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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

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
DR Congo
Male

Female
1x
Year Life expectancy, years
Burkina Faso DR Congo
Average Male Female Average Male Female
2026 61.6 59.4 63.8 62.4 60.2 64.6
2025 61.5 59.3 63.6 62.2 60.1 64.4
2024 61.3 59.1 63.4 62.1 60 64.2
2023 61.1 58.9 63.2 61.9 59.8 64
2022 60.7 58.8 62.6 61 58.9 63.1
2021 60 58.2 61.8 60 58 62.1
2020 60.5 58.5 62.3 60.4 58.4 62.5
2019 60.2 58.3 61.9 60.2 58.4 62.2
2018 60 58.2 61.6 59.9 58.1 61.8
2017 59.6 57.9 61.2 59.5 57.7 61.3
2016 59.2 57.5 60.8 59.1 57.3 60.9
2015 58.8 57.1 60.4 58.7 56.9 60.4
2014 58.3 56.7 59.9 58.2 56.5 59.9
2013 57.9 56.3 59.4 57.8 56.1 59.5
2012 57.5 55.9 59 57.4 55.7 59
2011 57 55.4 58.5 56.9 55.3 58.5
2010 56.3 54.8 57.8 56.4 54.8 58
2009 55.8 54.2 57.2 55.8 54.2 57.4
2008 55.2 53.7 56.6 55.4 53.8 56.9
2007 54.4 52.9 55.8 55 53.4 56.5
2006 53.8 52.3 55.2 54.5 52.9 56.1
2005 53.3 51.8 54.7 54 52.4 55.6
2004 52.6 51.1 54 53.5 51.9 55.2
2003 52 50.5 53.4 53 51.2 54.8
2002 51.4 50 52.9 52.4 50.4 54.4
2001 51.2 49.7 52.6 52.2 50.3 54.1
2000 50.8 49.3 52.2 51.9 50 53.8
1999 50.5 49 51.8 50.1 47 53.4
1998 50.2 48.8 51.5 49.7 46.6 53
1997 49.6 48.2 50.8 50.5 48.4 52.6
1996 49.7 48.4 50.9 49.4 47.1 51.7
1995 49.6 48.3 50.7 50.4 48.7 52.1
1994 49.5 48.3 50.6 49.9 48.3 51.5
1993 49.4 48.3 50.5 49.6 48 51.2
1992 49.4 48.3 50.4 49.3 47.9 50.7
1991 49.3 48.3 50.3 48.9 47.7 50.2
1990 49.3 48.3 50.2 48.5 47.4 49.7
1989 49.3 48.3 50.2 48.1 47.1 49.2
1988 49.2 48.2 50.1 47.8 46.8 48.7
1987 49.1 48 50.1 47.4 46.5 48.2
1986 49 47.9 50 47 46.2 47.8
1985 48.7 47.6 49.8 46.7 45.8 47.5
1984 48.5 47.3 49.6 46.5 45.6 47.4
1983 48.1 46.9 49.2 46.2 45.3 47.1
1982 47.6 46.4 48.8 45.9 45 46.8
1981 46.9 45.6 48.1 45.7 44.8 46.6
1980 46.5 45.2 47.7 45.5 44.6 46.4
1979 45.7 44.4 47 45.3 44.3 46.2
1978 45 43.7 46.3 44.6 43.4 45.8
1977 44.2 42.9 45.4 44.9 43.8 45.9
1976 43.3 42.1 44.6 44.7 43.6 45.7
1975 42.5 41.2 43.8 44.5 43.4 45.6
1974 41.7 40.4 43 44.3 43.1 45.4
1973 40.9 39.6 42.3 44.1 42.9 45.2
1972 40.4 39.1 41.7 43.9 42.7 45
1971 39.9 38.5 41.3 43.6 42.4 44.7
1970 39.5 38.2 40.9 43.3 42.1 44.5
1969 39 37.8 40.4 43 41.8 44.1
1968 38.8 37.5 40.1 42.7 41.5 43.8
1967 38.4 37.2 39.7 42.3 41.1 43.5
1966 38.1 36.9 39.4 42.2 41 43.3
1965 37.8 36.6 39 40.8 39 42.4
1964 37.4 36.2 38.6 40.1 38.2 41.9
1963 37.1 36 38.3 40.6 39.1 42
1962 36.8 35.6 38 40.4 38.8 41.8
1961 36.4 35.3 37.6 40.2 38.6 41.6
1960 36.1 35 37.3 40.8 39.5 41.9
1959 35.7 34.6 36.9 40.6 39.4 41.7
1958 35.4 34.3 36.6 40.5 39.3 41.6
1957 35.1 34.1 36.2 40.2 39 41.3
1956 34.8 33.7 35.9 39.9 38.7 41
1955 34.5 33.5 35.6 39.7 38.4 40.8
1954 34.2 33.2 35.3 39.4 38.2 40.5
1953 33.9 32.9 35 39.1 38 40.2
1952 33.6 32.6 34.7 38.9 37.7 39.9
1951 33.4 32.4 34.5 38.5 37.3 39.6
1950 33 32.1 34.1 38.2 37.1 39.3

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 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 shows the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on current age for both males and females in Burkina Faso and the DR Congo, 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 73.8 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%

Life expectancy by current age

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
DR Congo
Male

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

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 the DR Congo, rising to 77.4 and 78.6 at 65, and to 84.8 and 85.9 at 80 — higher than the 61.6 and 62.4 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
DR Congo
Male

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

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 68% in the DR Congo are expected to live past 60, 50.9% and 52% past 70, 21.9% and 26.3% past 80, and only 2.05% and 4.61% 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
DR Congo
Male

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

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

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

This chart displays the probability of dying at any given age in Burkina Faso compared to the DR Congo, as 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.

Death rate by age in Burkina Faso vs DR Congo

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
DR Congo
Male

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

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

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/burkina-faso/dr-congo | 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 the DR Congo. The median age of death is 70.4 in Burkina Faso and 70.9 in the DR Congo, 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 the DR Congo 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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