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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 61.6 years in Burkina Faso vs 68.1 in Ethiopia. Burkina Faso is ranked 188/197 by life expectancy, and Ethiopia is 150/197. In Burkina Faso, the life expectancy is 59.4 years for males and 63.8 years for females. In Ethiopia, it's 64.9 years for males and 71.6 years for females.

Burkina Faso vs Ethiopia life expectancy at birth by year

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
Ethiopia
Male

Female
1x
Year Life expectancy, years
Burkina Faso Ethiopia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
2026 61.6 59.4 63.8 68.1 64.9 71.6
2025 61.5 59.3 63.6 67.9 64.6 71.3
2024 61.3 59.1 63.4 67.6 64.4 71
2023 61.1 58.9 63.2 67.3 64.1 70.7
2022 60.7 58.8 62.6 66.9 63.7 70.3
2021 60 58.2 61.8 65.3 62.1 68.7
2020 60.5 58.5 62.3 66 62.8 69.4
2019 60.2 58.3 61.9 65.7 62.8 68.9
2018 60 58.2 61.6 65.3 62.4 68.3
2017 59.6 57.9 61.2 64.8 61.9 67.7
2016 59.2 57.5 60.8 64.2 61.4 67
2015 58.8 57.1 60.4 63.6 61 66.4
2014 58.3 56.7 59.9 62.9 60.4 65.6
2013 57.9 56.3 59.4 62.2 59.8 64.7
2012 57.5 55.9 59 61.4 59.2 63.8
2011 57 55.4 58.5 60.6 58.4 62.8
2010 56.3 54.8 57.8 59.7 57.5 62
2009 55.8 54.2 57.2 58.7 56.6 60.9
2008 55.2 53.7 56.6 57.7 55.8 59.8
2007 54.4 52.9 55.8 56.6 54.8 58.4
2006 53.8 52.3 55.2 55.4 53.9 56.9
2005 53.3 51.8 54.7 54.4 53.1 55.7
2004 52.6 51.1 54 53.7 52.6 54.9
2003 52 50.5 53.4 52.9 52 53.8
2002 51.4 50 52.9 52.1 51.3 52.9
2001 51.2 49.7 52.6 51.4 50.8 52.1
2000 50.8 49.3 52.2 50.9 50.2 51.6
1999 50.5 49 51.8 49.5 48.2 50.8
1998 50.2 48.8 51.5 49.8 48.9 50.7
1997 49.6 48.2 50.8 49.2 48.4 50.1
1996 49.7 48.4 50.9 48.7 47.9 49.5
1995 49.6 48.3 50.7 48.2 47.2 49.1
1994 49.5 48.3 50.6 47.9 47.1 48.8
1993 49.4 48.3 50.5 47.7 46.9 48.5
1992 49.4 48.3 50.4 47.3 46.5 48
1991 49.3 48.3 50.3 46.7 45.6 47.7
1990 49.3 48.3 50.2 45.1 43.5 46.8
1989 49.3 48.3 50.2 45.6 44 47.3
1988 49.2 48.2 50.1 45.7 44.1 47.2
1987 49.1 48 50.1 45.9 44.2 47.6
1986 49 47.9 50 38.4 36.6 40.1
1985 48.7 47.6 49.8 37.7 35.7 39.8
1984 48.5 47.3 49.6 36.7 34.5 39.1
1983 48.1 46.9 49.2 36.3 33.9 38.9
1982 47.6 46.4 48.8 43.4 40.1 47
1981 46.9 45.6 48.1 43.1 39.7 46.7
1980 46.5 45.2 47.7 42.8 39.4 46.4
1979 45.7 44.4 47 42.4 39 46
1978 45 43.7 46.3 41.5 38.1 45.2
1977 44.2 42.9 45.4 41.4 37.9 45.1
1976 43.3 42.1 44.6 41.3 37.9 45
1975 42.5 41.2 43.8 38.9 35.9 42.2
1974 41.7 40.4 43 39.1 36.1 42.3
1973 40.9 39.6 42.3 41.1 38 44.5
1972 40.4 39.1 41.7 41 37.9 44.4
1971 39.9 38.5 41.3 42.2 39 45.7
1970 39.5 38.2 40.9 42.1 38.8 45.6
1969 39 37.8 40.4 42.1 38.8 45.7
1968 38.8 37.5 40.1 42.1 38.8 45.6
1967 38.4 37.2 39.7 41.9 38.6 45.5
1966 38.1 36.9 39.4 39.3 36.3 42.6
1965 37.8 36.6 39 41.4 38.1 45
1964 37.4 36.2 38.6 41.3 38 44.7
1963 37.1 36 38.3 41 37.7 44.4
1962 36.8 35.6 38 40.5 37.3 44
1961 36.4 35.3 37.6 40.2 36.9 43.8
1960 36.1 35 37.3 39.6 36.2 43.3
1959 35.7 34.6 36.9 39.2 35.8 42.8
1958 35.4 34.3 36.6 32.6 29.9 35.6
1957 35.1 34.1 36.2 32.2 29.5 35.1
1956 34.8 33.7 35.9 37.8 34.5 41.4
1955 34.5 33.5 35.6 37.3 34.1 40.9
1954 34.2 33.2 35.3 37 33.8 40.5
1953 33.9 32.9 35 36.6 33.4 40.1
1952 33.6 32.6 34.7 36.2 33 39.7
1951 33.4 32.4 34.5 35.9 32.7 39.4
1950 33 32.1 34.1 35.5 32.3 39.1

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 58.8 in Ethiopia. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 12.4 healthy years in Burkina Faso and 13.3 in Ethiopia.

Burkina Faso vs Ethiopia 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 Ethiopia, 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 43.6 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.2 vs 73.6 years

Median expected age of death:
73.0 vs 76.3 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Burkina Faso Ethiopia
Male Female Male Female
40 95.3% 96.4% 95.9% 97.9%
50 88.2% 91.5% 90.1% 94.4%
60 75.8% 83.0% 80.1% 87.9%
65 66.2% 75.4% 72.1% 82.2%
70 53.6% 64.2% 61.4% 73.5%
75 37.9% 48.2% 47.5% 60.8%
80 21.0% 29.2% 31.3% 44.0%
85 7.9% 12.3% 16.0% 25.4%
90 1.6% 3.0% 5.4% 10.5%
95 0.1% 0.3% 0.9% 2.6%
100 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.3%

Life expectancy by current age

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
Ethiopia
Male

Female
1x
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Burkina Faso Ethiopia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 101.4 101.3 101.4 101.8 101.7 101.9
99 100.4 100.3 100.4 100.9 100.7 101
98 99.5 99.4 99.5 100 99.8 100.1
97 98.6 98.4 98.6 99.1 98.9 99.2
96 97.6 97.5 97.7 98.2 98 98.3
95 96.7 96.6 96.7 97.3 97.1 97.4
94 95.8 95.7 95.8 96.5 96.2 96.6
93 94.9 94.8 94.9 95.7 95.4 95.8
92 94 93.9 94.1 94.9 94.5 95
91 93.1 93 93.2 94.1 93.7 94.2
90 92.3 92.1 92.4 93.3 92.9 93.5
89 91.5 91.3 91.5 92.5 92.1 92.7
88 90.6 90.5 90.7 91.7 91.3 92
87 89.9 89.7 90 91 90.6 91.3
86 89.1 88.9 89.2 90.3 89.9 90.6
85 88.3 88.1 88.4 89.6 89.2 89.9
84 87.6 87.4 87.7 88.9 88.5 89.2
83 86.8 86.6 87 88.2 87.8 88.5
82 86.1 85.9 86.3 87.6 87.1 87.9
81 85.4 85.2 85.6 87 86.5 87.3
80 84.8 84.5 84.9 86.4 85.9 86.7
79 84.1 83.8 84.3 85.8 85.3 86.2
78 83.5 83.2 83.7 85.2 84.7 85.7
77 82.9 82.6 83.1 84.7 84.1 85.2
76 82.3 82 82.5 84.2 83.6 84.7
75 81.8 81.4 82 83.7 83 84.2
74 81.2 80.8 81.5 83.2 82.5 83.8
73 80.7 80.3 81 82.8 82 83.4
72 80.2 79.8 80.5 82.3 81.6 83
71 79.8 79.3 80.1 81.9 81.1 82.6
70 79.3 78.8 79.7 81.5 80.7 82.2
69 78.9 78.3 79.3 81.1 80.3 81.9
68 78.5 77.9 78.9 80.8 79.8 81.6
67 78.1 77.5 78.5 80.4 79.5 81.2
66 77.7 77.1 78.2 80.1 79.1 81
65 77.4 76.7 77.9 79.8 78.7 80.7
64 77 76.3 77.6 79.4 78.4 80.4
63 76.7 75.9 77.3 79.2 78 80.2
62 76.4 75.6 77 78.9 77.7 79.9
61 76.1 75.2 76.7 78.6 77.4 79.7
60 75.8 74.9 76.5 78.4 77.1 79.5
59 75.5 74.6 76.3 78.1 76.9 79.3
58 75.2 74.3 76 77.9 76.6 79.1
57 75 74 75.8 77.7 76.3 79
56 74.7 73.7 75.6 77.5 76.1 78.8
55 74.5 73.4 75.4 77.3 75.8 78.6
54 74.3 73.1 75.2 77.1 75.6 78.5
53 74.1 72.9 75.1 76.9 75.4 78.3
52 73.8 72.6 74.9 76.7 75.1 78.1
51 73.6 72.4 74.7 76.5 74.9 78
50 73.4 72.2 74.5 76.3 74.7 77.8
49 73.2 71.9 74.4 76.1 74.5 77.7
48 73.1 71.7 74.2 76 74.3 77.6
47 72.9 71.5 74.1 75.8 74.1 77.5
46 72.7 71.3 73.9 75.7 74 77.4
45 72.5 71.1 73.8 75.5 73.8 77.2
44 72.3 70.9 73.6 75.4 73.6 77.1
43 72.2 70.7 73.5 75.3 73.4 77
42 72 70.5 73.3 75.1 73.3 76.9
41 71.8 70.3 73.2 75 73.1 76.8
40 71.7 70.2 73.1 74.8 72.9 76.7
39 71.5 70 72.9 74.7 72.8 76.6
38 71.4 69.8 72.8 74.6 72.6 76.5
37 71.2 69.7 72.6 74.5 72.5 76.4
36 71.1 69.5 72.5 74.3 72.3 76.3
35 70.9 69.3 72.4 74.2 72.2 76.2
34 70.8 69.2 72.2 74.1 72 76.2
33 70.6 69 72.1 74 71.9 76.1
32 70.5 68.8 72 73.9 71.7 76
31 70.3 68.7 71.8 73.7 71.5 75.9
30 70.2 68.5 71.7 73.6 71.4 75.8
29 70 68.4 71.5 73.5 71.2 75.7
28 69.9 68.2 71.4 73.4 71.1 75.6
27 69.7 68.1 71.3 73.2 70.9 75.6
26 69.6 67.9 71.1 73.1 70.8 75.5
25 69.4 67.7 71 73 70.6 75.4
24 69.3 67.6 70.8 72.9 70.4 75.3
23 69.1 67.4 70.7 72.7 70.3 75.2
22 68.9 67.2 70.6 72.6 70.1 75.2
21 68.8 67 70.4 72.5 69.9 75.1
20 68.6 66.9 70.3 72.4 69.8 75
19 68.5 66.7 70.2 72.2 69.6 74.9
18 68.4 66.6 70.1 72.1 69.5 74.9
17 68.2 66.5 69.9 72 69.4 74.8
16 68.1 66.3 69.8 72 69.2 74.7
15 68 66.2 69.7 71.9 69.1 74.7
14 68 66.2 69.7 71.8 69.1 74.6
13 67.9 66.1 69.6 71.7 69 74.6
12 67.8 66 69.5 71.7 68.9 74.5
11 67.7 65.9 69.4 71.6 68.8 74.5
10 67.6 65.8 69.3 71.5 68.7 74.5
9 67.5 65.7 69.2 71.5 68.6 74.4
8 67.4 65.6 69.1 71.4 68.5 74.4
7 67.3 65.4 69 71.3 68.3 74.3
6 67.1 65.3 68.8 71.1 68.2 74.2
5 66.9 65 68.6 71 68 74.1
4 66.6 64.7 68.3 70.8 67.8 74
3 66.2 64.4 68 70.7 67.6 73.8
2 65.7 63.8 67.5 70.5 67.4 73.7
1 65.1 63.2 66.9 70.2 67.2 73.4
0 61.6 59.4 63.8 68.1 64.9 71.6

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 73.6 in Ethiopia, rising to 77.4 and 79.8 at 65, and to 84.8 and 86.4 at 80 — higher than the 61.6 and 68.1 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
Ethiopia
Male

Female
1x
Age Survival probability
Burkina Faso Ethiopia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 0.009% 0.003% 0.01% 0.17% 0.07% 0.29%
99 0.02% 0.007% 0.03% 0.29% 0.12% 0.48%
98 0.03% 0.02% 0.05% 0.47% 0.21% 0.76%
97 0.06% 0.03% 0.09% 0.73% 0.34% 1.16%
96 0.11% 0.06% 0.16% 1.1% 0.54% 1.72%
95 0.2% 0.11% 0.28% 1.62% 0.84% 2.48%
94 0.35% 0.2% 0.48% 2.3% 1.27% 3.44%
93 0.57% 0.34% 0.77% 3.19% 1.85% 4.65%
92 0.91% 0.57% 1.21% 4.29% 2.62% 6.1%
91 1.39% 0.9% 1.83% 5.64% 3.62% 7.83%
90 2.05% 1.38% 2.66% 7.24% 4.84% 9.82%
89 2.92% 2.03% 3.73% 9.1% 6.29% 12.1%
88 4.02% 2.87% 5.06% 11.2% 7.97% 14.7%
87 5.36% 3.93% 6.66% 13.6% 9.87% 17.5%
86 6.97% 5.22% 8.56% 16.1% 12% 20.5%
85 8.84% 6.74% 10.8% 18.9% 14.3% 23.8%
84 11% 8.52% 13.3% 21.8% 16.8% 27.2%
83 13.4% 10.5% 16% 24.9% 19.4% 30.7%
82 16.1% 12.8% 19% 28% 22.2% 34.2%
81 18.9% 15.2% 22.3% 31.2% 25% 37.8%
80 21.9% 17.8% 25.6% 34.4% 27.9% 41.2%
79 25% 20.6% 29% 37.6% 30.9% 44.6%
78 28.1% 23.4% 32.3% 40.7% 33.8% 47.9%
77 31.2% 26.3% 35.7% 43.7% 36.7% 51%
76 34.3% 29.2% 39% 46.6% 39.5% 54%
75 37.3% 32.1% 42.2% 49.4% 42.3% 56.9%
74 40.3% 35% 45.3% 52.2% 45% 59.6%
73 43.2% 37.8% 48.3% 54.7% 47.6% 62.2%
72 45.9% 40.5% 51.1% 57.2% 50.1% 64.5%
71 48.5% 43% 53.7% 59.5% 52.5% 66.8%
70 50.9% 45.5% 56.1% 61.6% 54.7% 68.8%
69 53.2% 47.8% 58.4% 63.6% 56.9% 70.7%
68 55.4% 50.1% 60.5% 65.5% 58.9% 72.5%
67 57.4% 52.2% 62.5% 67.3% 60.8% 74.1%
66 59.3% 54.2% 64.3% 69% 62.6% 75.6%
65 61.1% 56.1% 65.9% 70.5% 64.3% 77%
64 62.8% 58% 67.5% 72% 66% 78.2%
63 64.4% 59.7% 69% 73.3% 67.5% 79.4%
62 65.8% 61.3% 70.3% 74.5% 68.9% 80.4%
61 67.2% 62.9% 71.5% 75.7% 70.2% 81.4%
60 68.5% 64.3% 72.6% 76.7% 71.4% 82.3%
59 69.6% 65.7% 73.6% 77.7% 72.5% 83.1%
58 70.7% 67% 74.5% 78.6% 73.6% 83.8%
57 71.8% 68.2% 75.4% 79.4% 74.6% 84.5%
56 72.7% 69.3% 76.2% 80.2% 75.5% 85.1%
55 73.6% 70.3% 76.9% 81% 76.4% 85.8%
54 74.5% 71.4% 77.6% 81.7% 77.3% 86.4%
53 75.3% 72.3% 78.3% 82.4% 78.1% 86.9%
52 76% 73.2% 78.9% 83.1% 78.9% 87.5%
51 76.8% 74.1% 79.5% 83.7% 79.7% 87.9%
50 77.4% 74.9% 80.1% 84.3% 80.4% 88.4%
49 78.1% 75.6% 80.6% 84.8% 81% 88.8%
48 78.7% 76.3% 81.1% 85.3% 81.6% 89.2%
47 79.2% 77% 81.5% 85.8% 82.2% 89.5%
46 79.7% 77.6% 82% 86.2% 82.7% 89.9%
45 80.3% 78.2% 82.4% 86.6% 83.2% 90.2%
44 80.8% 78.8% 82.8% 87% 83.7% 90.5%
43 81.2% 79.4% 83.2% 87.4% 84.2% 90.8%
42 81.7% 79.9% 83.6% 87.8% 84.6% 91.1%
41 82.1% 80.4% 84% 88.2% 85.1% 91.4%
40 82.6% 80.9% 84.3% 88.5% 85.5% 91.7%
39 83% 81.3% 84.7% 88.8% 85.9% 91.9%
38 83.4% 81.8% 85% 89.1% 86.3% 92.1%
37 83.7% 82.2% 85.4% 89.4% 86.7% 92.3%
36 84.1% 82.6% 85.7% 89.7% 87.1% 92.5%
35 84.5% 83% 86% 90% 87.4% 92.7%
34 84.8% 83.4% 86.3% 90.3% 87.8% 92.9%
33 85.2% 83.8% 86.6% 90.6% 88.1% 93.1%
32 85.5% 84.1% 86.9% 90.8% 88.5% 93.3%
31 85.8% 84.5% 87.2% 91.1% 88.8% 93.5%
30 86.1% 84.8% 87.5% 91.3% 89.2% 93.6%
29 86.5% 85.2% 87.8% 91.6% 89.5% 93.8%
28 86.8% 85.5% 88.1% 91.9% 89.8% 94%
27 87.1% 85.8% 88.4% 92.1% 90.2% 94.2%
26 87.4% 86.2% 88.7% 92.4% 90.5% 94.3%
25 87.7% 86.5% 88.9% 92.6% 90.8% 94.5%
24 88% 86.9% 89.2% 92.8% 91.1% 94.6%
23 88.3% 87.2% 89.4% 93.1% 91.5% 94.8%
22 88.6% 87.6% 89.7% 93.3% 91.8% 94.9%
21 88.9% 87.9% 89.9% 93.5% 92.1% 95%
20 89.2% 88.2% 90.2% 93.8% 92.4% 95.2%
19 89.4% 88.5% 90.4% 94% 92.7% 95.3%
18 89.7% 88.7% 90.6% 94.1% 92.9% 95.4%
17 89.9% 89% 90.8% 94.3% 93.2% 95.5%
16 90.1% 89.2% 91% 94.5% 93.4% 95.6%
15 90.2% 89.3% 91.2% 94.6% 93.5% 95.7%
14 90.4% 89.5% 91.3% 94.7% 93.7% 95.8%
13 90.5% 89.6% 91.4% 94.8% 93.8% 95.8%
12 90.7% 89.8% 91.6% 94.9% 93.9% 95.9%
11 90.8% 89.9% 91.7% 95% 94.1% 96%
10 90.9% 90.1% 91.8% 95.1% 94.2% 96.1%
9 91.1% 90.3% 91.9% 95.2% 94.4% 96.1%
8 91.3% 90.4% 92.1% 95.4% 94.6% 96.2%
7 91.5% 90.7% 92.3% 95.6% 94.8% 96.3%
6 91.7% 90.9% 92.6% 95.7% 95.1% 96.4%
5 92.1% 91.3% 92.9% 95.9% 95.4% 96.6%
4 92.5% 91.7% 93.3% 96.2% 95.7% 96.7%
3 93.1% 92.3% 93.8% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
2 93.8% 93.1% 94.5% 96.7% 96.3% 97.2%
1 94.7% 94.1% 95.4% 97% 96.6% 97.5%

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 76.7% in Ethiopia are expected to live past 60, 50.9% and 61.6% past 70, 21.9% and 34.4% past 80, and only 2.05% and 7.24% 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
Ethiopia
Male

Female
1x
Age Probability of dying
Burkina Faso Ethiopia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 51.8% 55.2% 51.8% 41.9% 45.4% 40.9%
99 50.1% 53.3% 49.9% 39.9% 43.5% 38.7%
98 48.4% 51.7% 48.1% 38% 41.4% 36.8%
97 46.6% 49.9% 46.2% 36% 39.4% 34.7%
96 45% 48.1% 44.4% 33.9% 37.4% 32.6%
95 43.3% 46.2% 42.5% 31.8% 35.5% 30.3%
94 41.4% 44.2% 40.5% 29.8% 33.5% 28.1%
93 39.4% 42.1% 38.4% 27.7% 31.6% 25.9%
92 37.2% 39.7% 36.2% 25.8% 29.5% 23.9%
91 34.8% 37.2% 33.8% 23.9% 27.4% 22%
90 32.3% 34.6% 31.2% 22.1% 25.2% 20.3%
89 29.7% 31.9% 28.7% 20.4% 23.1% 18.8%
88 27.3% 29.3% 26.3% 18.8% 21.1% 17.4%
87 25% 26.9% 24.1% 17.3% 19.2% 16.1%
86 23% 24.6% 22.2% 15.9% 17.6% 14.9%
85 21.2% 22.6% 20.4% 14.6% 16.1% 13.7%
84 19.6% 20.8% 18.8% 13.4% 14.8% 12.5%
83 18% 19.2% 17.3% 12.3% 13.6% 11.4%
82 16.5% 17.6% 15.9% 11.2% 12.5% 10.4%
81 15.1% 16.1% 14.4% 10.2% 11.4% 9.36%
80 13.7% 14.7% 13% 9.28% 10.4% 8.43%
79 12.3% 13.4% 11.7% 8.41% 9.51% 7.59%
78 11.1% 12.1% 10.5% 7.62% 8.67% 6.83%
77 9.99% 11% 9.38% 6.91% 7.89% 6.16%
76 9.01% 9.95% 8.43% 6.28% 7.19% 5.56%
75 8.14% 9.01% 7.59% 5.7% 6.56% 5.03%
74 7.35% 8.15% 6.84% 5.18% 5.98% 4.54%
73 6.63% 7.36% 6.14% 4.71% 5.45% 4.1%
72 5.96% 6.65% 5.5% 4.27% 4.97% 3.7%
71 5.35% 5.99% 4.9% 3.87% 4.52% 3.33%
70 4.8% 5.41% 4.36% 3.5% 4.12% 2.99%
69 4.31% 4.89% 3.88% 3.17% 3.76% 2.68%
68 3.88% 4.44% 3.47% 2.88% 3.44% 2.42%
67 3.52% 4.05% 3.11% 2.63% 3.15% 2.18%
66 3.21% 3.72% 2.81% 2.4% 2.9% 1.98%
65 2.93% 3.42% 2.55% 2.2% 2.68% 1.79%
64 2.69% 3.16% 2.32% 2.01% 2.46% 1.62%
63 2.46% 2.91% 2.1% 1.83% 2.25% 1.46%
62 2.24% 2.68% 1.89% 1.66% 2.05% 1.31%
61 2.04% 2.46% 1.7% 1.5% 1.87% 1.18%
60 1.85% 2.25% 1.52% 1.35% 1.69% 1.06%
59 1.68% 2.07% 1.37% 1.23% 1.54% 0.95%
58 1.54% 1.9% 1.24% 1.13% 1.42% 0.87%
57 1.42% 1.75% 1.13% 1.05% 1.33% 0.81%
56 1.32% 1.63% 1.04% 0.99% 1.25% 0.76%
55 1.23% 1.52% 0.97% 0.95% 1.19% 0.73%
54 1.15% 1.42% 0.91% 0.9% 1.14% 0.69%
53 1.08% 1.32% 0.85% 0.86% 1.08% 0.65%
52 1% 1.23% 0.8% 0.8% 1.01% 0.61%
51 0.93% 1.14% 0.74% 0.74% 0.94% 0.56%
50 0.87% 1.06% 0.69% 0.68% 0.86% 0.51%
49 0.81% 0.98% 0.64% 0.62% 0.79% 0.46%
48 0.75% 0.92% 0.59% 0.57% 0.73% 0.42%
47 0.71% 0.86% 0.56% 0.54% 0.68% 0.4%
46 0.67% 0.82% 0.53% 0.51% 0.64% 0.38%
45 0.64% 0.78% 0.51% 0.49% 0.61% 0.36%
44 0.62% 0.74% 0.49% 0.47% 0.59% 0.35%
43 0.59% 0.7% 0.48% 0.45% 0.57% 0.34%
42 0.57% 0.67% 0.47% 0.44% 0.55% 0.33%
41 0.54% 0.63% 0.45% 0.41% 0.52% 0.31%
40 0.51% 0.59% 0.44% 0.39% 0.5% 0.28%
39 0.49% 0.56% 0.43% 0.37% 0.48% 0.26%
38 0.47% 0.53% 0.41% 0.35% 0.45% 0.24%
37 0.45% 0.51% 0.39% 0.33% 0.44% 0.23%
36 0.43% 0.49% 0.38% 0.32% 0.42% 0.21%
35 0.42% 0.48% 0.37% 0.31% 0.41% 0.21%
34 0.41% 0.47% 0.36% 0.3% 0.41% 0.2%
33 0.4% 0.46% 0.35% 0.3% 0.4% 0.2%
32 0.39% 0.44% 0.34% 0.3% 0.39% 0.2%
31 0.38% 0.43% 0.34% 0.29% 0.39% 0.19%
30 0.37% 0.41% 0.34% 0.29% 0.38% 0.19%
29 0.36% 0.4% 0.33% 0.28% 0.37% 0.19%
28 0.36% 0.39% 0.33% 0.27% 0.37% 0.18%
27 0.35% 0.38% 0.32% 0.27% 0.36% 0.18%
26 0.35% 0.39% 0.31% 0.27% 0.36% 0.17%
25 0.35% 0.39% 0.31% 0.26% 0.36% 0.17%
24 0.35% 0.4% 0.3% 0.26% 0.36% 0.16%
23 0.35% 0.4% 0.29% 0.26% 0.36% 0.15%
22 0.34% 0.4% 0.28% 0.25% 0.35% 0.15%
21 0.33% 0.38% 0.27% 0.24% 0.34% 0.14%
20 0.31% 0.35% 0.27% 0.23% 0.33% 0.14%
19 0.29% 0.32% 0.25% 0.22% 0.3% 0.13%
18 0.26% 0.28% 0.24% 0.2% 0.27% 0.12%
17 0.23% 0.25% 0.22% 0.17% 0.24% 0.11%
16 0.21% 0.22% 0.19% 0.15% 0.21% 0.1%
15 0.18% 0.2% 0.17% 0.13% 0.18% 0.09%
14 0.17% 0.18% 0.15% 0.12% 0.16% 0.08%
13 0.15% 0.17% 0.14% 0.11% 0.15% 0.08%
12 0.15% 0.16% 0.13% 0.11% 0.14% 0.07%
11 0.15% 0.16% 0.13% 0.11% 0.15% 0.07%
10 0.16% 0.17% 0.14% 0.12% 0.16% 0.07%
9 0.17% 0.18% 0.16% 0.13% 0.18% 0.08%
8 0.2% 0.21% 0.19% 0.15% 0.21% 0.09%
7 0.24% 0.25% 0.22% 0.17% 0.24% 0.1%
6 0.29% 0.3% 0.28% 0.19% 0.27% 0.12%
5 0.36% 0.38% 0.35% 0.22% 0.29% 0.14%
4 0.46% 0.48% 0.44% 0.24% 0.3% 0.17%
3 0.59% 0.63% 0.56% 0.26% 0.31% 0.21%
2 0.77% 0.83% 0.71% 0.28% 0.31% 0.25%
1 1% 1.09% 0.91% 0.32% 0.32% 0.31%
0 5.27% 5.9% 4.62% 2.99% 3.43% 2.53%

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

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

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

The annual chance of dying is 5.27% in the birth year in Burkina Faso and 2.99% in Ethiopia, 0.37% vs 0.29% at age 30, 1.85% vs 1.35% at 60, and 13.7% vs 9.28% at 80.

Death rate by age in Burkina Faso vs Ethiopia

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
Ethiopia
Male

Female
1x
Age Death rate
Burkina Faso Ethiopia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
100 0 0 0 0 0 12.1
99 8.73 3.99 12.6 115.4 52.4 185.6
98 16.3 7.99 23.4 177.1 85.3 279
97 29.5 15.4 41.9 262.3 133.8 404
96 51.6 28.6 72.2 374 203 562
95 87.6 51.2 120.2 515 298.3 751
94 143.1 87.7 192.8 686 425 967
93 224.5 144 297 884 584 1,204
92 337 225.7 438 1,107 775 1,457
91 484 337 617 1,348 991 1,723
90 663 478 830 1,601 1,220 1,998
89 869 648 1,070 1,857 1,453 2,277
88 1,097 842 1,330 2,108 1,681 2,553
87 1,343 1,056 1,606 2,348 1,899 2,816
86 1,604 1,285 1,896 2,570 2,107 3,052
85 1,875 1,527 2,196 2,767 2,302 3,251
84 2,149 1,773 2,495 2,933 2,481 3,403
83 2,413 2,017 2,776 3,062 2,638 3,500
82 2,649 2,247 3,020 3,148 2,765 3,542
81 2,844 2,451 3,207 3,191 2,859 3,532
80 2,988 2,621 3,327 3,193 2,915 3,476
79 3,079 2,751 3,383 3,160 2,937 3,386
78 3,117 2,841 3,385 3,100 2,929 3,272
77 3,117 2,893 3,350 3,021 2,896 3,143
76 3,091 2,910 3,288 2,927 2,844 3,005
75 3,039 2,896 3,204 2,820 2,775 2,860
74 2,963 2,852 3,096 2,704 2,692 2,709
73 2,862 2,782 2,964 2,577 2,595 2,551
72 2,737 2,689 2,808 2,441 2,488 2,387
71 2,595 2,580 2,633 2,300 2,372 2,220
70 2,444 2,461 2,450 2,158 2,253 2,056
69 2,293 2,340 2,269 2,020 2,135 1,898
68 2,150 2,224 2,099 1,890 2,023 1,752
67 2,019 2,115 1,945 1,770 1,917 1,617
66 1,901 2,015 1,809 1,658 1,818 1,494
65 1,792 1,921 1,684 1,552 1,721 1,379
64 1,687 1,830 1,565 1,447 1,623 1,269
63 1,583 1,738 1,448 1,342 1,521 1,161
62 1,477 1,643 1,330 1,237 1,416 1,057
61 1,371 1,546 1,215 1,134 1,310 959
60 1,268 1,449 1,105 1,040 1,210 870
59 1,173 1,356 1,005 956 1,120 793
58 1,089 1,272 921 889 1,046 732
57 1,017 1,196 851 836 989 685
56 956 1,129 795 798 945 651
55 904 1,069 748 767 911 624
54 857 1,012 708 738 878 598
53 811 957 669 706 842 568
52 764 902 630 667 799 533
51 717 847 590 622 748 492
50 671 794 550 575 694 450
49 628 745 512 529 641 411
48 591 701 480 490 595 379
47 560 665 454 459 558 355
46 535 634 434 437 529 338
45 514 608 419 421 509 328
44 497 584 408 409 493 319
43 480 559 399 397 478 309
42 462 533 391 382 463 296.4
41 444 505 382 365 445 279.5
40 425 478 371 346 427 260.1
39 407 452 360 327 408 240.3
38 390 432 349 310 392 222.5
37 377 416 337 296.2 378 208.2
36 366 405 326 286 369 197.8
35 357 397 316 279.1 362 190.9
34 350 391 308 274.5 357 186.7
33 343 384 302 271.2 353 184.1
32 336 374 297.6 268 349 182.3
31 329 362 295.2 264.5 344 180.3
30 322 349 293.7 260.5 338 177.8
29 316 338 292.3 256.3 333 174.6
28 311 331 289.7 252.2 329 170.7
27 308 330 285.3 248.7 327 166.3
26 307 334 279.1 245.9 326 161.4
25 307 341 271.6 243.7 327 156.3
24 308 349 264.1 241.8 328 151.3
23 306 353 257.4 239.3 328 146.3
22 301 349 251.6 235.4 325 141.3
21 291.5 335 246.4 228.6 317 135.9
20 276.4 311 239.9 218.1 302 129.8
19 256.8 282 230.4 203.3 279.9 122.6
18 234.1 251 216.2 185.1 252.5 114.2
17 210 221.7 197.6 164.9 222.1 104.6
16 186.6 196.2 176.6 145 192.7 94.8
15 166 175.5 156 127.4 167 85.5
14 149.7 160 138.8 113.8 148 77.7
13 138.7 149.9 126.9 105.3 136.8 72
12 133.4 145.1 121.1 102.1 133.8 68.6
11 134.3 146 122 104.6 139.3 67.9
10 141.7 152.9 130 112.4 152.8 69.9
9 156.6 166.7 146 125.6 173.7 74.9
8 180.5 189.3 171.2 143.3 200.3 83.1
7 215.6 223.3 207.4 163.8 228.9 95.1
6 265 272.6 257.1 185.5 255.5 111.6
5 333 343 323 206.9 276.4 133.6
4 427 442 411 228.1 290.4 162.4
3 553 580 525 250.3 298.6 199.4
2 723 770 673 275.5 303 246.5
1 950 1,030 867 306 306 306
0 5,267 5,896 4,616 2,993 3,429 2,534

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

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/burkina-faso/ethiopia | 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 80 in Ethiopia. The median age of death is 70.4 in Burkina Faso and 74.8 in Ethiopia, 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 Ethiopia 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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