1. ForecastsUganda

   Uganda: 10 of 11 UN projections since 1998 expected women to have more children

   The UN's 2000 projection expected 5.85 for 2015–2020; the outcome was 4.93 (−16%). The latest checked one: the UN's 2022 projection expected 4.36 for 2023; the outcome was 4.28 (−2%). "Outcome" here is the UN's own current estimate, not registration data.

   Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →

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• Uganda: more babies born than in Russia
• Uganda: almost all its electricity is made without coal, gas or oil, but there is 20 times less of it per person than in a typical country
• Goals to lower fertility in Africa and South Asia: 2 of 9 came true on time. Pakistan expected 2.6 by 2020 and had 3.77
• Goals to lengthen lives: 7 of 13 came true on time. Sri Lanka expected 80 years by 2016 and had 76.1
• Uganda: women live longer than all 12 UN projections expected — by 8.2 years (median)
• Uganda: 9% online; a GDP-based model gives 39%

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