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Uganda population now at 33 million Wednesday, 25th November, 2009 E-mail article Print article BY RAYMOND BAGUMA UGANDA’S population is soon clocking 33 million people and the country will hit over 90 million people in the next 40 years. The 2009 State of the World Population report by the United Nations Population Fund shows that the country’s population is now 32.7 million. This is an increase from 31.9 million people in 2008. The report is set to be launched today at a function at Sheraton Hotel in Kampala. It indicates that Uganda’s population growth rate is currently at 3.3%, a rise from 3.2% last year. This places Uganda among the top five fastest growing countries in terms of population worldwide. Uganda’s fertility rate has slightly fallen from 6.4 children per woman in 2008 to 6.2 children this year. Nevertheless, it is still among the top five in the world, coming after failed states like Somalia, Afghanistan and East-Timor. A comparison also shows that Uganda’s Gross Nation
