In 1970 the population of Uganda was about [?] and by 2004 this has risen to about [?] .The population is [?] rapidly.

There are many different [?] groups in Uganda like the Basoga and the Karamajong.

The birth rate is very [?] - at 47 per 1000 women each year.

Infant mortality is also very high because health services are [?]. Infant mortality is the number of [?] that die in their first year of life.

The death rate is lower than the birth rate so the population is increasing [?]. Some of the reasons the death rate is high include

epidemics e.g. [?]

[?] health care

contaminated [?] supply to drink

not enough [?] to eat

there is also a civil [?] in the north of the country.

Rapid population growth puts pressure on [?] to produce more food.

[?] expectancy is only about 44 years. This is because people die young because of the problems listed earlier.