0.19% 0.28% 0.3% 0.25%
9 0.17% 0.18% 0.16% 0.24% 0.26% 0.22%
10 0.16% 0.17% 0.14% 0.21% 0.23% 0.19%
11 0.15% 0.16% 0.13% 0.19% 0.21% 0.18%
12 0.15% 0.16% 0.13% 0.19% 0.2% 0.17%
13 0.15% 0.17% 0.14% 0.19% 0.21% 0.17%
14 0.17% 0.18% 0.15% 0.2% 0.22% 0.18%
15 0.18% 0.2% 0.17% 0.22% 0.24% 0.19%
16 0.21% 0.22% 0.19% 0.24% 0.27% 0.21%
17 0.23% 0.25% 0.22% 0.26% 0.31% 0.22%
18 0.26% 0.28% 0.24% 0.29% 0.34% 0.24%
19 0.29% 0.32% 0.25% 0.32% 0.38% 0.25%
20 0.31% 0.35% 0.27% 0.34% 0.41% 0.26%
21 0.33% 0.38% 0.27% 0.35% 0.44% 0.27%
22 0.34% 0.4% 0.28% 0.37% 0.45% 0.28%
23 0.35% 0.4% 0.29% 0.37% 0.46% 0.29%
24 0.35% 0.4% 0.3% 0.38% 0.46% 0.3%
25 0.35% 0.39% 0.31% 0.38% 0.46% 0.31%
26 0.35% 0.39% 0.31% 0.39% 0.46% 0.32%
27 0.35% 0.38% 0.32% 0.4% 0.46% 0.33%
28 0.36% 0.39% 0.33% 0.4% 0.47% 0.34%
29 0.36% 0.4% 0.33% 0.41% 0.47% 0.35%
30 0.37% 0.41% 0.34% 0.42% 0.48% 0.36%
31 0.38% 0.43% 0.34% 0.43% 0.49% 0.36%
32 0.39% 0.44% 0.34% 0.44% 0.5% 0.37%
33 0.4% 0.46% 0.35% 0.44% 0.51% 0.38%
34 0.41% 0.47% 0.36% 0.45% 0.52% 0.39%
35 0.42% 0.48% 0.37% 0.46% 0.53% 0.4%
36 0.43% 0.49% 0.38% 0.47% 0.54% 0.41%
37 0.45% 0.51% 0.39% 0.49% 0.56% 0.43%
38 0.47% 0.53% 0.41% 0.51% 0.58% 0.45%
39 0.49% 0.56% 0.43% 0.54% 0.6% 0.47%
40 0.51% 0.59% 0.44% 0.56% 0.63% 0.5%
41 0.54% 0.63% 0.45% 0.59% 0.66% 0.52%
42 0.57% 0.67% 0.47% 0.61% 0.69% 0.54%
43 0.59% 0.7% 0.48% 0.63% 0.71% 0.56%
44 0.62% 0.74% 0.49% 0.65% 0.74% 0.57%
45 0.64% 0.78% 0.51% 0.67% 0.76% 0.58%
46 0.67% 0.82% 0.53% 0.69% 0.8% 0.6%
47 0.71% 0.86% 0.56% 0.73% 0.84% 0.62%
48 0.75% 0.92% 0.59% 0.77% 0.89% 0.65%
49 0.81% 0.98% 0.64% 0.83% 0.96% 0.7%
50 0.87% 1.06% 0.69% 0.89% 1.04% 0.75%
51 0.93% 1.14% 0.74% 0.96% 1.12% 0.81%
52 1% 1.23% 0.8% 1.03% 1.2% 0.87%
53 1.08% 1.32% 0.85% 1.09% 1.27% 0.92%
54 1.15% 1.42% 0.91% 1.15% 1.33% 0.98%
55 1.23% 1.52% 0.97% 1.21% 1.4% 1.03%
56 1.32% 1.63% 1.04% 1.27% 1.47% 1.09%
57 1.42% 1.75% 1.13% 1.35% 1.56% 1.16%
58 1.54% 1.9% 1.24% 1.45% 1.67% 1.24%
59 1.68% 2.07% 1.37% 1.57% 1.8% 1.35%
60 1.85% 2.25% 1.52% 1.71% 1.96% 1.48%
61 2.04% 2.46% 1.7% 1.88% 2.15% 1.63%
62 2.24% 2.68% 1.89% 2.06% 2.35% 1.8%
63 2.46% 2.91% 2.1% 2.25% 2.56% 1.98%
64 2.69% 3.16% 2.32% 2.46% 2.78% 2.17%
65 2.93% 3.42% 2.55% 2.68% 3.02% 2.38%
66 3.21% 3.72% 2.81% 2.92% 3.27% 2.61%
67 3.52% 4.05% 3.11% 3.18% 3.54% 2.87%
68 3.88% 4.44% 3.47% 3.48% 3.86% 3.16%
69 4.31% 4.89% 3.88% 3.82% 4.21% 3.48%
70 4.8% 5.41% 4.36% 4.2% 4.61% 3.85%
71 5.35% 5.99% 4.9% 4.62% 5.05% 4.25%
72 5.96% 6.65% 5.5% 5.07% 5.54% 4.68%
73 6.63% 7.36% 6.14% 5.57% 6.06% 5.15%
74 7.35% 8.15% 6.84% 6.1% 6.63% 5.65%
75 8.14% 9.01% 7.59% 6.67% 7.24% 6.2%
76 9.01% 9.95% 8.43% 7.3% 7.91% 6.79%
77 9.99% 11% 9.38% 7.99% 8.65% 7.46%
78 11.1% 12.1% 10.5% 8.76% 9.47% 8.2%
79 12.3% 13.4% 11.7% 9.61% 10.4% 9.03%
80 13.7% 14.7% 13% 10.5% 11.3% 9.95%
81 15.1% 16.1% 14.4% 11.6% 12.4% 10.9%
82 16.5% 17.6% 15.9% 12.6% 13.5% 12%
83 18% 19.2% 17.3% 13.8% 14.7% 13.1%
84 19.6% 20.8% 18.8% 15% 15.9% 14.3%
85 21.2% 22.6% 20.4% 16.2% 17.3% 15.5%
86 23% 24.6% 22.2% 17.6% 18.8% 16.7%
87 25% 26.9% 24.1% 19% 20.5% 18%
88 27.3% 29.3% 26.3% 20.5% 22.4% 19.3%
89 29.7% 31.9% 28.7% 22.1% 24.4% 20.7%
90 32.3% 34.6% 31.2% 23.8% 26.5% 22.2%
91 34.8% 37.2% 33.8% 25.6% 28.7% 23.9%
92 37.2% 39.7% 36.2% 27.4% 30.8% 25.7%
93 39.4% 42.1% 38.4% 29.4% 32.9% 27.7%
94 41.4% 44.2% 40.5% 31.3% 34.8% 29.8%
95 43.3% 46.2% 42.5% 33.4% 36.7% 32%
96 45% 48.1% 44.4% 35.4% 38.6% 34.1%
97 46.6% 49.9% 46.2% 37.3% 40.6% 36.2%
98 48.4% 51.7% 48.1% 39.2% 42.6% 38.2%
99 50.1% 53.3% 49.9% 41% 44.6% 40%
100 51.8% 55.2% 51.8% 43% 46.5% 42.1%

Death rate by age in Burkina Faso compared to the DR Congo

In Burkina Faso, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in the DR Congo. The median age of death is 70.4 in Burkina Faso and 70.9 in the DR Congo — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
DR Congo
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Burkina Faso DR Congo
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 5,267 5,896 4,616 4,741 5,250 4,223
1 950 1,030 867 706 750 662
2 723 770 673 612 653 570
3 553 580 525 534 573 494
4 427 442 411 466 502 429
5 333 343 323 404 436 370
6 265 272.6 257.1 347 376 317
7 215.6 223.3 207.4 296.1 321 270.8
8 180.5 189.3 171.2 252.8 273.8 231.4
9 156.6 166.7 146 218 235.8 199.9
10 141.7 152.9 130 192.5 207.9 176.9
11 134.3 146 122 176.5 190.4 162.3
12 133.4 145.1 121.1 169.3 182.8 155.5
13 138.7 149.9 126.9 170.6 184.9 156
14 149.7 160 138.8 179.5 196.1 162.6
15 166 175.5 156 195 215.6 174.2
16 186.6 196.2 176.6 215.6 241.9 188.8
17 210 221.7 197.6 238.7 272.7 204.2
18 234.1 251 216.2 262.3 306 218.4
19 256.8 282 230.4 283.9 337 229.9
20 276.4 311 239.9 302 364 238.6
21 291.5 335 246.4 315 384 245.4
22 301 349 251.6 325 397 251.5
23 306 353 257.4 331 402 258
24 308 349 264.1 335 403 265.4
25 307 341 271.6 338 400 273.8
26 307 334 279.1 341 398 282.8
27 308 330 285.3 345 397 291.6
28 311 331 289.7 350 398 299.9
29 316 338 292.3 355 401 307
30 322 349 293.7 361 407 313
31 329 362 295.2 366 412 319
32 336 374 297.6 371 418 323
33 343 384 302 376 423 328
34 350 391 308 381 428 333
35 357 397 316 388 434 340
36 366 405 326 396 441 350
37 377 416 337 408 452 363
38 390 432 349 424 466 380
39 407 452 360 442 484 398
40 425 478 371 461 503 418
41 444 505 382 480 523 436
42 462 533 391 496 541 450
43 480 559 399 510 558 461
44 497 584 408 522 573 469
45 514 608 419 534 590 476
46 535 634 434 550 611 487
47 560 665 454 572 638 503
48 591 701 480 602 674 527
49 628 745 512 639 718 559
50 671 794 550 683 768 597
51 717 847 590 729 818 639
52 764 902 630 774 866 680
53 811 957 669 813 907 717
54 857 1,012 708 848 943 751
55 904 1,069 748 881 976 784
56 956 1,129 795 916 1,011 819
57 1,017 1,196 851 959 1,055 862
58 1,089 1,272 921 1,014 1,111 915
59 1,173 1,356 1,005 1,082 1,181 982
60 1,268 1,449 1,105 1,164 1,265 1,061
61 1,371 1,546 1,215 1,254 1,356 1,151
62 1,477 1,643 1,330 1,350 1,452 1,248
63 1,583 1,738 1,448 1,448 1,546 1,349
64 1,687 1,830 1,565 1,545 1,637 1,452
65 1,792 1,921 1,684 1,642 1,725 1,559
66 1,901 2,015 1,809 1,741 1,811 1,668
67 2,019 2,115 1,945 1,843 1,901 1,784
68 2,150 2,224 2,099 1,952 1,995 1,907
69 2,293 2,340 2,269 2,067 2,094 2,038
70 2,444 2,461 2,450 2,185 2,196 2,173
71 2,595 2,580 2,633 2,302 2,296 2,307
72 2,737 2,689 2,808 2,412 2,389 2,435
73 2,862 2,782 2,964 2,511 2,470 2,552
74 2,963 2,852 3,096 2,597 2,537 2,657
75 3,039 2,896 3,204 2,669 2,589 2,749
76 3,091 2,910 3,288 2,724 2,624 2,827
77 3,117 2,893 3,350 2,766 2,642 2,893
78 3,117 2,841 3,385 2,791 2,641 2,945
79 3,079 2,751 3,383 2,794 2,617 2,977
80 2,988 2,621 3,327 2,771 2,565 2,983
81 2,844 2,451 3,207 2,716 2,484 2,954
82 2,649 2,247 3,020 2,625 2,371 2,886
83 2,413 2,017 2,776 2,499 2,231 2,776
84 2,149 1,773 2,495 2,342 2,067 2,625
85 1,875 1,527 2,196 2,160 1,888 2,438
86 1,604 1,285 1,896 1,959 1,699 2,225
87 1,343 1,056 1,606 1,746 1,503 1,994
88 1,097 842 1,330 1,528 1,304 1,756
89 869 648 1,070 1,310 1,104 1,520
90 663 478 830 1,099 907 1,294
91 484 337 617 900 721 1,082
92 337 225.7 438 718 552 886
93 224.5 144 297 557 407 709
94 143.1 87.7 192.8 420 289.7 552
95 87.6 51.2 120.2 307 199.2 415
96 51.6 28.6 72.2 216.9 132.6 302
97 29.5 15.4 41.9 148 85.4 210.7
98 16.3 7.99 23.4 97.5 53.2 141.6
99 8.73 3.99 12.6 62 32 91.8
100 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 the DR Congo 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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