Population: 17,007,530 (July 1989), growth rate 3.4% (1989)

Birth rate: 49 births/1,000 population (1989)

Death rate: 15 deaths/1,000 population (1989)

Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1989)

Infant mortality rate: 99 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)

Life expectancy at birth: 49 years male, 51 years female (1989)

Total fertility rate: 7.0 children born/woman (1989)

Nationality: noun--Ugandan(s); adjective--Ugandan

Ethnic divisions: 99% African, 1% European, Asian, Arab

Religion: 33% Roman Catholic, 33% Protestant, 16% Muslim, rest indigenous beliefs

Language: English (official); Luganda and Swahili widely used; other Bantu and Nilotic languages

Literacy: 52%

Labor force: 4,500,000 (est.); 94% subsistence activities, 6% wage earners (est.); 50% of population of working age (1983)

Organized labor: 125,000 union members

NOTE: The information regarding Uganda on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Uganda People 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Uganda People 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.