Life expectancy at birth in Uganda was 57.2 years in 2007: 59.2 for women and 55.2 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 290,388 people died; 14.5% of them were 65 or older and 41.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2007

Life expectancy at birth

57.2

Women

59.2

Men

55.2

Life expectancy at 65

14.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

62.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

93.1

Deaths

290,388

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.8

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

404

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

351

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2007's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2007

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	58.80	72.76	59.2	55.2
1-4	7.73	8.85	61.7	58.3
5-9	2.12	2.52	59.6	56.4
10-14	1.65	1.86	55.2	52.1
15-19	2.58	2.92	50.6	47.5
20-24	3.98	4.62	46.2	43.2
25-29	5.54	5.93	42.1	39.1
30-34	7.02	7.51	38.2	35.2
35-39	8.72	9.69	34.5	31.5
40-44	10.35	12.14	30.9	27.9
45-49	12.37	15.27	27.4	24.5
50-54	15.66	19.75	24.0	21.2
55-59	20.17	25.42	20.8	18.2
60-64	28.44	35.56	17.7	15.3
65-69	38.73	47.46	15.0	12.8
70-74	48.28	61.15	12.7	10.6
75-79	58.65	81.19	10.5	8.5
80-84	79.10	116.48	8.3	6.5
85-89	127.51	178.64	6.1	4.8
90-94	193.97	257.61	4.5	3.6
95-99	282.06	357.94	3.3	2.7
100+	394.87	472.61	2.5	2.1

Mortality in Uganda by year

Mortality in Uganda, 2007

Year

Country