Burkina Faso vs Democratic Republic of Congo: Life expectancy at age 15

Burkina Faso

73.98 years

in 2100

Democratic Republic of Congo

74.38 years

in 2100

Burkina Faso rank

226th

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

224th

Life expectancy at age 15 over time

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 74.38 years against 73.98 years in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.398 years.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 151 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Globally, Burkina Faso ranks 226th and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 224th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Life expectancy at age 15
Unit: years
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 36,894 data points, 1751–2100
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.