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

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The average life expectancy at birth is 61.6 years in Burkina Faso vs 58.6 in Lesotho. Burkina Faso is ranked 188/197 by life expectancy, and Lesotho is 193/197. In Burkina Faso, the life expectancy is 59.4 years for males and 63.8 years for females. In Lesotho, it's 55.8 years for males and 61.3 years for females.

Burkina Faso vs Lesotho life expectancy at birth by year

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
Lesotho
Male

Female
1x
Year Life expectancy, years
Burkina Faso Lesotho
Average Male Female Average Male Female
2026 61.6 59.4 63.8 58.6 55.8 61.3
2025 61.5 59.3 63.6 58.2 55.4 60.9
2024 61.3 59.1 63.4 57.8 55 60.4
2023 61.1 58.9 63.2 57.4 54.6 60
2022 60.7 58.8 62.6 56.8 54.1 59.4
2021 60 58.2 61.8 54.2 51.6 56.8
2020 60.5 58.5 62.3 55.1 52.5 57.7
2019 60.2 58.3 61.9 55.2 52.7 57.7
2018 60 58.2 61.6 54.6 52.1 57.1
2017 59.6 57.9 61.2 53.9 51.4 56.3
2016 59.2 57.5 60.8 52.9 50.4 55.3
2015 58.8 57.1 60.4 51.8 49.3 54.4
2014 58.3 56.7 59.9 50.8 48.3 53.3
2013 57.9 56.3 59.4 49.5 47.2 52
2012 57.5 55.9 59 48.2 45.8 50.7
2011 57 55.4 58.5 46.9 44.5 49.4
2010 56.3 54.8 57.8 46 43.9 48.3
2009 55.8 54.2 57.2 45.1 42.8 47.4
2008 55.2 53.7 56.6 44.3 42.1 46.6
2007 54.4 52.9 55.8 43.7 41.4 46.1
2006 53.8 52.3 55.2 43.2 41.5 44.8
2005 53.3 51.8 54.7 43.6 41.4 45.9
2004 52.6 51.1 54 44 41.9 46.3
2003 52 50.5 53.4 44.9 42.9 47
2002 51.4 50 52.9 46 43.8 48.1
2001 51.2 49.7 52.6 47.2 44.9 49.5
2000 50.8 49.3 52.2 48.8 46.5 51.1
1999 50.5 49 51.8 50.4 47.8 53
1998 50.2 48.8 51.5 52 49.1 55
1997 49.6 48.2 50.8 53.7 50.6 56.9
1996 49.7 48.4 50.9 55.1 51.8 58.6
1995 49.6 48.3 50.7 56.4 52.8 60.1
1994 49.5 48.3 50.6 57.3 53.5 61.3
1993 49.4 48.3 50.5 58.1 54.2 62.1
1992 49.4 48.3 50.4 58.6 54.7 62.8
1991 49.3 48.3 50.3 59.1 55.1 63.3
1990 49.3 48.3 50.2 59.3 55.3 63.6
1989 49.3 48.3 50.2 59.5 55.4 63.9
1988 49.2 48.2 50.1 59.6 55.4 64
1987 49.1 48 50.1 59.6 55.4 64
1986 49 47.9 50 59.3 55.2 63.9
1985 48.7 47.6 49.8 59.2 55.2 63.7
1984 48.5 47.3 49.6 59 55 63.3
1983 48.1 46.9 49.2 58.5 54.5 62.8
1982 47.6 46.4 48.8 58 54.1 62.2
1981 46.9 45.6 48.1 57.3 53.4 61.6
1980 46.5 45.2 47.7 56.5 52.5 60.9
1979 45.7 44.4 47 55.8 51.9 60.1
1978 45 43.7 46.3 55.2 51.3 59.4
1977 44.2 42.9 45.4 54.5 50.7 58.6
1976 43.3 42.1 44.6 53.9 50.2 57.9
1975 42.5 41.2 43.8 53.5 49.9 57.2
1974 41.7 40.4 43 52.9 49.4 56.6
1973 40.9 39.6 42.3 52.6 48.9 56.3
1972 40.4 39.1 41.7 52.3 48.6 55.8
1971 39.9 38.5 41.3 51.8 48.1 55.4
1970 39.5 38.2 40.9 51.5 47.7 54.9
1969 39 37.8 40.4 51.1 47.3 54.5
1968 38.8 37.5 40.1 50.8 46.9 54.1
1967 38.4 37.2 39.7 50.5 46.6 53.7
1966 38.1 36.9 39.4 50.4 46.5 53.5
1965 37.8 36.6 39 50.3 46.6 53.3
1964 37.4 36.2 38.6 50.3 46.6 53.2
1963 37.1 36 38.3 50.3 46.7 53.1
1962 36.8 35.6 38 50.3 46.7 53.1
1961 36.4 35.3 37.6 50.3 46.6 53.1
1960 36.1 35 37.3 50.2 46.5 52.9
1959 35.7 34.6 36.9 49.9 46.3 52.6
1958 35.4 34.3 36.6 49.6 46 52.3
1957 35.1 34.1 36.2 49.2 45.6 51.8
1956 34.8 33.7 35.9 48.6 45.1 51.3
1955 34.5 33.5 35.6 48 44.5 50.6
1954 34.2 33.2 35.3 47.3 43.8 50
1953 33.9 32.9 35 46.6 43.2 49.2
1952 33.6 32.6 34.7 45.9 42.5 48.6
1951 33.4 32.4 34.5 45.2 41.9 47.9
1950 33 32.1 34.1 44.6 41.2 47.4

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 44.6 in Lesotho. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 12.4 healthy years in Burkina Faso and 8.95 in Lesotho.

Burkina Faso vs Lesotho 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 Lesotho, 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 35.4 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.2 vs 65.4 years

Median expected age of death:
73.0 vs 66.7 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Burkina Faso Lesotho
Male Female Male Female
40 95.3% 96.4% 90.8% 93.2%
50 88.2% 91.5% 76.8% 83.2%
60 75.8% 83.0% 58.4% 69.0%
65 66.2% 75.4% 47.4% 59.6%
70 53.6% 64.2% 35.9% 48.8%
75 37.9% 48.2% 24.8% 37.6%
80 21.0% 29.2% 15.0% 26.6%
85 7.9% 12.3% 7.2% 15.9%
90 1.6% 3.0% 2.5% 6.8%
95 0.1% 0.3% 0.5% 1.8%
100 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.3%

Life expectancy by current age

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
Lesotho
Male

Female
1x
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Burkina Faso Lesotho
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 101.4 101.3 101.4 102 101.8 102.1
99 100.4 100.3 100.4 101.1 100.9 101.2
98 99.5 99.4 99.5 100.2 100.1 100.3
97 98.6 98.4 98.6 99.3 99.2 99.4
96 97.6 97.5 97.7 98.5 98.3 98.5
95 96.7 96.6 96.7 97.6 97.4 97.6
94 95.8 95.7 95.8 96.7 96.5 96.8
93 94.9 94.8 94.9 95.9 95.7 96
92 94 93.9 94.1 95.1 94.8 95.2
91 93.1 93 93.2 94.3 94 94.4
90 92.3 92.1 92.4 93.5 93.2 93.6
89 91.5 91.3 91.5 92.7 92.4 92.9
88 90.6 90.5 90.7 92 91.6 92.1
87 89.9 89.7 90 91.2 90.8 91.4
86 89.1 88.9 89.2 90.5 90 90.7
85 88.3 88.1 88.4 89.8 89.2 90
84 87.6 87.4 87.7 89.1 88.5 89.4
83 86.8 86.6 87 88.4 87.8 88.8
82 86.1 85.9 86.3 87.8 87.1 88.2
81 85.4 85.2 85.6 87.2 86.4 87.6
80 84.8 84.5 84.9 86.6 85.7 87
79 84.1 83.8 84.3 86 85 86.5
78 83.5 83.2 83.7 85.4 84.4 85.9
77 82.9 82.6 83.1 84.8 83.7 85.4
76 82.3 82 82.5 84.2 83.1 84.8
75 81.8 81.4 82 83.6 82.4 84.2
74 81.2 80.8 81.5 83 81.8 83.7
73 80.7 80.3 81 82.4 81.2 83.1
72 80.2 79.8 80.5 81.9 80.5 82.6
71 79.8 79.3 80.1 81.3 79.9 82.1
70 79.3 78.8 79.7 80.7 79.3 81.5
69 78.9 78.3 79.3 80.2 78.8 81
68 78.5 77.9 78.9 79.6 78.2 80.5
67 78.1 77.5 78.5 79.1 77.6 80
66 77.7 77.1 78.2 78.5 77 79.5
65 77.4 76.7 77.9 78 76.5 79
64 77 76.3 77.6 77.5 75.9 78.5
63 76.7 75.9 77.3 77 75.4 78.1
62 76.4 75.6 77 76.5 74.9 77.6
61 76.1 75.2 76.7 76 74.3 77.2
60 75.8 74.9 76.5 75.6 73.8 76.8
59 75.5 74.6 76.3 75.1 73.4 76.4
58 75.2 74.3 76 74.7 72.9 76
57 75 74 75.8 74.2 72.4 75.6
56 74.7 73.7 75.6 73.8 72 75.2
55 74.5 73.4 75.4 73.4 71.5 74.8
54 74.3 73.1 75.2 73 71.1 74.5
53 74.1 72.9 75.1 72.6 70.7 74.1
52 73.8 72.6 74.9 72.2 70.2 73.8
51 73.6 72.4 74.7 71.8 69.8 73.4
50 73.4 72.2 74.5 71.4 69.4 73.1
49 73.2 71.9 74.4 71.1 69 72.8
48 73.1 71.7 74.2 70.7 68.6 72.5
47 72.9 71.5 74.1 70.3 68.2 72.1
46 72.7 71.3 73.9 70 67.8 71.8
45 72.5 71.1 73.8 69.6 67.4 71.5
44 72.3 70.9 73.6 69.3 67.1 71.2
43 72.2 70.7 73.5 69 66.7 71
42 72 70.5 73.3 68.7 66.4 70.7
41 71.8 70.3 73.2 68.3 66 70.4
40 71.7 70.2 73.1 68 65.7 70.1
39 71.5 70 72.9 67.7 65.3 69.8
38 71.4 69.8 72.8 67.4 65 69.6
37 71.2 69.7 72.6 67.1 64.7 69.3
36 71.1 69.5 72.5 66.9 64.4 69.1
35 70.9 69.3 72.4 66.6 64.1 68.8
34 70.8 69.2 72.2 66.3 63.9 68.6
33 70.6 69 72.1 66.1 63.6 68.4
32 70.5 68.8 72 65.9 63.4 68.2
31 70.3 68.7 71.8 65.6 63.1 67.9
30 70.2 68.5 71.7 65.4 62.9 67.7
29 70 68.4 71.5 65.2 62.7 67.5
28 69.9 68.2 71.4 65 62.5 67.4
27 69.7 68.1 71.3 64.8 62.3 67.2
26 69.6 67.9 71.1 64.6 62.1 67
25 69.4 67.7 71 64.5 61.9 66.8
24 69.3 67.6 70.8 64.3 61.7 66.7
23 69.1 67.4 70.7 64.1 61.5 66.6
22 68.9 67.2 70.6 64 61.4 66.4
21 68.8 67 70.4 63.9 61.3 66.3
20 68.6 66.9 70.3 63.7 61.1 66.2
19 68.5 66.7 70.2 63.6 61 66.1
18 68.4 66.6 70.1 63.5 60.9 66
17 68.2 66.5 69.9 63.4 60.8 65.9
16 68.1 66.3 69.8 63.3 60.7 65.8
15 68 66.2 69.7 63.3 60.6 65.7
14 68 66.2 69.7 63.2 60.6 65.7
13 67.9 66.1 69.6 63.2 60.5 65.6
12 67.8 66 69.5 63.1 60.5 65.6
11 67.7 65.9 69.4 63.1 60.4 65.5
10 67.6 65.8 69.3 63 60.4 65.5
9 67.5 65.7 69.2 63 60.3 65.4
8 67.4 65.6 69.1 62.9 60.3 65.4
7 67.3 65.4 69 62.8 60.2 65.3
6 67.1 65.3 68.8 62.8 60.1 65.2
5 66.9 65 68.6 62.7 60 65.1
4 66.6 64.7 68.3 62.6 59.9 65
3 66.2 64.4 68 62.4 59.8 64.9
2 65.7 63.8 67.5 62.2 59.5 64.6
1 65.1 63.2 66.9 61.8 59.2 64.2
0 61.6 59.4 63.8 58.6 55.8 61.3

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 65.4 in Lesotho, rising to 77.4 and 78 at 65, and to 84.8 and 86.6 at 80 — higher than the 61.6 and 58.6 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
Lesotho
Male

Female
1x
Age Survival probability
Burkina Faso Lesotho
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 0.009% 0.003% 0.01% 0.15% 0.05% 0.23%
99 0.02% 0.007% 0.03% 0.23% 0.09% 0.37%
98 0.03% 0.02% 0.05% 0.35% 0.13% 0.55%
97 0.06% 0.03% 0.09% 0.52% 0.2% 0.81%
96 0.11% 0.06% 0.16% 0.75% 0.31% 1.17%
95 0.2% 0.11% 0.28% 1.06% 0.45% 1.63%
94 0.35% 0.2% 0.48% 1.46% 0.64% 2.22%
93 0.57% 0.34% 0.77% 1.97% 0.89% 2.95%
92 0.91% 0.57% 1.21% 2.59% 1.21% 3.83%
91 1.39% 0.9% 1.83% 3.33% 1.62% 4.86%
90 2.05% 1.38% 2.66% 4.21% 2.12% 6.07%
89 2.92% 2.03% 3.73% 5.22% 2.72% 7.42%
88 4.02% 2.87% 5.06% 6.36% 3.43% 8.92%
87 5.36% 3.93% 6.66% 7.62% 4.26% 10.6%
86 6.97% 5.22% 8.56% 9% 5.2% 12.3%
85 8.84% 6.74% 10.8% 10.5% 6.26% 14.2%
84 11% 8.52% 13.3% 12% 7.42% 16.1%
83 13.4% 10.5% 16% 13.7% 8.69% 18%
82 16.1% 12.8% 19% 15.3% 10% 19.9%
81 18.9% 15.2% 22.3% 17% 11.5% 21.8%
80 21.9% 17.8% 25.6% 18.7% 13% 23.6%
79 25% 20.6% 29% 20.4% 14.6% 25.5%
78 28.1% 23.4% 32.3% 22.2% 16.2% 27.5%
77 31.2% 26.3% 35.7% 24% 17.9% 29.4%
76 34.3% 29.2% 39% 25.8% 19.7% 31.4%
75 37.3% 32.1% 42.2% 27.7% 21.5% 33.3%
74 40.3% 35% 45.3% 29.6% 23.3% 35.3%
73 43.2% 37.8% 48.3% 31.5% 25.2% 37.3%
72 45.9% 40.5% 51.1% 33.5% 27.2% 39.3%
71 48.5% 43% 53.7% 35.4% 29.1% 41.3%
70 50.9% 45.5% 56.1% 37.3% 31.1% 43.3%
69 53.2% 47.8% 58.4% 39.3% 33.1% 45.2%
68 55.4% 50.1% 60.5% 41.2% 35% 47.2%
67 57.4% 52.2% 62.5% 43.2% 37% 49.1%
66 59.3% 54.2% 64.3% 45.1% 39% 51%
65 61.1% 56.1% 65.9% 47% 41% 52.9%
64 62.8% 58% 67.5% 48.9% 43% 54.7%
63 64.4% 59.7% 69% 50.8% 45% 56.4%
62 65.8% 61.3% 70.3% 52.5% 46.9% 58.1%
61 67.2% 62.9% 71.5% 54.2% 48.7% 59.7%
60 68.5% 64.3% 72.6% 55.9% 50.6% 61.2%
59 69.6% 65.7% 73.6% 57.5% 52.3% 62.7%
58 70.7% 67% 74.5% 59.1% 54% 64.1%
57 71.8% 68.2% 75.4% 60.6% 55.7% 65.5%
56 72.7% 69.3% 76.2% 62% 57.3% 66.8%
55 73.6% 70.3% 76.9% 63.5% 58.9% 68%
54 74.5% 71.4% 77.6% 64.9% 60.5% 69.3%
53 75.3% 72.3% 78.3% 66.2% 62% 70.5%
52 76% 73.2% 78.9% 67.6% 63.5% 71.6%
51 76.8% 74.1% 79.5% 68.9% 65% 72.7%
50 77.4% 74.9% 80.1% 70.1% 66.5% 73.8%
49 78.1% 75.6% 80.6% 71.4% 67.9% 74.8%
48 78.7% 76.3% 81.1% 72.5% 69.2% 75.9%
47 79.2% 77% 81.5% 73.7% 70.5% 76.8%
46 79.7% 77.6% 82% 74.8% 71.8% 77.7%
45 80.3% 78.2% 82.4% 75.8% 73% 78.6%
44 80.8% 78.8% 82.8% 76.9% 74.2% 79.5%
43 81.2% 79.4% 83.2% 77.8% 75.3% 80.3%
42 81.7% 79.9% 83.6% 78.8% 76.4% 81.1%
41 82.1% 80.4% 84% 79.7% 77.5% 81.9%
40 82.6% 80.9% 84.3% 80.6% 78.5% 82.7%
39 83% 81.3% 84.7% 81.5% 79.5% 83.4%
38 83.4% 81.8% 85% 82.3% 80.5% 84.1%
37 83.7% 82.2% 85.4% 83.1% 81.4% 84.8%
36 84.1% 82.6% 85.7% 83.9% 82.3% 85.5%
35 84.5% 83% 86% 84.6% 83.1% 86.1%
34 84.8% 83.4% 86.3% 85.3% 83.9% 86.7%
33 85.2% 83.8% 86.6% 85.9% 84.6% 87.2%
32 85.5% 84.1% 86.9% 86.5% 85.3% 87.8%
31 85.8% 84.5% 87.2% 87.1% 85.9% 88.3%
30 86.1% 84.8% 87.5% 87.6% 86.5% 88.7%
29 86.5% 85.2% 87.8% 88.1% 87.1% 89.2%
28 86.8% 85.5% 88.1% 88.6% 87.6% 89.6%
27 87.1% 85.8% 88.4% 89.1% 88.1% 90%
26 87.4% 86.2% 88.7% 89.5% 88.6% 90.4%
25 87.7% 86.5% 88.9% 89.9% 89% 90.8%
24 88% 86.9% 89.2% 90.3% 89.5% 91.1%
23 88.3% 87.2% 89.4% 90.6% 89.8% 91.4%
22 88.6% 87.6% 89.7% 90.9% 90.2% 91.7%
21 88.9% 87.9% 89.9% 91.2% 90.5% 91.9%
20 89.2% 88.2% 90.2% 91.5% 90.8% 92.2%
19 89.4% 88.5% 90.4% 91.7% 91.1% 92.4%
18 89.7% 88.7% 90.6% 91.9% 91.3% 92.6%
17 89.9% 89% 90.8% 92.1% 91.5% 92.7%
16 90.1% 89.2% 91% 92.3% 91.7% 92.9%
15 90.2% 89.3% 91.2% 92.4% 91.8% 93%
14 90.4% 89.5% 91.3% 92.6% 92% 93.1%
13 90.5% 89.6% 91.4% 92.7% 92.1% 93.2%
12 90.7% 89.8% 91.6% 92.7% 92.2% 93.3%
11 90.8% 89.9% 91.7% 92.8% 92.3% 93.4%
10 90.9% 90.1% 91.8% 92.9% 92.4% 93.5%
9 91.1% 90.3% 91.9% 93% 92.5% 93.6%
8 91.3% 90.4% 92.1% 93.1% 92.6% 93.7%
7 91.5% 90.7% 92.3% 93.2% 92.7% 93.8%
6 91.7% 90.9% 92.6% 93.3% 92.8% 93.9%
5 92.1% 91.3% 92.9% 93.5% 92.9% 94%
4 92.5% 91.7% 93.3% 93.7% 93.1% 94.2%
3 93.1% 92.3% 93.8% 93.9% 93.4% 94.4%
2 93.8% 93.1% 94.5% 94.3% 93.8% 94.8%
1 94.7% 94.1% 95.4% 94.9% 94.3% 95.4%

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 55.9% in Lesotho are expected to live past 60, 50.9% and 37.3% past 70, 21.9% and 18.7% past 80, and only 2.05% and 4.21% 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
Lesotho
Male

Female
1x
Age Probability of dying
Burkina Faso Lesotho
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 51.8% 55.2% 51.8% 37.9% 39.3% 37.6%
99 50.1% 53.3% 49.9% 36.3% 37.9% 35.9%
98 48.4% 51.7% 48.1% 34.2% 36% 33.7%
97 46.6% 49.9% 46.2% 32.6% 34.6% 32.1%
96 45% 48.1% 44.4% 31% 33.1% 30.3%
95 43.3% 46.2% 42.5% 29.2% 31.5% 28.5%
94 41.4% 44.2% 40.5% 27.4% 30% 26.5%
93 39.4% 42.1% 38.4% 25.7% 28.4% 24.7%
92 37.2% 39.7% 36.2% 24% 26.7% 23%
91 34.8% 37.2% 33.8% 22.2% 25.1% 21.2%
90 32.3% 34.6% 31.2% 20.9% 23.6% 19.9%
89 29.7% 31.9% 28.7% 19.3% 22.1% 18.2%
88 27.3% 29.3% 26.3% 17.9% 20.7% 16.8%
87 25% 26.9% 24.1% 16.6% 19.4% 15.5%
86 23% 24.6% 22.2% 15.4% 18.1% 14.3%
85 21.2% 22.6% 20.4% 14.1% 16.9% 13%
84 19.6% 20.8% 18.8% 13% 15.7% 11.8%
83 18% 19.2% 17.3% 11.8% 14.6% 10.7%
82 16.5% 17.6% 15.9% 10.8% 13.5% 9.67%
81 15.1% 16.1% 14.4% 9.8% 12.5% 8.62%
80 13.7% 14.7% 13% 9.06% 11.6% 7.92%
79 12.3% 13.4% 11.7% 8.43% 10.8% 7.37%
78 11.1% 12.1% 10.5% 8.01% 10.1% 7.02%
77 9.99% 11% 9.38% 7.54% 9.5% 6.6%
76 9.01% 9.95% 8.43% 7.14% 8.96% 6.28%
75 8.14% 9.01% 7.59% 6.75% 8.45% 5.95%
74 7.35% 8.15% 6.84% 6.41% 7.97% 5.64%
73 6.63% 7.36% 6.14% 6.1% 7.52% 5.34%
72 5.96% 6.65% 5.5% 5.8% 7.11% 5.07%
71 5.35% 5.99% 4.9% 5.48% 6.68% 4.78%
70 4.8% 5.41% 4.36% 5.23% 6.34% 4.56%
69 4.31% 4.89% 3.88% 4.95% 5.96% 4.32%
68 3.88% 4.44% 3.47% 4.71% 5.66% 4.11%
67 3.52% 4.05% 3.11% 4.49% 5.37% 3.92%
66 3.21% 3.72% 2.81% 4.29% 5.12% 3.74%
65 2.93% 3.42% 2.55% 4.12% 4.9% 3.59%
64 2.69% 3.16% 2.32% 3.84% 4.61% 3.32%
63 2.46% 2.91% 2.1% 3.59% 4.33% 3.08%
62 2.24% 2.68% 1.89% 3.37% 4.08% 2.86%
61 2.04% 2.46% 1.7% 3.15% 3.82% 2.67%
60 1.85% 2.25% 1.52% 2.98% 3.62% 2.49%
59 1.68% 2.07% 1.37% 2.79% 3.35% 2.34%
58 1.54% 1.9% 1.24% 2.63% 3.16% 2.2%
57 1.42% 1.75% 1.13% 2.49% 2.99% 2.08%
56 1.32% 1.63% 1.04% 2.37% 2.84% 1.96%
55 1.23% 1.52% 0.97% 2.27% 2.72% 1.86%
54 1.15% 1.42% 0.91% 2.16% 2.59% 1.77%
53 1.08% 1.32% 0.85% 2.07% 2.48% 1.69%
52 1% 1.23% 0.8% 1.98% 2.37% 1.61%
51 0.93% 1.14% 0.74% 1.89% 2.26% 1.54%
50 0.87% 1.06% 0.69% 1.81% 2.18% 1.47%
49 0.81% 0.98% 0.64% 1.71% 2.05% 1.39%
48 0.75% 0.92% 0.59% 1.62% 1.95% 1.32%
47 0.71% 0.86% 0.56% 1.54% 1.85% 1.25%
46 0.67% 0.82% 0.53% 1.46% 1.76% 1.19%
45 0.64% 0.78% 0.51% 1.4% 1.68% 1.14%
44 0.62% 0.74% 0.49% 1.33% 1.59% 1.08%
43 0.59% 0.7% 0.48% 1.27% 1.52% 1.04%
42 0.57% 0.67% 0.47% 1.21% 1.45% 0.99%
41 0.54% 0.63% 0.45% 1.16% 1.38% 0.96%
40 0.51% 0.59% 0.44% 1.11% 1.32% 0.92%
39 0.49% 0.56% 0.43% 1.06% 1.25% 0.88%
38 0.47% 0.53% 0.41% 1.01% 1.18% 0.84%
37 0.45% 0.51% 0.39% 0.96% 1.12% 0.8%
36 0.43% 0.49% 0.38% 0.9% 1.05% 0.76%
35 0.42% 0.48% 0.37% 0.85% 0.99% 0.73%
34 0.41% 0.47% 0.36% 0.8% 0.92% 0.68%
33 0.4% 0.46% 0.35% 0.75% 0.86% 0.64%
32 0.39% 0.44% 0.34% 0.7% 0.8% 0.61%
31 0.38% 0.43% 0.34% 0.66% 0.75% 0.57%
30 0.37% 0.41% 0.34% 0.62% 0.71% 0.54%
29 0.36% 0.4% 0.33% 0.58% 0.66% 0.51%
28 0.36% 0.39% 0.33% 0.55% 0.61% 0.48%
27 0.35% 0.38% 0.32% 0.51% 0.57% 0.45%
26 0.35% 0.39% 0.31% 0.48% 0.53% 0.42%
25 0.35% 0.39% 0.31% 0.44% 0.5% 0.39%
24 0.35% 0.4% 0.3% 0.41% 0.46% 0.36%
23 0.35% 0.4% 0.29% 0.38% 0.43% 0.33%
22 0.34% 0.4% 0.28% 0.35% 0.39% 0.3%
21 0.33% 0.38% 0.27% 0.32% 0.36% 0.28%
20 0.31% 0.35% 0.27% 0.29% 0.33% 0.26%
19 0.29% 0.32% 0.25% 0.26% 0.29% 0.23%
18 0.26% 0.28% 0.24% 0.24% 0.26% 0.21%
17 0.23% 0.25% 0.22% 0.2% 0.22% 0.18%
16 0.21% 0.22% 0.19% 0.17% 0.19% 0.16%
15 0.18% 0.2% 0.17% 0.15% 0.16% 0.14%
14 0.17% 0.18% 0.15% 0.13% 0.13% 0.12%
13 0.15% 0.17% 0.14% 0.11% 0.12% 0.1%
12 0.15% 0.16% 0.13% 0.1% 0.11% 0.09%
11 0.15% 0.16% 0.13% 0.1% 0.1% 0.09%
10 0.16% 0.17% 0.14% 0.1% 0.1% 0.09%
9 0.17% 0.18% 0.16% 0.1% 0.1% 0.09%
8 0.2% 0.21% 0.19% 0.1% 0.11% 0.1%
7 0.24% 0.25% 0.22% 0.11% 0.12% 0.11%
6 0.29% 0.3% 0.28% 0.13% 0.14% 0.12%
5 0.36% 0.38% 0.35% 0.15% 0.16% 0.14%
4 0.46% 0.48% 0.44% 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
3 0.59% 0.63% 0.56% 0.27% 0.28% 0.26%
2 0.77% 0.83% 0.71% 0.39% 0.4% 0.39%
1 1% 1.09% 0.91% 0.61% 0.6% 0.62%
0 5.27% 5.9% 4.62% 5.13% 5.66% 4.6%

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

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

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

The annual chance of dying is 5.27% in the birth year in Burkina Faso and 5.13% in Lesotho, 0.37% vs 0.62% at age 30, 1.85% vs 2.98% at 60, and 13.7% vs 9.06% at 80.

Death rate by age in Burkina Faso vs Lesotho

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
Lesotho
Male

Female
1x
Age Death rate
Burkina Faso Lesotho
Total Male Female Total Male Female
100 0 0 0 13.1 0 29
99 8.73 3.99 12.6 83.5 32.4 131.4
98 16.3 7.99 23.4 119.6 48.1 186.1
97 29.5 15.4 41.9 169.3 70.7 260.5
96 51.6 28.6 72.2 232.6 101.2 353
95 87.6 51.2 120.2 310 140.7 465
94 143.1 87.7 192.8 401 191.2 589
93 224.5 144 297 505 252.5 729
92 337 225.7 438 621 325 881
91 484 337 617 741 406 1,030
90 663 478 830 881 501 1,207
89 869 648 1,070 1,008 601 1,354
88 1,097 842 1,330 1,139 711 1,503
87 1,343 1,056 1,606 1,264 826 1,637
86 1,604 1,285 1,896 1,383 942 1,758
85 1,875 1,527 2,196 1,476 1,055 1,834
84 2,149 1,773 2,495 1,561 1,165 1,898
83 2,413 2,017 2,776 1,618 1,266 1,919
82 2,649 2,247 3,020 1,660 1,359 1,923
81 2,844 2,451 3,207 1,665 1,434 1,876
80 2,988 2,621 3,327 1,691 1,507 1,873
79 3,079 2,751 3,383 1,720 1,570 1,882
78 3,117 2,841 3,385 1,776 1,644 1,926
77 3,117 2,893 3,350 1,808 1,701 1,939
76 3,091 2,910 3,288 1,844 1,761 1,970
75 3,039 2,896 3,204 1,869 1,815 1,985
74 2,963 2,852 3,096 1,898 1,860 1,993
73 2,862 2,782 2,964 1,921 1,898 1,993
72 2,737 2,689 2,808 1,940 1,931 1,994
71 2,595 2,580 2,633 1,939 1,944 1,974
70 2,444 2,461 2,450 1,955 1,972 1,973
69 2,293 2,340 2,269 1,945 1,970 1,953
68 2,150 2,224 2,099 1,944 1,982 1,939
67 2,019 2,115 1,945 1,940 1,990 1,923
66 1,901 2,015 1,809 1,937 1,999 1,908
65 1,792 1,921 1,684 1,937 2,011 1,896
64 1,687 1,830 1,565 1,880 1,982 1,814
63 1,583 1,738 1,448 1,824 1,948 1,737
62 1,477 1,643 1,330 1,770 1,913 1,663
61 1,371 1,546 1,215 1,710 1,860 1,592
60 1,268 1,449 1,105 1,665 1,828 1,526
59 1,173 1,356 1,005 1,601 1,755 1,465
58 1,089 1,272 921 1,554 1,708 1,409
57 1,017 1,196 851 1,511 1,666 1,358
56 956 1,129 795 1,472 1,630 1,312
55 904 1,069 748 1,440 1,606 1,268
54 857 1,012 708 1,402 1,568 1,227
53 811 957 669 1,369 1,537 1,189
52 764 902 630 1,337 1,509 1,155
51 717 847 590 1,298 1,472 1,117
50 671 794 550 1,267 1,446 1,082
49 628 745 512 1,219 1,393 1,042
48 591 701 480 1,177 1,352 1,002
47 560 665 454 1,135 1,308 963
46 535 634 434 1,095 1,266 927
45 514 608 419 1,059 1,227 895
44 497 584 408 1,019 1,182 862
43 480 559 399 986 1,143 834
42 462 533 391 954 1,106 807
41 444 505 382 925 1,068 786
40 425 478 371 897 1,038 759
39 407 452 360 862 992 734
38 390 432 349 829 952 707
37 377 416 337 795 911 680
36 366 405 326 757 863 652
35 357 397 316 722 820 625
34 350 391 308 681 773 589
33 343 384 302 642 725 560
32 336 374 297.6 609 684 534
31 329 362 295.2 573 643 504
30 322 349 293.7 547 611 483
29 316 338 292.3 515 571 459
28 311 331 289.7 484 538 430
27 308 330 285.3 456 505 407
26 307 334 279.1 425 471 379
25 307 341 271.6 397 443 352
24 308 349 264.1 369 412 326
23 306 353 257.4 343 384 301
22 301 349 251.6 316 355 277.6
21 291.5 335 246.4 289.2 324 253.4
20 276.4 311 239.9 266.6 295.8 236.8
19 256.8 282 230.4 240.8 266.9 214.2
18 234.1 251 216.2 216.7 240.1 192.8
17 210 221.7 197.6 187.1 204.5 169.4
16 186.6 196.2 176.6 159.6 170.9 148.2
15 166 175.5 156 138 145.7 130.2
14 149.7 160 138.8 117.3 123.5 111
13 138.7 149.9 126.9 103 108.2 97.6
12 133.4 145.1 121.1 94.1 99.9 88.1
11 134.3 146 122 89.7 95.4 83.8
10 141.7 152.9 130 88.4 92.4 84.3
9 156.6 166.7 146 90.8 94.8 86.7
8 180.5 189.3 171.2 97.1 102.4 91.7
7 215.6 223.3 207.4 107.1 113.2 100.9
6 265 272.6 257.1 119.4 125.3 113.4
5 333 343 323 140.1 145.4 134.7
4 427 442 411 185.5 193.5 177.3
3 553 580 525 254.7 262 247.1
2 723 770 673 371 376 366
1 950 1,030 867 578 563 594
0 5,267 5,896 4,616 5,128 5,657 4,597

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

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/burkina-faso/lesotho | 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 Lesotho. The median age of death is 70.4 in Burkina Faso and 63.4 in Lesotho, 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 Lesotho more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (1960–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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