Kenya vs Uganda statistics compared

Kenya has a population of 56.4M (ranked 26/197), compared with 50M in Uganda (ranked 31/197). Kenya's land area is 224,278 sq mi versus 77,421 sq mi for Uganda (ranked 45th vs. 84th).

By GDP, Kenya ranks 64/197 ($124B) and Uganda ranks 89/197 ($53.7B). By GDP per capita, Kenya ranks 152/197 ($2,206), while Uganda ranks 173/197 ($1,073).

Kenya and Uganda: Comparison Charts

Kenya and Uganda economies compared

GDP

Kenya

Uganda

Table

Year	GDP
	Kenya	Uganda
1960	$791,265,459	$423,145,605
1961	$792,959,473	$441,667,335
1962	$868,111,401	$449,158,233
1963	$926,589,349	$516,315,231
1964	$998,759,334	$589,247,687
1965	$997,919,321	$884,502,310
1966	$1,164,519,674	$925,381,492
1967	$1,232,559,507	$967,240,655
1968	$1,353,295,459	$1,037,379,252
1969	$1,458,379,417	$1,168,556,629
1970	$1,603,447,359	$1,259,554,809
1971	$1,778,391,289	$1,417,191,656
1972	$2,107,279,157	$1,490,970,181
1973	$2,509,001,324	$1,701,829,789
1974	$2,969,958,812	$2,098,944,967
1975	$3,259,345,083	$2,359,555,556
1976	$3,474,542,392	$2,447,300,000
1977	$4,494,378,764	$2,936,470,588
1978	$5,303,735,111	$2,420,260,870
1979	$6,234,391,113	$2,139,025,000
1980	$7,265,315,820	$1,244,610,000
1981	$6,854,491,706	$1,337,300,000
1982	$6,431,579,357	$2,177,500,000
1983	$5,979,198,314	$2,240,333,333
1984	$6,191,437,070	$3,615,647,477
1985	$6,135,034,214	$3,519,695,444
1986	$7,239,126,568	$3,923,244,050
1987	$7,970,820,369	$6,269,522,042
1988	$8,355,380,879	$6,508,931,652
1989	$8,283,114,514	$5,276,480,799
1990	$8,572,359,038	$4,304,399,310
1991	$8,151,488,783	$3,321,729,160
1992	$8,209,120,763	$2,857,457,762
1993	$5,751,786,643	$3,220,439,044
1994	$7,148,148,564	$3,990,430,447
1995	$9,046,320,255	$5,755,818,842
1996	$12,045,865,396	$6,044,585,327
1997	$13,115,764,358	$6,269,333,313
1998	$14,093,998,844	$6,584,815,847
1999	$12,896,010,459	$5,998,563,258
2000	$12,705,350,098	$6,193,246,837
2001	$12,986,007,426	$5,840,503,869
2002	$13,147,736,899	$6,178,563,591
2003	$14,904,517,650	$6,606,884,275
2004	$16,095,337,094	$7,939,487,548
2005	$18,737,895,513	$9,239,221,763
2006	$25,825,512,284	$9,977,647,683
2007	$31,958,195,182	$11,902,564,495
2008	$35,895,153,328	$14,440,404,132
2009	$42,347,217,913	$25,127,805,567
2010	$45,405,615,064	$26,673,441,431
2011	$46,869,473,151	$27,871,725,241
2012	$56,396,704,672	$27,305,915,911
2013	$61,671,440,408	$28,915,786,517
2014	$68,285,796,514	$32,612,397,257
2015	$70,120,446,897	$32,387,183,730
2016	$74,815,144,164	$29,203,988,696
2017	$82,036,510,877	$30,744,473,841
2018	$92,202,979,985	$32,927,025,620
2019	$100,378,436,207	$35,353,061,008
2020	$100,657,505,751	$37,600,368,240
2021	$109,703,658,905	$40,529,788,744
2022	$114,448,978,153	$45,565,333,216
2023	$108,038,588,971	$48,768,955,859
2024	$124,498,691,699	$53,651,874,314

Kenya and Uganda economies compared

GDP per capita

Kenya

Uganda

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kenya	Uganda
1960	$102.8	$55.4
1961	$99.3	$56.2
1962	$104.6	$55.5
1963	$107.4	$62
1964	$111.3	$68.6
1965	$106.9	$100
1966	$119.8	$101.4
1967	$121.9	$102.8
1968	$128.7	$106.9
1969	$133.3	$116.7
1970	$141	$122
1971	$150.9	$133.5
1972	$172.6	$137
1973	$198.6	$152.7
1974	$227.2	$183.7
1975	$241.2	$201.2
1976	$248.9	$203.3
1977	$311	$237.6
1978	$355	$190.7
1979	$403	$164.5
1980	$454	$93.8
1981	$413	$98.6
1982	$374	$157
1983	$335	$157.5
1984	$334	$247.5
1985	$320	$234.3
1986	$364	$253.6
1987	$387	$393
1988	$391	$395
1989	$374	$310
1990	$374	$245
1991	$345	$183
1992	$337	$152.1
1993	$229	$165.6
1994	$276.4	$198.4
1995	$340	$278.5
1996	$441	$284.7
1997	$467	$286.8
1998	$488	$292.5
1999	$434	$257.9
2000	$415	$258.1
2001	$411	$236
2002	$403	$242
2003	$443	$250.7
2004	$464	$292.4
2005	$523	$330
2006	$700	$347
2007	$840	$401
2008	$916	$473
2009	$1,048	$799
2010	$1,092	$823
2011	$1,096	$836
2012	$1,285	$795
2013	$1,371	$818
2014	$1,483	$896
2015	$1,489	$863
2016	$1,554	$753
2017	$1,667	$765
2018	$1,836	$792
2019	$1,960	$822
2020	$1,928	$846
2021	$2,061	$883
2022	$2,110	$963
2023	$1,952	$1,002
2024	$2,206	$1,073

Kenya vs. Uganda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kenya

Uganda

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kenya	Uganda
1950	36.9	39.7
1951	38	40.2
1952	38.6	40.8
1953	39.8	41.3
1954	41	41.8
1955	42.3	42.4
1956	43.5	43
1957	45.3	43.7
1958	46.5	44.3
1959	47.5	45
1960	48.5	45.6
1961	49.3	46.3
1962	50.1	46.8
1963	50.8	47.4
1964	51.3	47.8
1965	51.9	48.3
1966	52.4	48.5
1967	52.8	49
1968	53.3	49.3
1969	53.7	49.5
1970	54.1	49.6
1971	54.5	47.1
1972	55	47.2
1973	55.5	47
1974	56	46.9
1975	56.6	46.5
1976	57.2	46.2
1977	57.7	45.8
1978	58.2	45.6
1979	58.7	45.4
1980	59.2	43.5
1981	59.6	43.5
1982	59.9	43.3
1983	60.3	43.5
1984	60.6	43.7
1985	60.9	45.5
1986	60.8	45.7
1987	60.7	47.4
1988	60.3	47.5
1989	60	47.5
1990	58.3	47.6
1991	57.8	47.5
1992	57.1	47.7
1993	56.7	47.7
1994	56.1	47.7
1995	55.9	47.7
1996	55.6	47.8
1997	55.5	48
1998	55.6	48.3
1999	55.9	49
2000	56.1	49.6
2001	56.5	50.6
2002	56.8	51.4
2003	57.4	52.4
2004	57.9	53.7
2005	58.5	54.9
2006	59.1	56.1
2007	59.4	57.2
2008	60	58.3
2009	60.5	59.2
2010	60.9	60
2011	61.3	60.8
2012	61.5	61.6
2013	61.7	62.4
2014	62	63.1
2015	62.3	63.8
2016	62.5	64.5
2017	62.7	65.2
2018	62.8	65.8
2019	62.9	66.4
2020	61.6	66.4
2021	61.2	66.4
2022	63.5	67.7
2023	63.6	68.3
2024	63.8	68.5
2025	64	68.7

Kenya and Uganda population clocks and comparison

Population

Kenya

Uganda

Table

Year	Population
	Kenya	Uganda
1960	7,695,307	7,640,973
1961	7,987,770	7,862,217
1962	8,299,308	8,092,231
1963	8,627,971	8,333,663
1964	8,973,535	8,586,363
1965	9,338,078	8,849,203
1966	9,717,816	9,122,864
1967	10,111,057	9,408,924
1968	10,518,823	9,708,632
1969	10,939,695	10,014,858
1970	11,368,791	10,321,603
1971	11,788,904	10,618,206
1972	12,206,060	10,885,796
1973	12,634,835	11,144,236
1974	13,070,078	11,424,846
1975	13,511,671	11,725,240
1976	13,957,623	12,037,294
1977	14,428,819	12,359,669
1978	14,934,126	12,692,113
1979	15,460,666	13,002,163
1980	16,018,459	13,275,741
1981	16,601,507	13,556,452
1982	17,206,175	13,873,631
1983	17,846,374	14,221,881
1984	18,514,906	14,607,677
1985	19,201,768	15,023,681
1986	19,901,646	15,467,579
1987	20,616,096	15,954,170
1988	21,356,219	16,470,483
1989	22,118,434	17,010,698
1990	22,892,651	17,569,897
1991	23,646,514	18,155,901
1992	24,382,460	18,785,032
1993	25,117,188	19,445,161
1994	25,857,130	20,108,801
1995	26,601,751	20,665,667
1996	27,344,211	21,231,550
1997	28,101,768	21,856,046
1998	28,888,057	22,515,806
1999	29,733,408	23,257,281
2000	30,642,890	24,000,150
2001	31,619,170	24,745,676
2002	32,629,808	25,532,870
2003	33,652,223	26,352,124
2004	34,713,455	27,154,515
2005	35,796,484	27,963,289
2006	36,904,008	28,794,003
2007	38,036,349	29,653,430
2008	39,206,351	30,539,553
2009	40,408,891	31,451,151
2010	41,598,567	32,390,802
2011	42,758,461	33,354,543
2012	43,888,303	34,337,438
2013	44,986,791	35,337,042
2014	46,051,440	36,395,539
2015	47,088,526	37,531,446
2016	48,139,687	38,799,152
2017	49,197,766	40,177,388
2018	50,207,107	41,565,831
2019	51,202,827	42,999,637
2020	52,217,334	44,457,152
2021	53,219,166	45,910,930
2022	54,252,461	47,312,719
2023	55,339,003	48,656,601
2024	56,432,944	50,015,092

Fertility rates in Kenya and Uganda

Fertility rate

Kenya

Uganda

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kenya	Uganda
1960	7.65	6.91
1961	7.72	6.93
1962	7.77	6.96
1963	7.82	6.98
1964	7.87	7.01
1965	7.92	7.04
1966	7.96	7.07
1967	7.95	7.1
1968	7.95	7.13
1969	7.95	7.12
1970	7.94	7.15
1971	7.92	7.18
1972	7.89	7.19
1973	7.86	7.19
1974	7.82	7.19
1975	7.8	7.2
1976	7.77	7.19
1977	7.73	7.18
1978	7.67	7.16
1979	7.6	7.14
1980	7.53	7.11
1981	7.45	7.12
1982	7.35	7.11
1983	7.22	7.07
1984	7.08	7.02
1985	6.96	7.04
1986	6.84	7.08
1987	6.69	7.12
1988	6.52	7.1
1989	6.33	7.05
1990	6.14	7.01
1991	5.94	6.94
1992	5.74	6.91
1993	5.57	6.89
1994	5.44	6.9
1995	5.37	6.87
1996	5.31	6.84
1997	5.27	6.86
1998	5.24	6.84
1999	5.18	6.83
2000	5.14	6.79
2001	5.09	6.76
2002	5.03	6.74
2003	4.94	6.67
2004	4.86	6.61
2005	4.8	6.53
2006	4.75	6.43
2007	4.72	6.33
2008	4.66	6.2
2009	4.57	6.12
2010	4.45	6.02
2011	4.28	5.89
2012	4.12	5.73
2013	3.96	5.56
2014	3.84	5.41
2015	3.77	5.25
2016	3.69	5.11
2017	3.61	4.99
2018	3.54	4.87
2019	3.43	4.74
2020	3.36	4.62
2021	3.31	4.51
2022	3.26	4.39
2023	3.21	4.28

Kenya and Uganda demographics compared

Median age

Kenya

Uganda

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kenya	Uganda
1960	15.7	17.1
1961	15.5	16.9
1962	15.3	16.8
1963	15.2	16.7
1964	15.1	16.6
1965	14.9	16.6
1966	14.8	16.6
1967	14.6	16.6
1968	14.5	16.6
1969	14.5	16.6
1970	14.4	16.6
1971	14.4	16.6
1972	14.3	16.5
1973	14.3	16.3
1974	14.3	16.3
1975	14.3	16.2
1976	14.3	16.2
1977	14.3	16.2
1978	14.3	16.1
1979	14.4	16.1
1980	14.5	16
1981	14.5	15.9
1982	14.6	15.9
1983	14.7	15.9
1984	14.8	15.9
1985	14.9	15.9
1986	15	15.9
1987	15	15.9
1988	15.1	15.9
1989	15.2	15.8
1990	15.3	15.8
1991	15.5	15.8
1992	15.6	15.7
1993	15.7	15.7
1994	15.9	15.6
1995	16	15.4
1996	16.1	15.3
1997	16.2	15.1
1998	16.4	15
1999	16.5	15
2000	16.7	15
2001	16.8	15
2002	17	15
2003	17.1	15
2004	17.3	15
2005	17.4	15
2006	17.5	15
2007	17.6	15
2008	17.7	15.1
2009	17.8	15.1
2010	17.9	15.2
2011	18.1	15.3
2012	18.2	15.4
2013	18.4	15.5
2014	18.5	15.6
2015	18.7	15.8
2016	18.9	16
2017	19.1	16.3
2018	19.3	16.5
2019	19.6	16.8
2020	19.8	17
2021	20	17.2
2022	20.3	17.4
2023	20.6	17.6
2024	20.8	17.8

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