Life expectancy at birth in Uganda was 45.7 years in 1986: 49.7 for women and 42.0 for men, a gap of 7.8 years. 291,275 people died; 11.5% of them were 65 or older and 49.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1986

Life expectancy at birth

45.7

Women

49.7

Men

42.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

112.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

195.0

Deaths

291,275

Deaths per 1,000 people

18.8

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

549

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

380

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1986's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1986

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	111.06	132.27	49.7	42.0
1-4	23.53	26.10	54.4	46.7
5-9	5.67	6.37	55.6	47.6
10-14	3.64	4.04	52.1	44.1
15-19	4.42	6.90	48.0	39.9
20-24	6.04	12.60	44.0	36.2
25-29	7.48	14.19	40.3	33.4
30-34	8.59	15.08	36.7	30.7
35-39	9.85	16.56	33.2	27.9
40-44	11.13	18.21	29.8	25.1
45-49	12.44	20.66	26.4	22.3
50-54	15.58	24.59	22.9	19.4
55-59	20.11	30.09	19.5	16.6
60-64	29.38	40.50	16.3	13.9
65-69	41.80	54.48	13.5	11.5
70-74	56.92	73.11	11.1	9.3
75-79	75.63	99.41	8.9	7.4
80-84	106.56	143.66	6.9	5.6
85-89	163.65	215.73	5.1	4.1
90-94	238.67	314.53	3.8	2.9
95-99	338.81	539.40	2.8	1.8
100+	471.54	717.05	2.1	1.4

Mortality in Uganda by year

Mortality in Uganda, 1986

Year

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