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People Of Uganda
Uganda Information - Country Guides

Population 26,404,543 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 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 2004 est.)
Age structure 0-14 years: 50.6% (male 6,696,193; female 6,653,764)
15-64 years: 47.1% (male 6,199,732; female 6,233,678)
65 years and over: 2.4% (male 269,990; female 351,186) (2004 est.)
Median age total: 14.8 years
female: 14.9 years (2004 est.)
male: 14.7 years
Population growth rate 2.97% (2004 est.)
Birth rate 46.31 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate 16.61 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: according to the unhcr, by the end of 2001, uganda was host to 178,815 refugees from a number of neighboring countries, including: sudan 155,996, rwanda 14,375, and democratic republic of the congo 7,459 (2004 est.)
Sex ratio at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Infant mortality rate total: 86.15 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 78.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 93.58 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth total population: 45.28 years
male: 43.76 years
female: 46.83 years (2004 est.)
Total fertility rate 6.64 children born/woman (2004 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 4.1% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 600,000 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths 84,000 (2001 est.)
Nationality noun: ugandan(s)
adjective: ugandan
Ethnic groups 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%
Religions Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18%
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
Literacy conventional long form: republic of uganda
conventional short form: uganda

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