The table on this page shows some of the important facts and figures for both Uganda and the UK. It's interesting to see that in many ways Uganda and the UK are similar. Their total sizes are not too dissimilar, and the percentage of arable land use is almost identical.
Both countries produce potatoes, vegetables, cattle and poultry; and Ugandan and UK citizens both love mobile phones.
In other ways the countries differ enormously. The UK population is twice that of Uganda, with much lower infant death rates and longer life expectancy. If you have HIV/AIDS you are 16 times more likely to die from it in Uganda than you are in the Uk, thanks to better health care. However, there are roughly 10.5 million people living in poverty in Uganda and only 2 million fewer (8.5 million) in the same situation in the UK .
In the UK we use over 200 times as much electricity every year as Uganda does, despite our population only being twice as large, and we use almost 20 times as much water per person as Uganda does.
| Information | Uganda | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Land area | 199,710 sq km | 241,590 sq km |
| Coastline | 0 km | 12,429 km |
| Climate | tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast | temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast |
| Land use | arable land: 21.57% permanent crops: 8.92% other: 69.51% |
arable land: 23.23% permanent crops: 0.2% other: 76.57% |
| Population | 30,262,610 | 60,776,238 |
| Age Structure | 0-14 years: 50.2% 15-64 years: 47.6% 65 years and over: 2.2% |
0-14 years: 17.2% |
| Infant Mortality | total: 67.22 deaths/1,000 live births |
total: 5.01 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy | total population: 51.75 years male: 50.78 years female: 52.73 years |
total population: 78.7 years male: 76.23 years female: 81.3 years |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with | 530,000 | 51,000 |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths: | 78,000 | less than 500 |
| Literacy | total population: 66.8% male: 76.8% female: 57.7% |
total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% |
| Population below poverty line: | 35% | 14% |
| Agriculture | coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), potatoes, corn, millet, pulses, cut flowers; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry | cereals, oilseed, potatoes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, poultry; fish |
| Industries | sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles; cement, steel production | machine tools, electric power equipment, automation equipment, railroad equipment, shipbuilding, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, electronics and communications equipment, metals, chemicals, coal, petroleum, paper and paper products, food processing, textiles, clothing, other consumer goods |
| Electricity - consumption | 1.674 billion kWh | 348.7 billion kWh |
| Telephones - main lines in use: | 108,100 | 33.602 million |
| Telephones - mobile cellular: | 2.009 million | 69.657 million |
| Airports | 32 | 449 |
| Airports - with paved runways | 5 | 310 |
| Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) | total: 0.3 cu km/yr (43%/17%/40%) per capita: 10 cu m/yr |
total: 11.75 cu km/yr (22%/75%/3%) per capita: 197 cu m/yr |
| Television broadcast stations: | 8 (plus 1 repeater) | 228 (plus 3,523 repeaters) |
| Roadways | total: 70,746 km paved: 16,272 km unpaved: 54,474 km |
total: 388,008 km paved: 388,008 km |
| Railways | 1,244 km | 16,567 km |
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