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Life Expectancy in Burkina Faso vs Gambia (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 61.5 years in Burkina Faso vs 66.3 in the Gambia. Burkina Faso is ranked 188/197 by life expectancy, and the Gambia is 167/197. In Burkina Faso, the life expectancy is 59.3 years for males and 63.6 years for females. In the Gambia, it's 64.5 years for males and 68 years for females.

Burkina Faso vs Gambia life expectancy at birth by year chart

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
Gambia
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Burkina Faso Gambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 33 32.1 34.1 31.2 30.6 31.8
1951 33.4 32.4 34.5 31.5 30.8 32.1
1952 33.6 32.6 34.7 31.7 31.1 32.3
1953 33.9 32.9 35 31.9 31.3 32.5
1954 34.2 33.2 35.3 32.2 31.6 32.7
1955 34.5 33.5 35.6 32.4 31.8 33
1956 34.8 33.7 35.9 32.8 32.1 33.4
1957 35.1 34.1 36.2 33.1 32.4 33.8
1958 35.4 34.3 36.6 33.6 32.9 34.3
1959 35.7 34.6 36.9 34.1 33.4 34.8
1960 36.1 35 37.3 34.6 33.8 35.3
1961 36.4 35.3 37.6 35.1 34.3 35.8
1962 36.8 35.6 38 35.6 34.8 36.4
1963 37.1 36 38.3 36.1 35.3 36.9
1964 37.4 36.2 38.6 36.6 35.8 37.4
1965 37.8 36.6 39 37.1 36.4 37.9
1966 38.1 36.9 39.4 37.6 36.8 38.3
1967 38.4 37.2 39.7 38.1 37.3 38.9
1968 38.8 37.5 40.1 38.5 37.8 39.3
1969 39 37.8 40.4 39 38.2 39.8
1970 39.5 38.2 40.9 39.5 38.7 40.4
1971 39.9 38.5 41.3 40 39.2 40.9
1972 40.4 39.1 41.7 40.5 39.7 41.4
1973 40.9 39.6 42.3 41.1 40.2 42
1974 41.7 40.4 43 41.7 40.8 42.6
1975 42.5 41.2 43.8 42.2 41.2 43.2
1976 43.3 42.1 44.6 42.9 41.9 43.9
1977 44.2 42.9 45.4 43.4 42.4 44.4
1978 45 43.7 46.3 43.6 42.6 44.6
1979 45.7 44.4 47 44.5 43.4 45.6
1980 46.5 45.2 47.7 45 44 45.9
1981 46.9 45.6 48.1 44.5 42.6 46.4
1982 47.6 46.4 48.8 46.3 45.4 47.2
1983 48.1 46.9 49.2 46.9 45.9 47.9
1984 48.5 47.3 49.6 47.5 46.5 48.6
1985 48.7 47.6 49.8 48.2 47.2 49.2
1986 49 47.9 50 48.8 47.8 49.9
1987 49.1 48 50.1 49.4 48.3 50.5
1988 49.2 48.2 50.1 50.1 49 51.4
1989 49.3 48.3 50.2 50.7 49.5 52
1990 49.3 48.3 50.2 51.3 50 52.6
1991 49.3 48.3 50.3 51.9 50.5 53.3
1992 49.4 48.3 50.4 52.5 51 54.1
1993 49.4 48.3 50.5 53.2 51.5 54.9
1994 49.5 48.3 50.6 53.8 52.1 55.5
1995 49.6 48.3 50.7 54.3 52.5 56.2
1996 49.7 48.4 50.9 54.8 53 56.8
1997 49.6 48.2 50.8 55.2 53.3 57.3
1998 50.2 48.8 51.5 56 54 58.2
1999 50.5 49 51.8 56.5 54.4 58.6
2000 50.8 49.3 52.2 56.9 54.9 59
2001 51.2 49.7 52.6 57.3 55.4 59.3
2002 51.4 50 52.9 57.7 55.9 59.6
2003 52 50.5 53.4 58.2 56.5 60
2004 52.6 51.1 54 58.7 57.1 60.5
2005 53.3 51.8 54.7 59.1 57.5 60.7
2006 53.8 52.3 55.2 59.7 58.1 61.2
2007 54.4 52.9 55.8 60 58.6 61.4
2008 55.2 53.7 56.6 60.5 59.2 61.8
2009 55.8 54.2 57.2 60.7 59.4 62
2010 56.3 54.8 57.8 61.2 59.9 62.4
2011 57 55.4 58.5 61.6 60.3 62.8
2012 57.5 55.9 59 61.9 60.7 63.1
2013 57.9 56.3 59.4 62.3 61 63.5
2014 58.3 56.7 59.9 62.6 61.3 63.8
2015 58.8 57.1 60.4 63 61.7 64.3
2016 59.2 57.5 60.8 63.4 62 64.8
2017 59.6 57.9 61.2 63.7 62.3 65.1
2018 60 58.2 61.6 64 62.5 65.5
2019 60.2 58.3 61.9 64.4 62.9 65.9
2020 60.5 58.5 62.3 64.4 62.7 66.1
2021 60 58.2 61.8 63.8 62.2 65.4
2022 60.7 58.8 62.6 64.9 63.2 66.5
2023 61.1 58.9 63.2 65.9 64.2 67.5
2024 61.3 59.1 63.4 66.1 64.4 67.8
2025 61.5 59.3 63.6 66.3 64.5 68

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 55.8 in the Gambia. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 12.4 healthy years in Burkina Faso and 11.9 in the Gambia.

Burkina Faso vs Gambia 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 Gambia, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2025 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
40.1 vs 42.3 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.1 vs 72.3 years

Median expected age of death:
73.0 vs 75.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Burkina Faso Gambia
Male Female Male Female
40 95.3% 96.3% 95.8% 96.7%
50 88.1% 91.4% 89.9% 91.9%
60 75.7% 82.8% 79.7% 83.8%
65 66.0% 75.2% 71.7% 77.1%
70 53.4% 63.9% 60.8% 67.3%
75 37.7% 48.0% 46.8% 53.7%
80 20.9% 29.0% 30.8% 37.1%
85 7.9% 12.2% 15.6% 20.1%
90 1.6% 3.0% 5.2% 7.7%
95 0.1% 0.3% 0.9% 1.8%
100 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 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 Gambia: 70.1 years vs 72.3 at 30, 77.3 vs 79.2 at 65, 84.7 vs 86.1 at 80 — significantly higher than the 61.5 vs 66.3 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 Gambia.

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
Gambia
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Burkina Faso Gambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 61.5 59.3 63.6 66.3 64.5 68
1 64.9 63 66.7 68.2 66.7 69.7
2 65.6 63.7 67.4 68.4 66.9 69.9
3 66.1 64.2 67.8 68.7 67.2 70.1
4 66.5 64.6 68.2 68.9 67.4 70.4
5 66.8 64.9 68.5 69.1 67.7 70.6
6 67 65.1 68.7 69.3 67.9 70.8
7 67.2 65.3 68.9 69.5 68 70.9
8 67.3 65.5 69 69.6 68.2 71.1
9 67.4 65.6 69.1 69.8 68.3 71.2
10 67.5 65.7 69.2 69.9 68.4 71.3
11 67.6 65.8 69.3 70 68.5 71.4
12 67.7 65.9 69.4 70.1 68.6 71.5
13 67.8 66 69.5 70.1 68.7 71.6
14 67.9 66.1 69.6 70.2 68.8 71.6
15 67.9 66.2 69.6 70.3 68.9 71.7
16 68 66.3 69.7 70.4 69 71.8
17 68.2 66.4 69.8 70.5 69.1 71.9
18 68.3 66.5 70 70.6 69.2 72
19 68.4 66.6 70.1 70.8 69.4 72.1
20 68.5 66.8 70.2 70.9 69.5 72.2
21 68.7 66.9 70.3 71 69.7 72.3
22 68.9 67.1 70.5 71.2 69.9 72.4
23 69 67.3 70.6 71.3 70 72.6
24 69.2 67.5 70.8 71.5 70.2 72.7
25 69.3 67.7 70.9 71.6 70.4 72.8
26 69.5 67.8 71 71.8 70.5 72.9
27 69.6 68 71.2 71.9 70.7 73
28 69.8 68.1 71.3 72 70.9 73.2
29 69.9 68.3 71.5 72.2 71 73.3
30 70.1 68.5 71.6 72.3 71.2 73.4
31 70.2 68.6 71.7 72.5 71.3 73.6
32 70.4 68.8 71.9 72.6 71.5 73.7
33 70.6 68.9 72 72.8 71.7 73.8
34 70.7 69.1 72.2 72.9 71.8 73.9
35 70.9 69.3 72.3 73.1 72 74.1
36 71 69.4 72.4 73.2 72.1 74.2
37 71.2 69.6 72.6 73.3 72.3 74.3
38 71.3 69.8 72.7 73.5 72.4 74.5
39 71.5 69.9 72.9 73.6 72.6 74.6
40 71.6 70.1 73 73.8 72.8 74.7
41 71.8 70.3 73.1 73.9 72.9 74.9
42 72 70.5 73.3 74.1 73.1 75
43 72.1 70.7 73.4 74.3 73.3 75.2
44 72.3 70.8 73.6 74.4 73.4 75.3
45 72.5 71 73.7 74.6 73.6 75.5
46 72.6 71.2 73.9 74.8 73.8 75.6
47 72.8 71.5 74 74.9 74 75.8
48 73 71.7 74.2 75.1 74.2 75.9
49 73.2 71.9 74.3 75.3 74.4 76.1
50 73.4 72.1 74.5 75.5 74.6 76.3
51 73.6 72.3 74.7 75.7 74.8 76.4
52 73.8 72.6 74.8 75.9 75 76.6
53 74 72.8 75 76.1 75.2 76.8
54 74.2 73.1 75.2 76.3 75.5 77
55 74.5 73.4 75.4 76.5 75.7 77.2
56 74.7 73.6 75.6 76.7 76 77.4
57 75 73.9 75.8 77 76.2 77.6
58 75.2 74.2 76 77.2 76.5 77.8
59 75.5 74.5 76.2 77.4 76.7 78.1
60 75.7 74.8 76.5 77.7 77 78.3
61 76 75.2 76.7 78 77.3 78.5
62 76.3 75.5 77 78.2 77.6 78.8
63 76.7 75.9 77.2 78.5 77.9 79.1
64 77 76.3 77.5 78.9 78.3 79.3
65 77.3 76.6 77.9 79.2 78.6 79.7
66 77.7 77 78.2 79.5 79 80
67 78.1 77.5 78.5 79.9 79.4 80.3
68 78.5 77.9 78.9 80.2 79.8 80.6
69 78.9 78.3 79.3 80.6 80.2 81
70 79.3 78.8 79.6 81 80.6 81.4
71 79.7 79.2 80.1 81.4 81 81.8
72 80.2 79.7 80.5 81.9 81.5 82.2
73 80.7 80.3 81 82.3 82 82.7
74 81.2 80.8 81.5 82.8 82.5 83.1
75 81.7 81.4 82 83.3 83 83.6
76 82.3 81.9 82.5 83.8 83.5 84.1
77 82.9 82.6 83.1 84.4 84.1 84.6
78 83.5 83.2 83.7 84.9 84.6 85.2
79 84.1 83.8 84.3 85.5 85.2 85.7
80 84.7 84.5 84.9 86.1 85.8 86.3
81 85.4 85.2 85.6 86.7 86.5 86.9
82 86.1 85.9 86.2 87.4 87.1 87.6
83 86.8 86.6 87 88 87.8 88.2
84 87.6 87.4 87.7 88.7 88.5 88.9
85 88.3 88.1 88.4 89.4 89.2 89.6
86 89.1 88.9 89.2 90.1 89.9 90.3
87 89.9 89.7 89.9 90.8 90.6 91.1
88 90.6 90.5 90.7 91.6 91.3 91.8
89 91.4 91.3 91.5 92.4 92.1 92.6
90 92.3 92.1 92.3 93.1 92.9 93.3
91 93.1 93 93.2 93.9 93.7 94.1
92 94 93.9 94 94.7 94.5 94.9
93 94.9 94.7 94.9 95.6 95.4 95.7
94 95.8 95.7 95.8 96.4 96.2 96.5
95 96.7 96.6 96.7 97.3 97.1 97.4
96 97.6 97.5 97.7 98.2 98 98.2
97 98.6 98.4 98.6 99 98.9 99.1
98 99.5 99.4 99.5 99.9 99.8 100
99 100.4 100.3 100.4 100.9 100.7 100.9
100 101.4 101.3 101.4 101.8 101.7 101.8

Odds of living to age in Burkina Faso vs Gambia

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 68.2% in Burkina Faso and 73.6% in the Gambia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 50.7% and 57.8% will live to 70 years or older, 21.7% and 30.7% to 80+ years, and 2.02% and 5.83% 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
Gambia
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Burkina Faso Gambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 94.7% 94% 95.3% 97.2% 96.8% 97.5%
2 93.7% 93% 94.4% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
3 93% 92.2% 93.7% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
4 92.4% 91.6% 93.2% 96.1% 95.6% 96.5%
5 92% 91.2% 92.8% 95.8% 95.3% 96.3%
6 91.6% 90.8% 92.5% 95.5% 95% 96%
7 91.4% 90.6% 92.2% 95.2% 94.7% 95.7%
8 91.1% 90.3% 92% 95% 94.5% 95.5%
9 91% 90.1% 91.8% 94.8% 94.3% 95.3%
10 90.8% 90% 91.7% 94.6% 94.1% 95.2%
11 90.7% 89.8% 91.5% 94.5% 93.9% 95%
12 90.5% 89.7% 91.4% 94.3% 93.8% 94.9%
13 90.4% 89.5% 91.3% 94.2% 93.6% 94.8%
14 90.3% 89.4% 91.2% 94.1% 93.5% 94.6%
15 90.1% 89.2% 91% 93.9% 93.3% 94.5%
16 89.9% 89% 90.9% 93.8% 93.2% 94.4%
17 89.7% 88.8% 90.7% 93.6% 93% 94.2%
18 89.5% 88.6% 90.5% 93.4% 92.7% 94%
19 89.3% 88.4% 90.3% 93.1% 92.5% 93.8%
20 89% 88.1% 90% 92.9% 92.2% 93.6%
21 88.8% 87.8% 89.8% 92.6% 91.9% 93.4%
22 88.5% 87.4% 89.5% 92.4% 91.6% 93.2%
23 88.2% 87.1% 89.3% 92.1% 91.2% 93%
24 87.8% 86.7% 89% 91.8% 90.9% 92.8%
25 87.5% 86.4% 88.8% 91.5% 90.6% 92.5%
26 87.2% 86% 88.5% 91.2% 90.2% 92.3%
27 86.9% 85.7% 88.2% 91% 89.9% 92.1%
28 86.6% 85.3% 87.9% 90.7% 89.6% 91.8%
29 86.3% 85% 87.6% 90.4% 89.2% 91.5%
30 86% 84.7% 87.3% 90.1% 88.9% 91.3%
31 85.6% 84.3% 87% 89.7% 88.5% 91%
32 85.3% 83.9% 86.7% 89.4% 88.2% 90.7%
33 85% 83.6% 86.4% 89.1% 87.8% 90.4%
34 84.6% 83.2% 86.1% 88.8% 87.5% 90.1%
35 84.3% 82.8% 85.8% 88.5% 87.1% 89.9%
36 83.9% 82.4% 85.5% 88.1% 86.7% 89.6%
37 83.5% 82% 85.2% 87.8% 86.4% 89.3%
38 83.2% 81.6% 84.8% 87.4% 86% 88.9%
39 82.8% 81.1% 84.5% 87.1% 85.6% 88.6%
40 82.4% 80.7% 84.1% 86.7% 85.1% 88.2%
41 81.9% 80.2% 83.7% 86.3% 84.7% 87.9%
42 81.5% 79.7% 83.3% 85.8% 84.3% 87.5%
43 81% 79.1% 83% 85.4% 83.8% 87.1%
44 80.5% 78.6% 82.5% 85% 83.3% 86.6%
45 80% 78% 82.1% 84.5% 82.8% 86.2%
46 79.5% 77.4% 81.7% 84% 82.3% 85.8%
47 79% 76.7% 81.3% 83.5% 81.7% 85.3%
48 78.4% 76.1% 80.8% 83% 81.2% 84.9%
49 77.8% 75.4% 80.3% 82.4% 80.6% 84.4%
50 77.2% 74.6% 79.8% 81.9% 79.9% 83.9%
51 76.5% 73.8% 79.3% 81.2% 79.2% 83.3%
52 75.8% 73% 78.7% 80.5% 78.4% 82.7%
53 75% 72.1% 78% 79.8% 77.6% 82%
54 74.2% 71.1% 77.4% 79% 76.8% 81.3%
55 73.4% 70.1% 76.7% 78.2% 75.9% 80.6%
56 72.4% 69% 75.9% 77.4% 75% 79.9%
57 71.5% 67.9% 75.1% 76.5% 74% 79.1%
58 70.5% 66.7% 74.3% 75.6% 73% 78.3%
59 69.4% 65.4% 73.3% 74.7% 72% 77.4%
60 68.2% 64.1% 72.3% 73.6% 70.8% 76.4%
61 66.9% 62.6% 71.2% 72.5% 69.6% 75.4%
62 65.6% 61.1% 70% 71.3% 68.3% 74.3%
63 64.1% 59.4% 68.7% 70% 66.9% 73.1%
64 62.5% 57.7% 67.2% 68.6% 65.3% 71.8%
65 60.8% 55.8% 65.6% 67% 63.7% 70.3%
66 59% 53.9% 64% 65.4% 62% 68.8%
67 57.1% 51.9% 62.1% 63.7% 60.1% 67.1%
68 55.1% 49.8% 60.2% 61.8% 58.2% 65.4%
69 52.9% 47.6% 58.1% 59.9% 56.2% 63.5%
70 50.7% 45.2% 55.8% 57.8% 54% 61.4%
71 48.2% 42.8% 53.4% 55.6% 51.8% 59.2%
72 45.6% 40.2% 50.8% 53.2% 49.4% 56.9%
73 42.9% 37.5% 47.9% 50.8% 46.9% 54.4%
74 40% 34.7% 45% 48.1% 44.3% 51.8%
75 37.1% 31.9% 41.9% 45.4% 41.6% 49%
76 34% 29% 38.7% 42.6% 38.9% 46.2%
77 31% 26.1% 35.4% 39.7% 36% 43.2%
78 27.9% 23.2% 32.1% 36.8% 33.2% 40.2%
79 24.7% 20.4% 28.7% 33.7% 30.2% 37.1%
80 21.7% 17.7% 25.3% 30.7% 27.3% 33.9%
81 18.7% 15.1% 22% 27.6% 24.5% 30.7%
82 15.9% 12.6% 18.8% 24.6% 21.6% 27.5%
83 13.3% 10.4% 15.8% 21.7% 18.9% 24.3%
84 10.9% 8.41% 13.1% 18.8% 16.3% 21.3%
85 8.73% 6.65% 10.6% 16.1% 13.9% 18.3%
86 6.87% 5.14% 8.44% 13.6% 11.6% 15.6%
87 5.28% 3.87% 6.56% 11.3% 9.56% 13.1%
88 3.96% 2.83% 4.98% 9.26% 7.7% 10.8%
89 2.87% 2% 3.66% 7.43% 6.07% 8.79%
90 2.02% 1.36% 2.61% 5.83% 4.66% 7.03%
91 1.36% 0.89% 1.79% 4.48% 3.48% 5.51%
92 0.89% 0.56% 1.18% 3.36% 2.52% 4.23%
93 0.56% 0.33% 0.75% 2.45% 1.77% 3.16%
94 0.34% 0.19% 0.46% 1.74% 1.21% 2.31%
95 0.2% 0.11% 0.28% 1.21% 0.8% 1.63%
96 0.11% 0.06% 0.16% 0.81% 0.52% 1.12%
97 0.06% 0.03% 0.09% 0.53% 0.32% 0.74%
98 0.03% 0.01% 0.05% 0.33% 0.2% 0.48%
99 0.02% 0.007% 0.02% 0.2% 0.11% 0.3%
100 0.008% 0.003% 0.01% 0.12% 0.06% 0.18%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 5.34% in the birth year in Burkina Faso and 2.83% in the Gambia, 0.38% vs 0.34% at age 30, 1.86% vs 1.52% at 60, and 13.7% vs 9.96% at 80.

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

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
Gambia
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Burkina Faso Gambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 5.34% 5.97% 4.69% 2.83% 3.19% 2.47%
1 1.02% 1.11% 0.92% 0.39% 0.43% 0.35%
2 0.78% 0.84% 0.72% 0.37% 0.4% 0.34%
3 0.6% 0.64% 0.57% 0.35% 0.38% 0.32%
4 0.47% 0.49% 0.45% 0.33% 0.35% 0.31%
5 0.37% 0.38% 0.35% 0.3% 0.32% 0.29%
6 0.29% 0.3% 0.28% 0.27% 0.29% 0.26%
7 0.24% 0.25% 0.23% 0.24% 0.25% 0.23%
8 0.2% 0.21% 0.19% 0.21% 0.22% 0.2%
9 0.17% 0.19% 0.16% 0.18% 0.19% 0.17%
10 0.16% 0.17% 0.14% 0.16% 0.17% 0.15%
11 0.15% 0.16% 0.14% 0.15% 0.16% 0.14%
12 0.15% 0.16% 0.13% 0.14% 0.15% 0.13%
13 0.16% 0.17% 0.14% 0.14% 0.16% 0.13%
14 0.17% 0.18% 0.15% 0.15% 0.17% 0.14%
15 0.19% 0.2% 0.17% 0.17% 0.19% 0.15%
16 0.21% 0.22% 0.2% 0.19% 0.22% 0.17%
17 0.24% 0.25% 0.22% 0.22% 0.25% 0.18%
18 0.26% 0.29% 0.24% 0.24% 0.28% 0.2%
19 0.29% 0.32% 0.26% 0.26% 0.31% 0.21%
20 0.31% 0.36% 0.27% 0.28% 0.33% 0.22%
21 0.33% 0.39% 0.28% 0.29% 0.35% 0.23%
22 0.34% 0.4% 0.28% 0.3% 0.36% 0.23%
23 0.35% 0.41% 0.29% 0.3% 0.37% 0.24%
24 0.35% 0.41% 0.3% 0.31% 0.37% 0.25%
25 0.35% 0.4% 0.31% 0.31% 0.37% 0.26%
26 0.36% 0.39% 0.32% 0.32% 0.37% 0.27%
27 0.36% 0.39% 0.33% 0.32% 0.37% 0.28%
28 0.36% 0.39% 0.33% 0.33% 0.38% 0.29%
29 0.37% 0.4% 0.34% 0.34% 0.38% 0.29%
30 0.38% 0.42% 0.34% 0.34% 0.39% 0.3%
31 0.39% 0.43% 0.34% 0.35% 0.4% 0.31%
32 0.4% 0.45% 0.35% 0.36% 0.4% 0.31%
33 0.41% 0.46% 0.35% 0.36% 0.41% 0.32%
34 0.42% 0.47% 0.36% 0.37% 0.42% 0.32%
35 0.43% 0.48% 0.37% 0.38% 0.42% 0.33%
36 0.44% 0.5% 0.39% 0.39% 0.43% 0.34%
37 0.45% 0.51% 0.4% 0.4% 0.45% 0.36%
38 0.47% 0.53% 0.42% 0.42% 0.47% 0.38%
39 0.5% 0.56% 0.43% 0.44% 0.49% 0.4%
40 0.52% 0.6% 0.45% 0.47% 0.51% 0.42%
41 0.55% 0.63% 0.46% 0.49% 0.54% 0.45%
42 0.57% 0.67% 0.47% 0.51% 0.56% 0.47%
43 0.6% 0.71% 0.49% 0.53% 0.58% 0.48%
44 0.62% 0.75% 0.5% 0.55% 0.6% 0.5%
45 0.65% 0.78% 0.51% 0.57% 0.63% 0.51%
46 0.68% 0.82% 0.53% 0.59% 0.66% 0.52%
47 0.71% 0.87% 0.56% 0.62% 0.69% 0.55%
48 0.76% 0.93% 0.6% 0.66% 0.75% 0.58%
49 0.81% 0.99% 0.64% 0.71% 0.81% 0.62%
50 0.87% 1.07% 0.69% 0.77% 0.88% 0.67%
51 0.94% 1.15% 0.75% 0.84% 0.96% 0.73%
52 1.01% 1.24% 0.8% 0.9% 1.03% 0.78%
53 1.08% 1.33% 0.86% 0.96% 1.1% 0.84%
54 1.16% 1.43% 0.92% 1.01% 1.16% 0.88%
55 1.24% 1.53% 0.98% 1.07% 1.21% 0.93%
56 1.32% 1.64% 1.05% 1.12% 1.28% 0.98%
57 1.43% 1.77% 1.14% 1.19% 1.35% 1.04%
58 1.55% 1.91% 1.24% 1.27% 1.45% 1.12%
59 1.69% 2.08% 1.38% 1.38% 1.57% 1.22%
60 1.86% 2.27% 1.53% 1.52% 1.72% 1.34%
61 2.05% 2.47% 1.71% 1.67% 1.9% 1.48%
62 2.26% 2.69% 1.91% 1.85% 2.09% 1.64%
63 2.47% 2.93% 2.11% 2.03% 2.29% 1.81%
64 2.7% 3.17% 2.33% 2.22% 2.5% 1.99%
65 2.95% 3.44% 2.57% 2.43% 2.72% 2.19%
66 3.22% 3.74% 2.83% 2.65% 2.95% 2.41%
67 3.54% 4.07% 3.13% 2.89% 3.2% 2.64%
68 3.9% 4.46% 3.49% 3.17% 3.49% 2.92%
69 4.33% 4.91% 3.9% 3.48% 3.81% 3.22%
70 4.82% 5.43% 4.39% 3.84% 4.18% 3.57%
71 5.38% 6.02% 4.93% 4.23% 4.59% 3.95%
72 5.99% 6.67% 5.53% 4.66% 5.04% 4.36%
73 6.66% 7.39% 6.17% 5.13% 5.53% 4.81%
74 7.38% 8.18% 6.87% 5.63% 6.06% 5.3%
75 8.18% 9.05% 7.63% 6.19% 6.65% 5.82%
76 9.05% 9.99% 8.47% 6.8% 7.29% 6.4%
77 10% 11% 9.43% 7.47% 7.99% 7.05%
78 11.2% 12.2% 10.5% 8.22% 8.77% 7.77%
79 12.4% 13.4% 11.7% 9.05% 9.62% 8.58%
80 13.7% 14.7% 13.1% 9.96% 10.6% 9.47%
81 15.1% 16.1% 14.5% 10.9% 11.5% 10.4%
82 16.6% 17.6% 15.9% 12% 12.6% 11.5%
83 18.1% 19.2% 17.4% 13.1% 13.7% 12.6%
84 19.6% 20.9% 18.9% 14.3% 14.9% 13.7%
85 21.3% 22.7% 20.5% 15.5% 16.3% 14.9%
86 23.1% 24.7% 22.2% 16.8% 17.7% 16.1%
87 25.1% 26.9% 24.2% 18.3% 19.4% 17.4%
88 27.4% 29.4% 26.4% 19.8% 21.2% 18.7%
89 29.8% 32% 28.8% 21.5% 23.2% 20.1%
90 32.4% 34.7% 31.3% 23.2% 25.4% 21.6%
91 34.9% 37.3% 33.9% 25.1% 27.5% 23.3%
92 37.3% 39.8% 36.3% 26.9% 29.7% 25.1%
93 39.5% 42.2% 38.6% 28.9% 31.7% 27.1%
94 41.5% 44.3% 40.6% 30.9% 33.7% 29.2%
95 43.2% 46.3% 42.6% 32.9% 35.6% 31.4%
96 44.9% 48.2% 44.5% 34.9% 37.5% 33.6%
97 46.7% 50% 46.3% 36.8% 39.5% 35.7%
98 48.4% 51.8% 48.2% 38.7% 41.5% 37.7%
99 50.3% 53.4% 50% 40.6% 43.5% 39.5%
100 52% 55.3% 51.9% 42.6% 45.5% 41.7%

Death rate by age in Burkina Faso compared to the Gambia

In Burkina Faso, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 80 in the Gambia. The median age of death is 70.3 in Burkina Faso and 73.3 in the Gambia — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
Gambia
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Burkina Faso Gambia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 5,341 5,970 4,690 2,834 3,192 2,466
1 963 1,043 880 380 416 342
2 733 779 684 360 390 329
3 560 586 533 339 363 315
4 432 447 417 317 336 297.6
5 338 347 328 291 305 276.1
6 268.4 275.4 261.1 261.5 272.9 249.8
7 218.3 225.6 210.6 229.7 239.2 220
8 182.8 191.3 173.8 198.9 207.4 190.2
9 158.6 168.5 148.1 171.9 180 163.6
10 143.4 154.5 131.8 151.3 159.5 142.9
11 136 147.6 123.7 138.3 146.9 129.4
12 135.1 146.7 122.8 132.8 142.2 123
13 140.4 151.5 128.7 134.9 145.8 123.7
14 151.5 161.7 140.8 144 157.1 130.5
15 168 177.3 158.2 159.5 176 142.5
16 188.9 198.2 179.2 179.9 201.2 158
17 212.5 224 200.5 202.7 230.3 174.2
18 236.9 253.6 219.5 225.1 260.1 189
19 259.9 284.9 233.8 244.3 287 200.3
20 279.7 314 243.4 259.2 309 208.3
21 294.9 338 249.9 269.6 324 213.9
22 305 352 255.2 276.3 332 218.6
23 310 356 260.9 280.8 336 224
24 311 352 267.7 284 336 230.6
25 311 344 275.3 287.2 335 238.4
26 310 337 282.8 290.8 333 246.9
27 311 333 289 295.1 334 255.4
28 314 334 293.4 300 336 263
29 319 341 295.9 305 340 269.5
30 325 352 297.3 311 346 274.6
31 332 365 298.7 315 351 278.6
32 340 377 301 320 357 282.1
33 347 387 305 324 361 285.5
34 353 394 311 328 365 290
35 360 401 319 334 370 296.4
36 369 408 329 342 377 306
37 380 419 340 353 387 319
38 394 435 352 368 400 335
39 410 456 364 386 417 354
40 428 481 375 406 436 375
41 447 509 385 424 455 394
42 466 536 394 441 472 409
43 483 563 402 455 488 421
44 500 587 411 467 503 430
45 518 612 422 479 519 438
46 538 638 437 495 539 449
47 563 668 457 517 568 466
48 594 705 483 548 605 491
49 631 748 516 588 652 524
50 674 797 553 634 705 564
51 720 851 593 682 759 607
52 767 906 633 728 810 649
53 813 961 672 768 854 687
54 859 1,016 711 802 889 720
55 907 1,072 751 834 922 751
56 959 1,132 798 867 956 784
57 1,020 1,199 854 909 1,000 825
58 1,092 1,275 924 964 1,057 878
59 1,176 1,359 1,009 1,034 1,131 944
60 1,271 1,452 1,108 1,118 1,221 1,025
61 1,374 1,548 1,218 1,213 1,321 1,117
62 1,479 1,645 1,334 1,316 1,427 1,217
63 1,585 1,739 1,451 1,420 1,532 1,322
64 1,689 1,831 1,568 1,523 1,633 1,430
65 1,793 1,921 1,686 1,627 1,731 1,540
66 1,902 2,015 1,811 1,732 1,827 1,654
67 2,019 2,114 1,947 1,842 1,926 1,776
68 2,149 2,222 2,100 1,960 2,030 1,906
69 2,291 2,337 2,269 2,086 2,141 2,045
70 2,441 2,457 2,449 2,217 2,257 2,191
71 2,592 2,575 2,632 2,350 2,375 2,338
72 2,732 2,683 2,805 2,480 2,488 2,482
73 2,856 2,774 2,960 2,602 2,594 2,618
74 2,956 2,843 3,091 2,712 2,687 2,743
75 3,031 2,886 3,197 2,812 2,768 2,856
76 3,082 2,899 3,279 2,898 2,833 2,957
77 3,111 2,880 3,339 2,969 2,880 3,047
78 3,109 2,826 3,373 3,023 2,908 3,122
79 3,064 2,735 3,368 3,054 2,911 3,179
80 2,971 2,604 3,310 3,055 2,884 3,208
81 2,826 2,433 3,188 3,022 2,823 3,202
82 2,630 2,229 3,000 2,949 2,726 3,154
83 2,393 2,000 2,755 2,836 2,595 3,058
84 2,130 1,757 2,474 2,685 2,436 2,916
85 1,857 1,511 2,175 2,503 2,256 2,733
86 1,587 1,271 1,876 2,296 2,060 2,516
87 1,328 1,043 1,588 2,072 1,853 2,275
88 1,083 831 1,313 1,836 1,636 2,022
89 857 639 1,055 1,595 1,411 1,767
90 652 471 817 1,355 1,182 1,518
91 476 331 606 1,122 957 1,282
92 331 221.4 430 904 747 1,061
93 219.9 141 290.9 708 562 858
94 139.8 85.8 188.4 538 407 674
95 85.4 49.9 117.2 396 285.5 513
96 50.3 27.9 70.3 282.1 193.9 376
97 28.8 15 40.6 193.8 127.5 265.3
98 15.9 7.74 22.7 128.9 81.1 180
99 8.54 3.86 12.2 83 49.8 117.7
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 Gambia 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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