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Uganda:
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Other pages in this profile of Uganda:
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Population |
Definition - World rank and map 31,367,972 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2008 est.) |
Population density |
Definition - World rank and map 157.1 people per sq. km (July 2008 est.) |
Age structure |
Definition - World rank and map 0-14 years: 50% (male 7,903,935/female 7,789,792) 15-64 years: 47.8% (male 7,528,073/female 7,469,938) 65 years and over: 2.2% (male 284,122/female 392,112) (2008 est.) |
Median Age |
Definition - World rank and map total: 15 years male: 14.9 years female: 15.1 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 3.603% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 48.15 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate |
Definition - World rank and map 12.32 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate |
Definition - World rank and map 0.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio |
Definition at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female total population: 1 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate |
Definition - World rank and map total: 65.99 deaths/1,000 live births male: 69.65 deaths/1,000 live births female: 62.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth |
Definition - World rank and map total population: 52.34 years male: 51.31 years female: 53.4 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
Definition - World rank and map 6.81 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
Definition - World rank and map 4.1% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
Definition - World rank and map 530,000 (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths |
Definition 78,000 (2003 est.) |
Major infectious diseases |
Definition degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: chikungunya, malaria, plague, and African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2008) |
Nationality |
Definition noun: Ugandan(s) adjective: Ugandan |
Ethnic groups |
Definition Baganda 16.9%, Banyakole 9.5%, Basoga 8.4%, Bakiga 6.9%, Iteso 6.4%, Langi 6.1%, Acholi 4.7%, Bagisu 4.6%, Lugbara 4.2%, Bunyoro 2.7%, other 29.6% (2002 census) |
Religions |
Definition Roman Catholic 41.9%, Protestant 42% (Anglican 35.9%, Pentecostal 4.6%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.5%), Muslim 12.1%, other 3.1%, none 0.9% (2002 census) |
Languages |
Definition English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic |
Literacy |
Definition definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 66.8% male: 76.8% female: 57.7% (2002 census) |
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