Mortality in Uganda, 2026

Uganda
2026
Life expectancy: 68.9
Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex
Hover a bar for the number of deaths. Top-heavy where people live long lives, wide at the bottom where many children die.
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in Uganda is projected at 68.9 years in 2026: 71.8 for women and 65.9 for men, a gap of 5.9 years. 245,640 people are projected to die; 24.1% of them would be 65 or older and 25.0% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Life expectancy at birth
68.9
Women
71.8
Men
65.9
Life expectancy at 65
16.1
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
26.1
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
35.3
Deaths
245,640
Deaths per 1,000 people
4.7
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
263
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
184
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2026's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
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
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
023.1430.1471.865.9
1-42.222.5772.566.9
5-90.680.8669.163.6
10-140.550.7364.458.8
15-190.901.4159.554.0
20-241.292.2054.849.4
25-291.712.7450.144.9
30-342.273.5045.540.5
35-393.134.7341.036.2
40-444.316.4636.632.0
45-496.029.0232.427.9
50-548.6412.8428.324.1
55-5912.3018.0424.420.5
60-6418.6726.5720.817.2
65-6926.6136.9217.614.3
70-7434.6949.2814.711.7
75-7944.1268.1112.09.3
80-8462.47101.149.47.1
85-89104.69158.776.95.2
90-94165.02233.965.03.9
95-99247.45330.123.72.9
100+366.99472.232.72.1