area:
236,040 sq km
land area:
199,710 sq km
comparative area:
slightly smaller than Oregon
Land boundaries:
total 2,698 km, Kenya 933 km, Rwanda 169 km, Sudan 435 km, Tanzania
396 km, Zaire 765 km
Coastline:
0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims:
none; landlocked
International disputes:
none
Climate:
tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February,
June to August); semiarid in northeast
Terrain:
mostly plateau with rim of mountains
Natural resources:
copper, cobalt, limestone, salt
Land use:
arable land:
23%
permanent crops:
9%
meadows and pastures:
25%
forest and woodland:
30%
other:
13%
Irrigated land:
90 sq km (1989 est.)
Environment:
current issues:
draining of wetlands for agricultural use; deforestation; overgrazing;
soil erosion
natural hazards:
NA
international agreements:
party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Law of
the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer
Protection, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified - Environmental
Modification
Note:
landlocked

@Uganda, People

Population:
19,121,934 (July 1994 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.42% (1994 est.)
Birth rate:
48.8 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Death rate:
23.68 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
112.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
37.46 years
male:
37.15 years
female:
37.79 years (1994 est.)
Total fertility rate:
6.77 children born/woman (1994 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Ugandan(s)
adjective:
Ugandan
Ethnic divisions:
Baganda 17%, Karamojong 12%, Basogo 8%, Iteso 8%, Langi 6%, Rwanda 6%,
Bagisu 5%, Acholi 4%, Lugbara 4%, Bunyoro 3%, Batobo 3%, European,
Asian, Arab 1%, other 23%
Religions:
Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18%
Languages:
English (official), Luganda, Swahili, Bantu languages, Nilotic
languages
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population:
48%
male:
62%
female:
35%
Labor force:
4.5 million (est.)
by occupation:
agriculture over 80%
note:
50% of population of working age (1983)

@Uganda, Government

Names:
conventional long form:
Republic of Uganda
conventional short form:
Uganda
Digraph:
UG
Type:
republ