WORLD PRESS TRENDS - World Association of Newspapers

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World Press Trends. Those that have not been updated clearly state the year to which the data relates.
POPULATION
Population by age and sex (2001)
All individuals Male Female Households
000 % 000 % 000 % 000
Children 10,058 47 5,031 48 5,027 46 4,200
15-24 4,237 20 1,996 19 2,241 21
25-34 2,825 13 1,350 13 1,475 14
35-44 1,562 7 756 7 806 7
45-54 1,134 5 552 5 582 5
55-64 706 3 349 3 357 3
65+ 728 3 365 4 363 3
Total 21,250 100 10,399 100 10,851 100
Source: Population Secretariat Projections 2001,
Uganda National Household Survey 1999/2000
Newspaper reach 2001 (%)
Daily Weekly
All adults 8.0 15.2
NUMBER OF TITLES AND CIRCULATION
Change (%)
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 97/2001 2000/01
Number of titles
Total dailies 4 4 4 3 4 0.00 33.33
National dailies 3 3 3 3 4 33.33 33.33
Local dailies 1 1 1 - - - -
Non-dailies 15 16 16 9 6 -60.00 -33.33
National non-dailies 9 10 9 8 5 -44.44 -37.50
Regional non-dailies 1 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00
Local non-dailies 5 5 6 - - - -
Sundays 2 2 2 - - - -
Free papers 1 1 2 2 2 100.00 0.00
Circulation (000)
Dailies - - - 63 69 - 9.52
Sundays - - - 50 77 - 54.00
Total annual sales (millions of copies)
Dailies - - - 22.3 24.6 - 10.31
Sundays - - - 2.6 4.0 - 53.85
MORE FACTS
Change (%)
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 97/2001 2000/01
Sales revenues (Shilling million)
Dailies - - - 15,600 17,200 - 10.26
Sundays - - - 1,800 2,800 - 55.56
Titles
5
4
3
2
1
0
Number of daily titles and circulation
Titles
Circulation
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Type of newspaper sales (%)
Single Office
copy deliveries
1997 98 2
1998 98 2
1999 98 2
2000 98 2
2001 98 2
70
69
68
67
66
65
64
63
62
61
60
Circulation (000s)
Newsprint costs (average per ton)
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Newsprint costs (average per ton)
Ugandan Shilling 1,280,400 1,412,820 1,334,524 1,404,760 1,590,750
US$ 776 846 792 812 908
Type of newspaper sales in 2001 (%)
Office
deliveries
2%
Cover prices 2002
Shilling
Single copy 600-700
Single copy
98%
Top dailies (2001)
Circulation Cover Price
Title Publisher (000) Shillings US$ Format
The New Vision New Vision Printing & Pub. Corp. 33 700 0.43 Tabloid
The Monitor Monitor Publishers 18 700 0.43 Tabloid
Bukedde New Vision Printing & Pub. Corp. 15 600 0.36 Tabloid
Ngoma Monitor Publishers 3 600 0.36 Tabloid
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