Life expectancy at age 15 in Burundi
Burundi: Life expectancy at age 15 was 75.44 years in 2100. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at age 15 in Burundi, 1950–2100
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Burundi recorded 75.44 years for life expectancy at age 15 in 2100. That is the highest value across all 151 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Burundi peaked at 75.44 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 42.85 years, in 1972.
Burundi ranks 220th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 151 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 60.39 years | 59.92 years | 60.77 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 60.67 years | 59.25 years | 60.94 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 58.54 years | 42.85 years | 61.38 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 60.76 years | 56.51 years | 62 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 57.55 years | 51.02 years | 59.91 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 62.57 years | 59.55 years | 64.79 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.42 years | 65.07 years | 67.62 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 68.39 years | 67.13 years | 69.03 years | 10 |
| 2030s | 69.57 years | 69.13 years | 70.01 years | 10 |
| 2040s | 70.51 years | 70.1 years | 70.9 years | 10 |
| 2050s | 71.38 years | 70.99 years | 71.75 years | 10 |
| 2060s | 72.19 years | 71.83 years | 72.55 years | 10 |
| 2070s | 73.03 years | 72.63 years | 73.42 years | 10 |
| 2080s | 73.92 years | 73.5 years | 74.33 years | 10 |
| 2090s | 74.87 years | 74.43 years | 75.34 years | 10 |
| 2100s | 75.44 years | 75.44 years | 75.44 years | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at age 15 in Burundi?
- Life expectancy at age 15 in Burundi was 75.44 years in 2100, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 75.44 years in 2100.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.85 years in 1972.
- How does Burundi rank for life expectancy at age 15?
- Burundi ranks 220th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
- Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.