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 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.
Total population Population aged 0–14 Population aged 15–64 Population aged 65+
19505,15843.154.03.0
19555,89945.152.12.8
19606,78845.951.52.6
19658,01446.650.92.6
19709,44646.950.52.6
197510,82747.350.02.6
198012,54847.649.72.6
198514,63147.849.62.7
199017,38448.049.32.7
199520,41348.548.82.7
200023,75848.748.62.7
200528,04248.848.72.5
201033,14949.148.52.5
2014 Census Results34,85647.949.22.7

United Nations population projections

Numbers are in thousands.

Refugee population

According to the UNHCR, Uganda hosts 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 and Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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.

Fertility and births

Total Fertility Rate and Crude Birth Rate :
YearCBR TFR CBR TFR CBR TFR
1982-19847.46.17.6
1985-19887.45.77.6
199547.86.86 47.74.97 47.87.17
2000-200147.36.9 41.34.0 48.07.4
200644.86.741.04.445.37.1
201142.16.2 40.33.8 42.46.8
2014 census5.8
201638.75.4 37.04.0 39.35.9
2018-195.0

Fertility data as of 2011 and 2016 :
RegionTotal fertility rate 2011Percentage of women age 15-49 currently pregnant 2011Mean number of children ever born to women age 40-49 2011
Kampala3.3 8.35.0
Central 15.6 9.97.2
Central 26.3 9.67.1
East Central6.9 13.77.9
Eastern7.5 12.57.5
Karamoja6.4 18.77.5
North6.3 12.47.3
West Nile6.8 10.47.4
Western6.4 13.27.4
Southwest6.2 11.37.2

RegionTotal fertility rate 2016Percentage of women age 15-49 currently pregnant 2016Mean number of children ever born to women age 40-49 2016
Kampala3.5 6.64.7
Karamoja7.9 15.17.8
West Nile6.0 8.96.7
South Central4.7 8.56.4
North Central5.4 10.36.9
Busoga6.1 12.47.5
Bukedi6.1 13.77.4
Bugisu5.6 9.36.8
Teso6.0 10.47.8
Lango5.1 10.47.1
Acholi5.5 9.67.1
Bunyoro6.0 8.56.8
Tooro5.4 10.67.0
Kigezi4.6 9.76.1
Ankole4.9 8.86.4

Life expectancy at birth

South Asians, Europeans 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 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 10,000 Europeans, mostly of native English origin, and 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.

Population

44,279,563

Population growth rate

Birth rate

Death rate

Net migration rate

Urbanization

Sex ratio

at birth:
1.03 male/female

under 15 years:
1.01 male/female

15-64 years:
1.01 male/female

65 years and over:
0.7 male/female

total population:
1.01 male/female

Life expectancy at birth

total population:
63.3 years

male:
62.2 years

female:
64.2 years

Nationality

noun:
Ugandan

adjective:
Ugandan

Ethnic groups

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. 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.
English, Swahili, Luganda, other Bantu languages, Nilo-Saharan languages and Arabic.