| Uganda |
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| Geography | |
| Location: | Eastern Africa, west of Kenya. |
| Area: | total:
236,040 sq km land: 199,710 sq km water: 36,330 sq km |
| Natural Resources: | copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land |
| Population and Health | |
| Population: | 28
million(preliminary Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) 06/07) 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 2006 est.) |
| Age structure: | <5
18.6 percent 6-12 years 22.0 percent <15 years 49.3 percent <18 years 56.1 percent 10-24 years 34.3 percent 18-30 years 22.4 percent 60 years or over 4.5 percent median Age 15.6 percent(Uganda National Housing Census,2002) |
| Population growth rate: | 3.2(preliminary UDHS results,06/07) |
| Birth rate: | 44.9 births/1,000 population (Preliminary UDHS,06/07 results) |
| Death rate: | 12.64 deaths/1,000 population (2006 fact book.) |
| Sex ratio: | at
birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.014 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.016 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female total population: 1.004 male(s)/female (factbook,2006) |
| Infant mortality rate: | total:
76 deaths/1,000 live births male: 69.51 deaths/1,000 live births (Don’t have sex differentials) female: 62.69 deaths/1,000 live births (preliminary results UDHS 06/07) |
| Life expectancy at birth: | total
population: 47 years male: 44 years(preliminary results UDHS,06/07) female: 50 years |
| Total fertility rate: | 6.7 children born/woman (2006 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: | 6.3% (2006 statistical abstract) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: | 530,000 (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths: | 78,000 (2003 est.) |
| Literacy: | definition:
age 15 and over can read and write total population: 70% male: 77% female: 63% (UNHS,2006.) |
| Economy | |
| GDP (purchasing power parity): | 11,949,009 million (statistical Abstract,2006.) |
| GDP (official exchange rate): | $8.502 billion (2006 est.) |
| GDP - real growth rate: | 5.3% (statistical Abstract,2006.) |
| GDP - per capita (PPP): | 443,775 shillings(statistical Abstract,2006.) |
| GDP - composition by sector: | agriculture:3,702,222(31.0%) mining and quarrying:84,088(0.7%) Manufacturing:995,413(8.3%) Electricity and water:146,676(1.2%) Construction:1,002,448(8.4%) Wholesale and retail trade,Hotel and Restaurants:1,605,177(13.5%) Transport and communication:980,394(8.2%) Community service:1,555,571(13.0%) Rent and owner occupied dwellings:805,006(6.7%) All net taxes on products and inputs:1,072,014(9.0%) (statistical abstract,2006) |
| Labor force - by occupation: | Agriculture&fishery
workers: 70% Service workers &shop &market sales:9.3% Elementary occupation:9.6% Crafts&related trade workers:3.5% Managers,legislators,professionals &assocate professionals:3.6% Plant & machine operators&assembly:2.2% Clerks:1.0% (UNHS,2006) |
| Population below poverty line: | 31.1% (preliminaryUDHS results,06/07.) |
| Inflation rate (consumer prices): | dropped to 4.5% from 7.1%recorded for the year ended Feb 2007(UBOS,web) |
| Investment (gross fixed): | 23.5% of GDP (2006 est.) |
| Agriculture - products: | coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), potatoes, corn, millet, pulses, cut flowers; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry |
| Industries: | sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles; cement, steel production |
| Industrial production growth rate: | 5.2% (2006 est.) |
| Exports - commodities: | coffee, fish and fish products, tea, cotton, flowers, horticultural products; gold |
| Currency (code): | Ugandan shilling (UGX) |
| Fiscal year: | 1 July - 30 June |
| Others | |
| Nationality: | noun:
Ugandan(s) adjective: Ugandan |
| Religions: |
Roman
Catholic 41.9%, Anglicans 35.9%,Pentecostals 4.6%, SDA 1.5%,Orthodox 0.1%.Other Christians 1.2%,other non christians0.7% Muslim 12.1%, Traditional 1.0%,None 0.9%(statistical abstract,2006) |
| 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 |
| Country name: | conventional
long form: Republic of Uganda conventional short form: Uganda |
| Government type: | republic |
| Capital: | name:
Kampala geographic coordinates: 0 19 N, 32 25 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Administrative divisions: | 80
districts; Adjumani, Apac, Arua, Bugiri, Bundibugyo, Bushenyi, Busia, Gulu,
Hoima, Iganga, Jinja, Kabale, Kabarole, Kaberamaido, Kalangala, Kampala,
Kamuli, Kamwenge, Kanungu, Kapchorwa, Kasese, Katakwi, Kayunga, Kibale,
Kiboga, Kisoro, Kitgum, Kotido, Kumi, Kyenjojo, Lira, Luwero, Masaka, Masindi,
Mayuge, Mbale, Mbarara, Moroto, Moyo, Mpigi, Mubende, Mukono, Nakapiripirit,
Nakasongola, Nebbi, Ntungamo, Pader, Pallisa, Rakai, Rukungiri, Sembabule,
Sironko, Soroti, Tororo, Wakiso, Yumbe the new districts are; Amolatar, Amuria,Amuru, Budaka,Bukwo, Butaleja, Ibanda,Isingiro, Kaabong, Kabingo, Kaliro, Kiruhura, Koboko, Manafwa, Mityana, Nakaseke, Oyam, Abim, Namutumba, Dokolo, Buliisa, Maracha, Terego, Bukedea, Bududa, Lyantonde |
| Independence: | 9 October 1962 (from UK) |
| National holidays: | Independence Day - 9 October |
| Legal system: | in 1995, the government restored the legal system to one based on English common law and customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
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| Source : CIA
The World Factbook |
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