| GENERAL
STATISTICS
Population:
22,804,973
(January 2000 est.)
Ethnic groups:
Baganda 17%,
Karamojong 12%, Basogo 8%, Iteso 8%, Langi 6%, Rwanda 6%, Bagisu 5%, Acholi
4%, Lugbara 4%, Bunyoro 3%, Batobo 3%, non-African (European, Asian, Arab)
1%, other 23%
Religions:
Roman Catholic
33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18%
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
and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan
languages, Swahili, Arabic |