Demography of Uganda
Bantu , Nilots and Central Sudanese peoples make up a large part of the people of Uganda .
The Bantu make up most of the population. They include the Baganda with around 18% of the population, the Basoga in the southeastern area (11%), the Banyankole (8%) and Bakiga (8%) in the southwest, the Banyoro in the central west (3%), the Batoro (3rd %) and Bagisu in the east, the Ba hima (2%), the Banyarwanda , which make up 6%, and many other smaller ethnic groups.
In the north, the Nilotic language group with the Lango (6%) and Acholi (4%) is predominant. The Lugbara (4%) live in the northwest, the Karamojong (2%) in the northeast .
Europeans , Asians and Arabs only make up around 1% of the native population.
Breakdown of the population
growth of population
More than half of the people of Uganda are under 15 years of age. This means that Uganda has the youngest population in the world on average. The population is predicted to rise to around 128 million people by 2050.
The population density is particularly high in the southern regions.
immigration
In addition, around 3,000 Arabs from various nations and around 100 people from Western countries, mainly missionaries and merchants, live in Uganda.
statistics
Population (as of 2006)
28,195,754
Comment:
The widespread disease AIDS lowers life expectancy and increases infant mortality and death rate.
Age structure:
0-14 years: 50% (male: 7,091,763; female: 6,996,385)
15–64 years: 47.8% (male: 6,672,071; female: 6,727,230)
65 years and older: 2.2% (male: 266,931; female: 351,374)
Population growth: 3.37%
Birth rate: 47.35 births / 1000 inhabitants
Death rate: 12.24 deaths / 1000 population
Migration balance : –1.4 migrants / 1000 inhabitants
Gender ratio:
at birth: 1.03 men / woman
under 15 years: 1.01 men / woman
15–64 years: 1.01 men / woman
65 years and older: 0.76 men / woman
Total: 1 man / woman (2006 estimate)
Child mortality: 66.15 deaths / 1000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total population: 52.67 years
Males: 51.68 years
Women: 53.69 years
Fertility: 6.71 children / woman
HIV / AIDS:
New infections in adults: 4.1% (2003)
HIV-positive people: approx. 5.4% (2007)
Deaths from AIDS: 78,000 (2003)
Ethnic groups: Baganda 17%, Ankole 8%, Basoga 8%, Iteso 8%, Bakiga 7%, Langi 6%, Banyarwanda 6%, Bagisu 5%, Acholi 4%, Lugbara 4%, Batoro 3%, Banyoro 3% , Alur 2%, Bagwere 2%, Bakonjo 2%, Jopadhola 2%, Karamojong 2%, Barundi 2%, non-Africans (Europeans, Asians, Arabs) 1%, other 8%
Religions: (2002) Christianity 85.1% ( Roman Catholic 41.9%, Church of Uganda 31.9%, other Protestants 10.3%, other Christians 1%), Islam 12.1%, traditional religions 1% , other 0.7%
Languages: English (official language, used in schools, newspapers and some radio stations), Luganda , Bantu languages , Swahili , Arabic
Literacy:
Definition: Citizens aged 15 and over who can read and write
Total population: 69.9%
Men: 79.5%
Women: 0.4% (2003)
