Uganda is a country slightly smaller than Oregon with a population of over 30 million people. The median age is 14.9 years and the population is growing at a rate of 3.5% annually. Infant mortality is high at 67 deaths per 1,000 live births while life expectancy is low at 51.75 years on average. Fertility is also high with women having 6.84 children each on average. The largest ethnic groups are the Baganda at 16.9% and Banyakole at 9.5% while Roman Catholicism and Protestantism are the most common religions. English is the official language along with many Niger-Congo languages, though literacy rates reach only 66.8%.

3. Uganda : slightly smaller than Oregon Population: 30,262,610 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.) Median age: total: 14.9 years (2007 est.) Population growth rate: 3.572% (2007 est.) Infant mortality rate: total: 67.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 51.75 years (2007 est.)

4. Total fertility rate: 6.84 children born/woman (2007 est.) Ethnic 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% (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) 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 Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 66.8% (2002 census.)