Life expectancy at birth in Uganda was 48.3 years in 1998: 50.0 for women and 46.5 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 358,470 people died; 12.3% of them were 65 or older and 46.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1998

Life expectancy at birth

48.3

Women

50.0

Men

46.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

94.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

154.9

Deaths

358,470

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.9

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

514

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

463

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1998's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1998

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	91.59	110.64	50.0	46.5
1-4	16.37	18.47	53.7	50.8
5-9	4.16	4.86	53.2	50.5
10-14	3.01	3.30	49.3	46.7
15-19	4.29	4.71	45.0	42.5
20-24	6.65	7.57	40.9	38.4
25-29	9.27	9.76	37.2	34.8
30-34	11.42	12.12	33.8	31.4
35-39	13.55	15.01	30.7	28.2
40-44	15.16	17.69	27.6	25.2
45-49	17.05	20.82	24.6	22.3
50-54	20.73	25.35	21.6	19.5
55-59	25.88	30.94	18.7	16.8
60-64	35.93	41.95	15.9	14.2
65-69	48.10	54.75	13.5	11.9
70-74	58.60	69.08	11.6	9.9
75-79	68.88	89.46	9.7	8.0
80-84	90.16	125.70	7.7	6.2
85-89	142.34	190.46	5.7	4.6
90-94	212.65	271.84	4.2	3.4
95-99	305.78	376.35	3.1	2.6
100+	425.64	493.51	2.4	2.0

Mortality in Uganda by year

Mortality in Uganda, 1998

Year

Country