Life expectancy at birth in Uganda was 40.8 years in 1952: 42.5 for women and 39.3 for men, a gap of 3.2 years. 145,454 people died; 10.8% of them were 65 or older and 54.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1952

Life expectancy at birth

40.8

Women

42.5

Men

39.3

Life expectancy at 65

10.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

136.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

260.7

Deaths

145,454

Deaths per 1,000 people

23.9

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

497

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

434

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1952's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1952

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	138.59	162.79	42.5	39.3
1-4	37.87	41.40	47.6	44.9
5-9	8.67	9.49	51.0	48.6
10-14	5.26	5.44	48.1	45.8
15-19	5.86	6.27	44.4	42.0
20-24	7.81	9.16	40.6	38.3
25-29	9.55	10.63	37.1	35.0
30-34	10.72	12.10	33.8	31.7
35-39	11.93	14.08	30.5	28.5
40-44	13.01	16.01	27.3	25.4
45-49	14.22	18.43	23.9	22.4
50-54	17.77	22.62	20.5	19.3
55-59	22.94	27.85	17.2	16.3
60-64	33.86	38.69	13.9	13.3
65-69	51.01	55.36	11.0	10.6
70-74	79.74	83.33	8.5	8.3
75-79	119.32	124.70	6.5	6.3
80-84	172.53	182.80	5.0	4.7
85-89	244.29	260.31	3.8	3.6
90-94	330.44	350.28	2.9	2.7
95-99	433.91	458.88	2.3	2.1
100+	549.69	574.85	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Uganda by year

Mortality in Uganda, 1952

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