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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 61.6 years in Burkina Faso vs 55 in Nigeria. Burkina Faso is ranked 188/197 by life expectancy, and Nigeria is 197/197. In Burkina Faso, the life expectancy is 59.4 years for males and 63.8 years for females. In Nigeria, it's 54.6 years for males and 55.3 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
2026 61.6 59.4 63.8 55 54.6 55.3

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 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
40.2 vs 37.2 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.2 vs 67.2 years

Median expected age of death:
73.0 vs 70.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Burkina Faso Nigeria
Male Female Male Female
40 95.3% 96.4% 93.0% 92.6%
50 88.2% 91.5% 83.9% 83.9%
60 75.8% 83.0% 70.5% 71.9%
65 66.2% 75.4% 61.0% 63.0%
70 53.6% 64.2% 49.2% 51.4%
75 37.9% 48.2% 35.2% 37.2%
80 21.0% 29.2% 20.8% 22.5%
85 7.9% 12.3% 9.2% 10.2%
90 1.6% 3.0% 2.5% 3.2%
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: 70.2 years vs 67.2 at 30, 77.4 vs 77.2 at 65, 84.8 vs 85.2 at 80 — significantly higher than the 61.6 vs 55 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 61.6 59.4 63.8 55 54.6 55.3
1 65.1 63.2 66.9 58.9 58.8 58.9
2 65.7 63.8 67.5 59.4 59.5 59.4
3 66.2 64.4 68 60 60 59.9
4 66.6 64.7 68.3 60.5 60.5 60.4
5 66.9 65 68.6 61 61 60.9
6 67.1 65.3 68.8 61.4 61.4 61.4
7 67.3 65.4 69 61.9 61.8 61.9
8 67.4 65.6 69.1 62.2 62.1 62.4
9 67.5 65.7 69.2 62.5 62.4 62.7
10 67.6 65.8 69.3 62.8 62.6 63
11 67.7 65.9 69.4 63 62.8 63.3
12 67.8 66 69.5 63.2 62.9 63.5
13 67.9 66.1 69.6 63.4 63.1 63.7
14 68 66.2 69.7 63.5 63.3 63.8
15 68 66.2 69.7 63.7 63.4 64
16 68.1 66.3 69.8 63.9 63.6 64.2
17 68.2 66.5 69.9 64.1 63.8 64.4
18 68.4 66.6 70.1 64.3 63.9 64.6
19 68.5 66.7 70.2 64.5 64.2 64.9
20 68.6 66.9 70.3 64.7 64.4 65.1
21 68.8 67 70.4 65 64.6 65.3
22 68.9 67.2 70.6 65.2 64.9 65.5
23 69.1 67.4 70.7 65.5 65.2 65.8
24 69.3 67.6 70.8 65.7 65.4 66
25 69.4 67.7 71 66 65.7 66.2
26 69.6 67.9 71.1 66.2 65.9 66.5
27 69.7 68.1 71.3 66.5 66.2 66.7
28 69.9 68.2 71.4 66.7 66.4 67
29 70 68.4 71.5 67 66.7 67.2
30 70.2 68.5 71.7 67.2 66.9 67.5
31 70.3 68.7 71.8 67.5 67.2 67.7
32 70.5 68.8 72 67.7 67.4 68
33 70.6 69 72.1 68 67.7 68.2
34 70.8 69.2 72.2 68.2 67.9 68.5
35 70.9 69.3 72.4 68.4 68.1 68.8
36 71.1 69.5 72.5 68.7 68.4 69
37 71.2 69.7 72.6 68.9 68.6 69.3
38 71.4 69.8 72.8 69.2 68.8 69.5
39 71.5 70 72.9 69.4 69.1 69.8
40 71.7 70.2 73.1 69.7 69.3 70.1
41 71.8 70.3 73.2 70 69.6 70.3
42 72 70.5 73.3 70.2 69.8 70.6
43 72.2 70.7 73.5 70.5 70.1 70.9
44 72.3 70.9 73.6 70.7 70.3 71.1
45 72.5 71.1 73.8 71 70.6 71.4
46 72.7 71.3 73.9 71.3 70.9 71.6
47 72.9 71.5 74.1 71.5 71.1 71.9
48 73.1 71.7 74.2 71.8 71.4 72.1
49 73.2 71.9 74.4 72 71.7 72.4
50 73.4 72.2 74.5 72.3 71.9 72.7
51 73.6 72.4 74.7 72.6 72.2 72.9
52 73.8 72.6 74.9 72.9 72.5 73.2
53 74.1 72.9 75.1 73.1 72.8 73.4
54 74.3 73.1 75.2 73.4 73.1 73.7
55 74.5 73.4 75.4 73.7 73.5 74
56 74.7 73.7 75.6 74 73.8 74.3
57 75 74 75.8 74.4 74.1 74.6
58 75.2 74.3 76 74.7 74.4 74.9
59 75.5 74.6 76.3 75 74.8 75.2
60 75.8 74.9 76.5 75.3 75.1 75.5
61 76.1 75.2 76.7 75.7 75.5 75.9
62 76.4 75.6 77 76 75.8 76.2
63 76.7 75.9 77.3 76.4 76.2 76.6
64 77 76.3 77.6 76.8 76.6 77
65 77.4 76.7 77.9 77.2 77 77.4
66 77.7 77.1 78.2 77.6 77.5 77.8
67 78.1 77.5 78.5 78.1 77.9 78.2
68 78.5 77.9 78.9 78.5 78.4 78.6
69 78.9 78.3 79.3 79 78.8 79.1
70 79.3 78.8 79.7 79.4 79.3 79.6
71 79.8 79.3 80.1 79.9 79.8 80.1
72 80.2 79.8 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 81.6 81.4 81.7
75 81.8 81.4 82 82.1 82 82.2
76 82.3 82 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 84.1
79 84.1 83.8 84.3 84.6 84.5 84.7
80 84.8 84.5 84.9 85.2 85.1 85.4
81 85.4 85.2 85.6 85.9 85.8 86
82 86.1 85.9 86.3 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 90 90.3 90.2 90.5
88 90.6 90.5 90.7 91.1 91 91.3
89 91.5 91.3 91.5 91.9 91.8 92
90 92.3 92.1 92.4 92.7 92.6 92.9
91 93.1 93 93.2 93.6 93.4 93.7
92 94 93.9 94.1 94.4 94.3 94.5
93 94.9 94.8 94.9 95.3 95.2 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, 68.5% in Burkina Faso and 56% in Nigeria are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 50.9% and 39.6% will live to 70 years or older, 21.9% and 17.1% to 80+ years, and 2.05% and 2.24% 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% 94.1% 95.4% 93.3% 92.8% 93.9%
2 93.8% 93.1% 94.5% 92.4% 91.8% 93.1%
3 93.1% 92.3% 93.8% 91.6% 90.9% 92.3%
4 92.5% 91.7% 93.3% 90.7% 90% 91.4%
5 92.1% 91.3% 92.9% 89.9% 89.3% 90.6%
6 91.7% 90.9% 92.6% 89.2% 88.6% 89.7%
7 91.5% 90.7% 92.3% 88.5% 88.1% 89%
8 91.3% 90.4% 92.1% 87.9% 87.6% 88.3%
9 91.1% 90.3% 91.9% 87.4% 87.1% 87.7%
10 90.9% 90.1% 91.8% 87% 86.8% 87.2%
11 90.8% 89.9% 91.7% 86.6% 86.4% 86.8%
12 90.7% 89.8% 91.6% 86.3% 86.2% 86.4%
13 90.5% 89.6% 91.4% 86% 85.9% 86.1%
14 90.4% 89.5% 91.3% 85.7% 85.6% 85.8%
15 90.2% 89.3% 91.2% 85.4% 85.4% 85.5%
16 90.1% 89.2% 91% 85.1% 85.1% 85.2%
17 89.9% 89% 90.8% 84.8% 84.7% 84.8%
18 89.7% 88.7% 90.6% 84.4% 84.4% 84.4%
19 89.4% 88.5% 90.4% 84% 84% 84%
20 89.2% 88.2% 90.2% 83.6% 83.6% 83.6%
21 88.9% 87.9% 89.9% 83.1% 83.1% 83.1%
22 88.6% 87.6% 89.7% 82.7% 82.6% 82.7%
23 88.3% 87.2% 89.4% 82.2% 82.1% 82.3%
24 88% 86.9% 89.2% 81.7% 81.6% 81.8%
25 87.7% 86.5% 88.9% 81.2% 81.1% 81.4%
26 87.4% 86.2% 88.7% 80.7% 80.5% 80.9%
27 87.1% 85.8% 88.4% 80.2% 80% 80.4%
28 86.8% 85.5% 88.1% 79.7% 79.5% 79.9%
29 86.5% 85.2% 87.8% 79.2% 79% 79.4%
30 86.1% 84.8% 87.5% 78.7% 78.5% 78.9%
31 85.8% 84.5% 87.2% 78.1% 78% 78.3%
32 85.5% 84.1% 86.9% 77.6% 77.5% 77.8%
33 85.2% 83.8% 86.6% 77.1% 76.9% 77.2%
34 84.8% 83.4% 86.3% 76.5% 76.4% 76.6%
35 84.5% 83% 86% 76% 75.8% 76.1%
36 84.1% 82.6% 85.7% 75.4% 75.3% 75.5%
37 83.7% 82.2% 85.4% 74.8% 74.7% 74.9%
38 83.4% 81.8% 85% 74.2% 74.2% 74.3%
39 83% 81.3% 84.7% 73.6% 73.6% 73.6%
40 82.6% 80.9% 84.3% 73% 73% 73%
41 82.1% 80.4% 84% 72.4% 72.4% 72.3%
42 81.7% 79.9% 83.6% 71.7% 71.7% 71.7%
43 81.2% 79.4% 83.2% 71% 71.1% 71%
44 80.8% 78.8% 82.8% 70.4% 70.4% 70.3%
45 80.3% 78.2% 82.4% 69.7% 69.7% 69.7%
46 79.7% 77.6% 82% 69% 69% 69%
47 79.2% 77% 81.5% 68.3% 68.2% 68.3%
48 78.7% 76.3% 81.1% 67.5% 67.5% 67.6%
49 78.1% 75.6% 80.6% 66.8% 66.7% 66.9%
50 77.4% 74.9% 80.1% 66% 65.8% 66.2%
51 76.8% 74.1% 79.5% 65.2% 65% 65.4%
52 76% 73.2% 78.9% 64.3% 64.1% 64.6%
53 75.3% 72.3% 78.3% 63.4% 63.1% 63.7%
54 74.5% 71.4% 77.6% 62.5% 62.1% 62.9%
55 73.6% 70.3% 76.9% 61.5% 61.1% 62%
56 72.7% 69.3% 76.2% 60.5% 60% 61%
57 71.8% 68.2% 75.4% 59.5% 58.9% 60%
58 70.7% 67% 74.5% 58.4% 57.8% 59%
59 69.6% 65.7% 73.6% 57.2% 56.6% 57.9%
60 68.5% 64.3% 72.6% 56% 55.3% 56.7%
61 67.2% 62.9% 71.5% 54.7% 54% 55.5%
62 65.8% 61.3% 70.3% 53.4% 52.6% 54.1%
63 64.4% 59.7% 69% 51.9% 51.1% 52.8%
64 62.8% 58% 67.5% 50.4% 49.5% 51.3%
65 61.1% 56.1% 65.9% 48.8% 47.9% 49.7%
66 59.3% 54.2% 64.3% 47.1% 46.2% 48%
67 57.4% 52.2% 62.5% 45.4% 44.4% 46.3%
68 55.4% 50.1% 60.5% 43.5% 42.6% 44.5%
69 53.2% 47.8% 58.4% 41.6% 40.7% 42.5%
70 50.9% 45.5% 56.1% 39.6% 38.6% 40.5%
71 48.5% 43% 53.7% 37.5% 36.6% 38.4%
72 45.9% 40.5% 51.1% 35.3% 34.4% 36.2%
73 43.2% 37.8% 48.3% 33.1% 32.2% 33.9%
74 40.3% 35% 45.3% 30.8% 29.9% 31.6%
75 37.3% 32.1% 42.2% 28.5% 27.6% 29.3%
76 34.3% 29.2% 39% 26.2% 25.3% 27%
77 31.2% 26.3% 35.7% 23.8% 23% 24.6%
78 28.1% 23.4% 32.3% 21.5% 20.8% 22.3%
79 25% 20.6% 29% 19.3% 18.5% 20%
80 21.9% 17.8% 25.6% 17.1% 16.4% 17.7%
81 18.9% 15.2% 22.3% 14.9% 14.3% 15.5%
82 16.1% 12.8% 19% 12.9% 12.3% 13.5%
83 13.4% 10.5% 16% 11% 10.4% 11.5%
84 11% 8.52% 13.3% 9.22% 8.73% 9.7%
85 8.84% 6.74% 10.8% 7.63% 7.19% 8.07%
86 6.97% 5.22% 8.56% 6.22% 5.81% 6.62%
87 5.36% 3.93% 6.66% 4.98% 4.61% 5.34%
88 4.02% 2.87% 5.06% 3.91% 3.58% 4.23%
89 2.92% 2.03% 3.73% 3% 2.71% 3.28%
90 2.05% 1.38% 2.66% 2.24% 1.99% 2.49%
91 1.39% 0.9% 1.83% 1.63% 1.42% 1.84%
92 0.91% 0.57% 1.21% 1.16% 0.98% 1.33%
93 0.57% 0.34% 0.77% 0.8% 0.66% 0.93%
94 0.35% 0.2% 0.48% 0.54% 0.43% 0.64%
95 0.2% 0.11% 0.28% 0.35% 0.27% 0.42%
96 0.11% 0.06% 0.16% 0.22% 0.17% 0.28%
97 0.06% 0.03% 0.09% 0.14% 0.1% 0.18%
98 0.03% 0.02% 0.05% 0.08% 0.06% 0.11%
99 0.02% 0.007% 0.03% 0.05% 0.03% 0.07%
100 0.009% 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 5.27% in the birth year in Burkina Faso and 6.69% in Nigeria, 0.37% vs 0.67% at age 30, 1.85% vs 2.29% at 60, and 13.7% vs 12.5% 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 5.27% 5.9% 4.62% 6.69% 7.24% 6.13%
1 1% 1.09% 0.91% 0.96% 1.08% 0.84%
2 0.77% 0.83% 0.71% 0.93% 0.99% 0.88%
3 0.59% 0.63% 0.56% 0.91% 0.9% 0.91%
4 0.46% 0.48% 0.44% 0.88% 0.82% 0.93%
5 0.36% 0.38% 0.35% 0.83% 0.74% 0.92%
6 0.29% 0.3% 0.28% 0.76% 0.65% 0.87%
7 0.24% 0.25% 0.22% 0.67% 0.57% 0.78%
8 0.2% 0.21% 0.19% 0.58% 0.49% 0.67%
9 0.17% 0.18% 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% 0.13% 0.37% 0.33% 0.4%
12 0.15% 0.16% 0.13% 0.34% 0.31% 0.37%
13 0.15% 0.17% 0.14% 0.33% 0.31% 0.35%
14 0.17% 0.18% 0.15% 0.34% 0.32% 0.36%
15 0.18% 0.2% 0.17% 0.36% 0.34% 0.39%
16 0.21% 0.22% 0.19% 0.4% 0.38% 0.42%
17 0.23% 0.25% 0.22% 0.44% 0.42% 0.46%
18 0.26% 0.28% 0.24% 0.48% 0.47% 0.49%
19 0.29% 0.32% 0.25% 0.51% 0.51% 0.51%
20 0.31% 0.35% 0.27% 0.54% 0.56% 0.52%
21 0.33% 0.38% 0.27% 0.56% 0.59% 0.53%
22 0.34% 0.4% 0.28% 0.58% 0.62% 0.53%
23 0.35% 0.4% 0.29% 0.59% 0.63% 0.54%
24 0.35% 0.4% 0.3% 0.6% 0.64% 0.56%
25 0.35% 0.39% 0.31% 0.61% 0.64% 0.58%
26 0.35% 0.39% 0.31% 0.62% 0.64% 0.6%
27 0.35% 0.38% 0.32% 0.63% 0.64% 0.63%
28 0.36% 0.39% 0.33% 0.64% 0.64% 0.65%
29 0.36% 0.4% 0.33% 0.66% 0.65% 0.67%
30 0.37% 0.41% 0.34% 0.67% 0.66% 0.69%
31 0.38% 0.43% 0.34% 0.69% 0.67% 0.7%
32 0.39% 0.44% 0.34% 0.7% 0.68% 0.72%
33 0.4% 0.46% 0.35% 0.71% 0.7% 0.73%
34 0.41% 0.47% 0.36% 0.73% 0.71% 0.75%
35 0.42% 0.48% 0.37% 0.75% 0.72% 0.77%
36 0.43% 0.49% 0.38% 0.77% 0.74% 0.8%
37 0.45% 0.51% 0.39% 0.79% 0.76% 0.82%
38 0.47% 0.53% 0.41% 0.82% 0.79% 0.85%
39 0.49% 0.56% 0.43% 0.85% 0.82% 0.87%
40 0.51% 0.59% 0.44% 0.88% 0.85% 0.9%
41 0.54% 0.63% 0.45% 0.9% 0.89% 0.92%
42 0.57% 0.67% 0.47% 0.93% 0.93% 0.93%
43 0.59% 0.7% 0.48% 0.95% 0.96% 0.95%
44 0.62% 0.74% 0.49% 0.98% 0.99% 0.96%
45 0.64% 0.78% 0.51% 1% 1.03% 0.97%
46 0.67% 0.82% 0.53% 1.03% 1.07% 0.99%
47 0.71% 0.86% 0.56% 1.07% 1.11% 1.02%
48 0.75% 0.92% 0.59% 1.11% 1.17% 1.05%
49 0.81% 0.98% 0.64% 1.17% 1.25% 1.1%
50 0.87% 1.06% 0.69% 1.24% 1.33% 1.16%
51 0.93% 1.14% 0.74% 1.32% 1.41% 1.23%
52 1% 1.23% 0.8% 1.4% 1.5% 1.3%
53 1.08% 1.32% 0.85% 1.48% 1.58% 1.37%
54 1.15% 1.42% 0.91% 1.56% 1.66% 1.45%
55 1.23% 1.52% 0.97% 1.64% 1.74% 1.54%
56 1.32% 1.63% 1.04% 1.73% 1.83% 1.63%
57 1.42% 1.75% 1.13% 1.84% 1.94% 1.74%
58 1.54% 1.9% 1.24% 1.97% 2.07% 1.87%
59 1.68% 2.07% 1.37% 2.12% 2.22% 2.01%
60 1.85% 2.25% 1.52% 2.29% 2.4% 2.18%
61 2.04% 2.46% 1.7% 2.49% 2.6% 2.37%
62 2.24% 2.68% 1.89% 2.7% 2.82% 2.58%
63 2.46% 2.91% 2.1% 2.93% 3.05% 2.81%
64 2.69% 3.16% 2.32% 3.18% 3.3% 3.06%
65 2.93% 3.42% 2.55% 3.44% 3.56% 3.33%
66 3.21% 3.72% 2.81% 3.73% 3.84% 3.63%
67 3.52% 4.05% 3.11% 4.06% 4.16% 3.97%
68 3.88% 4.44% 3.47% 4.43% 4.52% 4.34%
69 4.31% 4.89% 3.88% 4.84% 4.93% 4.76%
70 4.8% 5.41% 4.36% 5.3% 5.39% 5.22%
71 5.35% 5.99% 4.9% 5.8% 5.9% 5.71%
72 5.96% 6.65% 5.5% 6.33% 6.45% 6.23%
73 6.63% 7.36% 6.14% 6.9% 7.03% 6.78%
74 7.35% 8.15% 6.84% 7.5% 7.66% 7.37%
75 8.14% 9.01% 7.59% 8.15% 8.33% 8%
76 9.01% 9.95% 8.43% 8.86% 9.06% 8.69%
77 9.99% 11% 9.38% 9.65% 9.86% 9.47%
78 11.1% 12.1% 10.5% 10.5% 10.7% 10.3%
79 12.3% 13.4% 11.7% 11.5% 11.7% 11.3%
80 13.7% 14.7% 13% 12.5% 12.8% 12.3%
81 15.1% 16.1% 14.4% 13.7% 13.9% 13.4%
82 16.5% 17.6% 15.9% 14.8% 15.1% 14.5%
83 18% 19.2% 17.3% 16% 16.3% 15.7%
84 19.6% 20.8% 18.8% 17.2% 17.7% 16.8%
85 21.2% 22.6% 20.4% 18.5% 19.1% 18%
86 23% 24.6% 22.2% 19.9% 20.7% 19.3%
87 25% 26.9% 24.1% 21.5% 22.4% 20.8%
88 27.3% 29.3% 26.3% 23.3% 24.3% 22.4%
89 29.7% 31.9% 28.7% 25.2% 26.4% 24.2%
90 32.3% 34.6% 31.2% 27.2% 28.6% 26.1%
91 34.8% 37.2% 33.8% 29.2% 30.8% 28%
92 37.2% 39.7% 36.2% 31.1% 32.9% 29.8%
93 39.4% 42.1% 38.4% 32.9% 34.9% 31.6%
94 41.4% 44.2% 40.5% 34.6% 36.9% 33.2%
95 43.3% 46.2% 42.5% 36.3% 38.7% 34.9%
96 45% 48.1% 44.4% 37.9% 40.5% 36.5%
97 46.6% 49.9% 46.2% 39.6% 42.4% 38.2%
98 48.4% 51.7% 48.1% 41.3% 44.2% 39.9%
99 50.1% 53.3% 49.9% 43% 46% 41.7%
100 51.8% 55.2% 51.8% 44.7% 47.8% 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 70.4 in Burkina Faso and 64.3 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 5,267 5,896 4,616 6,691 7,237 6,132
1 950 1,030 867 895 1,000 785
2 723 770 673 862 907 815
3 553 580 525 832 822 842
4 427 442 411 795 740 852
5 333 343 323 744 658 834
6 265 272.6 257.1 676 577 779
7 215.6 223.3 207.4 593 498 691
8 180.5 189.3 171.2 506 427 588
9 156.6 166.7 146 425 366 487
10 141.7 152.9 130 361 319 406
11 134.3 146 122 317 287 349
12 133.4 145.1 121.1 292.3 269.1 316
13 138.7 149.9 126.9 284.9 264.9 306
14 149.7 160 138.8 292.2 272.9 312
15 166 175.5 156 312 291.9 332
16 186.6 196.2 176.6 340 320 360
17 210 221.7 197.6 371 354 389
18 234.1 251 216.2 402 393 412
19 256.8 282 230.4 429 431 427
20 276.4 311 239.9 451 466 435
21 291.5 335 246.4 466 494 438
22 301 349 251.6 477 512 441
23 306 353 257.4 484 520 447
24 308 349 264.1 490 522 457
25 307 341 271.6 495 518 471
26 307 334 279.1 501 513 487
27 308 330 285.3 507 510 504
28 311 331 289.7 514 509 519
29 316 338 292.3 521 511 531
30 322 349 293.7 529 516 541
31 329 362 295.2 536 523 550
32 336 374 297.6 543 529 558
33 343 384 302 551 535 567
34 350 391 308 559 541 577
35 357 397 316 568 548 588
36 366 405 326 578 557 600
37 377 416 337 591 569 614
38 390 432 349 606 584 628
39 407 452 360 622 603 642
40 425 478 371 639 624 654
41 444 505 382 654 645 663
42 462 533 391 667 664 669
43 480 559 399 677 682 672
44 497 584 408 686 698 674
45 514 608 419 696 715 676
46 535 634 434 709 735 682
47 560 665 454 727 760 694
48 591 701 480 753 792 712
49 628 745 512 784 830 737
50 671 794 550 821 873 768
51 717 847 590 860 917 803
52 764 902 630 899 958 839
53 811 957 669 936 996 876
54 857 1,012 708 972 1,030 913
55 904 1,069 748 1,008 1,062 952
56 956 1,129 795 1,047 1,098 995
57 1,017 1,196 851 1,093 1,141 1,044
58 1,089 1,272 921 1,147 1,194 1,100
59 1,173 1,356 1,005 1,211 1,256 1,165
60 1,268 1,449 1,105 1,283 1,328 1,237
61 1,371 1,546 1,215 1,360 1,405 1,316
62 1,477 1,643 1,330 1,440 1,483 1,398
63 1,583 1,738 1,448 1,521 1,560 1,483
64 1,687 1,830 1,565 1,600 1,633 1,569
65 1,792 1,921 1,684 1,679 1,704 1,656
66 1,901 2,015 1,809 1,759 1,775 1,745
67 2,019 2,115 1,945 1,842 1,849 1,837
68 2,150 2,224 2,099 1,928 1,926 1,931
69 2,293 2,340 2,269 2,014 2,006 2,024
70 2,444 2,461 2,450 2,098 2,084 2,113
71 2,595 2,580 2,633 2,174 2,157 2,192
72 2,737 2,689 2,808 2,236 2,218 2,256
73 2,862 2,782 2,964 2,282 2,263 2,303
74 2,963 2,852 3,096 2,310 2,291 2,331
75 3,039 2,896 3,204 2,321 2,301 2,344
76 3,091 2,910 3,288 2,318 2,294 2,344
77 3,117 2,893 3,350 2,300 2,271 2,331
78 3,117 2,841 3,385 2,268 2,232 2,304
79 3,079 2,751 3,383 2,216 2,172 2,258
80 2,988 2,621 3,327 2,140 2,091 2,187
81 2,844 2,451 3,207 2,036 1,984 2,087
82 2,649 2,247 3,020 1,906 1,855 1,956
83 2,413 2,017 2,776 1,753 1,705 1,800
84 2,149 1,773 2,495 1,586 1,542 1,629
85 1,875 1,527 2,196 1,413 1,373 1,452
86 1,604 1,285 1,896 1,240 1,202 1,277
87 1,343 1,056 1,606 1,072 1,034 1,109
88 1,097 842 1,330 910 871 948
89 869 648 1,070 755 715 794
90 663 478 830 610 569 649
91 484 337 617 477 438 515
92 337 225.7 438 360 324 395
93 224.5 144 297 262.7 230.7 293.7
94 143.1 87.7 192.8 185.4 158.4 211.6
95 87.6 51.2 120.2 127 105 148.2
96 51.6 28.6 72.2 84.6 67.4 101
97 29.5 15.4 41.9 54.8 41.8 67.1
98 16.3 7.99 23.4 34.5 25.2 43.4
99 8.73 3.99 12.6 21.1 14.6 27.2
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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