Burundi
Life expectancy in Burundi
Life expectancy in Burundi: 40.9 years in 1950 and 63.7 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 63.7 years
- Since 1950
- +22.7 years
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 73.6 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 73.6 years in 2100, between 60.3 years and 85 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 63.7 years in 2023, the lowest 25.8 years in 1972.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Burundi | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 63.7 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 62.9 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 62.1 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 62.6 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 62.2 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 61.8 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 61.4 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 60.8 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 60.1 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 59.8 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 59.2 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 58.5 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 57.8 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 57.1 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 56.4 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 55.6 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 54.8 | 69 |
| 2006 | 54 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 53.1 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 52.2 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 51 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 49.9 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 48.5 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 47.6 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 47.6 | 66 |
| 1998 | 46.7 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 45.7 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 44.8 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 44.6 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 44.5 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 37.2 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 44.5 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 44.7 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 45.2 | 64 |
| 1989 | 45.8 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 42.9 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 47.1 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 47.4 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 47.7 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 47.7 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 47.4 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 47 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 46.4 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 45.7 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 45 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 44.4 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 44 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 43.7 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 43.5 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 43.3 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 37.4 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 25.8 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 43.2 | 56 |
| 1970 | 43.2 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 43 | 56 |
| 1968 | 43.4 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 43.3 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 43.5 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 41.8 | 54 |
| 1964 | 43.6 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 43.6 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 43.5 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 43.4 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 43.3 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 43.1 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 42.9 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 42.6 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 42.4 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 42.2 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 42 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 41.7 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 41.5 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 41.2 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 40.9 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Burundi | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 63.862.3–65.2 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 6461.8–65.9 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 64.161.5–66.6 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 64.361.3–67.2 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 64.560.9–67.6 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 64.661–68.1 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 64.860.8–68.3 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 64.960.7–68.8 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 65.160.6–69.1 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 65.260.7–69.5 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 65.460.4–69.8 | 75 |
| 2035 | 65.560.2–70 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 65.660.1–70.4 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 65.860.1–70.8 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 65.960.3–71.2 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 66.160.1–71.6 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 66.259.9–71.7 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 66.459.9–72 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 66.559.6–72.5 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 66.759.9–72.7 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 66.860–73 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 66.959.7–73.2 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 6759.9–73.6 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 67.260–74 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 67.359.9–74.2 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 67.459.9–74.1 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 67.659.7–74.3 | 77 |
| 2051 | 67.759.7–74.8 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 67.859.7–74.9 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 67.959.3–75.1 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 68.159.9–75.4 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 68.259.6–75.6 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 68.359.9–75.8 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 68.559.5–75.9 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 68.659.7–76.2 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 68.759.4–76.3 | 78 |
| 2060 | 68.859.4–76.3 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 6959.5–76.6 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 69.159.4–76.8 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 69.259.5–77.2 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 69.359.5–77.3 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 69.459.4–77.5 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 69.559.4–77.8 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 69.759.7–77.8 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 69.859.7–78 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 69.959.5–78.3 | 79 |
| 2070 | 7059.6–78.4 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 70.159.4–78.6 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 70.259.3–78.9 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 70.459.3–79.3 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 70.559.6–79.4 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 70.659.6–79.7 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 70.759.4–79.8 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 70.859.8–80.1 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 70.960–80.3 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 71.159.9–80.6 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 71.259.9–80.8 | 80 |
| 2081 | 71.359.6–80.8 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 71.459.6–81.2 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 71.559.7–81.4 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 71.759.7–81.5 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 71.860.1–81.8 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 71.960–82.2 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 7259.7–82 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 72.159.7–82.5 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 72.359.7–82.7 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 72.459.8–82.9 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 72.560–83 | 81 |
| 2092 | 72.659.8–83.4 | 81 |
| 2093 | 72.760.3–83.5 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 72.860.4–83.6 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 7360.2–83.8 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 73.160.2–84.2 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 73.260.3–84.4 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 73.359.9–84.5 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 73.560.3–84.8 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 73.660.3–85 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending3.24% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$169M in 2025
- Military spending per person$16 in 2025
- Military share of state spending14.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel31,000 people in 2020
- National power0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.59% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2 million TIV in 2019