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With a projected urbanization of 5.6% per annum, a more orderly response to the rapid urbanization in Uganda is needed COMMENT | Abdul Kyanika | In 2020, Uganda’s population constituted about 46 million people of whom 27% were urban residents. Urban households are predicted to grow from 2.9 million in 2020 …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pallisa district authorities have raised a red flag over the rapid population growth there. According to information from the district, the population in Pallisa stands at over 400,000 from 270,000 people in 2014 District officials say the rapid population increase has pilled pressure on …

✅ Population 1.41178 billion, up by 5.38% ✅ Annual growth rate of 0.53% ✅ Urban residents up to 63.89% ✅ Gender ratio falls to 105.07 ✅ People aged 60 or above 18.7% ✅ Average age of the Chinese 38.8yrs ✅ working-age 16-59, 880 million China has maintained population growth over …

  📍 Uganda 🇺🇬 population figures ✳ Aged 0-14yrs – 46% ✳ Aged 10-24yrs – 34.5% ✳ Aged 15-64yrs – 52% ✳ Aged 65+ – 2% ✳ Life expectancy 64yrs Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There are a lot of undiscovered gems hidden in the heartland of Padhola. It …

✳ 🇺🇬 Pop 45.7 million ✳ 46% of them aged 0-14 ✳ Life expectancy 64 years ✳ Maternal Mortality Ratio 375/100k ✳ Aged 0-14yrs – 46% ✳ Aged 10-24yrs – 34.5% ✳ Aged 15-64yrs – 52% ✳ Aged 65+ – 2% ✳ Life expectancy 64yr Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   The Katikkiro of Buganda Kingdom Charles Peter Mayiga has appealed for a review of Uganda’s population control strategy. Mayiga says that poverty is a key issue in the country’s population growth that should be prioritized. According to Mayiga, the government and other population control …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | As Uganda joined the rest of the world to commemorate the World Population Day on July 11, Marie Stopes Uganda, a health focused international organization working in Uganda urged the government and other actors to work towards having a healthy and productive population to achieve …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | A new report launched has urged Africa with its development partners to design new business models for infrastructure development to meet the needs of the growing population on the continent. The report launched by the Development Center of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development …

    Highest average annual rate of population change per cent ✳Bahrain 4.3% ✳Niger 3.8% ✳Uganda 3.6% ✳Tanzania 3% ✳Mali 3% ✳Somalia 2.8% Population aged 0-14 ( top 7 in the world) ✳Niger 49% ✳Mali 47% ✳Chad 46.5% ✳Angola 46.4% ✳Somalia 46.1% ✳Uganda 46% ✳Zambia 44% Kampala, Uganda | THE …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has held discussions with the Country Representative of the United Nations Population Fund Alain Sibenaler ahead of Saturday’s World Population Day celebrations Museveni met Sibenaler, ministers and the officials of the Population Secretariat, at State House Entebbe this afternoon and discussed COVID-19 and populations …