Population 22,167,195 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 51% (male 5,682,510; female 5,643,962)
15-64 years: 47% (male 5,157,818; female 5,199,080)
65 years and over: 2% (male 236,374; female 247,451) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate 2.85% (1998 est.)

Birth rate 49.21 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate 18.95 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate -1.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)
note: Uganda is host to refugees from a number of neighboring countries, including: Sudan 175,000, Rwanda possibly 10,000, and Democratic Republic of the Congo about 5,000

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.95 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate 92.86 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 42.6 years
male: 41.81 years
female: 43.41 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate 7.09 children born/woman (1998 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 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.)

NOTE: The information regarding Uganda on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Uganda People 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Uganda People 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.