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Uganda: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 42,862,958 (2017)
Population Growth Rate 3.26 annual % (2017)
Age Dependency Ratio 99.519 % of working-age population (2017)
Urban Population 16.794 % of total (2017)
Infant Mortality Rate 37.7 per 1,000 live births (2016)
Life Expectancy at Birth 59.889 years (2016)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2017)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 3.2 billion kWh (2015) #128
Consumption 2.9 billion kWh (2015) #131
Exports 0.1 billion kWh (2015) #80
Renewable Electricity Generation 2.6 billion kWh (2015) #89

Oil

Ranking
Production 0 thousand bbl/day (2017) #120
Consumption 26 thousand bbl/day (2015) #118
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 (2018) #29

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 0 billion cu ft (2015) #76
Consumption (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2015) #110
Exports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2015) #47
Imports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2015) #71
Proved Reserves 0.5 trillion cu ft (2018) #72

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 47 (2013)
Cellular Telephones 22,838,486 (2016 est.)
Highways 20,000 km (2011)
Internet Users 8,382,782 (2016 est.)
Railways 1,244 km (2014)
Telephones 368,243 (2016 est.)

Geography & Environment

LocationEastern Africa, west of Kenya
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 PointLake Albert 621 m
Highest Point Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m

Sources

  1. The World Bank Date Accessed: 7/6/2018
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 12/5/2017