Life expectancy at birth in Uganda was 45.6 years in 1978: 48.7 for women and 42.8 for men, a gap of 5.9 years. 244,630 people died; 10.6% of them were 65 or older and 53.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1978

Life expectancy at birth

45.6

Women

48.7

Men

42.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

121.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

218.9

Deaths

244,630

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.3

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

474

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

346

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1978's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1978

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	121.69	144.04	48.7	42.8
1-4	28.41	31.18	53.8	48.2
5-9	6.93	7.44	56.1	50.3
10-14	4.13	4.38	52.9	47.1
15-19	4.53	6.08	49.0	43.1
20-24	5.77	9.68	45.1	39.3
25-29	6.77	10.63	41.3	36.2
30-34	7.49	11.25	37.6	33.0
35-39	8.40	12.65	34.0	29.8
40-44	9.48	14.29	30.3	26.5
45-49	10.72	16.73	26.7	23.3
50-54	13.66	20.81	23.0	20.1
55-59	18.04	26.29	19.5	17.1
60-64	27.22	36.61	16.1	14.1
65-69	40.58	51.47	13.0	11.4
70-74	59.76	73.58	10.4	9.1
75-79	84.22	104.62	8.2	7.1
80-84	124.24	154.88	6.2	5.3
85-89	191.68	233.43	4.5	3.9
90-94	277.54	330.05	3.3	2.9
95-99	401.48	492.16	2.4	2.0
100+	616.48	705.17	1.6	1.4

Mortality in Uganda by year

Mortality in Uganda, 1978

Year

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