Uganda Facts

• Area: 197,000 sq km
• Population: 25 million (2002 estimate)
• Population Below Poverty Line: 35% (2001 estimate)
• Main Cities/Towns
  • Kampala-1.2 million
  • Jinja-65,000
  • Mbale-54,000
• Languages:
  • English
  • Swahili
  • Luganda
• Currency: New Uganda Shilling
• President and Commander-in-Chief: Yoweri Museveni
• Government Type: Republic
• Life Expectancy at Birth:
  • Total Population: 43.81 years
  • Female: 44.67 years (2002 estimate)
  • Male: 42.97 years
• Total Fertility Rate : 6.8 children born/woman (2002 estimate)
• HIV/AIDS (Estimated based on known cases.):
  • Adult Prevalence Rate: 6.1% (2001 estimate)
  • People Living with HIV/AIDS: 1.1 million (2001 estimate)
  • Deaths: 110,000 (1999 estimate)
• Literacy (age 15 and over can read and write; 2000 estimate)
  • Total Population: 62.7%
  • Male: 74%
  • Female: 54%

*These are some highlights from the CIA World Factbook article online. For more information go to www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ug.html.

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