Life expectancy at birth in Uganda was 41.3 years in 1953: 43.0 for women and 39.8 for men, a gap of 3.3 years. 145,965 people died; 10.4% of them were 65 or older and 54.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1953

Life expectancy at birth

41.3

Women

43.0

Men

39.8

Life expectancy at 65

10.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

134.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

255.0

Deaths

145,965

Deaths per 1,000 people

23.4

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

493

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

429

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1953

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	136.45	160.38	43.1	39.8
1-4	36.54	39.92	48.1	45.4
5-9	8.39	9.18	51.3	48.9
10-14	5.11	5.29	48.4	46.1
15-19	5.72	6.13	44.6	42.2
20-24	7.64	8.98	40.9	38.5
25-29	9.34	10.43	37.4	35.1
30-34	10.51	11.91	34.0	31.9
35-39	11.70	13.88	30.7	28.7
40-44	12.78	15.82	27.4	25.5
45-49	14.00	18.26	24.1	22.4
50-54	17.50	22.43	20.6	19.3
55-59	22.60	27.66	17.3	16.3
60-64	33.36	38.45	14.0	13.4
65-69	50.29	55.01	11.1	10.7
70-74	78.69	82.81	8.6	8.3
75-79	117.92	123.92	6.6	6.3
80-84	170.85	181.71	5.0	4.8
85-89	242.40	258.84	3.8	3.6
90-94	328.56	348.48	2.9	2.8
95-99	432.17	456.73	2.3	2.2
100+	548.28	572.51	1.8	1.8

Mortality in Uganda by year

Mortality in Uganda, 1953

Year

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