Life expectancy at birth in Uganda is projected at 71.1 years in 2037: 74.2 for women and 68.0 for men, a gap of 6.2 years. 299,779 people are projected to die; 31.8% of them would be 65 or older and 14.8% 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).

Key indicators, 2037

Life expectancy at birth

71.1

Women

74.2

Men

68.0

Life expectancy at 65

16.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

18.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

24.8

Deaths

299,779

Deaths per 1,000 people

4.4

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

236

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

159

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2037's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2037

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	14.97	21.88	74.2	68.0
1-4	1.47	1.92	74.3	68.5
5-9	0.47	0.67	70.7	65.0
10-14	0.39	0.58	65.9	60.2
15-19	0.66	1.14	61.0	55.4
20-24	0.97	1.80	56.2	50.7
25-29	1.31	2.25	51.5	46.1
30-34	1.78	2.92	46.8	41.6
35-39	2.52	4.01	42.2	37.2
40-44	3.58	5.60	37.7	32.9
45-49	5.14	7.98	33.3	28.8
50-54	7.57	11.59	29.1	24.8
55-59	10.97	16.50	25.1	21.1
60-64	16.88	24.58	21.4	17.7
65-69	24.38	34.50	18.1	14.7
70-74	32.27	46.54	15.1	12.0
75-79	41.79	65.00	12.3	9.5
80-84	60.16	97.38	9.6	7.3
85-89	101.31	153.82	7.1	5.3
90-94	160.76	228.33	5.1	3.9
95-99	242.95	324.52	3.7	2.9
100+	361.87	466.72	2.8	2.1

Mortality in Uganda by year

Mortality in Uganda, 2037

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