Skip to content

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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 61.6 years in Burkina Faso vs 68.5 in Rwanda. Burkina Faso is ranked 188/197 by life expectancy, and Rwanda is 148/197. In Burkina Faso, the life expectancy is 59.4 years for males and 63.8 years for females. In Rwanda, it's 66.1 years for males and 70.6 years for females.

Burkina Faso vs Rwanda life expectancy at birth by year

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
Rwanda
Male

Female
1x
Year Life expectancy, years
Burkina Faso Rwanda
Average Male Female Average Male Female
2026 61.6 59.4 63.8 68.5 66.1 70.6
2025 61.5 59.3 63.6 68.2 65.9 70.4
2024 61.3 59.1 63.4 68 65.7 70.1
2023 61.1 58.9 63.2 67.8 65.5 69.9
2022 60.7 58.8 62.6 67.5 65.2 69.6
2021 60 58.2 61.8 66.8 64.6 68.9
2020 60.5 58.5 62.3 67 64.6 69.1
2019 60.2 58.3 61.9 66.7 64.4 68.8
2018 60 58.2 61.6 66.4 64.1 68.4
2017 59.6 57.9 61.2 66.1 63.8 68.2
2016 59.2 57.5 60.8 65.7 63.5 67.8
2015 58.8 57.1 60.4 65.4 63.2 67.4
2014 58.3 56.7 59.9 65.1 62.9 67
2013 57.9 56.3 59.4 64.7 62.6 66.5
2012 57.5 55.9 59 64.2 62.2 65.9
2011 57 55.4 58.5 63.5 61.5 65.3
2010 56.3 54.8 57.8 62.8 60.9 64.5
2009 55.8 54.2 57.2 61.8 59.7 63.7
2008 55.2 53.7 56.6 60.6 58.5 62.6
2007 54.4 52.9 55.8 59.5 57.5 61.3
2006 53.8 52.3 55.2 58.3 56.5 60
2005 53.3 51.8 54.7 57 55.3 58.4
2004 52.6 51.1 54 55.5 54.1 56.8
2003 52 50.5 53.4 53.5 52.3 54.7
2002 51.4 50 52.9 51.3 49.9 52.5
2001 51.2 49.7 52.6 49.5 48 50.9
2000 50.8 49.3 52.2 47.8 46.5 49
1999 50.5 49 51.8 45.7 44.3 47.1
1998 50.2 48.8 51.5 43.1 40.7 45.4
1997 49.6 48.2 50.8 42 39.6 44.3
1996 49.7 48.4 50.9 42.5 40.6 44.2
1995 49.6 48.3 50.7 41.5 39.2 43.7
1994 49.5 48.3 50.6 12.2 11.4 13.3
1993 49.4 48.3 50.5 42.9 40.6 45.5
1992 49.4 48.3 50.4 44.4 41.8 47.3
1991 49.3 48.3 50.3 46.2 43.7 49.1
1990 49.3 48.3 50.2 47.8 45.4 50.3
1989 49.3 48.3 50.2 49.5 47.5 51.6
1988 49.2 48.2 50.1 50.9 49.5 52.4
1987 49.1 48 50.1 51.5 50 53
1986 49 47.9 50 51.7 50.2 53.3
1985 48.7 47.6 49.8 51.7 50.2 53.2
1984 48.5 47.3 49.6 51.4 50 52.9
1983 48.1 46.9 49.2 50.9 49.6 52.3
1982 47.6 46.4 48.8 50.2 49 51.4
1981 46.9 45.6 48.1 49.2 48.1 50.3
1980 46.5 45.2 47.7 48.1 47.2 49.1
1979 45.7 44.4 47 47.1 46.3 47.9
1978 45 43.7 46.3 46.2 45.5 46.8
1977 44.2 42.9 45.4 45.6 45.1 46.1
1976 43.3 42.1 44.6 45.3 44.9 45.7
1975 42.5 41.2 43.8 45.3 45 45.6
1974 41.7 40.4 43 45.6 45.2 45.9
1973 40.9 39.6 42.3 45.9 45.6 46.3
1972 40.4 39.1 41.7 46.3 45.9 46.8
1971 39.9 38.5 41.3 46.8 46.3 47.2
1970 39.5 38.2 40.9 47.1 46.6 47.6
1969 39 37.8 40.4 47.4 46.9 48
1968 38.8 37.5 40.1 47.7 47.2 48.3
1967 38.4 37.2 39.7 48 47.4 48.5
1966 38.1 36.9 39.4 48.1 47.5 48.6
1965 37.8 36.6 39 48.2 47.6 48.7
1964 37.4 36.2 38.6 48.1 47.5 48.7
1963 37.1 36 38.3 44 42.9 45.1
1962 36.8 35.6 38 47.8 47.2 48.3
1961 36.4 35.3 37.6 47.5 46.9 48
1960 36.1 35 37.3 47 46.5 47.5
1959 35.7 34.6 36.9 46.5 46 47.1
1958 35.4 34.3 36.6 46.1 45.5 46.6
1957 35.1 34.1 36.2 45.6 45.1 46.1
1956 34.8 33.7 35.9 45.2 44.7 45.7
1955 34.5 33.5 35.6 44.8 44.3 45.3
1954 34.2 33.2 35.3 44.4 43.9 44.9
1953 33.9 32.9 35 44.1 43.6 44.6
1952 33.6 32.6 34.7 43.8 43.3 44.3
1951 33.4 32.4 34.5 43.5 42.9 44
1950 33 32.1 34.1 43.2 42.7 43.7

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (1950–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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

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

Burkina Faso vs Rwanda 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 Rwanda, 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 42.3 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.2 vs 72.3 years

Median expected age of death:
73.0 vs 74.6 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Burkina Faso Rwanda
Male Female Male Female
40 95.3% 96.4% 96.4% 97.7%
50 88.2% 91.5% 89.9% 93.4%
60 75.8% 83.0% 77.9% 84.9%
65 66.2% 75.4% 68.7% 77.9%
70 53.6% 64.2% 56.9% 68.0%
75 37.9% 48.2% 42.6% 54.4%
80 21.0% 29.2% 27.4% 37.7%
85 7.9% 12.3% 13.9% 20.9%
90 1.6% 3.0% 5.0% 8.2%
95 0.1% 0.3% 1.1% 2.0%
100 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.3%

Life expectancy by current age

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
Rwanda
Male

Female
1x
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Burkina Faso Rwanda
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 101.4 101.3 101.4 102 101.9 102
99 100.4 100.3 100.4 101.1 101 101.1
98 99.5 99.4 99.5 100.2 100.2 100.2
97 98.6 98.4 98.6 99.3 99.3 99.3
96 97.6 97.5 97.7 98.4 98.4 98.4
95 96.7 96.6 96.7 97.6 97.5 97.6
94 95.8 95.7 95.8 96.7 96.7 96.7
93 94.9 94.8 94.9 95.9 95.8 95.9
92 94 93.9 94.1 95 95 95.1
91 93.1 93 93.2 94.2 94.1 94.3
90 92.3 92.1 92.4 93.4 93.3 93.5
89 91.5 91.3 91.5 92.6 92.5 92.7
88 90.6 90.5 90.7 91.9 91.7 91.9
87 89.9 89.7 90 91.1 90.9 91.2
86 89.1 88.9 89.2 90.3 90.2 90.4
85 88.3 88.1 88.4 89.6 89.4 89.7
84 87.6 87.4 87.7 88.9 88.7 89
83 86.8 86.6 87 88.2 88 88.4
82 86.1 85.9 86.3 87.6 87.3 87.7
81 85.4 85.2 85.6 86.9 86.6 87.1
80 84.8 84.5 84.9 86.3 86 86.5
79 84.1 83.8 84.3 85.7 85.3 85.9
78 83.5 83.2 83.7 85.1 84.7 85.3
77 82.9 82.6 83.1 84.5 84.1 84.8
76 82.3 82 82.5 84 83.5 84.3
75 81.8 81.4 82 83.4 82.9 83.7
74 81.2 80.8 81.5 82.9 82.4 83.3
73 80.7 80.3 81 82.4 81.8 82.8
72 80.2 79.8 80.5 81.9 81.3 82.3
71 79.8 79.3 80.1 81.5 80.8 81.9
70 79.3 78.8 79.7 81 80.3 81.5
69 78.9 78.3 79.3 80.6 79.9 81.1
68 78.5 77.9 78.9 80.2 79.4 80.8
67 78.1 77.5 78.5 79.8 79 80.4
66 77.7 77.1 78.2 79.4 78.6 80.1
65 77.4 76.7 77.9 79.1 78.1 79.7
64 77 76.3 77.6 78.7 77.8 79.4
63 76.7 75.9 77.3 78.4 77.4 79.1
62 76.4 75.6 77 78.1 77 78.9
61 76.1 75.2 76.7 77.7 76.6 78.6
60 75.8 74.9 76.5 77.4 76.3 78.3
59 75.5 74.6 76.3 77.2 76 78.1
58 75.2 74.3 76 76.9 75.7 77.9
57 75 74 75.8 76.6 75.4 77.6
56 74.7 73.7 75.6 76.4 75.1 77.4
55 74.5 73.4 75.4 76.1 74.8 77.2
54 74.3 73.1 75.2 75.9 74.5 77
53 74.1 72.9 75.1 75.7 74.3 76.8
52 73.8 72.6 74.9 75.4 74 76.6
51 73.6 72.4 74.7 75.2 73.8 76.4
50 73.4 72.2 74.5 75 73.5 76.3
49 73.2 71.9 74.4 74.8 73.3 76.1
48 73.1 71.7 74.2 74.6 73.1 75.9
47 72.9 71.5 74.1 74.5 72.9 75.8
46 72.7 71.3 73.9 74.3 72.7 75.7
45 72.5 71.1 73.8 74.1 72.5 75.5
44 72.3 70.9 73.6 74 72.3 75.4
43 72.2 70.7 73.5 73.8 72.1 75.3
42 72 70.5 73.3 73.7 72 75.1
41 71.8 70.3 73.2 73.5 71.8 75
40 71.7 70.2 73.1 73.4 71.6 74.9
39 71.5 70 72.9 73.3 71.5 74.8
38 71.4 69.8 72.8 73.1 71.3 74.7
37 71.2 69.7 72.6 73 71.2 74.6
36 71.1 69.5 72.5 72.9 71.1 74.5
35 70.9 69.3 72.4 72.8 70.9 74.4
34 70.8 69.2 72.2 72.7 70.8 74.3
33 70.6 69 72.1 72.6 70.7 74.2
32 70.5 68.8 72 72.5 70.6 74.2
31 70.3 68.7 71.8 72.4 70.5 74.1
30 70.2 68.5 71.7 72.3 70.3 74
29 70 68.4 71.5 72.2 70.2 73.9
28 69.9 68.2 71.4 72.1 70.1 73.9
27 69.7 68.1 71.3 72 70 73.8
26 69.6 67.9 71.1 71.9 69.9 73.7
25 69.4 67.7 71 71.9 69.8 73.7
24 69.3 67.6 70.8 71.8 69.7 73.6
23 69.1 67.4 70.7 71.7 69.6 73.5
22 68.9 67.2 70.6 71.6 69.5 73.5
21 68.8 67 70.4 71.5 69.4 73.4
20 68.6 66.9 70.3 71.5 69.3 73.4
19 68.5 66.7 70.2 71.4 69.3 73.3
18 68.4 66.6 70.1 71.3 69.2 73.3
17 68.2 66.5 69.9 71.3 69.1 73.2
16 68.1 66.3 69.8 71.2 69.1 73.2
15 68 66.2 69.7 71.2 69 73.1
14 68 66.2 69.7 71.1 69 73.1
13 67.9 66.1 69.6 71.1 68.9 73.1
12 67.8 66 69.5 71.1 68.9 73
11 67.7 65.9 69.4 71 68.9 73
10 67.6 65.8 69.3 71 68.8 73
9 67.5 65.7 69.2 71 68.8 73
8 67.4 65.6 69.1 70.9 68.7 72.9
7 67.3 65.4 69 70.9 68.7 72.9
6 67.1 65.3 68.8 70.8 68.6 72.8
5 66.9 65 68.6 70.8 68.6 72.8
4 66.6 64.7 68.3 70.7 68.5 72.7
3 66.2 64.4 68 70.6 68.4 72.6
2 65.7 63.8 67.5 70.4 68.2 72.4
1 65.1 63.2 66.9 70.2 68 72.2
0 61.6 59.4 63.8 68.5 66.1 70.6

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

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

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 72.3 in Rwanda, rising to 77.4 and 79.1 at 65, and to 84.8 and 86.3 at 80 — higher than the 61.6 and 68.5 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
Rwanda
Male

Female
1x
Age Survival probability
Burkina Faso Rwanda
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 0.009% 0.003% 0.01% 0.2% 0.14% 0.26%
99 0.02% 0.007% 0.03% 0.32% 0.22% 0.41%
98 0.03% 0.02% 0.05% 0.49% 0.34% 0.63%
97 0.06% 0.03% 0.09% 0.74% 0.5% 0.94%
96 0.11% 0.06% 0.16% 1.07% 0.74% 1.36%
95 0.2% 0.11% 0.28% 1.53% 1.06% 1.93%
94 0.35% 0.2% 0.48% 2.12% 1.49% 2.67%
93 0.57% 0.34% 0.77% 2.88% 2.04% 3.6%
92 0.91% 0.57% 1.21% 3.82% 2.73% 4.75%
91 1.39% 0.9% 1.83% 4.96% 3.59% 6.13%
90 2.05% 1.38% 2.66% 6.34% 4.63% 7.79%
89 2.92% 2.03% 3.73% 7.93% 5.87% 9.69%
88 4.02% 2.87% 5.06% 9.77% 7.31% 11.9%
87 5.36% 3.93% 6.66% 11.8% 8.96% 14.3%
86 6.97% 5.22% 8.56% 14.1% 10.8% 16.9%
85 8.84% 6.74% 10.8% 16.6% 12.9% 19.8%
84 11% 8.52% 13.3% 19.3% 15.1% 22.8%
83 13.4% 10.5% 16% 22% 17.5% 26%
82 16.1% 12.8% 19% 24.9% 20.1% 29.2%
81 18.9% 15.2% 22.3% 27.9% 22.7% 32.5%
80 21.9% 17.8% 25.6% 30.9% 25.5% 35.8%
79 25% 20.6% 29% 33.9% 28.3% 39%
78 28.1% 23.4% 32.3% 37% 31.1% 42.3%
77 31.2% 26.3% 35.7% 40% 34% 45.4%
76 34.3% 29.2% 39% 43% 36.8% 48.5%
75 37.3% 32.1% 42.2% 45.9% 39.6% 51.5%
74 40.3% 35% 45.3% 48.7% 42.4% 54.4%
73 43.2% 37.8% 48.3% 51.4% 45.2% 57.1%
72 45.9% 40.5% 51.1% 54.1% 47.8% 59.7%
71 48.5% 43% 53.7% 56.6% 50.4% 62.1%
70 50.9% 45.5% 56.1% 59% 52.9% 64.5%
69 53.2% 47.8% 58.4% 61.2% 55.3% 66.6%
68 55.4% 50.1% 60.5% 63.3% 57.6% 68.6%
67 57.4% 52.2% 62.5% 65.3% 59.7% 70.5%
66 59.3% 54.2% 64.3% 67.3% 61.8% 72.2%
65 61.1% 56.1% 65.9% 69.1% 63.8% 73.9%
64 62.8% 58% 67.5% 70.8% 65.7% 75.4%
63 64.4% 59.7% 69% 72.4% 67.6% 76.8%
62 65.8% 61.3% 70.3% 73.9% 69.3% 78.2%
61 67.2% 62.9% 71.5% 75.3% 70.9% 79.4%
60 68.5% 64.3% 72.6% 76.6% 72.4% 80.5%
59 69.6% 65.7% 73.6% 77.9% 73.8% 81.6%
58 70.7% 67% 74.5% 79% 75.2% 82.6%
57 71.8% 68.2% 75.4% 80.1% 76.5% 83.5%
56 72.7% 69.3% 76.2% 81.1% 77.7% 84.4%
55 73.6% 70.3% 76.9% 82.1% 78.8% 85.2%
54 74.5% 71.4% 77.6% 83% 79.9% 85.9%
53 75.3% 72.3% 78.3% 83.8% 80.9% 86.6%
52 76% 73.2% 78.9% 84.6% 81.9% 87.3%
51 76.8% 74.1% 79.5% 85.4% 82.8% 87.9%
50 77.4% 74.9% 80.1% 86.1% 83.6% 88.5%
49 78.1% 75.6% 80.6% 86.8% 84.4% 89.1%
48 78.7% 76.3% 81.1% 87.4% 85.1% 89.6%
47 79.2% 77% 81.5% 88% 85.8% 90.1%
46 79.7% 77.6% 82% 88.5% 86.5% 90.5%
45 80.3% 78.2% 82.4% 89% 87.1% 90.9%
44 80.8% 78.8% 82.8% 89.5% 87.7% 91.3%
43 81.2% 79.4% 83.2% 89.9% 88.2% 91.7%
42 81.7% 79.9% 83.6% 90.4% 88.7% 92%
41 82.1% 80.4% 84% 90.8% 89.2% 92.3%
40 82.6% 80.9% 84.3% 91.1% 89.6% 92.6%
39 83% 81.3% 84.7% 91.5% 90.1% 92.9%
38 83.4% 81.8% 85% 91.8% 90.5% 93.2%
37 83.7% 82.2% 85.4% 92.1% 90.8% 93.4%
36 84.1% 82.6% 85.7% 92.4% 91.2% 93.7%
35 84.5% 83% 86% 92.7% 91.5% 93.9%
34 84.8% 83.4% 86.3% 93% 91.8% 94.1%
33 85.2% 83.8% 86.6% 93.2% 92.1% 94.3%
32 85.5% 84.1% 86.9% 93.5% 92.4% 94.5%
31 85.8% 84.5% 87.2% 93.7% 92.7% 94.6%
30 86.1% 84.8% 87.5% 93.9% 93% 94.8%
29 86.5% 85.2% 87.8% 94.1% 93.2% 95%
28 86.8% 85.5% 88.1% 94.3% 93.4% 95.1%
27 87.1% 85.8% 88.4% 94.5% 93.7% 95.3%
26 87.4% 86.2% 88.7% 94.6% 93.9% 95.4%
25 87.7% 86.5% 88.9% 94.8% 94.1% 95.5%
24 88% 86.9% 89.2% 95% 94.3% 95.6%
23 88.3% 87.2% 89.4% 95.1% 94.5% 95.8%
22 88.6% 87.6% 89.7% 95.3% 94.7% 95.9%
21 88.9% 87.9% 89.9% 95.4% 94.9% 96%
20 89.2% 88.2% 90.2% 95.6% 95.1% 96.1%
19 89.4% 88.5% 90.4% 95.7% 95.2% 96.2%
18 89.7% 88.7% 90.6% 95.8% 95.4% 96.3%
17 89.9% 89% 90.8% 95.9% 95.5% 96.3%
16 90.1% 89.2% 91% 96% 95.6% 96.4%
15 90.2% 89.3% 91.2% 96.1% 95.7% 96.5%
14 90.4% 89.5% 91.3% 96.1% 95.8% 96.5%
13 90.5% 89.6% 91.4% 96.2% 95.8% 96.6%
12 90.7% 89.8% 91.6% 96.2% 95.9% 96.6%
11 90.8% 89.9% 91.7% 96.3% 95.9% 96.7%
10 90.9% 90.1% 91.8% 96.4% 96% 96.7%
9 91.1% 90.3% 91.9% 96.4% 96.1% 96.8%
8 91.3% 90.4% 92.1% 96.5% 96.1% 96.8%
7 91.5% 90.7% 92.3% 96.5% 96.2% 96.9%
6 91.7% 90.9% 92.6% 96.6% 96.3% 96.9%
5 92.1% 91.3% 92.9% 96.7% 96.4% 97%
4 92.5% 91.7% 93.3% 96.8% 96.5% 97.1%
3 93.1% 92.3% 93.8% 97% 96.7% 97.3%
2 93.8% 93.1% 94.5% 97.2% 96.9% 97.5%
1 94.7% 94.1% 95.4% 97.5% 97.3% 97.8%

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

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

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 68.5% of newborns in Burkina Faso and 76.6% in Rwanda are expected to live past 60, 50.9% and 59% past 70, 21.9% and 30.9% past 80, and only 2.05% and 6.34% past 90.

For longevity rates starting from a different age, use the calculator provided above.

Compare countries by 7 more topics

Odds of dying at each age

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
Rwanda
Male

Female
1x
Age Probability of dying
Burkina Faso Rwanda
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 51.8% 55.2% 51.8% 38.1% 38% 38.1%
99 50.1% 53.3% 49.9% 36.5% 36.5% 36.5%
98 48.4% 51.7% 48.1% 34.6% 34.7% 34.5%
97 46.6% 49.9% 46.2% 33% 33.3% 32.9%
96 45% 48.1% 44.4% 31.4% 31.8% 31.2%
95 43.3% 46.2% 42.5% 29.8% 30.3% 29.5%
94 41.4% 44.2% 40.5% 28% 28.6% 27.6%
93 39.4% 42.1% 38.4% 26.3% 27% 25.9%
92 37.2% 39.7% 36.2% 24.7% 25.5% 24.3%
91 34.8% 37.2% 33.8% 22.9% 23.8% 22.5%
90 32.3% 34.6% 31.2% 21.7% 22.6% 21.3%
89 29.7% 31.9% 28.7% 20.1% 21% 19.6%
88 27.3% 29.3% 26.3% 18.8% 19.7% 18.3%
87 25% 26.9% 24.1% 17.4% 18.4% 16.9%
86 23% 24.6% 22.2% 16.2% 17.2% 15.7%
85 21.2% 22.6% 20.4% 14.9% 16% 14.4%
84 19.6% 20.8% 18.8% 13.8% 14.9% 13.3%
83 18% 19.2% 17.3% 12.6% 13.7% 12.1%
82 16.5% 17.6% 15.9% 11.6% 12.7% 11.1%
81 15.1% 16.1% 14.4% 10.5% 11.6% 9.99%
80 13.7% 14.7% 13% 9.83% 10.8% 9.28%
79 12.3% 13.4% 11.7% 8.93% 9.89% 8.37%
78 11.1% 12.1% 10.5% 8.25% 9.16% 7.69%
77 9.99% 11% 9.38% 7.51% 8.39% 6.95%
76 9.01% 9.95% 8.43% 6.92% 7.76% 6.37%
75 8.14% 9.01% 7.59% 6.35% 7.15% 5.81%
74 7.35% 8.15% 6.84% 5.8% 6.58% 5.27%
73 6.63% 7.36% 6.14% 5.3% 6.05% 4.78%
72 5.96% 6.65% 5.5% 4.86% 5.58% 4.35%
71 5.35% 5.99% 4.9% 4.38% 5.07% 3.89%
70 4.8% 5.41% 4.36% 4.07% 4.72% 3.59%
69 4.31% 4.89% 3.88% 3.67% 4.3% 3.2%
68 3.88% 4.44% 3.47% 3.37% 3.97% 2.93%
67 3.52% 4.05% 3.11% 3.08% 3.66% 2.65%
66 3.21% 3.72% 2.81% 2.83% 3.38% 2.42%
65 2.93% 3.42% 2.55% 2.62% 3.14% 2.23%
64 2.69% 3.16% 2.32% 2.41% 2.9% 2.03%
63 2.46% 2.91% 2.1% 2.22% 2.68% 1.86%
62 2.24% 2.68% 1.89% 2.05% 2.48% 1.7%
61 2.04% 2.46% 1.7% 1.86% 2.27% 1.54%
60 1.85% 2.25% 1.52% 1.74% 2.12% 1.44%
59 1.68% 2.07% 1.37% 1.58% 1.94% 1.3%
58 1.54% 1.9% 1.24% 1.47% 1.79% 1.2%
57 1.42% 1.75% 1.13% 1.35% 1.66% 1.1%
56 1.32% 1.63% 1.04% 1.26% 1.55% 1.02%
55 1.23% 1.52% 0.97% 1.17% 1.44% 0.95%
54 1.15% 1.42% 0.91% 1.09% 1.35% 0.89%
53 1.08% 1.32% 0.85% 1.02% 1.26% 0.82%
52 1% 1.23% 0.8% 0.95% 1.17% 0.77%
51 0.93% 1.14% 0.74% 0.87% 1.08% 0.71%
50 0.87% 1.06% 0.69% 0.83% 1.02% 0.67%
49 0.81% 0.98% 0.64% 0.76% 0.94% 0.61%
48 0.75% 0.92% 0.59% 0.71% 0.87% 0.57%
47 0.71% 0.86% 0.56% 0.66% 0.81% 0.52%
46 0.67% 0.82% 0.53% 0.61% 0.75% 0.49%
45 0.64% 0.78% 0.51% 0.57% 0.7% 0.46%
44 0.62% 0.74% 0.49% 0.53% 0.65% 0.42%
43 0.59% 0.7% 0.48% 0.5% 0.61% 0.4%
42 0.57% 0.67% 0.47% 0.47% 0.57% 0.38%
41 0.54% 0.63% 0.45% 0.44% 0.53% 0.35%
40 0.51% 0.59% 0.44% 0.41% 0.5% 0.33%
39 0.49% 0.56% 0.43% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
38 0.47% 0.53% 0.41% 0.36% 0.44% 0.29%
37 0.45% 0.51% 0.39% 0.34% 0.41% 0.27%
36 0.43% 0.49% 0.38% 0.32% 0.39% 0.25%
35 0.42% 0.48% 0.37% 0.3% 0.37% 0.24%
34 0.41% 0.47% 0.36% 0.28% 0.34% 0.22%
33 0.4% 0.46% 0.35% 0.26% 0.32% 0.21%
32 0.39% 0.44% 0.34% 0.25% 0.31% 0.19%
31 0.38% 0.43% 0.34% 0.24% 0.29% 0.18%
30 0.37% 0.41% 0.34% 0.23% 0.28% 0.17%
29 0.36% 0.4% 0.33% 0.21% 0.26% 0.16%
28 0.36% 0.39% 0.33% 0.2% 0.25% 0.16%
27 0.35% 0.38% 0.32% 0.19% 0.24% 0.15%
26 0.35% 0.39% 0.31% 0.19% 0.23% 0.14%
25 0.35% 0.39% 0.31% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
24 0.35% 0.4% 0.3% 0.17% 0.22% 0.13%
23 0.35% 0.4% 0.29% 0.17% 0.21% 0.12%
22 0.34% 0.4% 0.28% 0.16% 0.2% 0.11%
21 0.33% 0.38% 0.27% 0.15% 0.19% 0.11%
20 0.31% 0.35% 0.27% 0.14% 0.18% 0.1%
19 0.29% 0.32% 0.25% 0.13% 0.17% 0.1%
18 0.26% 0.28% 0.24% 0.12% 0.15% 0.09%
17 0.23% 0.25% 0.22% 0.11% 0.13% 0.08%
16 0.21% 0.22% 0.19% 0.09% 0.11% 0.07%
15 0.18% 0.2% 0.17% 0.08% 0.09% 0.07%
14 0.17% 0.18% 0.15% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
13 0.15% 0.17% 0.14% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
12 0.15% 0.16% 0.13% 0.06% 0.06% 0.05%
11 0.15% 0.16% 0.13% 0.05% 0.06% 0.05%
10 0.16% 0.17% 0.14% 0.05% 0.06% 0.05%
9 0.17% 0.18% 0.16% 0.06% 0.06% 0.05%
8 0.2% 0.21% 0.19% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
7 0.24% 0.25% 0.22% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
6 0.29% 0.3% 0.28% 0.08% 0.08% 0.07%
5 0.36% 0.38% 0.35% 0.09% 0.1% 0.08%
4 0.46% 0.48% 0.44% 0.12% 0.13% 0.11%
3 0.59% 0.63% 0.56% 0.16% 0.17% 0.15%
2 0.77% 0.83% 0.71% 0.23% 0.24% 0.21%
1 1% 1.09% 0.91% 0.36% 0.38% 0.35%
0 5.27% 5.9% 4.62% 2.46% 2.74% 2.18%

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

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

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

The annual chance of dying is 5.27% in the birth year in Burkina Faso and 2.46% in Rwanda, 0.37% vs 0.23% at age 30, 1.85% vs 1.74% at 60, and 13.7% vs 9.83% at 80.

Death rate by age in Burkina Faso vs Rwanda

Burkina Faso
Male

Female
Rwanda
Male

Female
1x
Age Death rate
Burkina Faso Rwanda
Total Male Female Total Male Female
100 0 0 0 12.4 4.19 20.1
99 8.73 3.99 12.6 117.8 80.2 150.3
98 16.3 7.99 23.4 170.6 116.8 216.8
97 29.5 15.4 41.9 243.4 168 308
96 51.6 28.6 72.2 338 235.5 425
95 87.6 51.2 120.2 455 321 569
94 143.1 87.7 192.8 594 426 737
93 224.5 144 297 757 551 932
92 337 225.7 438 943 696 1,153
91 484 337 617 1,139 855 1,379
90 663 478 830 1,376 1,045 1,657
89 869 648 1,070 1,594 1,235 1,901
88 1,097 842 1,330 1,832 1,442 2,167
87 1,343 1,056 1,606 2,061 1,651 2,417
86 1,604 1,285 1,896 2,286 1,861 2,659
85 1,875 1,527 2,196 2,479 2,057 2,856
84 2,149 1,773 2,495 2,659 2,248 3,033
83 2,413 2,017 2,776 2,787 2,403 3,147
82 2,649 2,247 3,020 2,899 2,545 3,239
81 2,844 2,451 3,207 2,940 2,633 3,242
80 2,988 2,621 3,327 3,039 2,752 3,321
79 3,079 2,751 3,383 3,033 2,795 3,268
78 3,117 2,841 3,385 3,051 2,848 3,251
77 3,117 2,893 3,350 3,005 2,850 3,159
76 3,091 2,910 3,288 2,973 2,855 3,091
75 3,039 2,896 3,204 2,914 2,836 2,993
74 2,963 2,852 3,096 2,827 2,792 2,868
73 2,862 2,782 2,964 2,727 2,734 2,729
72 2,737 2,689 2,808 2,628 2,667 2,600
71 2,595 2,580 2,633 2,479 2,557 2,416
70 2,444 2,461 2,450 2,398 2,496 2,317
69 2,293 2,340 2,269 2,245 2,379 2,133
68 2,150 2,224 2,099 2,136 2,287 2,008
67 2,019 2,115 1,945 2,015 2,187 1,870
66 1,901 2,015 1,809 1,903 2,088 1,745
65 1,792 1,921 1,684 1,812 2,007 1,646
64 1,687 1,830 1,565 1,704 1,907 1,531
63 1,583 1,738 1,448 1,605 1,812 1,426
62 1,477 1,643 1,330 1,512 1,719 1,331
61 1,371 1,546 1,215 1,403 1,609 1,221
60 1,268 1,449 1,105 1,335 1,536 1,156
59 1,173 1,356 1,005 1,233 1,430 1,057
58 1,089 1,272 921 1,160 1,350 989
57 1,017 1,196 851 1,084 1,269 919
56 956 1,129 795 1,022 1,202 864
55 904 1,069 748 961 1,137 809
54 857 1,012 708 906 1,077 762
53 811 957 669 851 1,016 714
52 764 902 630 804 961 675
51 717 847 590 747 897 622
50 671 794 550 711 852 591
49 628 745 512 660 791 544
48 591 701 480 619 741 508
47 560 665 454 578 692 472
46 535 634 434 542 648 441
45 514 608 419 512 612 416
44 497 584 408 478 571 388
43 480 559 399 450 538 365
42 462 533 391 426 508 345
41 444 505 382 397 475 320
40 425 478 371 378 453 305
39 407 452 360 353 423 283.7
38 390 432 349 333 400 267
37 377 416 337 312 376 248.8
36 366 405 326 294.1 355 234.7
35 357 397 316 277.9 336 220.8
34 350 391 308 261.2 317 206.4
33 343 384 302 246.8 299.3 194.5
32 336 374 297.6 234.1 284.5 183.7
31 329 362 295.2 220.2 268.9 171.6
30 322 349 293.7 211.9 258.9 165.2
29 316 338 292.3 200.8 246.4 155.9
28 311 331 289.7 191.7 236.6 148
27 308 330 285.3 183.4 227.7 140.7
26 307 334 279.1 175.9 219.8 133.7
25 307 341 271.6 169.3 213.2 127
24 308 349 264.1 163.3 206.4 121.4
23 306 353 257.4 157.2 199.7 115.5
22 301 349 251.6 150.7 191.9 110
21 291.5 335 246.4 143.4 182.4 104.5
20 276.4 311 239.9 135.9 171.6 100.2
19 256.8 282 230.4 126.7 159.1 94.2
18 234.1 251 216.2 116.4 144.9 87.7
17 210 221.7 197.6 102.2 124.4 79.9
16 186.6 196.2 176.6 89 105.5 72.3
15 166 175.5 156 76.4 88.5 64.1
14 149.7 160 138.8 66.1 75.7 56.4
13 138.7 149.9 126.9 58.8 66.6 51
12 133.4 145.1 121.1 54.4 61.5 47.2
11 134.3 146 122 52.4 59.2 45.6
10 141.7 152.9 130 52.4 58.7 46.1
9 156.6 166.7 146 54.5 60.8 48.1
8 180.5 189.3 171.2 58.9 65.5 52.2
7 215.6 223.3 207.4 65.9 72.7 58.9
6 265 272.6 257.1 74.8 81.5 68
5 333 343 323 88.5 95.1 81.7
4 427 442 411 113.9 122.1 105.6
3 553 580 525 154.2 164.8 143.3
2 723 770 673 220.4 233.4 207
1 950 1,030 867 354 368 339
0 5,267 5,896 4,616 2,463 2,740 2,181

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

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/burkina-faso/rwanda | 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 78 in Rwanda. The median age of death is 70.4 in Burkina Faso and 73.5 in Rwanda, 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 Rwanda more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

1x

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

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

Help us show the world through your eyes

Share a photo of your city and help others discover what it looks like to live there. Your contribution makes our data come alive.

Data sources:

  1. United Nations | World Population Prospects (1950–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10)
  2. World Health Organization (WHO) | Global Health Observatory (2021, retrieved 2026-02-08)

Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) — you’re free to copy, share, remix, adapt, and use even commercially as long as you give appropriate credit and clearly indicate if you made changes. Other sources may be subject to different license terms.