Age structure:
0-14 years:
51% (male 5,986,645; female 5,936,754)
15-64 years:
47% (male 5,443,613; female 5,448,563)
65 years and over:
2% (male 240,819; female 261,166) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.72% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 48.04 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 18.44 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate:
-2.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
note:
according to the UNHCR, by the end of 1998, Uganda was host to 205,000 refugees from a number of neighboring countries, including: Sudan 190,000, Rwanda 7,500, and Democratic Republic of the Congo 5,400; refugees began returning to their countries of origin in 2000
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:
0.92 male(s)/female
total population:
1 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 93.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
42.93 years
male:
42.22 years
female:
43.67 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 6.96 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Ugandan(s)
adjective:
Ugandan
Ethnic groups: Baganda[?] 17%, Karamojong[?] 12%, Basogo[?] 8%, Iteso[?] 8%, Langi[?] 6%, Rwanda 6%, Bagisu[?] 5%, Acholi[?] 4%, Lugbara[?] 4%, Bunyoro[?] 3%, Batobo[?] 3%, non-African (European, Asian, Arab) 1%, other 23%
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:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
61.8%
male:
73.7%
female:
50.2% (1995 est.)
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