Life expectancy at birth in Uganda was 47.5 years in 1991: 49.8 for women and 45.3 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 315,709 people died; 12.3% of them were 65 or older and 49.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1991

Life expectancy at birth

47.5

Women

49.8

Men

45.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

104.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

177.9

Deaths

315,709

Deaths per 1,000 people

17.4

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

498

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

417

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1991's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1991

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	103.04	123.40	49.8	45.3
1-4	20.30	22.69	54.1	50.1
5-9	4.96	5.71	54.5	50.6
10-14	3.35	3.69	50.8	47.0
15-19	4.35	4.99	46.7	42.9
20-24	6.28	7.85	42.6	38.9
25-29	8.23	9.74	38.9	35.3
30-34	9.77	11.73	35.4	32.0
35-39	11.37	14.23	32.1	28.8
40-44	12.73	16.61	28.8	25.7
45-49	14.33	19.47	25.5	22.7
50-54	17.81	23.85	22.2	19.8
55-59	22.75	29.28	19.1	16.9
60-64	32.65	40.08	16.1	14.2
65-69	45.10	53.39	13.5	11.8
70-74	58.09	69.86	11.3	9.7
75-79	72.76	93.51	9.2	7.7
80-84	98.95	132.93	7.2	6.0
85-89	153.64	199.54	5.4	4.4
90-94	225.96	282.09	4.0	3.3
95-99	319.05	385.57	3.0	2.5
100+	433.29	505.15	2.3	2.0

Mortality in Uganda by year

Mortality in Uganda, 1991

Year

Country