Uganda Statistics

Population	29.9 million
Population annual growth rate	3.6%
Urban population	13%
Major ethnic and linguistic groups	Baganda 16.9%, Banyakole 9.5%, Basoga 8.4%, Bakiga 6.9%, Iteso 6.4%, Langi 6.1%, Acholi 4.7%, Bagisu 4.6%, Lugbara 4.2%, Bunyoro 2.7%, other 29.6%
Languages	English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic
Religion	Roman Catholic 41.9%, Protestant 42% (Anglican 35.9%, Pentecostal 4.6%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.5%), Muslim 12.1%, other 3.1%, none 0.9%
Life expectancy (at birth)	50 years
Infant mortality (under one)	78 per 1,000 live births
Under five mortality	134 per 1,000 live births
Maternal mortality rate	510 per 100,000 live births
Adult HIV prevalence rate (ages 15-49)	6.7%
Percentage population with access to safe drinking water	60%
Adult literacy rate	67%
Gross Domestic Product (US$ billions)	9.3
Gross National Income (GNI) per capita (US$)	300
Proportion of population living on below $1 a day	85%

Source: World Bank, CIA World Factbook and Unicef's State of the World's Children 2008