Uganda
Country statistics
Land area: 77,108 sq miles (199,710 sq km)
Total area: 91,135 sq miles (236,040 sq km)
Population (2011 est.): 34,612,250 (growth rate: 3.576%); birth rate: 47.49/1000; infant mortality rate: 62.47/1000; life expectancy: 53.24
Capital City: Kampala
Monetary unit: Ugandan new shilling
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
Ethnicity/race: 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% (2002 census)
Religions: 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% (2002 census)
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