Uganda  
   
Geography
Location: Eastern Africa, west of Kenya.
Area: total: 241,038 sq km
country comparison to the world: 80
land: 197,100 sq km
water: 43,938 sq km
Natural Resources: copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land
Population and Health
Population: 

35,918,915 (July 2014 est.)
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

Age structure:

0-14 years: 48.7% (male 8,714,354/female 8,765,900)
15-24 years: 21.2% (male 3,775,679/female 3,833,574)
25-54 years: 25.7% (male 4,618,088/female 4,615,616)
55-64 years: 2.1% (male 405,740/female 447,118)
65 years and over: 2.1% (male 327,771/female 415,075) (2014 est.)

Population growth rate: 3.24% (2014 est.)
Birth rate: 44.17 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
Death rate:  10.97 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
Sex ratio: 

at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

total: 60.82 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 70.17 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 51.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: 

total population: 54.46 years
male: 53.1 years
female: 55.86 years (2014 est.)

Total fertility rate: 5.97 children born/woman (2014 est.)
Current contraceptive use among married women 15-49 years old(any method): 30% (2007-2012)
Unmet need of contraceptive:  34.3% (2008)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  1,549,200 (2012)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  63,300 (2012)
Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 73.2%
male: 82.6%
female: 64.6% (2010 est.)

Economy
GDP (purchasing power parity):  $54.37 billion (2013 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):  $22.6 billion (2013 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  5.6% (2013 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):  $1,500 (2013 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 23.1%
industry: 26.9%
services: 50% (2013 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: 

agriculture: 82%
industry: 5%
services: 13% (1999 est.)

Population below poverty line: 24.5% (2009 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6.2% (2013 est.)
Agriculture - products: coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), potatoes, corn, millet, pulses, cut flowers; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry
Industries: sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles; cement, steel production
Industrial production growth rate: 3.8% (2013 est.)
Exports - commodities: coffee, fish and fish products, tea, cotton, flowers, horticultural products; gold
Currency (code): Ugandan shilling (UGX)
Others
Nationality: noun: Ugandan(s)
adjective: Ugandan

Religions: 

 Roman Catholic 41.9%, Anglicans 35.9%,Pentecostals 4.6%,
SDA 1.5%,Orthodox 0.1%.Other Christians 1.2%,other non christians0.7%
Muslim 12.1%, Traditional 1.0%,None 0.9%(statistical abstract,2006)

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
Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Uganda
conventional short form: Uganda
Government type:  republic
Capital: name: Kampala
geographic coordinates: 0 19 N, 32 25 E
time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Administrative divisions: 80 districts; Adjumani, Apac, Arua, Bugiri, Bundibugyo, Bushenyi, Busia, Gulu, Hoima, Iganga, Jinja, Kabale, Kabarole, Kaberamaido, Kalangala, Kampala, Kamuli, Kamwenge, Kanungu, Kapchorwa, Kasese, Katakwi, Kayunga, Kibale, Kiboga, Kisoro, Kitgum, Kotido, Kumi, Kyenjojo, Lira, Luwero, Masaka, Masindi, Mayuge, Mbale, Mbarara, Moroto, Moyo, Mpigi, Mubende, Mukono, Nakapiripirit, Nakasongola, Nebbi, Ntungamo, Pader, Pallisa, Rakai, Rukungiri, Sembabule, Sironko, Soroti, Tororo, Wakiso, Yumbe
the new districts are; Amolatar, Amuria,Amuru, Budaka,Bukwo, Butaleja, Ibanda,Isingiro, Kaabong, Kabingo, Kaliro, Kiruhura, Koboko, Manafwa, Mityana, Nakaseke, Oyam, Abim, Namutumba, Dokolo, Buliisa, Maracha, Terego, Bukedea, Bududa, Lyantonde
Independence:  9 October 1962 (from UK)
Legal system: in 1995, the government restored the legal system to one based on English common law and customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
 
 

 
 

Source :

UN_Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and other national surveys; United Nations Population Division
CIA The World Factbook

Update date: August 2014