Life expectancy at birth in Uganda was 56.1 years in 2006: 58.0 for women and 54.1 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 301,067 people died; 14.2% of them were 65 or older and 42.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2006

Life expectancy at birth

56.1

Women

58.0

Men

54.1

Life expectancy at 65

13.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

66.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

99.8

Deaths

301,067

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.5

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

420

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

365

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2006's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2006

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	62.53	77.15	58.0	54.1
1-4	8.53	9.74	60.7	57.4
5-9	2.32	2.74	58.8	55.6
10-14	1.79	2.00	54.4	51.3
15-19	2.77	3.12	49.9	46.8
20-24	4.29	4.98	45.6	42.5
25-29	5.97	6.40	41.5	38.5
30-34	7.55	8.09	37.7	34.7
35-39	9.31	10.38	34.0	31.0
40-44	10.93	12.88	30.5	27.5
45-49	12.94	16.05	27.1	24.2
50-54	16.26	20.55	23.7	21.0
55-59	20.82	26.22	20.5	18.0
60-64	29.26	36.48	17.5	15.1
65-69	39.73	48.47	14.9	12.7
70-74	49.36	62.17	12.6	10.5
75-79	59.71	82.17	10.4	8.4
80-84	80.26	117.52	8.2	6.5
85-89	129.06	179.98	6.0	4.8
90-94	195.93	259.26	4.5	3.6
95-99	284.53	360.47	3.3	2.7
100+	397.80	476.35	2.5	2.1

Mortality in Uganda by year

Mortality in Uganda, 2006

Year

Country