UGANDA GENERAL FACTS
Country (long form) Republic of Uganda
Capital Kampala
Area 236,040 sq km
Population (2007 est.): 30,262,610

Languages English (official), Luganda, Swahili, Bantu languages,
Nilotic languages
Religions Roman Catholic , Protestant , Muslim , indigenous beliefs
Life Expectancy 39.98 male, 40.6 female (1996)
Infant mortality rate, 1997 99 (per 1,000 live births)
Average family income 320 US$
Government republic
Currency Ugandan shillings (USh)
Industry sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles, cement
Minerals and Resources copper, cobalt, limestone,

Literacy rate: 70% (2003 EST.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2007 est.): $29.04 billion; per capita $900.
Real growth rate: 6.5%.
Inflation: 6.8%.
Unemployment: n.a.
Arable land: 22%.
Agriculture: coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), potatoes, corn, millet, pulses,
cut flowers; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry.
Labor force: 14.02 (2007 est.) million;
Agriculture 82%, industry 5%, services 13% (1999 est.).
Population Growth rate: 3.6%); birth rate: 48.1/1000; infant mortality rate: 67.2/1000;
life expectancy: 51.8; density per sq mi: 392
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