Uganda vs. Democratic Republic of the Congo
Demographics
| Uganda | Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 35,918,915 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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2014 est.) | 77,433,744 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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2014 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 48.7% (male 8,714,354/female 8,765,900) 15-24 years: 21.2% (male 3,775,679/female 3,833,574) 25-54 years: 25.7% (male 4,618,088/female 4,615,616) 55-64 years: 2.4% (male 405,740/female 447,118) 65 years and over: 2.1% (male 327,771/female 415,075) (2014 est.) | 0-14 years: 43.1% (male 16,810,549/female 16,552,685) 15-24 years: 21.4% (male 8,292,444/female 8,248,326) 25-54 years: 29.4% (male 11,359,385/female 11,405,442) 55-64 years: 3.5% (male 1,287,895/female 1,457,499) 65 years and over: 2.6% (male 849,840/female 1,169,679) (2014 est.) |
| Median age | total: 15.5 years male: 15.5 years female: 15.6 years (2014 est.) | total: 17.9 years male: 17.7 years female: 18.1 years (2014 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 3.24% (2014 est.) | 2.5% (2014 est.) |
| Birth rate | 44.17 births/1,000 population (2014 est.) | 35.62 births/1,000 population (2014 est.) |
| Death rate | 10.97 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.) | 10.3 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -0.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.) | -0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2014 est.) | at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2014 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 60.82 deaths/1,000 live births male: 70.17 deaths/1,000 live births female: 51.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.) | total: 73.15 deaths/1,000 live births male: 76.8 deaths/1,000 live births female: 69.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 54.46 years male: 53.1 years female: 55.86 years (2014 est.) | total population: 56.54 years male: 55.03 years female: 58.09 years (2014 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 5.97 children born/woman (2014 est.) | 4.8 children born/woman (2014 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 7.2% (2012 est.) | 1.1% (2012 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Ugandan(s) adjective: Ugandan | noun: Congolese (singular and plural) adjective: Congolese or Congo |
| Ethnic groups | Baganda 16.9%, Banyankole 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) | over 200 African ethnic groups of which the majority are Bantu; the four largest tribes - Mongo, Luba, Kongo (all Bantu), and the Mangbetu-Azande (Hamitic) make up about 45% of the population |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 1,549,200 (2012 est.) | 481,500 (2012 est.) |
| 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) | Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%, Muslim 10%, other (includes syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs) 10% |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 63,300 (2012 est.) | 31,700 (2012 est.) |
| 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 | French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 73.2% male: 82.6% female: 64.6% (2010 est.) | definition: age 15 and over can read and write French, Lingala, Kingwana, or Tshiluba total population: 66.8% male: 76.9% female: 57% (2010 est.) |
| Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria, dengue fever, and trypanosomiasis-Gambiense (African sleeping sickness) water contact disease: schistosomiasis animal contact disease: rabies (2013) | degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria, dengue fever, and trypanosomiasis-gambiense (African sleeping sickness) water contact disease: schistosomiasis animal contact disease: rabies (2013) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2009) | total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 8 years (2012) |
| Education expenditures | 3.3% of GDP (2012) | 2.5% of GDP (2010) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 15.6% of total population (2011) rate of urbanization: 5.74% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) | urban population: 34.3% of total population (2011) rate of urbanization: 4.19% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 94.8% of population rural: 71% of population total: 74.8% of population unimproved: urban: 5.2% of population rural: 29% of population total: 25.2% of population (2012 est.) | improved: urban: 79.1% of population rural: 29% of population total: 46.5% of population unimproved: urban: 20.9% of population rural: 71% of population total: 53.5% of population (2012 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 32.8% of population rural: 34.1% of population total: 33.9% of population unimproved: urban: 67.2% of population rural: 65.9% of population total: 66.1% of population (2012 est.) | improved: urban: 29.1% of population rural: 32.6% of population total: 31.4% of population unimproved: urban: 70.9% of population rural: 67.4% of population total: 68.6% of population (2012 est.) |
| Major cities - population | KAMPALA (capital) 1.659 million (2011) | KINSHASA (capital) 8.798 million; Lubumbashi 1.556 million; Mbuji-Mayi 1.504 million; Kananga 888,000; Kisangani 820,000 (2011) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 310 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) | 540 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 14.1% (2011) | 28.2% (2007) |
| Health expenditures | 9.5% of GDP (2011) | 8.5% of GDP (2011) |
| Physicians density | 0.12 physicians/1,000 population (2005) | 0.11 physicians/1,000 population (2004) |
| Hospital bed density | 0.5 beds/1,000 population (2010) | 0.8 beds/1,000 population (2006) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 4.3% (2008) | 1.7% (2008) |
| Child labor - children ages 5-14 | total number: 117,266 percentage: 25 % note: data represents children ages 5-17 working in the (2010 est.) | total number: 8,284,395 percentage: 42 % (2010 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 18.9 note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011 est.) | 20.2 note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2007 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 30% (2011) | 17.7% (2010) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 102.4 % youth dependency ratio: 97.5 % elderly dependency ratio: 4.9 % potential support ratio: 20.5 (2014 est.) | total dependency ratio: 91.1 % youth dependency ratio: 85.6 % elderly dependency ratio: 5.5 % potential support ratio: 18.3 (2014 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
