Fertility & birth rates in Uganda and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in Uganda vs United Kingdom chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Uganda was 4.28 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Uganda vs the United Kingdom population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Uganda	United Kingdom
1960	6.91	2.69
1961	6.93	2.78
1962	6.96	2.86
1963	6.98	2.88
1964	7.01	2.93
1965	7.04	2.86
1966	7.07	2.78
1967	7.1	2.68
1968	7.13	2.6
1969	7.12	2.51
1970	7.15	2.44
1971	7.18	2.41
1972	7.19	2.2
1973	7.19	2.04
1974	7.19	1.92
1975	7.2	1.81
1976	7.19	1.74
1977	7.18	1.69
1978	7.16	1.75
1979	7.14	1.86
1980	7.11	1.9
1981	7.12	1.82
1982	7.11	1.78
1983	7.07	1.77
1984	7.02	1.77
1985	7.04	1.79
1986	7.08	1.78
1987	7.12	1.81
1988	7.1	1.82
1989	7.05	1.79
1990	7.01	1.83
1991	6.94	1.82
1992	6.91	1.79
1993	6.89	1.76
1994	6.9	1.74
1995	6.87	1.71
1996	6.84	1.73
1997	6.86	1.72
1998	6.84	1.71
1999	6.83	1.68
2000	6.79	1.64
2001	6.76	1.63
2002	6.74	1.63
2003	6.67	1.7
2004	6.61	1.75
2005	6.53	1.76
2006	6.43	1.82
2007	6.33	1.86
2008	6.2	1.91
2009	6.12	1.89
2010	6.02	1.92
2011	5.89	1.91
2012	5.73	1.92
2013	5.56	1.83
2014	5.41	1.81
2015	5.25	1.8
2016	5.11	1.79
2017	4.99	1.74
2018	4.87	1.68
2019	4.74	1.63
2020	4.62	1.57
2021	4.51	1.58
2022	4.39	1.56
2023	4.28	1.56
2024	4.16	1.55
2025	4.06	1.54
2026	3.97	1.53
2027	3.87	1.53
2028	3.79	1.53
2029	3.69	1.52
2030	3.61	1.52
2031	3.53	1.52
2032	3.45	1.53
2033	3.38	1.53
2034	3.31	1.53
2035	3.25	1.53
2036	3.19	1.53
2037	3.14	1.53
2038	3.09	1.53
2039	3.04	1.53
2040	2.99	1.53
2041	2.94	1.54
2042	2.9	1.54
2043	2.86	1.54
2044	2.82	1.54
2045	2.78	1.54
2046	2.74	1.54
2047	2.71	1.54
2048	2.67	1.54
2049	2.64	1.55
2050	2.61	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Uganda	United Kingdom
1960	46.3%	23.3%
1961	46.6%	23.3%
1962	46.8%	23.2%
1963	46.9%	23.2%
1964	46.8%	23.3%
1965	46.7%	23.4%
1966	46.6%	23.5%
1967	46.6%	23.7%
1968	46.5%	23.9%
1969	46.5%	24%
1970	46.5%	24.1%
1971	46.7%	24.1%
1972	46.9%	24%
1973	47.1%	23.9%
1974	47.3%	23.6%
1975	47.4%	23.3%
1976	47.5%	22.9%
1977	47.5%	22.4%
1978	47.6%	21.9%
1979	47.7%	21.4%
1980	47.9%	21%
1981	48%	20.6%
1982	48%	20.2%
1983	48.1%	19.8%
1984	48%	19.5%
1985	48%	19.3%
1986	48%	19.1%
1987	48%	18.9%
1988	48.1%	18.9%
1989	48.1%	19.1%
1990	48.2%	19.1%
1991	48.3%	19.3%
1992	48.4%	19.4%
1993	48.5%	19.5%
1994	48.6%	19.6%
1995	49.1%	19.5%
1996	49.4%	19.4%
1997	49.7%	19.3%
1998	49.9%	19.3%
1999	50%	19.2%
2000	50.1%	18.9%
2001	50.1%	18.7%
2002	50.1%	18.5%
2003	50.1%	18.4%
2004	50.1%	18.3%
2005	50.1%	18.2%
2006	50%	18%
2007	50%	17.9%
2008	49.8%	17.8%
2009	49.7%	17.8%
2010	49.5%	17.8%
2011	49.3%	17.7%
2012	49.1%	17.8%
2013	48.8%	17.8%
2014	48.5%	17.8%
2015	48.1%	17.9%
2016	47.5%	18%
2017	46.9%	18%
2018	46.3%	18.1%
2019	45.8%	18%
2020	45.2%	18%
2021	44.7%	17.8%
2022	44.3%	17.6%
2023	43.9%	17.4%
2024	43.5%	17.2%
2025	43.1%	17%
2026	42.7%	16.7%
2027	42.2%	16.5%
2028	41.8%	16.2%
2029	41.3%	16%
2030	40.9%	15.7%
2031	40.5%	15.5%
2032	40%	15.3%
2033	39.5%	15.2%
2034	39%	15.1%
2035	38.4%	15%
2036	37.8%	14.9%
2037	37.3%	14.9%
2038	36.7%	14.8%
2039	36.1%	14.8%
2040	35.6%	14.8%
2041	35.1%	14.8%
2042	34.6%	14.8%
2043	34.1%	14.9%
2044	33.6%	14.9%
2045	33.1%	14.9%
2046	32.7%	15%
2047	32.3%	15%
2048	31.8%	15%
2049	31.5%	15%
2050	31.1%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 43.5% of the population in Uganda and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 48.2% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Uganda and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in Uganda vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.17% in Uganda and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Uganda	United Kingdom
1960	225,080	314,400
1961	232,894	311,519
1962	241,513	340,800
1963	250,885	337,995
1964	260,733	405,000
1965	271,830	364,132
1966	282,225	333,356
1967	296,692	346,145
1968	309,725	292,622
1969	320,486	260,577
1970	333,202	244,918
1971	328,294	257,123
1972	335,935	162,650
1973	340,780	112,389
1974	345,773	67,476
1975	354,278	33,735
1976	359,458	-5,621
1977	365,216	0
1978	371,930	16,859
1979	381,626	61,872
1980	370,287	95,734
1981	380,028	73,234
1982	390,820	56,314
1983	404,940	61,966
1984	421,241	84,633
1985	462,534	79,170
1986	487,693	90,690
1987	527,397	136,325
1988	547,759	136,628
1989	565,367	119,861
1990	587,291	154,569
1991	602,740	143,562
1992	627,139	149,709
1993	650,032	103,893
1994	675,092	127,304
1995	697,218	87,028
1996	699,707	98,884
1997	727,523	99,138
1998	741,175	87,730
1999	775,166	64,551
2000	803,069	70,671
2001	836,751	65,032
2002	868,756	65,308
2003	901,374	89,471
2004	938,623	131,974
2005	969,096	144,963
2006	999,958	176,455
2007	1,029,893	196,232
2008	1,055,935	216,325
2009	1,090,600	230,422
2010	1,121,564	251,066
2011	1,147,263	259,361
2012	1,167,473	248,473
2013	1,184,250	198,830
2014	1,201,599	206,784
2015	1,224,839	175,738
2016	1,249,565	177,139
2017	1,290,658	145,125
2018	1,332,600	119,321
2019	1,367,044	108,342
2020	1,397,288	-4,272
2021	1,423,377	30,612
2022	1,455,576	39,751
2023	1,477,166	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: Uganda vs United Kingdom

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 170 deaths per 100,000 live births in Uganda, compared to 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Uganda	United Kingdom
1985	842	2
1986	781	2
1987	709	3
1988	655	4
1989	609	5
1990	575	6
1991	549	7
1992	530	7
1993	515	8
1994	507	9
1995	514	9
1996	513	8
1997	522	9
1998	523	10
1999	504	11
2000	475	12
2001	440	13
2002	416	13
2003	395	14
2004	384	13
2005	417	12
2006	409	12
2007	345	11
2008	324	11
2009	322	11
2010	304	10
2011	295	10
2012	285	9
2013	308	9
2014	311	9
2015	299	9
2016	272	9
2017	246	9
2018	232	9
2019	219	9
2020	209	14
2021	216	13
2022	184	15
2023	170	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.88% in Uganda and 0.45% in the United Kingdom. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Uganda	United Kingdom
1960	22.3%	2.66%
1961	21.9%	2.61%
1962	21.6%	2.56%
1963	21.3%	2.49%
1964	20.9%	2.42%
1965	20.6%	2.34%
1966	20.3%	2.28%
1967	19.9%	2.22%
1968	19.7%	2.18%
1969	19.4%	2.14%
1970	19.3%	2.1%
1971	19.3%	2.06%
1972	19.4%	2%
1973	19.6%	1.94%
1974	19.9%	1.87%
1975	20.3%	1.8%
1976	20.7%	1.72%
1977	21.2%	1.64%
1978	21.6%	1.57%
1979	21.8%	1.49%
1980	22%	1.41%
1981	21.9%	1.34%
1982	21.4%	1.27%
1983	20.9%	1.22%
1984	20.3%	1.17%
1985	19.9%	1.14%
1986	19.5%	1.11%
1987	19.2%	1.08%
1988	18.9%	1.04%
1989	18.7%	0.99%
1990	18.3%	0.93%
1991	17.9%	0.87%
1992	17.4%	0.82%
1993	17%	0.77%
1994	16.7%	0.74%
1995	16.5%	0.72%
1996	16.2%	0.7%
1997	16%	0.69%
1998	15.6%	0.68%
1999	15.2%	0.67%
2000	14.6%	0.65%
2001	13.9%	0.64%
2002	13.1%	0.63%
2003	12.3%	0.63%
2004	11.5%	0.61%
2005	10.7%	0.6%
2006	9.97%	0.59%
2007	9.3%	0.58%
2008	8.69%	0.56%
2009	8.14%	0.54%
2010	7.61%	0.52%
2011	7.1%	0.5%
2012	6.67%	0.48%
2013	6.24%	0.46%
2014	5.91%	0.45%
2015	5.58%	0.45%
2016	5.25%	0.44%
2017	4.98%	0.44%
2018	4.74%	0.44%
2019	4.53%	0.44%
2020	4.35%	0.44%
2021	4.18%	0.44%
2022	4.05%	0.45%
2023	3.88%	0.45%