World Bank2012-03-192012-03-192011-12-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2811Uganda 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.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EDUCATIONADULT POPULATIONAGE AT MARRIAGEAGE DISTRIBUTIONBABYBABY BOOMBREAST-FEEDINGCAUSES OF DEATHCHILD MORTALITYCHILD MORTALITY RATESCHILD-BEARINGCHILDBEARINGCHILDREN PER WOMANCIVIL SOCIETY INSTITUTIONSCOMMUNITY HEALTHCOMPLICATIONSCONGENITAL MALFORMATIONSCONNECTION BETWEEN POPULATIONCONTRACEPTIONCONTRACEPTIVE METHODCONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCECONTRACEPTIVE USECONTRACEPTIVESDECLINE IN FERTILITYDECLINE OF FERTILITYDEMAND FOR CONTRACEPTIVESDEMOGRAPHERSDEMOGRAPHIC CHANGEDEMOGRAPHIC CHANGESDEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONSDEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITIONDEMOGRAPHIC TRENDSDEPENDENCY RATIODEPENDENCY RATIOSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT STRATEGIESDISEASESDROPOUTECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICIESECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC POLICIESELDERLYEMPOWERING WOMENEPIDEMICFAMILY HEALTHFAMILY PLANNINGFAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMSFAMILY PLANNING SERVICESFAMILY WELFAREFEMALE LABOR FORCEFERTILITYFERTILITY BEHAVIORFERTILITY DECLINEFERTILITY DECLINESFERTILITY LEVELSFERTILITY RATEFERTILITY RATESFERTILITY TRANSITIONSFEWER CHILDRENFORMAL EDUCATIONGENDER EQUALITYGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH SYSTEMHEALTH SYSTEMSHEALTH WORKERSHIGH FERTILITY LEVELSHIVHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTIDEAL NUMBER OF CHILDRENILLNESSESIMMUNIZATIONIMPACT OF POPULATIONIMPACT ON FERTILITYIMPLEMENTATION OF POPULATIONINDUSTRIALIZATIONINFANTINFANT MORBIDITYINFANT MORTALITYINFANT MORTALITY RATEINFANT MORTALITY RATESINFECTIOUS DISEASESINTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATIONINVESTMENT IN EDUCATIONLABOR FORCELEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVEL OF FERTILITYLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLEVELS OF MORTALITYLIFE EXPECTANCYLINKS BETWEEN POPULATION GROWTHLIVE BIRTHLIVE BIRTHSLIVING STANDARDSLONGER LIFELOW BIRTH WEIGHTLOW FERTILITYLOW FERTILITY LEVELSLOWER FERTILITYMALARIAMARITAL STATUSMARRIED WOMENMASS MEDIAMATERNAL MORTALITYMEASLESMIGRANTSMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMINISTRY OF HEALTHMODERN CONTRACEPTIVE USEMORTALITYMORTALITY DECLINEMORTALITY DECLINESMORTALITY LEVELSMORTALITY RATEMOTHERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNATIONAL POPULATIONNATIONAL POPULATION POLICYNEED FOR FAMILY PLANNINGNO MORE CHILDRENNUMBER OF BIRTHSNUMBER OF GIRLSNUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDSNUMBER OF PEOPLENUTRITIONOLD AGEORAL REHYDRATION THERAPYPACE OF DECLINEPARASITIC DISEASESPERSONS WITH DISABILITIESPLACE OF RESIDENCEPOLICY FRAMEWORKPOLITICAL LEADERSHIPPOPULATION AGE STRUCTUREPOPULATION AND DEVELOPMENTPOPULATION CHALLENGESPOPULATION DATAPOPULATION DENSITYPOPULATION DIVISIONPOPULATION GROWTHPOPULATION GROWTH RATEPOPULATION GROWTH RATESPOPULATION INCREASESPOPULATION ISSUESPOPULATION MOMENTUMPOPULATION POLICIESPOPULATION SIZEPOSTNATAL CAREPREGNANCYPRENATAL CAREPREVENTABLE DISEASESPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY HEALTH CAREPRIMARY SCHOOLPROGRESSPROVISION OF EDUCATIONPUBLIC HEALTHPURCHASING POWERPURCHASING POWER PARITYQUALITY OF LIFERADIORAPID POPULATION GROWTHRATES OF GROWTHREPLACEMENT LEVELREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH POLICIESRESPECTRURAL AREASRURAL WOMENSANITATIONSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSERVICE DELIVERYSEXSEXUAL INTERCOURSESOCIAL NORMSSOCIAL SECTORSSOCIAL SERVICESSOCIOECONOMIC STATUSSOURCE OF DRINKING WATERT.V.TERTIARY EDUCATIONTRANSPORTATIONUNEMPLOYMENTUNMET DEMANDURBAN AREASURBAN COMMUNITYURBAN INFRASTRUCTUREURBAN MIGRATIONURBAN POPULATIONURBAN WOMENURBANIZATIONUSE OF CONTRACEPTIVESWARWORKING POPULATIONWORKING-AGE POPULATIONWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONWORLD POPULATIONWORLD POPULATION PROJECTIONSYOUNG ADULTSYOUNG AGEYOUNG MOTHERSWorld Bank10.1596/2811