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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 61.5 years in Burkina Faso vs 54.8 in Nigeria. Burkina Faso is ranked 188/197 by life expectancy, and Nigeria is 197/197. In Burkina Faso, the life expectancy is 59.3 years for males and 63.6 years for females. In Nigeria, it's 54.5 years for males and 55.1 years for females.

Burkina Faso vs Nigeria life expectancy at birth by year chart

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Burkina Faso Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 33 32.1 34.1 35.5 33.6 37.5
1951 33.4 32.4 34.5 35.7 33.8 37.7
1952 33.6 32.6 34.7 35.9 34 37.9
1953 33.9 32.9 35 36 34.1 38.1
1954 34.2 33.2 35.3 36.2 34.3 38.3
1955 34.5 33.5 35.6 36.3 34.3 38.5
1956 34.8 33.7 35.9 36.5 34.5 38.6
1957 35.1 34.1 36.2 36.6 34.6 38.8
1958 35.4 34.3 36.6 36.8 34.8 39
1959 35.7 34.6 36.9 37 35 39.2
1960 36.1 35 37.3 37.2 35.2 39.3
1961 36.4 35.3 37.6 37.4 35.4 39.6
1962 36.8 35.6 38 37.6 35.6 39.7
1963 37.1 36 38.3 37.8 35.8 39.9
1964 37.4 36.2 38.6 38 35.9 40.1
1965 37.8 36.6 39 38.2 36.2 40.4
1966 38.1 36.9 39.4 38.4 36.4 40.5
1967 38.4 37.2 39.7 37.5 35.1 40.1
1968 38.8 37.5 40.1 38.6 36.4 41
1969 39 37.8 40.4 38.9 36.8 41.3
1970 39.5 38.2 40.9 40 38.4 41.7
1971 39.9 38.5 41.3 40.6 39 42.3
1972 40.4 39.1 41.7 41.3 39.5 43.1
1973 40.9 39.6 42.3 41.8 40 43.7
1974 41.7 40.4 43 42.5 40.6 44.5
1975 42.5 41.2 43.8 43.1 41 45.2
1976 43.3 42.1 44.6 44.2 42.7 45.7
1977 44.2 42.9 45.4 44.8 43.4 46.3
1978 45 43.7 46.3 45.3 43.8 46.9
1979 45.7 44.4 47 45.7 44.2 47.3
1980 46.5 45.2 47.7 46 44.3 47.6
1981 46.9 45.6 48.1 46.3 44.6 48
1982 47.6 46.4 48.8 46.4 44.7 48.2
1983 48.1 46.9 49.2 46.4 44.8 48.1
1984 48.5 47.3 49.6 46.3 44.7 48
1985 48.7 47.6 49.8 46.2 44.6 47.9
1986 49 47.9 50 46 44.5 47.5
1987 49.1 48 50.1 45.9 44.5 47.4
1988 49.2 48.2 50.1 45.8 44.4 47.3
1989 49.3 48.3 50.2 45.8 44.4 47.3
1990 49.3 48.3 50.2 45.7 44.4 47.1
1991 49.3 48.3 50.3 45.5 44.1 47
1992 49.4 48.3 50.4 45.6 44.2 47
1993 49.4 48.3 50.5 45.8 44.2 47.4
1994 49.5 48.3 50.6 45.7 44.2 47.3
1995 49.6 48.3 50.7 45.9 44.4 47.4
1996 49.7 48.4 50.9 45.8 44.4 47.3
1997 49.6 48.2 50.8 46 44.7 47.2
1998 50.2 48.8 51.5 46.1 45.1 47.2
1999 50.5 49 51.8 46.6 45.7 47.5
2000 50.8 49.3 52.2 47.1 46.3 48
2001 51.2 49.7 52.6 47.5 46.9 48.2
2002 51.4 50 52.9 48 47.5 48.5
2003 52 50.5 53.4 48.6 48.2 49.1
2004 52.6 51.1 54 49.1 48.8 49.5
2005 53.3 51.8 54.7 49.5 49 50.1
2006 53.8 52.3 55.2 49.9 49.3 50.4
2007 54.4 52.9 55.8 50.4 49.8 50.9
2008 55.2 53.7 56.6 50.7 50.3 51.2
2009 55.8 54.2 57.2 51.1 50.6 51.6
2010 56.3 54.8 57.8 51.3 50.9 51.8
2011 57 55.4 58.5 51.5 51.1 51.9
2012 57.5 55.9 59 51.7 51.3 52
2013 57.9 56.3 59.4 51.8 51.5 52.2
2014 58.3 56.7 59.9 51.9 51.6 52.3
2015 58.8 57.1 60.4 51.9 51.6 52.2
2016 59.2 57.5 60.8 52.2 51.9 52.4
2017 59.6 57.9 61.2 52.4 52.1 52.6
2018 60 58.2 61.6 52.7 52.4 52.9
2019 60.2 58.3 61.9 53 52.8 53.2
2020 60.5 58.5 62.3 53.1 52.7 53.4
2021 60 58.2 61.8 53.5 53.2 53.7
2022 60.7 58.8 62.6 54.1 53.8 54.4
2023 61.1 58.9 63.2 54.5 54.2 54.7
2024 61.3 59.1 63.4 54.6 54.3 54.9
2025 61.5 59.3 63.6 54.8 54.5 55.1

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 54.9 in Nigeria. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 12.4 healthy years in Burkina Faso and 14 in Nigeria.

Burkina Faso vs Nigeria 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 Nigeria, 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 37.1 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.1 vs 67.1 years

Median expected age of death:
73.0 vs 70.0 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Burkina Faso Nigeria
Male Female Male Female
40 95.3% 96.3% 92.9% 92.5%
50 88.1% 91.4% 83.8% 83.8%
60 75.7% 82.8% 70.3% 71.7%
65 66.0% 75.2% 60.9% 62.8%
70 53.4% 63.9% 49.1% 51.2%
75 37.7% 48.0% 35.0% 37.0%
80 20.9% 29.0% 20.7% 22.3%
85 7.9% 12.2% 9.1% 10.2%
90 1.6% 3.0% 2.5% 3.1%
95 0.1% 0.3% 0.3% 0.5%
100 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

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 Nigeria: 70.1 years vs 67.1 at 30, 77.3 vs 77.2 at 65, 84.7 vs 85.2 at 80 — significantly higher than the 61.5 vs 54.8 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 Nigeria.

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Burkina Faso Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 61.5 59.3 63.6 54.8 54.5 55.1
1 64.9 63 66.7 58.7 58.7 58.8
2 65.6 63.7 67.4 59.3 59.4 59.2
3 66.1 64.2 67.8 59.8 59.9 59.7
4 66.5 64.6 68.2 60.4 60.4 60.3
5 66.8 64.9 68.5 60.9 60.9 60.8
6 67 65.1 68.7 61.3 61.3 61.3
7 67.2 65.3 68.9 61.8 61.7 61.8
8 67.3 65.5 69 62.1 62 62.2
9 67.4 65.6 69.1 62.4 62.3 62.6
10 67.5 65.7 69.2 62.7 62.5 62.9
11 67.6 65.8 69.3 62.9 62.7 63.2
12 67.7 65.9 69.4 63.1 62.9 63.4
13 67.8 66 69.5 63.3 63 63.6
14 67.9 66.1 69.6 63.5 63.2 63.7
15 67.9 66.2 69.6 63.6 63.3 63.9
16 68 66.3 69.7 63.8 63.5 64.1
17 68.2 66.4 69.8 64 63.7 64.3
18 68.3 66.5 70 64.2 63.9 64.5
19 68.4 66.6 70.1 64.4 64.1 64.8
20 68.5 66.8 70.2 64.7 64.3 65
21 68.7 66.9 70.3 64.9 64.6 65.2
22 68.9 67.1 70.5 65.1 64.8 65.5
23 69 67.3 70.6 65.4 65.1 65.7
24 69.2 67.5 70.8 65.6 65.4 65.9
25 69.3 67.7 70.9 65.9 65.6 66.2
26 69.5 67.8 71 66.1 65.9 66.4
27 69.6 68 71.2 66.4 66.1 66.6
28 69.8 68.1 71.3 66.6 66.4 66.9
29 69.9 68.3 71.5 66.9 66.6 67.1
30 70.1 68.5 71.6 67.1 66.9 67.4
31 70.2 68.6 71.7 67.4 67.1 67.7
32 70.4 68.8 71.9 67.6 67.4 67.9
33 70.6 68.9 72 67.9 67.6 68.2
34 70.7 69.1 72.2 68.1 67.8 68.4
35 70.9 69.3 72.3 68.4 68.1 68.7
36 71 69.4 72.4 68.6 68.3 69
37 71.2 69.6 72.6 68.9 68.6 69.2
38 71.3 69.8 72.7 69.1 68.8 69.5
39 71.5 69.9 72.9 69.4 69 69.7
40 71.6 70.1 73 69.7 69.3 70
41 71.8 70.3 73.1 69.9 69.5 70.3
42 72 70.5 73.3 70.2 69.8 70.6
43 72.1 70.7 73.4 70.4 70 70.8
44 72.3 70.8 73.6 70.7 70.3 71.1
45 72.5 71 73.7 71 70.6 71.3
46 72.6 71.2 73.9 71.2 70.8 71.6
47 72.8 71.5 74 71.5 71.1 71.8
48 73 71.7 74.2 71.7 71.4 72.1
49 73.2 71.9 74.3 72 71.6 72.4
50 73.4 72.1 74.5 72.3 71.9 72.6
51 73.6 72.3 74.7 72.5 72.2 72.9
52 73.8 72.6 74.8 72.8 72.5 73.1
53 74 72.8 75 73.1 72.8 73.4
54 74.2 73.1 75.2 73.4 73.1 73.7
55 74.5 73.4 75.4 73.7 73.4 74
56 74.7 73.6 75.6 74 73.7 74.3
57 75 73.9 75.8 74.3 74.1 74.6
58 75.2 74.2 76 74.6 74.4 74.9
59 75.5 74.5 76.2 75 74.7 75.2
60 75.7 74.8 76.5 75.3 75.1 75.5
61 76 75.2 76.7 75.6 75.4 75.8
62 76.3 75.5 77 76 75.8 76.2
63 76.7 75.9 77.2 76.4 76.2 76.6
64 77 76.3 77.5 76.8 76.6 76.9
65 77.3 76.6 77.9 77.2 77 77.3
66 77.7 77 78.2 77.6 77.4 77.7
67 78.1 77.5 78.5 78 77.9 78.2
68 78.5 77.9 78.9 78.5 78.3 78.6
69 78.9 78.3 79.3 78.9 78.8 79.1
70 79.3 78.8 79.6 79.4 79.3 79.5
71 79.7 79.2 80.1 79.9 79.8 80
72 80.2 79.7 80.5 80.5 80.3 80.6
73 80.7 80.3 81 81 80.9 81.1
74 81.2 80.8 81.5 81.5 81.4 81.7
75 81.7 81.4 82 82.1 82 82.2
76 82.3 81.9 82.5 82.7 82.6 82.8
77 82.9 82.6 83.1 83.3 83.2 83.4
78 83.5 83.2 83.7 83.9 83.8 84
79 84.1 83.8 84.3 84.6 84.5 84.7
80 84.7 84.5 84.9 85.2 85.1 85.3
81 85.4 85.2 85.6 85.9 85.8 86
82 86.1 85.9 86.2 86.6 86.5 86.7
83 86.8 86.6 87 87.3 87.2 87.5
84 87.6 87.4 87.7 88.1 87.9 88.2
85 88.3 88.1 88.4 88.8 88.7 88.9
86 89.1 88.9 89.2 89.6 89.4 89.7
87 89.9 89.7 89.9 90.3 90.2 90.5
88 90.6 90.5 90.7 91.1 91 91.2
89 91.4 91.3 91.5 91.9 91.8 92
90 92.3 92.1 92.3 92.7 92.6 92.9
91 93.1 93 93.2 93.6 93.4 93.7
92 94 93.9 94 94.4 94.3 94.5
93 94.9 94.7 94.9 95.3 95.1 95.4
94 95.8 95.7 95.8 96.2 96 96.3
95 96.7 96.6 96.7 97.1 96.9 97.2
96 97.6 97.5 97.7 98 97.8 98.1
97 98.6 98.4 98.6 98.9 98.8 99
98 99.5 99.4 99.5 99.8 99.7 99.9
99 100.4 100.3 100.4 100.7 100.6 100.8
100 101.4 101.3 101.4 101.6 101.6 101.7

Odds of living to age in Burkina Faso vs Nigeria

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 68.2% in Burkina Faso and 55.7% in Nigeria are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 50.7% and 39.3% will live to 70 years or older, 21.7% and 16.9% to 80+ years, and 2.02% and 2.22% 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
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Burkina Faso Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 94.7% 94% 95.3% 93.2% 92.7% 93.8%
2 93.7% 93% 94.4% 92.3% 91.7% 93%
3 93% 92.2% 93.7% 91.5% 90.8% 92.2%
4 92.4% 91.6% 93.2% 90.6% 89.9% 91.3%
5 92% 91.2% 92.8% 89.8% 89.2% 90.5%
6 91.6% 90.8% 92.5% 89.1% 88.5% 89.6%
7 91.4% 90.6% 92.2% 88.4% 87.9% 88.8%
8 91.1% 90.3% 92% 87.8% 87.4% 88.1%
9 91% 90.1% 91.8% 87.3% 87% 87.5%
10 90.8% 90% 91.7% 86.8% 86.6% 87%
11 90.7% 89.8% 91.5% 86.5% 86.3% 86.6%
12 90.5% 89.7% 91.4% 86.2% 86% 86.3%
13 90.4% 89.5% 91.3% 85.9% 85.8% 86%
14 90.3% 89.4% 91.2% 85.6% 85.5% 85.6%
15 90.1% 89.2% 91% 85.3% 85.2% 85.3%
16 89.9% 89% 90.9% 85% 84.9% 85%
17 89.7% 88.8% 90.7% 84.6% 84.6% 84.6%
18 89.5% 88.6% 90.5% 84.2% 84.2% 84.2%
19 89.3% 88.4% 90.3% 83.8% 83.9% 83.8%
20 89% 88.1% 90% 83.4% 83.4% 83.4%
21 88.8% 87.8% 89.8% 83% 83% 83%
22 88.5% 87.4% 89.5% 82.5% 82.5% 82.5%
23 88.2% 87.1% 89.3% 82% 81.9% 82.1%
24 87.8% 86.7% 89% 81.5% 81.4% 81.6%
25 87.5% 86.4% 88.8% 81% 80.9% 81.2%
26 87.2% 86% 88.5% 80.5% 80.4% 80.7%
27 86.9% 85.7% 88.2% 80% 79.9% 80.2%
28 86.6% 85.3% 87.9% 79.5% 79.3% 79.7%
29 86.3% 85% 87.6% 79% 78.8% 79.2%
30 86% 84.7% 87.3% 78.5% 78.3% 78.6%
31 85.6% 84.3% 87% 77.9% 77.8% 78.1%
32 85.3% 83.9% 86.7% 77.4% 77.3% 77.5%
33 85% 83.6% 86.4% 76.9% 76.7% 77%
34 84.6% 83.2% 86.1% 76.3% 76.2% 76.4%
35 84.3% 82.8% 85.8% 75.7% 75.7% 75.8%
36 83.9% 82.4% 85.5% 75.2% 75.1% 75.2%
37 83.5% 82% 85.2% 74.6% 74.6% 74.6%
38 83.2% 81.6% 84.8% 74% 74% 74%
39 82.8% 81.1% 84.5% 73.4% 73.4% 73.4%
40 82.4% 80.7% 84.1% 72.8% 72.8% 72.7%
41 81.9% 80.2% 83.7% 72.1% 72.2% 72.1%
42 81.5% 79.7% 83.3% 71.5% 71.5% 71.4%
43 81% 79.1% 83% 70.8% 70.9% 70.7%
44 80.5% 78.6% 82.5% 70.1% 70.2% 70.1%
45 80% 78% 82.1% 69.4% 69.5% 69.4%
46 79.5% 77.4% 81.7% 68.7% 68.8% 68.7%
47 79% 76.7% 81.3% 68% 68% 68%
48 78.4% 76.1% 80.8% 67.3% 67.3% 67.3%
49 77.8% 75.4% 80.3% 66.5% 66.5% 66.6%
50 77.2% 74.6% 79.8% 65.8% 65.6% 65.9%
51 76.5% 73.8% 79.3% 64.9% 64.8% 65.1%
52 75.8% 73% 78.7% 64.1% 63.8% 64.3%
53 75% 72.1% 78% 63.2% 62.9% 63.5%
54 74.2% 71.1% 77.4% 62.2% 61.9% 62.6%
55 73.4% 70.1% 76.7% 61.3% 60.8% 61.7%
56 72.4% 69% 75.9% 60.2% 59.8% 60.7%
57 71.5% 67.9% 75.1% 59.2% 58.7% 59.7%
58 70.5% 66.7% 74.3% 58.1% 57.5% 58.7%
59 69.4% 65.4% 73.3% 57% 56.3% 57.6%
60 68.2% 64.1% 72.3% 55.7% 55.1% 56.4%
61 66.9% 62.6% 71.2% 54.5% 53.8% 55.2%
62 65.6% 61.1% 70% 53.1% 52.4% 53.9%
63 64.1% 59.4% 68.7% 51.7% 50.9% 52.5%
64 62.5% 57.7% 67.2% 50.1% 49.3% 51%
65 60.8% 55.8% 65.6% 48.5% 47.7% 49.4%
66 59% 53.9% 64% 46.9% 46% 47.8%
67 57.1% 51.9% 62.1% 45.1% 44.2% 46%
68 55.1% 49.8% 60.2% 43.3% 42.4% 44.2%
69 52.9% 47.6% 58.1% 41.3% 40.4% 42.3%
70 50.7% 45.2% 55.8% 39.3% 38.4% 40.2%
71 48.2% 42.8% 53.4% 37.2% 36.3% 38.1%
72 45.6% 40.2% 50.8% 35.1% 34.2% 35.9%
73 42.9% 37.5% 47.9% 32.8% 32% 33.7%
74 40% 34.7% 45% 30.6% 29.7% 31.4%
75 37.1% 31.9% 41.9% 28.3% 27.4% 29.1%
76 34% 29% 38.7% 26% 25.2% 26.7%
77 31% 26.1% 35.4% 23.7% 22.9% 24.4%
78 27.9% 23.2% 32.1% 21.4% 20.6% 22.1%
79 24.7% 20.4% 28.7% 19.1% 18.4% 19.8%
80 21.7% 17.7% 25.3% 16.9% 16.2% 17.6%
81 18.7% 15.1% 22% 14.8% 14.2% 15.4%
82 15.9% 12.6% 18.8% 12.8% 12.2% 13.3%
83 13.3% 10.4% 15.8% 10.9% 10.3% 11.4%
84 10.9% 8.41% 13.1% 9.13% 8.64% 9.6%
85 8.73% 6.65% 10.6% 7.55% 7.11% 7.98%
86 6.87% 5.14% 8.44% 6.15% 5.75% 6.55%
87 5.28% 3.87% 6.56% 4.93% 4.56% 5.28%
88 3.96% 2.83% 4.98% 3.87% 3.54% 4.18%
89 2.87% 2% 3.66% 2.96% 2.67% 3.24%
90 2.02% 1.36% 2.61% 2.22% 1.97% 2.46%
91 1.36% 0.89% 1.79% 1.61% 1.4% 1.82%
92 0.89% 0.56% 1.18% 1.14% 0.97% 1.31%
93 0.56% 0.33% 0.75% 0.79% 0.65% 0.92%
94 0.34% 0.19% 0.46% 0.53% 0.42% 0.63%
95 0.2% 0.11% 0.28% 0.35% 0.27% 0.42%
96 0.11% 0.06% 0.16% 0.22% 0.16% 0.27%
97 0.06% 0.03% 0.09% 0.14% 0.1% 0.17%
98 0.03% 0.01% 0.05% 0.08% 0.06% 0.11%
99 0.02% 0.007% 0.02% 0.05% 0.03% 0.06%
100 0.008% 0.003% 0.01% 0.03% 0.02% 0.04%

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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 6.77% in Nigeria, 0.38% vs 0.68% at age 30, 1.86% vs 2.3% at 60, and 13.7% vs 12.6% at 80.

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

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Burkina Faso Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 5.34% 5.97% 4.69% 6.77% 7.31% 6.22%
1 1.02% 1.11% 0.92% 0.96% 1.08% 0.84%
2 0.78% 0.84% 0.72% 0.94% 1% 0.88%
3 0.6% 0.64% 0.57% 0.92% 0.91% 0.92%
4 0.47% 0.49% 0.45% 0.89% 0.83% 0.94%
5 0.37% 0.38% 0.35% 0.84% 0.74% 0.93%
6 0.29% 0.3% 0.28% 0.77% 0.66% 0.88%
7 0.24% 0.25% 0.23% 0.68% 0.57% 0.79%
8 0.2% 0.21% 0.19% 0.58% 0.49% 0.68%
9 0.17% 0.19% 0.16% 0.49% 0.42% 0.56%
10 0.16% 0.17% 0.14% 0.42% 0.37% 0.47%
11 0.15% 0.16% 0.14% 0.37% 0.34% 0.41%
12 0.15% 0.16% 0.13% 0.34% 0.32% 0.37%
13 0.16% 0.17% 0.14% 0.33% 0.31% 0.36%
14 0.17% 0.18% 0.15% 0.34% 0.32% 0.37%
15 0.19% 0.2% 0.17% 0.37% 0.34% 0.39%
16 0.21% 0.22% 0.2% 0.4% 0.38% 0.43%
17 0.24% 0.25% 0.22% 0.44% 0.42% 0.46%
18 0.26% 0.29% 0.24% 0.48% 0.47% 0.49%
19 0.29% 0.32% 0.26% 0.52% 0.52% 0.51%
20 0.31% 0.36% 0.27% 0.54% 0.56% 0.53%
21 0.33% 0.39% 0.28% 0.57% 0.6% 0.53%
22 0.34% 0.4% 0.28% 0.58% 0.62% 0.54%
23 0.35% 0.41% 0.29% 0.59% 0.64% 0.55%
24 0.35% 0.41% 0.3% 0.6% 0.64% 0.56%
25 0.35% 0.4% 0.31% 0.61% 0.64% 0.58%
26 0.36% 0.39% 0.32% 0.62% 0.64% 0.61%
27 0.36% 0.39% 0.33% 0.64% 0.64% 0.63%
28 0.36% 0.39% 0.33% 0.65% 0.64% 0.65%
29 0.37% 0.4% 0.34% 0.66% 0.65% 0.67%
30 0.38% 0.42% 0.34% 0.68% 0.66% 0.69%
31 0.39% 0.43% 0.34% 0.69% 0.67% 0.71%
32 0.4% 0.45% 0.35% 0.71% 0.69% 0.72%
33 0.41% 0.46% 0.35% 0.72% 0.7% 0.74%
34 0.42% 0.47% 0.36% 0.74% 0.71% 0.76%
35 0.43% 0.48% 0.37% 0.75% 0.73% 0.78%
36 0.44% 0.5% 0.39% 0.77% 0.74% 0.8%
37 0.45% 0.51% 0.4% 0.8% 0.77% 0.83%
38 0.47% 0.53% 0.42% 0.82% 0.79% 0.85%
39 0.5% 0.56% 0.43% 0.85% 0.82% 0.88%
40 0.52% 0.6% 0.45% 0.88% 0.86% 0.9%
41 0.55% 0.63% 0.46% 0.91% 0.9% 0.92%
42 0.57% 0.67% 0.47% 0.94% 0.93% 0.94%
43 0.6% 0.71% 0.49% 0.96% 0.97% 0.95%
44 0.62% 0.75% 0.5% 0.98% 1% 0.97%
45 0.65% 0.78% 0.51% 1.01% 1.03% 0.98%
46 0.68% 0.82% 0.53% 1.03% 1.07% 1%
47 0.71% 0.87% 0.56% 1.07% 1.12% 1.02%
48 0.76% 0.93% 0.6% 1.12% 1.18% 1.06%
49 0.81% 0.99% 0.64% 1.18% 1.25% 1.11%
50 0.87% 1.07% 0.69% 1.25% 1.33% 1.17%
51 0.94% 1.15% 0.75% 1.33% 1.42% 1.24%
52 1.01% 1.24% 0.8% 1.41% 1.5% 1.31%
53 1.08% 1.33% 0.86% 1.48% 1.59% 1.38%
54 1.16% 1.43% 0.92% 1.56% 1.67% 1.46%
55 1.24% 1.53% 0.98% 1.65% 1.75% 1.55%
56 1.32% 1.64% 1.05% 1.74% 1.84% 1.64%
57 1.43% 1.77% 1.14% 1.85% 1.95% 1.75%
58 1.55% 1.91% 1.24% 1.98% 2.08% 1.88%
59 1.69% 2.08% 1.38% 2.13% 2.23% 2.02%
60 1.86% 2.27% 1.53% 2.3% 2.41% 2.19%
61 2.05% 2.47% 1.71% 2.5% 2.61% 2.39%
62 2.26% 2.69% 1.91% 2.71% 2.83% 2.6%
63 2.47% 2.93% 2.11% 2.94% 3.07% 2.83%
64 2.7% 3.17% 2.33% 3.19% 3.31% 3.08%
65 2.95% 3.44% 2.57% 3.46% 3.57% 3.35%
66 3.22% 3.74% 2.83% 3.75% 3.86% 3.65%
67 3.54% 4.07% 3.13% 4.08% 4.18% 3.98%
68 3.9% 4.46% 3.49% 4.45% 4.54% 4.36%
69 4.33% 4.91% 3.9% 4.86% 4.95% 4.78%
70 4.82% 5.43% 4.39% 5.32% 5.41% 5.24%
71 5.38% 6.02% 4.93% 5.82% 5.92% 5.73%
72 5.99% 6.67% 5.53% 6.36% 6.47% 6.25%
73 6.66% 7.39% 6.17% 6.92% 7.05% 6.81%
74 7.38% 8.18% 6.87% 7.53% 7.68% 7.39%
75 8.18% 9.05% 7.63% 8.17% 8.35% 8.02%
76 9.05% 9.99% 8.47% 8.89% 9.08% 8.71%
77 10% 11% 9.43% 9.68% 9.88% 9.49%
78 11.2% 12.2% 10.5% 10.6% 10.8% 10.4%
79 12.4% 13.4% 11.7% 11.5% 11.7% 11.3%
80 13.7% 14.7% 13.1% 12.6% 12.8% 12.4%
81 15.1% 16.1% 14.5% 13.7% 13.9% 13.5%
82 16.6% 17.6% 15.9% 14.8% 15.1% 14.6%
83 18.1% 19.2% 17.4% 16% 16.4% 15.7%
84 19.6% 20.9% 18.9% 17.2% 17.7% 16.8%
85 21.3% 22.7% 20.5% 18.5% 19.1% 18%
86 23.1% 24.7% 22.2% 20% 20.7% 19.3%
87 25.1% 26.9% 24.2% 21.5% 22.5% 20.8%
88 27.4% 29.4% 26.4% 23.3% 24.4% 22.4%
89 29.8% 32% 28.8% 25.2% 26.5% 24.2%
90 32.4% 34.7% 31.3% 27.2% 28.6% 26.1%
91 34.9% 37.3% 33.9% 29.2% 30.8% 28%
92 37.3% 39.8% 36.3% 31.1% 33% 29.8%
93 39.5% 42.2% 38.6% 32.9% 35% 31.6%
94 41.5% 44.3% 40.6% 34.7% 36.9% 33.3%
95 43.2% 46.3% 42.6% 36.3% 38.8% 34.9%
96 44.9% 48.2% 44.5% 38% 40.6% 36.5%
97 46.7% 50% 46.3% 39.6% 42.4% 38.2%
98 48.4% 51.8% 48.2% 41.3% 44.2% 40%
99 50.3% 53.4% 50% 43% 46.1% 41.7%
100 52% 55.3% 51.9% 44.7% 47.9% 43.4%

Death rate by age in Burkina Faso compared to Nigeria

In Burkina Faso, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in Nigeria. The median age of death is 70.3 in Burkina Faso and 64.1 in Nigeria — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Burkina Faso Nigeria
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 5,341 5,970 4,690 6,773 7,315 6,219
1 963 1,043 880 899 1,005 788
2 733 779 684 868 913 822
3 560 586 533 839 828 851
4 432 447 417 803 746 862
5 338 347 328 753 664 845
6 268.4 275.4 261.1 684 582 790
7 218.3 225.6 210.6 600 503 701
8 182.8 191.3 173.8 512 431 596
9 158.6 168.5 148.1 430 369 493
10 143.4 154.5 131.8 365 322 410
11 136 147.6 123.7 321 289.3 353
12 135.1 146.7 122.8 295 271.2 320
13 140.4 151.5 128.7 287.3 266.9 309
14 151.5 161.7 140.8 294.5 274.8 315
15 168 177.3 158.2 314 293.8 335
16 188.9 198.2 179.2 342 322 363
17 212.5 224 200.5 374 356 392
18 236.9 253.6 219.5 405 395 416
19 259.9 284.9 233.8 432 434 431
20 279.7 314 243.4 454 469 438
21 294.9 338 249.9 469 496 441
22 305 352 255.2 480 514 444
23 310 356 260.9 487 523 450
24 311 352 267.7 493 524 460
25 311 344 275.3 498 521 474
26 310 337 282.8 503 516 490
27 311 333 289 509 512 506
28 314 334 293.4 516 511 521
29 319 341 295.9 524 514 534
30 325 352 297.3 531 519 544
31 332 365 298.7 539 525 553
32 340 377 301 546 531 561
33 347 387 305 553 537 570
34 353 394 311 561 543 580
35 360 401 319 570 550 591
36 369 408 329 581 559 603
37 380 419 340 594 571 617
38 394 435 352 608 587 631
39 410 456 364 625 605 644
40 428 481 375 641 626 656
41 447 509 385 656 647 666
42 466 536 394 669 667 672
43 483 563 402 679 684 675
44 500 587 411 688 700 676
45 518 612 422 698 717 679
46 538 638 437 711 737 685
47 563 668 457 730 762 696
48 594 705 483 755 794 715
49 631 748 516 786 832 740
50 674 797 553 823 875 770
51 720 851 593 862 918 805
52 767 906 633 901 960 841
53 813 961 672 938 998 878
54 859 1,016 711 973 1,031 915
55 907 1,072 751 1,009 1,064 954
56 959 1,132 798 1,048 1,100 996
57 1,020 1,199 854 1,094 1,142 1,045
58 1,092 1,275 924 1,148 1,195 1,101
59 1,176 1,359 1,009 1,211 1,257 1,166
60 1,271 1,452 1,108 1,283 1,329 1,238
61 1,374 1,548 1,218 1,360 1,405 1,316
62 1,479 1,645 1,334 1,440 1,483 1,398
63 1,585 1,739 1,451 1,520 1,560 1,482
64 1,689 1,831 1,568 1,599 1,632 1,568
65 1,793 1,921 1,686 1,678 1,703 1,654
66 1,902 2,015 1,811 1,757 1,773 1,742
67 2,019 2,114 1,947 1,839 1,846 1,834
68 2,149 2,222 2,100 1,924 1,923 1,927
69 2,291 2,337 2,269 2,010 2,002 2,019
70 2,441 2,457 2,449 2,093 2,080 2,107
71 2,592 2,575 2,632 2,168 2,152 2,185
72 2,732 2,683 2,805 2,229 2,212 2,248
73 2,856 2,774 2,960 2,274 2,256 2,293
74 2,956 2,843 3,091 2,301 2,283 2,321
75 3,031 2,886 3,197 2,311 2,292 2,332
76 3,082 2,899 3,279 2,307 2,284 2,331
77 3,111 2,880 3,339 2,289 2,261 2,317
78 3,109 2,826 3,373 2,256 2,220 2,290
79 3,064 2,735 3,368 2,203 2,161 2,243
80 2,971 2,604 3,310 2,126 2,078 2,172
81 2,826 2,433 3,188 2,022 1,972 2,071
82 2,630 2,229 3,000 1,892 1,842 1,940
83 2,393 2,000 2,755 1,739 1,693 1,785
84 2,130 1,757 2,474 1,573 1,530 1,614
85 1,857 1,511 2,175 1,400 1,361 1,439
86 1,587 1,271 1,876 1,228 1,191 1,265
87 1,328 1,043 1,588 1,061 1,024 1,098
88 1,083 831 1,313 900 863 938
89 857 639 1,055 747 708 785
90 652 471 817 603 563 642
91 476 331 606 471 433 509
92 331 221.4 430 356 320 391
93 219.9 141 290.9 259.5 227.7 290.2
94 139.8 85.8 188.4 183.1 156.2 209
95 85.4 49.9 117.2 125.3 103.5 146.2
96 50.3 27.9 70.3 83.4 66.3 99.7
97 28.8 15 40.6 54 41.2 66.2
98 15.9 7.74 22.7 34 24.7 42.8
99 8.54 3.86 12.2 20.8 14.4 26.8
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 Nigeria 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.

Life expectancy in other countries

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