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Nationality:
noun: Ugandan(s)
adjective:
Ugandan
Ethnic groups:
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)
Languages:
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
Religions:
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)
Population:
33,640,833 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 37
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
[see also: Population country ranks ]
Age structure:
0-14 years: 49.1% (male 8,229,045/female 8,280,499)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years:
21.2% (male 3,540,082/female 3,581,018)
25-54 years:
25.3% (male 4,254,335/female 4,259,622)
55-64 years:
2.3% (male 364,405/female 411,480)
65 years and over:
2.1% (male 320,237/female 400,110) (2012 est.)
Median age:
total: 15.1 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male:
15 years
female:
15.2 years (2012 est.)
Population growth rate:
3.3% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 4
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
Birth rate:
45.8 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 3
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
Death rate:
11.6 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 33
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
Net migration rate:
-0.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 115
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
Urbanization:
urban population: 13% of total population (2010)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization:
4.8% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Major cities - population:
KAMPALA (capital) 1.535 million (2009)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
under 15 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.68 male(s)/female
total population:
1.01 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
Maternal mortality rate:
310 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 36
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
Infant mortality rate:
total: 64.2 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 22
male:
73.9 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
54.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 53.45 years
country comparison to the world: 205
male:
52.4 years
female:
54.54 years (2012 est.)
Total fertility rate:
6.14 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 4
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
Health expenditures:
8.2% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 51
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
Physicians density:
0.117 physicians/1,000 population (2005)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
Hospital bed density:
0.39 beds/1,000 population (2009)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
Sanitation facility access:
improved:
urban: 38% of population
rural: 49% of population
total: 48% of population
unimproved:
