Republic of Uganda

Capital: Kampala

Total Area: 91,135.55 sq mi,236,040.00 sq km,(slightly smaller than Oregon)

Population: 23,985,712 (July 2001 est.),note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

Estimated Population in 2050: 84,108,178

Languages: English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic

Literacy: 61.8% total, 73.7% male, 50.2% female (1995 est.)

Religions: Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18%

Life Expectancy: 42.59 male, 44.17 female (2001 est.)

Government Type: republic

Currency: 1 Ugandan shilling (USh) = 100 cents

GDP (per capita): $1,100 (2000 est.)

Industry: sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles, cement

Agriculture: coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), potatoes, corn, millet, pulses; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry

Arable Land: 25%

Natural Resources: copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land

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