| Land area (sq. km) |
197,100.00 |
WDI |
| Arable land (% of land area) |
26.38 |
WDI |
| Population, total |
27,820,556.00 |
WDI |
| Population growth (annual %) |
3.48 |
WDI |
| Population density (people per sq. km) |
141.15 |
WDI |
| Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) |
66.81 |
WDI/UN/UNICEF |
| Life expectancy at birth, total (years) |
48.89 |
WDI |
| Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) |
80.20 |
WDI |
| Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of population)** |
37.70 (2003) |
WDI/CIA/UNICEF |
| Urban population (% of total) |
12.50 |
WDI |
| Ethnic breakdown |
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% |
CIA |
| Religious breakdown |
Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18% |
CIA |
| Language |
English, Ganda or Luganda, other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic |
CIA |
| Capital City |
Kampala |
CIA |
| Character of government |
Republic ; Administrative Division: 56 districts; Independence day: 9 October 1962 (from UK) |
CIA* |
| Current President/Prime Minister |
President Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (since seizing power 26 January 1986) |
CIA* |
| Executive branch description |
President is both chief of state and head of government ; cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president from among elected legislators ; elections: president reelected by popular vote for a five-year term |
CIA* |
| Legislative branch description |
unicameral National Assembly (303 members - 214 directly elected by popular vote, 81 nominated by legally established special interest groups [women 56, army 10, disabled 5, youth 5, labor 5], 8 ex officio members; members serve five-year terms) |
CIA* |
| Judicial branch description |
Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the president and approved by the legislature); High Court (judges are appointed by the president) |
CIA |
| Women in national parliament (% of total) |
25.00 |
WDI |
| Foreign aid per capita (current US$) |
41.66 |
WDI |
| Foreign direct investment, net inflow (BoP, current US$ bn) ** |
0.22 |
WDI |
| GDP growth (annual %) |
5.61 |
WDI |
| GDP per capita (constant 2000 US$) |
262.40 |
WDI |
| Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) |
3.31 |
WDI |
| Military expenditure (% of GDP) |
2.45 |
WDI/CIA/WRI |
| Military expenditure (% of central government expenditure) |
11.06 (2003) |
WDI/WRI/Dept of State/UNICEF |
| Health expenditure, public (% of GDP) |
2.22 (2003) |
WDI/WRI |
| Education expenditure, public (% of GDP) |
5.20 |
WDI/WRI |
| Main export |
coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), potatoes, corn, millet, pulses, cut flowers; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry |
CIA |
| Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) |
N/A |
WDI/CIA |
| External debt, total (DOD, current US$) |
4,822,300,160.00 |
WDI/CIA |
| Currency |
Ugandan Shilling (UGX) |
CIA |
| Local Currency Rate, per US$ |
1,810.30 |
CIA |
| Internet users (per 1,000 people) |
7.19 |
WDI/Comp Industry Almanac |
| Mobile phone subscribers (per 1,000 people) |
41.88 |
WDI |
| Personal computers (per 1,000 people) |
4.33 |
WDI |
| Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people) |
2.57 |
WDI |
