Life expectancy at birth in Uganda was 43.3 years in 1982: 47.9 for women and 39.3 for men, a gap of 8.6 years. 285,941 people died; 10.8% of them were 65 or older and 49.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1982

Life expectancy at birth

43.3

Women

47.9

Men

39.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

121.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

217.8

Deaths

285,941

Deaths per 1,000 people

20.6

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

576

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

375

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1982's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1982

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	121.22	143.45	47.9	39.3
1-4	28.18	30.95	52.9	44.2
5-9	6.92	7.51	55.0	45.7
10-14	4.17	4.61	51.8	42.4
15-19	4.74	8.24	47.9	38.3
20-24	6.22	15.23	44.0	34.8
25-29	7.43	16.54	40.3	32.3
30-34	8.32	16.71	36.7	29.9
35-39	9.43	17.72	33.2	27.3
40-44	10.75	19.03	29.6	24.6
45-49	12.07	21.37	26.1	21.8
50-54	15.16	25.29	22.6	19.0
55-59	19.73	31.07	19.2	16.2
60-64	29.23	41.58	15.9	13.5
65-69	42.62	56.57	13.0	11.1
70-74	60.31	77.56	10.5	8.9
75-79	81.74	105.90	8.3	7.0
80-84	118.34	155.61	6.4	5.2
85-89	182.87	236.94	4.6	3.7
90-94	280.11	386.36	3.2	2.4
95-99	468.23	916.15	2.1	1.1
100+	692.04	1000.00	1.5	1.0

Mortality in Uganda by year

Mortality in Uganda, 1982

Year

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