Editing Uganda (section)

==Demographics==
{{Main|Demographics of Uganda}}
[[File:Population density of Uganda districts.png|thumb|Population density of Uganda districts]]
Uganda's population grew from 9.5 million people in 1969 to 34.9 million in 2014. With respect to the last inter-censal period (September 2002), the population increased by 10.6 million people in the past 12 years.<ref>{{cite book | last1=Uganda Bureau Of Statistics (UBOS) | title=National Population and Housing Census 2014. Provisional Results | date=November 2015 | location=Kampala, Uganda | page=6 | edition=Revised | url=http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/NPHC/NPHC%202014%20PROVISIONAL%20RESULTS%20REPORT.pdf | access-date=29 March 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110115940/http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/NPHC/NPHC%202014%20PROVISIONAL%20RESULTS%20REPORT.pdf | archive-date=10 January 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Uganda's [[median age]] of 15 years is the lowest in the world.<ref name=cia/> Uganda has the fifth highest [[total fertility rate]] in the world, at 5.97 children born per woman (2014 estimates).<ref name=cia/>

There were about 80,000 [[Indians in Uganda]] before Idi Amin required the [[Expulsion of Asians from Uganda|expulsion of Ugandan-Asians]] (mostly of Indian origin) in 1972, which reduced the population to as low as 7,000. Many Indians, however, returned to Uganda after Amin's ouster in 1979.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Van Hear |first=Nicholas |date=2012-08-14 |title=Four decades after the expulsion of Ugandan Asians |url=https://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/article/four-decades-after-the-expulsion-of-ugandan-asians |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=COMPAS}}</ref> Around 90 percent of Ugandan Indians reside in Kampala. There is also a population of about 10,000 [[white Africans]] and 3,000 Arabs in the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/uganda-return-of-the-exiles-504325.html |title=Uganda: Return of the exiles |website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |access-date=19 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611120407/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/uganda-return-of-the-exiles-504325.html |archive-date=11 June 2010}}. ''The Independent'', 26 August 2005</ref>

According to the [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees|UNHCR]], Uganda hosts over 1.4 million refugees on its soil as of August 2021.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=2021-08-17 |title=Uganda to take 2,000 Afghan refugees at U.S. request |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/uganda-take-2000-afghan-refugees-us-request-2021-08-17/ |access-date=2023-04-04 |archive-date=18 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218093533/https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/uganda-take-2000-afghan-refugees-us-request-2021-08-17/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name = "UNHCR_stats">{{cite web | url=https://ugandarefugees.org/en/country/uga | title=Uganda Comprehensive Refugee Response Portal | author=<!--Not stated--> | website=Operational Data Portal | publisher=UNHCR | access-date=22 November 2018 | archive-date=27 August 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827220904/http://ugandarefugees.org/en/country/uga/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> Most come from neighbouring countries in the [[African Great Lakes]] region, particularly [[South Sudan]] (68.0 percent) and [[the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Democratic Republic of the Congo]] (24.6%).<ref name="UNHCR_stats"/> In August 2021, Uganda received some refugees from Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover.<ref name=":3" />

===Languages===
{{main|Languages of Uganda}}
[[File:Languages of Uganda.png|thumb|upright=1.25|An ethnolinguistic map of Uganda]]

[[Swahili language|Swahili]], a widely used language throughout the African Great Lakes region, was approved as the country's second official national language in 2005.<ref name="Amendment_2005"/><ref name="Kagonye_22_sw">{{cite news |last1=Kagonye |first1=Fred |title=Uganda adopts Swahili as an official language |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/world/article/2001449634/uganda-adopts-swahili-as-an-official-language |access-date=6 July 2022 |work=[[The Standard (Kenya)]] |publisher=[[The Standard (Kenya)]] |date=5 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706045639/https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/world/article/2001449634/uganda-adopts-swahili-as-an-official-language |archive-date=6 July 2022 |location=[[Nairobi, Kenya]] |language=en}}</ref> [[English language|English]] was the only official language until the constitution was amended in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |title=Uganda is embracing Swahili in its curriculum after years of resistance |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/uganda-is-embracing-swahili-in-its-curriculum-after-years-of-resistance/ar-AAXsAmz |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004181120/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/uganda-is-embracing-swahili-in-its-curriculum-after-years-of-resistance/ar-AAXsAmz |archive-date=4 October 2022 |access-date=4 October 2022 |website=[[MSN]]}}</ref><ref name="cia" /><ref name="Amendment_2005" /><ref name="Republic" /><ref>{{cite web |date=5 November 2015 |title=English rules in Uganda, but local languages shouldn't be sidelined |url=https://theconversation.com/english-rules-in-uganda-but-local-languages-shouldnt-be-sidelined-49381 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004181120/https://theconversation.com/english-rules-in-uganda-but-local-languages-shouldnt-be-sidelined-49381 |archive-date=4 October 2022 |access-date=4 October 2022}}</ref> Although Swahili has not been favoured by the Bantu-speaking populations of the south and south-west of the country, it is an important ''[[lingua franca]]'' in the northern regions. It is also widely used in the police and military forces, which may be a historical result of the disproportionate recruitment of northerners into the security forces during the colonial period. The status of Swahili has thus alternated with the political group in power.<ref name="UCLA">[http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?LangID=17&menu=004 Swahili] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714164518/http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?LangID=17&menu=004 |date=14 July 2007 }} in the UCLA Language Materials Project</ref> For example, Idi Amin, who came from the north-west, declared Swahili to be the national language.<ref>[http://www.glcom.com/hassan/swahili_history.html "A Brief History of the Swahili Language"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512022044/http://www.glcom.com/hassan/swahili_history.html |date=12 May 2017 }}, glcom.com</ref>

===Religion===

{{Main|Religion in Uganda}}

[[File:Rubaga_Cthedral.jpg|thumb|left|[[Rubaga Cathedral|Saint Mary's Cathedral Rubaga]] is the parent cathedral of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala]].]]
[[File:Aerial view of the Gaddafi mosque in Uganda.jpg|thumb|Uganda National mosque (Gaddafi mosque)]]
The [[Roman Catholicism in Uganda|Roman Catholic Church]] had the largest number of adherents (39.3 percent, down from 41.6 in 2002), followed by the [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] [[Church of Uganda]] (32 percent, down from 35.9 percent). The category of [[Evangelical]]/[[Pentecostal]]/[[Born-Again]] showed the most growth, rising from 4.7% in 2002 to 11.1% in 2018. [[Adventism|Adventist]] and other [[Protestant]] churches claimed most of the remaining Christians, although there was also a small [[Eastern Orthodox]] community.<ref name="Census 2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/NPHC/2014%20National%20Census%20Main%20Report.pdf|title=2014 Uganda Population and Housing Census – Main Report|publisher=Uganda Bureau of Statistics|access-date=17 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012091133/http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/NPHC/2014%20National%20Census%20Main%20Report.pdf|archive-date=12 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Census 2002">{{cite web|url=http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/2002%20Census%20Final%20Reportdoc.pdf|title=2002 Uganda Population and Housing Census&nbsp;– Main Report|publisher=Uganda Bureau of Statistics|access-date=26 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012091154/http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/2002%20Census%20Final%20Reportdoc.pdf|archive-date=12 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The next most reported religion of Uganda was [[Islam in Uganda|Islam]], with Muslims representing 14% percent of the population, up from 12.1% in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uganda |url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/uganda/ |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=United States Department of State |language=en-US |archive-date=11 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111032209/http://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/uganda/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Census 2014" />

The remainder of the population according to the 2014 census followed traditional religions (0.1 percent, down from 1% in 2002), other religions (1.4 percent), or had no religious affiliation (0.2 percent).<ref name="Census 2014"/>

===Largest cities and towns===
{{Largest cities
| country      = Uganda
| kind         = urban centres
| stat_ref     = [[Uganda Bureau of Statistics]] 2016, [http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/NPHC/2014%20National%20Census%20Main%20Report.pdf ''National Population and Housing Census 2014 – Main Report''], p. 11
| div_name     = District

| city_1 = Kampala
| div_1 = Kampala District{{!}}Kampala
| pop_1 = 1,507,114

| city_2 = Nansana
| div_2 = Wakiso District{{!}}Wakiso
| pop_2 = 365,857

| city_3 = Kira Town{{!}}Kira
| div_3 = Wakiso District{{!}}Wakiso
| pop_3 = 317,428

| city_4 = Ssabagabo{{!}}Makindye Ssabagabo
| div_4 = Wakiso District{{!}}Wakiso
| pop_4 = 282,664

| city_5 = Mbarara
| div_5 = Mbarara District{{!}}Mbarara
| pop_5 = 195,160

| city_6 = Mukono
| div_6 = Mukono District{{!}}Mukono
| pop_6 = 162,744

| city_7 = Gulu
| div_7 = Gulu District{{!}}Gulu
| pop_7 = 149,802

| city_8 = Lugazi
| div_8 = Buikwe District{{!}}Buikwe
| pop_8 = 114,163

| city_9 = Kasese
| div_9 = Kasese District{{!}}Kasese
| pop_9 = 103,293

| city_10 = Masaka
| div_10 = Masaka District{{!}}Masaka
| pop_10 = 101,557

}}