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Uganda

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Capital:	Kampala
Area size:	241038 sq. km Slightly larger than the United Kingdom
Time zone:	GMT +3
Currency:	Shilling
Area code:	(+) 256
Driving:	Left
Climate description:	Generally warm throughout the year although nights and areas at higher altitudes can be cool. March to May and September to November are rainy seasons. The dry seasons are between December and February and June to August with the north of the country substantially drier than the south.

People

Standard of living

Economy & aid

Health

Disasters, conflict & migration

Language
English is the official language, but is spoken by a minority. Luganda is the most widely spoken language.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2009	32.7 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007	29.7 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	29.4 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	28.9 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	28.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	27.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	26.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	25.5 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	24.7 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
91.3 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
Most Ugandans come from the integration of various African ethnic groups, mainly the Baganda, Bunyoro and Batoro. There are also minorities of European and Indian origin.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Christianity is practised by 62 percent of the population, 19 percent follow traditional African religions and 15 percent are Muslim.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	12.9 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	12.7 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	12.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	12.5 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	12.4 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	12.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	12.2 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	12.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1962
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
No data available

Percentage of population under 15

2005	49.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	50.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	50.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	50.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	50.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	49.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Average life expectancy

2005	49.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	48.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	47.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	45.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	44.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	44.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male

2005	49.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	47.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	46.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	44.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	43.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	43.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female

2005	50.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	48.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	47.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	46.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	45.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	44.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality

2007	82 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	78 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	79 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	80 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	81 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	82 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	79 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	81 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2007	130 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	134 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	136 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	138 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	140 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	141 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	124 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	127 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	39 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004	39 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1995-2003	39 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	39 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001	39 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	38 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Maternal mortality

2005	550 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000	880 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	154	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	145	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	144	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	146	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	147	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	150	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)

2000-2007	20 percent	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2000-2006	20 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
1996-2005	23 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
1996-2004	23 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
1995-2003	23 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	23 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001	23 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	26 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of undernourished population

2003-2005	15 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2008
2002-2004average	19 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	19 percent	FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water

2006	64 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	60 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	56 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	52 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Population with access to improved sanitation

2006	33 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	43 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	41 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	79 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Literacy - average

2004	66.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	68.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	68.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	68.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	67.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male

2004	76.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	78.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	77.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	78.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	77.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female

2004	57.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	59.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	59.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	58.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	56.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones

2007	5 per 1,000 people	International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2008
2006	4 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2005	3 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2004	3 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2003	2 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2002	2 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2001	2 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2000	3 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008

Cellular telephone subscribers

2007	136 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2006	67 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2005	46 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2004	42 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2003	29 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2002	15 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2001	11 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2000	5 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008

Internet users

2007	25 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2006	25 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2005	17 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2004	7 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2003	5 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2002	4 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2001	2 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2000	2 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008

Transparency International corruption ranking (1=least corrupt, 179=most corrupt)

2008	126 (joint)	Transparency International 2008
2007	111 (joint)	Transparency International 2007
2006	105 (joint)	Transparency International
2005	107 (joint)	Transparency International
2004	102 (joint)	Transparency International
2003	113 (joint)	Transparency International
2002	93 (joint)	Transparency International
2001	88 (joint)	Transparency International
2000	80	Transparency International

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day

1990-2005	No data available percent
1990-2004	No data available percent
1990-2002	No data available percent
1990-2001	82.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2006	300 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	280 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	250 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	230 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	230 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	240 current US$	WorldBankDataProfileTables2008
2000	260 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country�s exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2006	9.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	8.8 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	6.8 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	6.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	5.8 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	5.7 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	5.9 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual GDP growth

2006	5.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	6.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	5.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	4.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	6.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	4.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	5.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation

2006	7.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	8.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	6.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	9.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	-3.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	6.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	3.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
2.3 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
37.7 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Physicians

2000-2004	8 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004	8 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	5 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	5 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)

2007	5.4 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2006	5.7 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2005	6.1 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2004	6.5 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2003	6.9 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008

Malaria
Risk from P.falciparum throughout the year in the whole country including the main towns of Fort Portal, Jinja, Kampala, Mbale and parts of Kigezi. Resistance to chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine reported.
Source: WHO

TB cases

2006	355 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2005	370 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2004	385 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2003	396 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2002	386 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2001	360 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2000	340 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here

2007	21341	UNHCR
2006	21752	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	34170	UNHCR
2004	31963	UNHCR
2003	35247	UNHCR
2002	40425	UNHCR
2001	40141	UNHCR
2000	32414	UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here

2007	228959	UNHCR
2006	272007	UNHCR
2005	257256	UNHCR
2004	250482	UNHCR
2003	230903	UNHCR
2002	217302	UNHCR
2001	199736	UNHCR
2000	236622	UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

2009	710000	Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2009
2008	921000	IDMC 2008
2007	1270000	IDMC 2008
2006	1200000 - 1700000	IDMC 2006
2005	1740498	IDMC 2006

Landmine casualties per year

2007	23 (partial data)	Landmine Monitor Report 2008
2006	50	Landmine Monitor Report 2008
2004	At least 31	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	At least 64	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997 )
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military

2005	2.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	2.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	2.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	5.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004	5.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1999-2001	2.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000	2.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	2.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	2.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	2.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	3.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	1.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

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