ACOG - Uganda  - IBM

Geography

Location: Eastern Africa, west of Kenya

Area:
total area: 236,040 sq km
land area: 199,710 sq km
comparative area: slightly smaller than Oregon

Land boundaries: total 2,698 km, Kenya 933 km, Rwanda 169 km, Sudan 435 km, Tanzania396 km, Zaire 765 km

Coastline: 0 km


People

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)

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 population: 36.58 years
male: 36.26 years
female: 36.91 years

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)
total population: 56%
male: 68%
female: 45%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Uganda
conventional short form: Uganda

Type: republic

Capital: Kampala

Independence: 9 October 1962 (from UK)

Constitution: 8 September 1967, in process of constitutional revision


Economy

National 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:
capacity: 160,000 kW
production: 780 million kWh
consumption per capita: 32 kWh



Olympic Factoid
The volunteer staff of the 1996 Olympic Games totaled 50,152. They worked an estimated 850,000 shifts.