Uganda - Demography and Economic Growth in Uganda

Uganda has one of the youngest and most rapidly growing populations in the world. The most important demographic issue for Uganda is related to the age structure rather than the overall size of its population. A very young population represents a major challenge for Uganda in the short and medium term. In order to change its population age structure faster, Uganda needs to accelerate the demographic transition, namely the shift from high levels of mortality and fertility to low levels of mortality and fertility. Once mortality (especially infant and child) and fertility rates begin to fall, young age dependency ratio will follow the same trend albeit with some lag. This will have positive - and quite possibly major - implications for the economic growth. Given the high fertility and reduced mortality over the last several decades, Uganda's population will be growing rapidly over the next several decades. Uganda's economic future looks brighter under assumptions of demographic change.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2011-12-01
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ADULT POPULATION, AGE AT MARRIAGE, AGE DISTRIBUTION, BABY, BABY BOOM, BREAST-FEEDING, CAUSES OF DEATH, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILD MORTALITY RATES, CHILD-BEARING, CHILDBEARING, CHILDREN PER WOMAN, CIVIL SOCIETY INSTITUTIONS, COMMUNITY HEALTH, COMPLICATIONS, CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS, CONNECTION BETWEEN POPULATION, CONTRACEPTION, CONTRACEPTIVE METHOD, CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE, CONTRACEPTIVE USE, CONTRACEPTIVES, DECLINE IN FERTILITY, DECLINE OF FERTILITY, DEMAND FOR CONTRACEPTIVES, DEMOGRAPHERS, DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE, DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES, DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS, DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION, DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS, DEPENDENCY RATIO, DEPENDENCY RATIOS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, DISEASES, DROPOUT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC POLICIES, ELDERLY, EMPOWERING WOMEN, EPIDEMIC, FAMILY HEALTH, FAMILY PLANNING, FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS, FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES, FAMILY WELFARE, FEMALE LABOR FORCE, FERTILITY, FERTILITY BEHAVIOR, FERTILITY DECLINE, FERTILITY DECLINES, FERTILITY LEVELS, FERTILITY RATE, FERTILITY RATES, FERTILITY TRANSITIONS, FEWER CHILDREN, FORMAL EDUCATION, GENDER EQUALITY, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH SYSTEM, HEALTH SYSTEMS, HEALTH WORKERS, HIGH FERTILITY LEVELS, HIV, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, IDEAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN, ILLNESSES, IMMUNIZATION, IMPACT OF POPULATION, IMPACT ON FERTILITY, IMPLEMENTATION OF POPULATION, INDUSTRIALIZATION, INFANT, INFANT MORBIDITY, INFANT MORTALITY, INFANT MORTALITY RATE, INFANT MORTALITY RATES, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATION, INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION, LABOR FORCE, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LEVEL OF FERTILITY, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LEVELS OF MORTALITY, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LINKS BETWEEN POPULATION GROWTH, LIVE BIRTH, LIVE BIRTHS, LIVING STANDARDS, LONGER LIFE, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT, LOW FERTILITY, LOW FERTILITY LEVELS, LOWER FERTILITY, MALARIA, MARITAL STATUS, MARRIED WOMEN, MASS MEDIA, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MEASLES, MIGRANTS, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, MODERN CONTRACEPTIVE USE, MORTALITY, MORTALITY DECLINE, MORTALITY DECLINES, MORTALITY LEVELS, MORTALITY RATE, MOTHER, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, NATIONAL POPULATION, NATIONAL POPULATION POLICY, NEED FOR FAMILY PLANNING, NO MORE CHILDREN, NUMBER OF BIRTHS, NUMBER OF GIRLS, NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS, NUMBER OF PEOPLE, NUTRITION, OLD AGE, ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY, PACE OF DECLINE, PARASITIC DISEASES, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, PLACE OF RESIDENCE, POLICY FRAMEWORK, POLITICAL LEADERSHIP, POPULATION AGE STRUCTURE, POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT, POPULATION CHALLENGES, POPULATION DATA, POPULATION DENSITY, POPULATION DIVISION, POPULATION GROWTH, POPULATION GROWTH RATE, POPULATION GROWTH RATES, POPULATION INCREASES, POPULATION ISSUES, POPULATION MOMENTUM, POPULATION POLICIES, POPULATION SIZE, POSTNATAL CARE, PREGNANCY, PRENATAL CARE, PREVENTABLE DISEASES, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PROGRESS, PROVISION OF EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEALTH, PURCHASING POWER, PURCHASING POWER PARITY, QUALITY OF LIFE, RADIO, RAPID POPULATION GROWTH, RATES OF GROWTH, REPLACEMENT LEVEL, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH POLICIES, RESPECT, RURAL AREAS, RURAL WOMEN, SANITATION, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SERVICE DELIVERY, SEX, SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, SOCIAL NORMS, SOCIAL SECTORS, SOCIAL SERVICES, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER, T.V., TERTIARY EDUCATION, TRANSPORTATION, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNMET DEMAND, URBAN AREAS, URBAN COMMUNITY, URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE, URBAN MIGRATION, URBAN POPULATION, URBAN WOMEN, URBANIZATION, USE OF CONTRACEPTIVES, WAR, WORKING POPULATION, WORKING-AGE POPULATION, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, WORLD POPULATION, WORLD POPULATION PROJECTIONS, YOUNG ADULTS, YOUNG AGE, YOUNG MOTHERS,
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