Census Analytical Report - Uganda Bureau of Statistics

Analytical ReportFigure 4.5: Population Pyramid in Five-Year Age GroupsAge Group95 Plus90 to 9485 to 8980 to 8475 to 7970 to 7465 to 6960 to 6455 to 5950 to 5445 to 4940 to 4435 to 3930 to 3425 to 2920 to 2415 to 1910 to 145 to 90 to 410 5 0 5 10Proportion of the PopulationMaleFemaleSummary measures of the age structure of the population include the median age andthe Age Dependency Ratio. The Age Dependency Ratio is a ratio of the persons in thedependant ages (population below 15 year and those 65 years and above) to theeconomically active population (population aged 15-64 years). The analysis of thedata revealed a dependency ratio of 110 implying that on average there are 110dependent persons per every 100 economically active persons. Table A1.4 shows thatthe Eastern region had the highest dependency ratio of 120, while the Central regionhad the least of 103. The variation by district was even wider. It ranged between 44.4percent for Kalangala district and 132.8 percent for Iganga district.The Median Age is the age that divides the population into two numerically equalgroups. Table 4.2 shows that the median age has been declining over time from 17.2in 1969 to 15.3 in 2002. This is further testimony that the population is becomingyounger. There were no major variations in the median age by region. However, widevariations can be observed at the district level.39