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Youth in Uganda are the youngest population in the world, with 77% of its population being under 25 years of age. [1] There are 7,310,386 youth from the ages of 15–24 years of age living in Uganda .
According to the 2014 census, over 84 percent of the population was Christian while about 14 percent of the population adhered to Islam, making it the largest minority religion. [15] In 2009, the northern and west Nile regions were dominated by Roman Catholics, and Iganga District in the east of Uganda had the highest percentage of Muslims. [16 ...
During the 1980s, political instability, civil war, and HIV/AIDS, greatly diminished the student population in Uganda. [11] Of the refugees fleeing the country in the 1980s, 11.9% were students whose studies were interrupted. [12] In 1980, a large number of students refugees abroad registered to vote in the national election. [12]
The fact that Ugandans under 30 years of age comprise almost 80 percent of the country's population contributes significantly to the effectiveness of People Power's youth focus. [13] Although this age group consists of some who are old enough to vote and some who are not, People Power seeks to begin youth activism at all ages.
Youth unemployment levels vary from 53.6% in Eswatini and 52.3% in South Africa, to 3.3% in Rwanda in 2016. [11] As age within the working population increases, so do levels of employment, as youths are three times more likely to be unemployed than adults (aged 25 or over), which demonstrates an anti-youth bias across African labour markets. [12]
Uganda has recorded a 10% increase in the number of people in jail since March, a prison official told Reuters on Friday, with thousands jailed for alleged violations of coronavirus lockdown rules.
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. [213] Uganda's median age of 15 years is the lowest in the world. [138]
The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), estimated the population of Kasangati at 150,200 in 2015. In 2020, the UBOS estimated the mid-year population of the town at 207,800. The population agency calculated that the population of Kasangati Town Council grew at an average annual rate of 6.70 percent, between 2015 and 2020. [5]