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Population of Uganda:
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28,195,754
note: estimates for the population of
Uganda
explicitly take into account the effects of
excess mortality due to AIDS; this can
result in lower life expectancy, higher
infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in
the distribution of population by age and
sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2006 est.) |
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Age
structure in Uganda:
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0-14 years:
50% (male 7,091,763/female 6,996,385)
15-64 years: 47.8% (male
6,762,071/female 6,727,230)
65 years and over: 2.2% (male
266,931/female 351,374) (2006 est.)
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Median
age in Uganda:
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total: 15
years
male: 14.9 years
female: 15.1 years (2006 est.)
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Population growth rate in Uganda:
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3.37% (2006
est.) |
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Birth
rate in Uganda:
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47.35
births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
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Death
rate:
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12.24
deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
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Net
migration rate:
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-1.4 migrant(s)/1,000
population (2006 est.) |
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Sex
ratio in Uganda:
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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: 0.76 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female
(2006 est.) |
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Infant
mortality rate in Uganda:
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total:
66.15 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 69.51 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 62.69 deaths/1,000 live
births (2006 est.) |
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Life
expectancy at birth of Uganda:
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total
population: 52.67 years
male: 51.68 years
female: 53.69 years (2006 est.)
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Total
fertility rate:
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6.71 children
born/woman (2006 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS
- adult prevalence rate:
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4.1% (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS
- people living with HIV/AIDS:
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530,000 (2001
est.) |
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HIV/AIDS
- deaths:
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78,000 (2003
est.) |
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Major
infectious diseases in Uganda:
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degree of
risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid
fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria and
African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
are high risks in some locations
water contact disease:
schistosomiasis (2005) |
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Nationality:
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noun:
Ugandan(s)
adjective: Ugandan |
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Ethnic
groups in Uganda:
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Baganda 17%,
Ankole 8%, Basoga 8%, Iteso 8%, Bakiga 7%,
Langi 6%, Rwanda 6%, Bagisu 5%, Acholi 4%,
Lugbara 4%, Batoro 3%, Bunyoro 3%, Alur 2%,
Bagwere 2%, Bakonjo 2%, Jopodhola 2%,
Karamojong 2%, Rundi 2%, non-African
(European, Asian, Arab) 1%, other 8%
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Religions:
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Roman Catholic
33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous
beliefs 18% |
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Languages spoken in Uganda:
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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 |
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Literacy
rate in Uganda:
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definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 69.9%
male: 79.5%
female: 60.4% (2003 est.)
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Elie Wiesel once said
"friendship marks a life even more deeply than love.
Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship
is never anything but sharing". And this is the
exact definition of Ugandans. Citizens of Uganda are
one of the most friendly people in the world.