| General |
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| Official Name |
The Republic of Uganda |
| Capital City |
Kampala |
| Independence |
9th October 1962 |
| Official language |
English |
| Currency |
Shillings |
|
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| Longitude |
29034’E & 3500’E |
| Latitude |
4o12’N & 1o29’S |
| Altitude (minimum ASL) |
620 meters |
| (maximum ASL) |
5,111meters |
| Total Surface Area |
241,550.7 km2 |
| Temperature 2016 |
16-300 C |
| No of Administrative units |
116 Districts, 200 counties, 1440 sub counties, 7571 Parishes 57858 Villages |
| GDP at current market prices (2016) |
86,555 billion Shs |
| GDP growth rate at constant (2009/10) market prices |
2.3 percent |
| Contribution of agriculture to GDP at current market prices |
-0.1 percent |
| Inflation rate |
5.5 percent |
| Area under water and swamps |
41,743 km2 |
| Rainfall 2016 |
850 -1700 mm/year |
| 2016 Economic Indicators |
|
| Per capita GDP at current market prices |
2,078,287 Shs |
| Per capita GDP growth rate at constant (2009) market prices |
1.9 percent |
| Reserves |
202.4 million US$ |
| Budget deficit excluding grants as a percentage of GDP (2016/17) |
4.6 percent |
| Demographic and socio-economic indicators |
|
| Total Population (2014) |
34.6 Million |
| Percentage of Female in Population |
51 Percent |
| Percentage urban (2014 Census) |
21.4 percent |
| Population of Kampala city (2014 Census) |
1.51 million |
| Sex ratio of total population (2014 census) |
95.3 males per 100 females |
| Population density (2014 census) |
173 persons /km2 |
| Life Expectancy at birth (2014 census) |
63.3 years |
| Female |
64.2 years |
| Male |
62.2 years |
| Infant Mortality rate (2014 census) |
53 per 1000 live births |
| Children below 18 years |
55 Percent of Population |
| Youths (persons 18-30 years) |
23 percent of the population |
| Age Dependency Ratio |
103 Percent |
