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GeographyLocation: Eastern Africa, west of Kenya
Area: Land boundaries: total 2,698 km, Kenya 933 km, Rwanda 169 km, Sudan 435 km, Tanzania396 km, Zaire 765 km Coastline: 0 km
PeoplePopulation: 19,573,262 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 2.25% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 48.03 births/1,000 population Death rate: 24.35 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 112.2 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 6.7 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Baganda 17%, Karamojong 12%, Basogo 8%, Iteso 8%, Langi 6%, Rwanda6%, 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 beliefs18% Languages: English (official), Luganda, Swahili, Bantu languages, Nilotic languages
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1991)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Kampala Independence: 9 October 1962 (from UK) Constitution: 8 September 1967, in process of constitutional revision
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $16.2 billion National product real growth rate: 6% National product per capita: $850 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5% Unemployment rate:
Electricity:
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| The volunteer staff of the 1996 Olympic Games totaled 50,152. They worked an estimated 850,000 shifts. |