Bangladesh vs Burkina Faso: Probability that a man will outlive a woman
Bangladesh
43.7%
in 2023
Burkina Faso
43.4%
in 2023
Bangladesh rank
31st
Burkina Faso rank
33rd
Probability that a man will outlive a woman over time
- Bangladesh
- Burkina Faso
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 43.7% against 43.4% in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 31st and Burkina Faso ranks 33rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 5 and Burkina Faso in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Burkina Faso | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 50.6% | 47.6% | 3.0% | Bangladesh |
| 1960s | 51.7% | 47.3% | 4.4% | Bangladesh |
| 1970s | 51.2% | 47.0% | 4.3% | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 51.5% | 47.1% | 4.4% | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 49.4% | 46.8% | 2.6% | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 45.7% | 45.9% | 0.1% | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 42.4% | 44.9% | 2.5% | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 43.1% | 43.8% | 0.7% | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability that a man will outlive a woman, Bangladesh or Burkina Faso?
- Bangladesh, at 43.7% against 43.4% in Burkina Faso as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability that a man will outlive a woman between Bangladesh and Burkina Faso?
- 0.3%, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Burkina Faso?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Bangladesh and Burkina Faso rank globally for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Bangladesh ranks 31st and Burkina Faso ranks 33rd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Probability that a man will outlive a woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability that a male will live longer than a female if both are randomly selected from the population at birth.