Visualizing Population Distribution
Population Size (2019): 45,265,411
Compared to: 33,640,833 (2013)
84% of the population lives in rural Uganda
Uganda is home to a great wealth of peoples with a history that spans years beyond their colonial period. This breadth has allotted the country with significant level of diversity whose cities have rapidly developed over the years of current president, Yoweri Museveni (born 1944). Coming to power in 1986 after having led the National Resistance Movement against former president, Milton Obote (1966-1971, 1980-1985). Since then, Museveni has brought relative stability to the diverse nation. Allowing for a rapidly growing economy and an improved infrastructure. Uganda has seen a few political shifts during his time in office, namely the abolishment term limits and an age restriction on the presidency (it was formerly capped at 75), both of which were aspects of the constitution.
During his time in office, Museveni has dealt with the challenges of a widely distributed population (84% of Ugandans live rurally) and the threat of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), led by Joseph Kony, which terrorized Northern Uganda for decades (g16, g29 & g48).
QUICK FACTS:
Official Languages: English and Luganda
Currency: Ugandan Shilling (UGX)
Life Expectancy: 58.5 years
Males: 56.7
Females: 60.5
Immigrant Population (2017): 1,690,000 (4%) (g25)
Emigrant Population (2017): 740,000 (2%) (g25)
Religion: No official religion, but a high Protestant influence due to its British colonial history.
External Debt: $11.189 million (2019)
Uganda's debt has risen by more than 200%
between 2010 and 2017, alongside neighboring
nations: Cameroon, Ethiopia, Rwanda, & Zambia (g9).
Average Salary: $18,894 (g45)
Agriculture: coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava (manioc, tapioca), potatoes, corn, millet, pulses, cut flowers; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry, and fish (g47)
Industry: sugar processing, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles; cement, steel production (g47)
