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Uganda People 1996

    • Population:
      19,573,262 (July 1995 est.)

    • Age structure:

        0-14 years:
        49% (female 4,792,164; male 4,834,757)

        15-64 years:
        49% (female 4,802,650; male 4,704,159)

        65 years and over:
        2% (female 215,648; male 223,884) (July 1995 est.)

    • Population growth rate:
      2.25% (1995 est.)

    • Birth rate:
      48.03 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

    • Death rate:
      24.35 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

    • Net migration rate:
      NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

        note:
        Uganda is host to refugees from a number of neighboring countries, including Zaire, Sudan, and Rwanda; probably in excess of 100,000 southern Sudanese fled to Uganda during the past year; many of the 8,000 Rwandans who took refuge in Uganda have returned home

    • Infant mortality rate:
      112.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

    • Life expectancy at birth:

        total population:
        36.58 years

        male:
        36.26 years

        female:
        36.91 years (1995 est.)

    • Total fertility rate:
      6.7 children born/woman (1995 est.)

    • Nationality:

        noun:
        Ugandan(s)

        adjective:
        Ugandan

    • Ethnic divisions:
      Baganda 17%, Karamojong 12%, Basogo 8%, Iteso 8%, Langi 6%, Rwanda 6%, Bagisu 5%, Acholi 4%, Lugbara 4%, Bunyoro 3%, Batobo 3%, European, Asian, Arab 1%, other 23%

    • Religions:
      Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18%

    • Languages:
      English (official), Luganda, Swahili, Bantu languages, Nilotic languages

    • Literacy:
      age 15 and over can read and write (1991)

        total population:
        56%

        male:
        68%

        female:
        45%

    • Labor force:
      4.5 million (est.)

        by occupation:
        agriculture over 80%






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