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Uganda: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 42,723,139 (2018)
Population Growth Rate 3.721 annual % (2018)
Age Dependency Ratio 95.586 % of working-age population (2018)
Urban Population 23.774 % of total (2018)
Infant Mortality Rate 33.8 per 1,000 live births (2018)
Life Expectancy at Birth 62.973 years (2018)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2018)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 3.933 billion kWh (2017) #125
Consumption 3.461 billion kWh (2017) #128
Exports 0.317 billion kWh (2017) #76
Imports 0.013 billion kWh (2017) #107
Renewable Electricity Generation 3.695 billion kWh (2017) #88

Oil

Ranking
Production 0 thousand bbl/day (2018) #125
Consumption 31.9 thousand bbl/day (2017) #116
Exports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #87
Imports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #85
Proved Reserves (Crude) 2.5 billion bbl (2019) #29

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 0 billion cu ft (2015) #97
Consumption (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2017) #115
Exports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2017) #56
Imports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2017) #79
Proved Reserves 0.5 trillion cu ft (2019) #73

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 47 (2013)
Cellular Telephones 24,472,033 (2018 est.)
Highways 20,544 km (2017)
Internet Users 18,148,923 (2017 est.)
Railways 1,244 km (2014)
Telephones 186,902 (2018 est.)

Geography & Environment

LocationEastern Africa, west of Kenya, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Total Area241,038 sq. km
Land Area197,100 sq. km
Water Area43,938 sq. km
Coastline0 km
Climatetropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast
Terrainmostly plateau with rim of mountains
Lowest PointAlbert Nile 621 m
Highest Point Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m

Sources

  1. The World Bank Date Accessed: 9/6/2019
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 5/9/2020