demographics, Demographic features of the population of Uganda include population density, Ethnic group, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and others.

Population

According to the total population was in , 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.Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision
Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 27.VIII.2014): Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2020) (Based on the results of the 2014 Population Census.):

United Nations population projections

Numbers are in thousands.

Refugee population

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, Uganda hosts Refugees of Uganda, over 1.1 million refugees on its soil as of November 2018. Most come from neighbouring countries in the African Great Lakes region, particularly South Sudan (68.0%) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (24.6%).

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.

Demographic and Health Surveys

Total Fertility Rate (TFR)(Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR): Fertility data as of 2011 and 2016 (DHS Program):

Life expectancy at birth

Ethnic groups

* Baganda people, Baganda 16.5% * Banyankole 9.8% * Basoga 8.8% * Bakiga 7.1% * Iteso people, Iteso 7% * Langi people, Langi 6.3% * Bagisu people, Bagisu 4.9% * Acholi people, Acholi 4.4% * Lugbara people, Lugbara 3.3% *Other 32.1% *Multi-racial (unknown percentage, recognized in 2016 in Uganda as a multi-racial ethnic group) Multiracial Ugandans in 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 native African majority, which was exploited by post-Independence leaders. After Idi Amin 1971 Ugandan coup d'état, came to power in 1971, he declared "economic war" on the Indians, culminating in the Expulsion of Asians from Uganda, 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.

Languages

English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Swahili language, Swahili (recently made second official language, important regionally but spoken by very few people in Uganda), Luganda language, 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.

Religion

: Protestant 45.1% :: Anglican 32.0% :: Pentecostal/Born Again/Evangelical 11.1% :: Seventh Day Adventist 1.7% :: Baptist .3% : Roman Catholic 39.3% : Muslim 13.7% : other 1.6% : none 0.2% (2014 est.) Uganda is a religiously diverse nation with Christianity being the most widely professed religion. According to the 2014 census, over 84 percent of the population was Christian while about 14 percent of the population adhered to Islam, making it the largest minority religion.Census 2014 Final Results
/ref> In 2009, the northern and west Nile regions were dominated by Roman Catholics, and Iganga District in the east of Uganda had the highest percentage of Muslims, about 53% population.

References

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