Demographics of Uganda

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Uganda, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Population

According to the 2015 revision of the World Population Prospects the total population was 39,032,000 in 2015, compared to only 5,158,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2015 was 48.1 percent, 49.4 percent was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 2.5 percent was 65 years or older.[1]

Total population (x 1000) Population aged 0–14 (%) Population aged 15–64 (%) Population aged 65+ (%)
1950 5,15843.154.03.0
1955 5,89945.152.12.8
1960 6,78845.951.52.6
1965 8,01446.650.92.6
1970 9,44646.950.52.6
1975 10,82747.350.02.6
1980 12,54847.649.72.6
1985 14,63147.849.62.7
1990 17,38448.049.32.7
1995 20,41348.548.82.7
2000 23,75848.748.62.7
2005 28,04248.848.72.5
2010 33,14949.148.52.5
2014 Census Results 34,85647.949.22.7

United Nations population projections

Numbers are in thousands.

UN medium var 2050 101,873

Vital statistics

Registration of births and deaths in Uganda is not yet complete. The Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs prepared the following estimates. [1]

Period Live births per year Deaths per year Natural change per year CBR* CDR* NC* TFR* IMR*
1950–1955 283 000 135 000 148 00051.324.526.86.90160
1955–1960 317 000 139 000 178 00050.022.028.06.95145
1960–1965 365 000 144 000 220 00049.319.529.87.05130
1965–1970 428 000 152 000 276 00049.017.431.67.12117
1970–1975 494 000 156 000 338 00048.716.733.37.10112
1975–1980 573 000 187 000 386 00048.916.632.87.10111
1980–1985 673 000 222 000 451 00049.316.932.87.10113
1985–1990 802 000 269 000 533 00049.618.132.87.10116
1990–1995 955 000 353 000 602 00049.819.031.37.06110
1995–2000 1 096 000 399 000 686 00048.818.130.46.9598
2000–2005 1 261 000 381 000 845 00047.814.732.16.7581
2005–2010 1 411 000 363 0001 026 00046.111.933.26.3870
2010–2015 1 576 000 370 0001 207 00043.710.233.26.3861
* CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman)

Fertility and births

Total Fertility Rate (TFR) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR):[2]

Year CBR (Total) TFR (Total) CBR (Urban) TFR (Urban) CBR (Rural) TFR (Rural)
1982-1984 7,4 6,1 7,6
1985-1988 7,4 5,7 7,6
1995 47,8 6,86 47,7 4,97 47,8 7,17
2000-2001 47,3 6,9 41,3 4,0 48,0 7,4
2006 44,8 6,7 41,0 4,4 45,3 7,1
2011 42,1 6,2 40,3 3,8 42,4 6,8
2014 census[3] 5,8
An ethnolinguistic map of Uganda.

South Asians and Arabs

During the Uganda Protectorate period, the British colonialists used South Asian immigrants as intermediaries. Following independence they constituted the largest non-indigenous ethnic group in Uganda, at around 80,000 people, and they dominated trade, industry, and the professions. This caused resentment among the Black majority, which was exploited by post-Independence leaders.

After Idi Amin came to power in 1971, he declared "economic war" on the Indians, culminating in the Expulsion of Asians in Uganda in 1972. Since Amin's overthrow in 1979 some Asians have returned. There are between 15,000 and 25,000 in Uganda today, nearly all in the capital Kampala.

There are also about 3,000 Arabs of various national origins in Uganda.

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.[4]

The population of Uganda (2005 FAO data; number of inhabitants in millions)

Population

35,873,253.5 (July 2012 estimate)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2009 estimate)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 52.72 years
male: 51.66 years
female: 53.81 years (2009 estimate)

Nationality

noun: Ugandan
adjective: Ugandan

Ethnic groups [5]

Religions [5]

Main article: Religion in Uganda

Languages

Main article: Languages of Uganda

English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Swahili (recently made second official language, important regionally but spoken by very few people in Uganda) Luganda (most widely used of the Niger–Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Bantu languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, and Arabic.

See also

References

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  1. 1 2 Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision
  2. ↑ http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/dhs#_r=&collection=&country=&dtype=&from=1890&page=16&ps=&sk=&sort_by=nation&sort_order=&to=2014&topic=&view=s&vk=
  3. ↑ http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/NPHC/2014%20National%20Census%20Main%20Report.pdf
  4. ↑ The World Factbook - Uganda
  5. 1 2 "Africa :: UGANDA". CIA The World Factbook.
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