Facts and Figures
Full name: Republic of Uganda
Nationality
noun: Ugandan(s)
adjective: Ugandan
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Area
total: 236,040 sq km land: 199,710 sq km water: 36,330 sq km
Population: 27,269,482
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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Ethnic groups
Baganda 17%
Ankole 8% Basoga 8% Iteso 8% Bakiga 7% Langi 6% Rwanda 6% Bagisu 5% Acholi 4% Lugbara 4% Batoro 3% Bunyoro 3% Alur 2% Bagwere 2% Bakonjo 2% Jopodhola 2% Karamojong 2% Rundi 2% non-African (European, Asian, Arab) 1% other 8%
Capital: Kampala , population 260 000
Largest Cities
Jinja-70 000
Mbale-55 000 Masaka-50 000 Entebbe-45 000 Mbarara-45 000
Gulu-35 000
Official Language
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
Religion
Roman Catholic 33%
Protestant 33% Muslim 16% indigenous beliefs 18%
Political system: republic presidential/parliamentary democracy
GDP: purchasing power parity – $39.39 billion (2004 est.)
GDP per head: purchasing power parity – $1,500 (2004 est.)
Annual growth: 5% (2004 est.)
GDP – composition by sector
agriculture: 35.8%
industry: 20.8% services: 43.6% (2004 est.)
Inflation: 3.5% (2004 est.)