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Life Expectancy in Uganda vs United States (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 68.7 years in Uganda vs 79.6 in the United States. Uganda is ranked 146/197 by life expectancy, and the United States is 47/197. In Uganda, the life expectancy is 65.7 years for males and 71.6 years for females. In the United States, it's 77.2 years for males and 82.1 years for females.

Uganda vs United States life expectancy at birth by year chart

Uganda
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Uganda United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 39.7 38.2 41.4 68.1 65.4 71
1951 40.2 38.7 41.9 68.2 65.4 71.2
1952 40.8 39.3 42.5 68.4 65.5 71.5
1953 41.3 39.8 43 68.7 65.8 71.9
1954 41.8 40.3 43.6 69.5 66.6 72.7
1955 42.4 40.8 44.2 69.6 66.6 72.8
1956 43 41.4 44.9 69.6 66.6 72.9
1957 43.7 42 45.6 69.4 66.4 72.7
1958 44.3 42.6 46.3 69.7 66.6 73
1959 45 43.2 46.9 69.9 66.8 73.3
1960 45.6 43.9 47.6 69.8 66.6 73.3
1961 46.3 44.5 48.3 70.3 67 73.7
1962 46.8 45 48.9 70.1 66.9 73.6
1963 47.4 45.6 49.4 69.9 66.6 73.5
1964 47.8 46 49.9 70.2 66.8 73.8
1965 48.3 46.4 50.4 70.2 66.8 73.9
1966 48.5 46.5 50.7 70.2 66.7 74
1967 49 47.1 51.2 70.5 66.9 74.3
1968 49.3 47.3 51.5 70.2 66.6 74.1
1969 49.5 47.5 51.8 70.5 66.8 74.4
1970 49.6 47.6 51.9 70.7 67 74.6
1971 47.1 44.4 50.3 71.1 67.4 75
1972 47.2 44.4 50.3 71.2 67.4 75.1
1973 47 44.7 49.5 71.4 67.6 75.3
1974 46.9 44.1 49.9 72 68.2 75.8
1975 46.5 44.2 49 72.5 68.7 76.5
1976 46.2 43.9 48.7 72.8 69.1 76.7
1977 45.8 43.6 48.3 73.2 69.4 77.1
1978 45.6 42.8 48.7 73.4 69.6 77.2
1979 45.4 42.6 48.5 73.8 70 77.7
1980 43.5 39.9 47.5 73.7 70 77.5
1981 43.5 39.9 47.5 74.1 70.4 77.8
1982 43.3 39.3 47.9 74.5 70.8 78.1
1983 43.5 39.5 48.1 74.6 71 78.1
1984 43.7 39.7 48.2 74.7 71.1 78.2
1985 45.5 41.8 49.6 74.7 71.1 78.2
1986 45.7 42 49.7 74.7 71.1 78.3
1987 47.4 44.8 50 74.9 71.3 78.4
1988 47.5 45 50 74.8 71.3 78.3
1989 47.5 45.1 49.9 75.1 71.6 78.6
1990 47.6 45.3 49.8 75.4 71.8 78.8
1991 47.5 45.3 49.8 75.5 72 79
1992 47.7 45.5 49.9 75.8 72.3 79.2
1993 47.7 45.6 49.8 75.6 72.2 78.9
1994 47.7 45.6 49.7 75.7 72.4 79.1
1995 47.7 45.8 49.7 75.9 72.6 79.1
1996 47.8 45.8 49.7 76.2 73.1 79.2
1997 48 46.2 49.8 76.5 73.5 79.4
1998 48.3 46.5 50 76.7 73.8 79.4
1999 49 47.2 50.7 76.7 73.9 79.3
2000 49.6 47.8 51.4 76.8 74.1 79.4
2001 50.6 48.8 52.3 76.9 74.3 79.5
2002 51.4 49.5 53.3 77 74.3 79.6
2003 52.4 50.5 54.3 77.1 74.5 79.7
2004 53.7 51.7 55.6 77.5 75 80.1
2005 54.9 52.9 56.9 77.5 75 80.1
2006 56.1 54.1 58 77.8 75.2 80.3
2007 57.2 55.2 59.2 78 75.5 80.6
2008 58.3 56.2 60.2 78.1 75.6 80.6
2009 59.2 57 61.2 78.5 76 80.9
2010 60 57.7 62.1 78.7 76.2 81.1
2011 60.8 58.6 62.9 78.7 76.3 81.1
2012 61.6 59.2 63.8 78.8 76.4 81.2
2013 62.4 59.9 64.7 78.8 76.4 81.2
2014 63.1 60.5 65.5 78.9 76.5 81.3
2015 63.8 61.2 66.3 78.7 76.3 81.1
2016 64.5 61.8 67.1 78.7 76.2 81.2
2017 65.2 62.4 67.8 78.6 76.2 81.2
2018 65.8 63 68.5 78.8 76.3 81.3
2019 66.4 63.5 69.1 78.9 76.5 81.5
2020 66.4 63.4 69.4 77 74.3 79.9
2021 66.4 63.6 69.2 76.4 73.6 79.4
2022 67.7 64.7 70.5 78 75.3 80.8
2023 68.3 65.3 71.1 79.3 76.9 81.8
2024 68.5 65.5 71.4 79.5 77 82
2025 68.7 65.7 71.6 79.6 77.2 82.1

Life expectancy is the average age of death for a hypothetical cohort of newborns if they experienced the age-specific mortality rates of one particular year throughout their entire life. It is a snapshot reflecting mortality rates at a given year that does not account for any future changes in these rates.

Healthy life expectancy at birth, defined by the World Health Organization as the average number of years a person can expect to live in full health, is 57.2 years in Uganda and 63.9 in the United States. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 13.1 healthy years in Uganda and 15.7 in the United States.

Uganda vs United States life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator assesses the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on the current age for both males and females in Uganda and the United States, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2025 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
43.0 vs 50.8 years

Mean expected age of death:
73.0 vs 80.8 years

Median expected age of death:
74.8 vs 84.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Uganda United States
Male Female Male Female
40 95.9% 97.3% 98.0% 99.0%
50 88.7% 92.3% 95.1% 97.2%
60 75.9% 83.0% 88.6% 93.1%
65 66.3% 75.5% 83.3% 89.7%
70 55.1% 66.0% 76.6% 85.1%
75 42.9% 55.4% 67.6% 78.3%
80 30.4% 44.4% 55.6% 68.3%
85 18.1% 32.3% 40.2% 53.7%
90 8.0% 18.9% 22.4% 34.1%
95 2.4% 8.0% 7.8% 14.6%
100 0.4% 2.2% 1.3% 3.3%

Remaining life expectancy by current age

Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. An adult has already survived early-age mortality causes and is expected to have a longer lifespan than calculated from birth.

The life expectancy from current ages in Uganda vs the United States: 73 years vs 80.8 at 30, 81.1 vs 85.1 at 65, 88.5 vs 89.6 at 80 — significantly higher than the 68.7 vs 79.6 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in Uganda and the United States.

Uganda
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Uganda United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 68.7 65.7 71.6 79.6 77.2 82.1
1 70.6 67.7 73.3 80 77.6 82.5
2 70.9 68 73.6 80 77.7 82.5
3 71.1 68.2 73.8 80 77.7 82.5
4 71.2 68.3 73.9 80.1 77.7 82.5
5 71.3 68.4 74 80.1 77.7 82.5
6 71.3 68.5 74 80.1 77.7 82.5
7 71.4 68.6 74.1 80.1 77.7 82.5
8 71.5 68.6 74.1 80.1 77.7 82.5
9 71.5 68.7 74.2 80.1 77.7 82.6
10 71.5 68.7 74.2 80.1 77.7 82.6
11 71.6 68.7 74.2 80.1 77.8 82.6
12 71.6 68.8 74.3 80.1 77.8 82.6
13 71.6 68.8 74.3 80.1 77.8 82.6
14 71.7 68.9 74.3 80.1 77.8 82.6
15 71.7 68.9 74.4 80.1 77.8 82.6
16 71.8 69 74.4 80.2 77.8 82.6
17 71.8 69 74.5 80.2 77.8 82.6
18 71.9 69.1 74.5 80.2 77.9 82.6
19 72 69.2 74.6 80.2 77.9 82.7
20 72 69.3 74.6 80.3 78 82.7
21 72.1 69.4 74.7 80.3 78 82.7
22 72.2 69.5 74.8 80.4 78.1 82.7
23 72.3 69.6 74.8 80.4 78.2 82.8
24 72.4 69.7 74.9 80.5 78.3 82.8
25 72.5 69.8 75 80.5 78.3 82.8
26 72.6 69.9 75.1 80.6 78.4 82.9
27 72.7 70 75.1 80.7 78.5 82.9
28 72.8 70.2 75.2 80.7 78.6 82.9
29 72.9 70.3 75.3 80.8 78.7 83
30 73 70.4 75.4 80.8 78.7 83
31 73.1 70.5 75.5 80.9 78.8 83
32 73.2 70.7 75.6 81 78.9 83.1
33 73.3 70.8 75.7 81 79 83.1
34 73.5 70.9 75.8 81.1 79.1 83.2
35 73.6 71.1 75.9 81.2 79.2 83.2
36 73.7 71.2 76 81.2 79.3 83.3
37 73.9 71.4 76.1 81.3 79.3 83.3
38 74 71.6 76.3 81.4 79.4 83.4
39 74.2 71.7 76.4 81.5 79.5 83.4
40 74.3 71.9 76.5 81.5 79.6 83.5
41 74.5 72.1 76.7 81.6 79.7 83.5
42 74.7 72.3 76.8 81.7 79.8 83.6
43 74.8 72.5 77 81.8 79.9 83.7
44 75 72.7 77.1 81.9 80 83.7
45 75.2 72.9 77.3 81.9 80.1 83.8
46 75.4 73.1 77.4 82 80.2 83.9
47 75.6 73.3 77.6 82.1 80.3 83.9
48 75.8 73.5 77.8 82.2 80.4 84
49 76 73.8 78 82.3 80.5 84.1
50 76.3 74 78.2 82.4 80.7 84.2
51 76.5 74.3 78.4 82.6 80.8 84.3
52 76.8 74.6 78.6 82.7 81 84.4
53 77 74.9 78.8 82.8 81.1 84.5
54 77.3 75.2 79.1 83 81.3 84.6
55 77.6 75.5 79.3 83.1 81.5 84.7
56 77.9 75.8 79.6 83.3 81.7 84.9
57 78.2 76.1 79.9 83.5 81.9 85
58 78.5 76.5 80.1 83.6 82.1 85.2
59 78.8 76.8 80.4 83.8 82.3 85.3
60 79.1 77.2 80.7 84 82.5 85.5
61 79.5 77.6 81 84.2 82.7 85.6
62 79.9 78 81.4 84.4 83 85.8
63 80.3 78.4 81.7 84.6 83.2 86
64 80.7 78.8 82.1 84.9 83.5 86.1
65 81.1 79.3 82.5 85.1 83.8 86.3
66 81.6 79.8 82.9 85.3 84 86.5
67 82 80.2 83.4 85.6 84.3 86.7
68 82.5 80.7 83.8 85.8 84.6 86.9
69 82.9 81.2 84.2 86.1 84.9 87.1
70 83.4 81.7 84.7 86.3 85.2 87.3
71 83.9 82.2 85.1 86.6 85.5 87.5
72 84.4 82.7 85.6 86.9 85.8 87.8
73 84.9 83.2 86.1 87.2 86.2 88
74 85.4 83.8 86.5 87.5 86.5 88.3
75 85.9 84.3 87 87.8 86.9 88.6
76 86.4 84.8 87.5 88.1 87.2 88.9
77 86.9 85.4 88 88.5 87.6 89.2
78 87.5 85.9 88.4 88.8 88 89.5
79 88 86.5 88.9 89.2 88.4 89.8
80 88.5 87.1 89.4 89.6 88.9 90.2
81 89 87.7 89.8 90 89.3 90.6
82 89.6 88.3 90.3 90.4 89.8 90.9
83 90.1 88.9 90.8 90.9 90.2 91.4
84 90.7 89.5 91.3 91.4 90.7 91.8
85 91.4 90.2 91.9 91.8 91.3 92.2
86 92 90.9 92.5 92.3 91.8 92.7
87 92.6 91.6 93.1 92.9 92.4 93.2
88 93.3 92.3 93.7 93.5 93 93.8
89 94 93.1 94.4 94 93.6 94.3
90 94.7 93.9 95 94.7 94.2 94.9
91 95.5 94.6 95.7 95.3 94.9 95.5
92 96.2 95.4 96.4 96 95.6 96.2
93 97 96.2 97.2 96.7 96.3 96.9
94 97.7 97 97.9 97.4 97.1 97.6
95 98.5 97.9 98.7 98.2 97.9 98.3
96 99.3 98.7 99.5 98.9 98.7 99.1
97 100.1 99.6 100.3 99.7 99.5 99.8
98 101 100.4 101.1 100.5 100.3 100.6
99 101.8 101.3 101.9 101.4 101.2 101.4
100 102.6 102.1 102.7 102.2 102 102.3

Odds of living to age in Uganda vs United States

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 74.1% in Uganda and 89% in the United States are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 56.6% and 79.2% will live to 70 years or older, 35.1% and 60.7% to 80+ years, and 12.8% and 27.7% will live past 90 years old.

For longevity rates starting from an age other than 0, use the probability of survival to an age calculator provided above.

Uganda
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Uganda United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.3% 97% 97.6% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
2 96.9% 96.6% 97.3% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
3 96.7% 96.3% 97% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
4 96.5% 96.1% 96.9% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
5 96.4% 96% 96.8% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
6 96.3% 95.9% 96.7% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
7 96.2% 95.8% 96.6% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
8 96.1% 95.7% 96.5% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
9 96% 95.6% 96.5% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
10 96% 95.5% 96.4% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
11 95.9% 95.5% 96.4% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
12 95.9% 95.4% 96.3% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
13 95.8% 95.3% 96.3% 99.3% 99.3% 99.4%
14 95.7% 95.3% 96.2% 99.3% 99.3% 99.4%
15 95.7% 95.2% 96.1% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
16 95.6% 95.1% 96.1% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
17 95.5% 95% 96% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
18 95.4% 94.8% 95.9% 99.2% 99.1% 99.3%
19 95.2% 94.7% 95.8% 99.2% 99% 99.3%
20 95.1% 94.5% 95.7% 99.1% 98.9% 99.3%
21 94.9% 94.3% 95.6% 99% 98.8% 99.2%
22 94.8% 94.1% 95.5% 98.9% 98.7% 99.2%
23 94.6% 93.9% 95.3% 98.8% 98.6% 99.1%
24 94.4% 93.7% 95.2% 98.8% 98.4% 99.1%
25 94.3% 93.4% 95.1% 98.7% 98.3% 99%
26 94.1% 93.2% 94.9% 98.6% 98.2% 99%
27 93.9% 93% 94.8% 98.4% 98% 98.9%
28 93.6% 92.7% 94.6% 98.3% 97.8% 98.9%
29 93.4% 92.4% 94.4% 98.2% 97.7% 98.8%
30 93.2% 92.2% 94.2% 98.1% 97.5% 98.7%
31 92.9% 91.9% 94.1% 98% 97.4% 98.6%
32 92.7% 91.6% 93.8% 97.8% 97.2% 98.6%
33 92.4% 91.2% 93.6% 97.7% 97% 98.5%
34 92.1% 90.9% 93.4% 97.6% 96.8% 98.4%
35 91.8% 90.5% 93.2% 97.4% 96.6% 98.3%
36 91.5% 90.1% 92.9% 97.3% 96.4% 98.2%
37 91.2% 89.7% 92.6% 97.1% 96.2% 98.1%
38 90.8% 89.3% 92.3% 97% 96% 98%
39 90.4% 88.9% 92% 96.8% 95.8% 97.8%
40 90% 88.4% 91.7% 96.6% 95.6% 97.7%
41 89.6% 87.9% 91.3% 96.4% 95.4% 97.6%
42 89.1% 87.3% 91% 96.3% 95.2% 97.5%
43 88.7% 86.8% 90.6% 96.1% 94.9% 97.3%
44 88.1% 86.2% 90.1% 95.9% 94.7% 97.2%
45 87.6% 85.5% 89.7% 95.6% 94.4% 97%
46 87% 84.9% 89.2% 95.4% 94.1% 96.8%
47 86.4% 84.1% 88.7% 95.2% 93.8% 96.6%
48 85.8% 83.4% 88.2% 94.9% 93.5% 96.4%
49 85.1% 82.6% 87.6% 94.6% 93.1% 96.2%
50 84.3% 81.7% 87% 94.3% 92.7% 95.9%
51 83.6% 80.8% 86.3% 93.9% 92.3% 95.6%
52 82.7% 79.8% 85.6% 93.5% 91.8% 95.3%
53 81.8% 78.8% 84.9% 93.1% 91.3% 95%
54 80.9% 77.7% 84.1% 92.6% 90.8% 94.7%
55 79.9% 76.6% 83.3% 92.1% 90.2% 94.3%
56 78.9% 75.4% 82.4% 91.6% 89.5% 93.9%
57 77.8% 74.1% 81.4% 91% 88.8% 93.4%
58 76.6% 72.8% 80.5% 90.4% 88.1% 92.9%
59 75.4% 71.4% 79.4% 89.7% 87.3% 92.4%
60 74.1% 69.9% 78.2% 89% 86.4% 91.9%
61 72.7% 68.3% 77% 88.3% 85.5% 91.3%
62 71.2% 66.7% 75.7% 87.5% 84.5% 90.7%
63 69.6% 64.9% 74.3% 86.6% 83.5% 90%
64 68% 63.1% 72.8% 85.7% 82.4% 89.3%
65 66.2% 61.1% 71.2% 84.8% 81.2% 88.6%
66 64.3% 59.1% 69.5% 83.8% 80% 87.8%
67 62.5% 57.1% 67.7% 82.7% 78.8% 87%
68 60.5% 55% 65.9% 81.6% 77.5% 86.1%
69 58.6% 52.9% 64.1% 80.5% 76.1% 85.1%
70 56.6% 50.7% 62.2% 79.2% 74.7% 84%
71 54.5% 48.5% 60.3% 77.9% 73.1% 82.9%
72 52.5% 46.4% 58.3% 76.4% 71.5% 81.7%
73 50.4% 44.1% 56.3% 74.9% 69.8% 80.3%
74 48.2% 41.8% 54.3% 73.3% 67.9% 78.9%
75 46.1% 39.6% 52.2% 71.5% 65.9% 77.3%
76 43.9% 37.2% 50.1% 69.6% 63.8% 75.6%
77 41.7% 34.9% 48.1% 67.6% 61.6% 73.8%
78 39.5% 32.6% 46% 65.4% 59.3% 71.8%
79 37.3% 30.3% 43.9% 63.1% 56.8% 69.7%
80 35.1% 28% 41.8% 60.7% 54.2% 67.4%
81 33% 25.7% 39.7% 58.1% 51.5% 64.9%
82 30.8% 23.5% 37.6% 55.3% 48.6% 62.3%
83 28.5% 21.2% 35.3% 52.4% 45.6% 59.4%
84 26.2% 18.9% 32.9% 49.3% 42.5% 56.3%
85 23.8% 16.7% 30.4% 46% 39.2% 53.1%
86 21.5% 14.6% 27.9% 42.6% 35.8% 49.5%
87 19.2% 12.5% 25.3% 39% 32.4% 45.8%
88 17% 10.6% 22.8% 35.3% 28.8% 41.9%
89 14.8% 8.91% 20.2% 31.5% 25.3% 37.8%
90 12.8% 7.35% 17.8% 27.7% 21.8% 33.6%
91 10.9% 5.96% 15.4% 24% 18.5% 29.5%
92 9.21% 4.77% 13.2% 20.4% 15.3% 25.4%
93 7.64% 3.74% 11.2% 17% 12.4% 21.4%
94 6.25% 2.88% 9.27% 13.8% 9.83% 17.8%
95 5.02% 2.17% 7.58% 11% 7.57% 14.4%
96 3.96% 1.6% 6.07% 8.54% 5.67% 11.3%
97 3.07% 1.16% 4.78% 6.45% 4.12% 8.7%
98 2.33% 0.82% 3.69% 4.73% 2.9% 6.49%
99 1.75% 0.57% 2.8% 3.37% 1.98% 4.69%
100 1.28% 0.38% 2.08% 2.32% 1.3% 3.28%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 2.69% in the birth year in Uganda and 0.48% in the United States, 0.26% vs 0.13% at age 30, 1.9% vs 0.84% at 60, and 6.16% vs 4.29% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in Uganda compared to the United States at any given age.

Uganda
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Uganda United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.69% 3.02% 2.35% 0.48% 0.53% 0.43%
1 0.41% 0.44% 0.39% 0.05% 0.05% 0.04%
2 0.26% 0.28% 0.24% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
3 0.18% 0.19% 0.16% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
4 0.13% 0.14% 0.12% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
5 0.1% 0.11% 0.09% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
6 0.09% 0.1% 0.08% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
7 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
8 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.009% 0.01% 0.008%
9 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.009% 0.01% 0.008%
10 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.01% 0.01% 0.008%
11 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
12 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
13 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
14 0.08% 0.09% 0.06% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
15 0.09% 0.1% 0.07% 0.02% 0.03% 0.02%
16 0.1% 0.12% 0.08% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
17 0.12% 0.14% 0.09% 0.04% 0.06% 0.03%
18 0.13% 0.17% 0.1% 0.06% 0.08% 0.03%
19 0.15% 0.18% 0.11% 0.07% 0.1% 0.04%
20 0.16% 0.2% 0.12% 0.08% 0.11% 0.04%
21 0.17% 0.21% 0.12% 0.08% 0.12% 0.04%
22 0.18% 0.23% 0.13% 0.09% 0.13% 0.05%
23 0.19% 0.24% 0.14% 0.09% 0.14% 0.05%
24 0.2% 0.25% 0.15% 0.1% 0.14% 0.05%
25 0.21% 0.26% 0.16% 0.1% 0.15% 0.06%
26 0.21% 0.27% 0.16% 0.11% 0.15% 0.06%
27 0.23% 0.28% 0.17% 0.11% 0.16% 0.06%
28 0.24% 0.29% 0.18% 0.12% 0.16% 0.07%
29 0.25% 0.3% 0.19% 0.12% 0.17% 0.07%
30 0.26% 0.32% 0.21% 0.13% 0.17% 0.08%
31 0.27% 0.33% 0.22% 0.13% 0.18% 0.08%
32 0.29% 0.35% 0.23% 0.14% 0.18% 0.09%
33 0.31% 0.37% 0.25% 0.14% 0.19% 0.09%
34 0.33% 0.4% 0.26% 0.15% 0.19% 0.1%
35 0.35% 0.42% 0.28% 0.15% 0.2% 0.1%
36 0.37% 0.45% 0.3% 0.16% 0.2% 0.11%
37 0.4% 0.48% 0.32% 0.16% 0.21% 0.11%
38 0.42% 0.51% 0.34% 0.17% 0.22% 0.12%
39 0.45% 0.54% 0.36% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
40 0.48% 0.58% 0.39% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
41 0.51% 0.61% 0.41% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
42 0.54% 0.65% 0.44% 0.2% 0.25% 0.15%
43 0.57% 0.69% 0.46% 0.21% 0.26% 0.16%
44 0.61% 0.74% 0.49% 0.23% 0.28% 0.17%
45 0.66% 0.79% 0.53% 0.25% 0.31% 0.19%
46 0.7% 0.84% 0.56% 0.27% 0.33% 0.2%
47 0.75% 0.9% 0.6% 0.29% 0.35% 0.22%
48 0.81% 0.97% 0.65% 0.31% 0.38% 0.24%
49 0.86% 1.04% 0.7% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
50 0.94% 1.13% 0.76% 0.37% 0.46% 0.29%
51 0.99% 1.19% 0.8% 0.41% 0.5% 0.31%
52 1.07% 1.29% 0.87% 0.45% 0.55% 0.34%
53 1.14% 1.37% 0.93% 0.49% 0.6% 0.37%
54 1.22% 1.47% 0.99% 0.54% 0.66% 0.41%
55 1.3% 1.57% 1.06% 0.59% 0.73% 0.44%
56 1.39% 1.67% 1.14% 0.63% 0.79% 0.48%
57 1.49% 1.79% 1.22% 0.69% 0.85% 0.52%
58 1.61% 1.93% 1.33% 0.74% 0.92% 0.55%
59 1.73% 2.08% 1.43% 0.79% 0.99% 0.59%
60 1.9% 2.27% 1.58% 0.84% 1.06% 0.63%
61 2.02% 2.42% 1.69% 0.91% 1.14% 0.68%
62 2.21% 2.64% 1.86% 0.97% 1.22% 0.72%
63 2.39% 2.85% 2.02% 1.04% 1.31% 0.78%
64 2.59% 3.07% 2.21% 1.11% 1.4% 0.83%
65 2.81% 3.32% 2.42% 1.17% 1.47% 0.88%
66 2.92% 3.46% 2.51% 1.25% 1.56% 0.95%
67 3.07% 3.64% 2.64% 1.33% 1.65% 1.03%
68 3.23% 3.84% 2.78% 1.43% 1.76% 1.12%
69 3.39% 4.04% 2.91% 1.55% 1.9% 1.23%
70 3.63% 4.32% 3.13% 1.68% 2.05% 1.35%
71 3.76% 4.51% 3.23% 1.85% 2.24% 1.49%
72 4.03% 4.85% 3.45% 2.01% 2.43% 1.64%
73 4.24% 5.14% 3.61% 2.21% 2.65% 1.81%
74 4.48% 5.48% 3.8% 2.42% 2.91% 2%
75 4.75% 5.84% 4% 2.65% 3.18% 2.19%
76 5% 6.22% 4.16% 2.91% 3.48% 2.41%
77 5.25% 6.6% 4.33% 3.18% 3.79% 2.67%
78 5.57% 7.11% 4.56% 3.5% 4.15% 2.95%
79 5.83% 7.56% 4.73% 3.87% 4.57% 3.29%
80 6.16% 8.13% 4.95% 4.29% 5.05% 3.67%
81 6.62% 8.73% 5.36% 4.78% 5.6% 4.11%
82 7.43% 9.78% 6.1% 5.29% 6.19% 4.59%
83 8.16% 10.7% 6.79% 5.9% 6.88% 5.16%
84 9.02% 11.8% 7.59% 6.61% 7.69% 5.84%
85 9.8% 12.8% 8.37% 7.44% 8.61% 6.63%
86 10.7% 13.9% 9.21% 8.41% 9.67% 7.55%
87 11.6% 15% 10.1% 9.54% 10.9% 8.61%
88 12.6% 16.3% 11.1% 10.8% 12.3% 9.76%
89 13.5% 17.5% 12.1% 12% 13.7% 11%
90 14.8% 18.9% 13.4% 13.4% 15.2% 12.3%
91 15.7% 20% 14.2% 15.1% 17.1% 13.9%
92 17% 21.6% 15.6% 16.7% 19% 15.5%
93 18.3% 23% 16.9% 18.5% 21% 17.2%
94 19.6% 24.6% 18.3% 20.4% 23% 19.1%
95 21.2% 26.3% 19.9% 22.4% 25.1% 21.1%
96 22.5% 27.8% 21.3% 24.5% 27.3% 23.2%
97 23.9% 29.3% 22.7% 26.6% 29.6% 25.4%
98 25.2% 30.8% 24.1% 28.9% 31.9% 27.7%
99 26.8% 32.4% 25.8% 31.1% 34.2% 30%
100 28.1% 33.9% 27.1% 33.3% 36.5% 32.2%

Death rate by age in Uganda compared to the United States

In Uganda, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 88 in the United States. The median age of death is 73.2 in Uganda and 83.8 in the United States — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Uganda
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Uganda United States
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,693 3,024 2,354 480 526 432
1 403 423 382 46.6 51.7 41.3
2 250.6 267.8 232.9 17.6 19.9 15.2
3 174 187.7 159.8 15.3 17.4 13.2
4 127.5 138.1 116.7 13.1 14.7 11.4
5 98.3 106.7 89.6 10.7 11.8 9.6
6 82.9 91.3 74.3 9.83 10.7 8.92
7 73.1 81.3 64.6 9.64 10.5 8.74
8 65.3 73.2 57.2 9.33 10.2 8.38
9 60.4 67.8 52.7 9.24 10.3 8.12
10 58 65.4 50.4 9.7 11 8.28
11 58 65.9 49.9 10.4 11.8 8.88
12 60.1 68.4 51.7 11.8 13.3 10.1
13 65 73.9 56 14.5 16.8 12
14 73 83.8 62 18.7 22.7 14.5
15 84.2 97.6 70.7 24.4 31.3 17.2
16 97.8 115.7 79.8 32.3 43.4 20.5
17 112.5 136.1 88.7 43.8 60.7 25.8
18 128.1 158.2 97.7 56.5 79.9 31.6
19 139.9 173.9 105.6 67 96 36
20 150.9 188.3 113.1 75.2 108.7 39.4
21 159.9 201.1 118.6 82.7 120 42.9
22 169.2 212.6 125.6 88.5 128.1 46.2
23 177.7 222.2 132.8 92.8 133.8 49
24 185.7 230.7 140.4 97.3 139.5 52
25 193.6 239.3 147.7 101.9 145.2 55.4
26 202 247.6 156.2 107 151 59.5
27 211.4 257.4 165.2 112 156.6 63.8
28 221.3 268.1 174.1 116.3 161.3 67.6
29 231.9 279.7 183.9 120.8 165.8 72
30 244.8 294.3 194.9 124.8 168.9 76.9
31 254.4 306 202.7 128.9 172 82.1
32 270.6 324 217 134.2 177.1 87.5
33 285.4 341 229.7 139.2 182.8 91.9
34 302 361 243.8 144.1 188.3 96.1
35 322 383 260.9 148.5 192.6 100.6
36 340 404 276.8 153.6 197.5 106
37 360 428 292.8 159.4 203.3 111.7
38 383 454 313 165.1 209 117.2
39 405 479 331 171.7 216.1 123.3
40 433 510 355 177.9 222.3 129.5
41 453 534 371 184.9 229.1 136.8
42 484 569 398 192.7 236.9 144.8
43 510 599 420 204.3 249.6 155.2
44 540 635 444 219.8 267.7 168.1
45 576 676 475 237.3 288.3 182.1
46 608 714 502 255.4 310 196.9
47 647 759 535 274.6 332 212.7
48 691 808 574 296.6 358 230.6
49 736 859 612 323 389 251.6
50 791 921 661 352 425 274.4
51 828 965 692 386 465 300
52 887 1,028 747 419 505 326
53 934 1,081 787 456 551 353
54 987 1,140 836 497 603 383
55 1,041 1,199 885 539 654 416
56 1,099 1,261 941 581 704 449
57 1,159 1,326 997 624 756 482
58 1,233 1,404 1,068 666 808 514
59 1,304 1,482 1,135 709 861 548
60 1,405 1,586 1,235 752 914 581
61 1,470 1,654 1,299 803 975 619
62 1,576 1,760 1,410 851 1,034 656
63 1,666 1,847 1,504 903 1,095 699
64 1,761 1,937 1,607 952 1,150 741
65 1,863 2,029 1,721 995 1,197 782
66 1,882 2,044 1,744 1,048 1,251 835
67 1,918 2,075 1,787 1,102 1,304 893
68 1,959 2,109 1,836 1,167 1,366 963
69 1,986 2,134 1,868 1,245 1,443 1,045
70 2,054 2,191 1,946 1,332 1,529 1,132
71 2,051 2,188 1,945 1,438 1,637 1,236
72 2,116 2,249 2,014 1,537 1,735 1,338
73 2,136 2,268 2,036 1,652 1,851 1,454
74 2,161 2,292 2,063 1,774 1,973 1,574
75 2,188 2,311 2,087 1,896 2,097 1,696
76 2,196 2,315 2,086 2,022 2,219 1,826
77 2,188 2,305 2,080 2,151 2,336 1,967
78 2,203 2,320 2,096 2,289 2,458 2,121
79 2,176 2,290 2,075 2,445 2,599 2,293
80 2,165 2,278 2,069 2,605 2,741 2,472
81 2,182 2,247 2,131 2,773 2,885 2,668
82 2,288 2,296 2,294 2,926 3,008 2,858
83 2,326 2,268 2,398 3,092 3,138 3,068
84 2,360 2,237 2,497 3,258 3,264 3,290
85 2,334 2,131 2,547 3,422 3,375 3,517
86 2,296 2,028 2,568 3,584 3,466 3,740
87 2,221 1,885 2,554 3,724 3,529 3,945
88 2,133 1,732 2,522 3,795 3,534 4,085
89 2,007 1,555 2,438 3,786 3,461 4,147
90 1,898 1,390 2,375 3,719 3,326 4,151
91 1,710 1,191 2,193 3,614 3,157 4,105
92 1,570 1,030 2,066 3,406 2,910 3,930
93 1,397 862 1,886 3,137 2,610 3,685
94 1,226 708 1,696 2,821 2,262 3,386
95 1,062 571 1,506 2,467 1,899 3,033
96 892 445 1,293 2,091 1,546 2,631
97 732 339 1,085 1,719 1,219 2,211
98 587 251.2 889 1,367 926 1,797
99 467 183.4 723 1,049 677 1,409
100 299.9 67.3 508 670 334 992

The chart above shows the number of deaths by age and gender per a 100,000 cohort of newborns, illustrating the distribution of expected mortality throughout life.

Note that the graph above does not represent rates per 100,000 population, as this would be skewed by age distribution and reveal more about Uganda and the United States demographics than the death rate. It also does not represent rates per 100,000 people in an age group, as this would be just the probability of death.

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