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   Uganda People

Age Structure 0-14 years:

50.2% (male 7,646,619/female 7,538,137) 

Age Structure 15-64 years:

47.6% (male 7,231,196/female 7,185,058) 

Age Structure 65 years and over:

2.2% (male 281,317/female 380,283) (2007 est.) 

Median Age - total:

14.9 years 

Median Age - male:

14.8 years  

Median Age - female:

15 years (2007 est.) 

Population Growth Rate:

3.572% (2007 est.) 

Birth Rate:

48.12 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) 

Death Rate:

12.64 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) 

Net Migration Rate:

0.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) 

Sex Ratio - at birth:

1.03 male(s)/female 

Sex Ratio - under 15 years:

1.014 male(s)/female 

Sex Ratio - 15-64 years:

1.006 male(s)/female 

Sex Ratio - 65 years and over:

0.74 male(s)/female 

Sex Ratio - total population:

1.004 male(s)/female (2007 est.) 

Life Expectancy at Birth - total:

51.75 years 

Life Expectancy at Birth - male:

50.78 years 

Life Expectancy at Birth - female:

52.73 years (2007 est.) 

Major Infectious Diseases:

food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever;vectorborne diseases: malaria and African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) are high risks in some locations 

Nationality:

Ugandan(s) 

Ethnic Groups:

Baganda 16.9%, Banyakole 9.5%, Basoga 8.4%, Bakiga 6.9%, Iteso 6.4%, Langi 6.1%, Acholi 4.7%, Bagisu 4.6%, Lugbara 4.2%, Bunyoro 2.7%, other 29.6% (2002 census) 

Religions:

Roman Catholic 41.9%, Protestant 42% (Anglican 35.9%, Pentecostal 4.6%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.5%), Muslim 12.1%, other 3.1%, none 0.9% (2002 census) 

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