Uganda vs Zambia statistics compared

Uganda has a population of 50M (ranked 31/197), compared with 21.3M in Zambia (ranked 63/197). Uganda's land area is 77,421 sq mi versus 287,024 sq mi for Zambia (ranked 84th vs. 37th).

By GDP, Uganda ranks 89/197 ($53.7B) and Zambia ranks 115/197 ($26.3B). By GDP per capita, Uganda ranks 173/197 ($1,073), while Zambia ranks 169/197 ($1,235).

Uganda and Zambia: Comparison Charts

Uganda and Zambia economies compared

GDP

Uganda

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP
	Uganda	Zambia
1960	$423,145,605	$698,739,721
1961	$441,667,335	$682,359,727
1962	$449,158,233	$679,279,729
1963	$516,315,231	$704,339,719
1964	$589,247,687	$822,639,671
1965	$884,502,310	$1,061,199,576
1966	$925,381,492	$1,238,999,505
1967	$967,240,655	$1,340,639,464
1968	$1,037,379,252	$1,573,739,371
1969	$1,168,556,629	$1,926,399,230
1970	$1,259,554,809	$1,788,779,285
1971	$1,417,191,656	$1,653,259,341
1972	$1,490,970,181	$1,872,416,680
1973	$1,701,829,789	$2,434,255,237
1974	$2,098,944,967	$2,910,981,262
1975	$2,359,555,556	$2,442,672,141
1976	$2,447,300,000	$2,742,859,263
1977	$2,936,470,588	$2,515,296,940
1978	$2,420,260,870	$2,811,032,473
1979	$2,139,025,000	$3,353,445,378
1980	$1,244,610,000	$3,884,530,854
1981	$1,337,300,000	$4,008,126,497
1982	$2,177,500,000	$3,871,117,093
1983	$2,240,333,333	$3,321,048,451
1984	$3,615,647,477	$2,719,518,933
1985	$3,519,695,444	$2,252,454,500
1986	$3,923,244,050	$1,664,413,508
1987	$6,269,522,042	$2,265,250,972
1988	$6,508,931,652	$3,728,878,149
1989	$5,276,480,799	$3,994,673,161
1990	$4,304,399,310	$3,288,381,797
1991	$3,321,729,160	$3,376,806,697
1992	$2,857,457,762	$3,182,810,841
1993	$3,220,439,044	$3,273,505,344
1994	$3,990,430,447	$3,656,806,166
1995	$5,755,818,842	$3,806,983,413
1996	$6,044,585,327	$3,597,220,962
1997	$6,269,333,313	$4,303,288,480
1998	$6,584,815,847	$3,537,741,942
1999	$5,998,563,258	$3,404,284,891
2000	$6,193,246,837	$3,600,632,111
2001	$5,840,503,869	$4,094,441,301
2002	$6,178,563,591	$4,193,850,445
2003	$6,606,884,275	$4,901,869,764
2004	$7,939,487,548	$6,221,110,219
2005	$9,239,221,763	$8,331,870,169
2006	$9,977,647,683	$12,756,858,899
2007	$11,902,564,495	$14,056,957,976
2008	$14,440,404,132	$17,910,858,638
2009	$25,127,805,567	$15,328,342,304
2010	$26,673,441,431	$20,265,559,484
2011	$27,871,725,241	$23,459,515,276
2012	$27,305,915,911	$25,503,060,420
2013	$28,915,786,517	$28,037,239,463
2014	$32,612,397,257	$27,141,023,558
2015	$32,387,183,730	$21,251,216,799
2016	$29,203,988,696	$20,958,412,538
2017	$30,744,473,841	$25,873,601,261
2018	$32,927,025,620	$26,311,507,274
2019	$35,353,061,008	$23,308,667,781
2020	$37,600,368,240	$18,137,764,931
2021	$40,529,788,744	$22,096,416,932
2022	$45,565,333,216	$29,163,782,140
2023	$48,768,955,859	$27,577,956,471
2024	$53,651,874,314	$26,325,775,287

Uganda and Zambia economies compared

GDP per capita

Uganda

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Uganda	Zambia
1960	$55.4	$221.6
1961	$56.2	$209.7
1962	$55.5	$202.3
1963	$62	$203.2
1964	$68.6	$230
1965	$100	$287.4
1966	$101.4	$325
1967	$102.8	$341
1968	$106.9	$387
1969	$116.7	$459
1970	$122	$414
1971	$133.5	$372
1972	$137	$410
1973	$152.7	$518
1974	$183.7	$601
1975	$201.2	$490
1976	$203.3	$533
1977	$237.6	$474
1978	$190.7	$514
1979	$164.5	$595
1980	$93.8	$669
1981	$98.6	$670
1982	$157	$627
1983	$157.5	$520
1984	$247.5	$413
1985	$234.3	$332
1986	$253.6	$238.2
1987	$393	$315
1988	$395	$504
1989	$310	$526
1990	$245	$422
1991	$183	$423
1992	$152.1	$389
1993	$165.6	$391
1994	$198.4	$426
1995	$278.5	$433
1996	$284.7	$400
1997	$286.8	$466
1998	$292.5	$373
1999	$257.9	$350
2000	$258.1	$359
2001	$236	$397
2002	$242	$394
2003	$250.7	$446
2004	$292.4	$549
2005	$330	$711
2006	$347	$1,052
2007	$401	$1,119
2008	$473	$1,376
2009	$799	$1,136
2010	$823	$1,451
2011	$836	$1,625
2012	$795	$1,710
2013	$818	$1,821
2014	$896	$1,707
2015	$863	$1,296
2016	$753	$1,239
2017	$765	$1,483
2018	$792	$1,464
2019	$822	$1,259
2020	$846	$952
2021	$883	$1,127
2022	$963	$1,447
2023	$1,002	$1,331
2024	$1,073	$1,235

Uganda vs. Zambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Uganda

Zambia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Uganda	Zambia
1950	39.7	46.8
1951	40.2	47.2
1952	40.8	47.6
1953	41.3	48
1954	41.8	48.4
1955	42.4	48.8
1956	43	49.1
1957	43.7	49.5
1958	44.3	49.9
1959	45	50.3
1960	45.6	50.6
1961	46.3	51
1962	46.8	51.3
1963	47.4	51.6
1964	47.8	51.2
1965	48.3	52.1
1966	48.5	52.3
1967	49	52.5
1968	49.3	52.7
1969	49.5	53
1970	49.6	53.4
1971	47.1	53.9
1972	47.2	54.4
1973	47	54.9
1974	46.9	55.4
1975	46.5	55.7
1976	46.2	56.1
1977	45.8	56.3
1978	45.6	56.3
1979	45.4	56
1980	43.5	55.5
1981	43.5	55
1982	43.3	54.4
1983	43.5	53.7
1984	43.7	52.9
1985	45.5	52
1986	45.7	51.1
1987	47.4	50.4
1988	47.5	49.7
1989	47.5	48.9
1990	47.6	48.2
1991	47.5	47.4
1992	47.7	47
1993	47.7	46.7
1994	47.7	46.3
1995	47.7	46.1
1996	47.8	45.8
1997	48	45.7
1998	48.3	45.7
1999	49	45.9
2000	49.6	46.6
2001	50.6	47.4
2002	51.4	48.5
2003	52.4	49.6
2004	53.7	50.5
2005	54.9	51.6
2006	56.1	52.7
2007	57.2	53.7
2008	58.3	54.8
2009	59.2	55.9
2010	60	56.9
2011	60.8	57.8
2012	61.6	58.7
2013	62.4	59.4
2014	63.1	60.1
2015	63.8	60.7
2016	64.5	61.1
2017	65.2	61.6
2018	65.8	62.1
2019	66.4	62.9
2020	66.4	63.4
2021	66.4	62.4
2022	67.7	65.3
2023	68.3	66.3
2024	68.5	66.5
2025	68.7	66.7

Uganda and Zambia population clocks and comparison

Population

Uganda

Zambia

Table

Year	Population
	Uganda	Zambia
1960	7,640,973	3,153,729
1961	7,862,217	3,254,086
1962	8,092,231	3,358,099
1963	8,333,663	3,465,907
1964	8,586,363	3,577,017
1965	8,849,203	3,692,086
1966	9,122,864	3,812,003
1967	9,408,924	3,936,343
1968	9,708,632	4,065,593
1969	10,014,858	4,197,116
1970	10,321,603	4,321,718
1971	10,618,206	4,442,525
1972	10,885,796	4,569,309
1973	11,144,236	4,702,693
1974	11,424,846	4,842,746
1975	11,725,240	4,990,086
1976	12,037,294	5,143,842
1977	12,359,669	5,302,480
1978	12,692,113	5,465,374
1979	13,002,163	5,631,728
1980	13,275,741	5,802,833
1981	13,556,452	5,983,289
1982	13,873,631	6,178,637
1983	14,221,881	6,381,038
1984	14,607,677	6,580,490
1985	15,023,681	6,780,953
1986	15,467,579	6,986,471
1987	15,954,170	7,191,282
1988	16,470,483	7,391,440
1989	17,010,698	7,589,216
1990	17,569,897	7,786,169
1991	18,155,901	7,981,650
1992	18,785,032	8,176,680
1993	19,445,161	8,373,921
1994	20,108,801	8,576,269
1995	20,665,667	8,785,763
1996	21,231,550	9,004,053
1997	21,856,046	9,237,063
1998	22,515,806	9,482,408
1999	23,257,281	9,740,005
2000	24,000,150	10,017,631
2001	24,745,676	10,325,185
2002	25,532,870	10,647,949
2003	26,352,124	10,983,595
2004	27,154,515	11,338,198
2005	27,963,289	11,718,819
2006	28,794,003	12,129,553
2007	29,653,430	12,565,085
2008	30,539,553	13,021,324
2009	31,451,151	13,490,389
2010	32,390,802	13,965,594
2011	33,354,543	14,437,796
2012	34,337,438	14,913,629
2013	35,337,042	15,398,997
2014	36,395,539	15,895,315
2015	37,531,446	16,399,089
2016	38,799,152	16,914,423
2017	40,177,388	17,441,320
2018	41,565,831	17,973,569
2019	42,999,637	18,513,839
2020	44,457,152	19,059,395
2021	45,910,930	19,603,607
2022	47,312,719	20,152,938
2023	48,656,601	20,723,965
2024	50,015,092	21,314,956

Fertility rates in Uganda and Zambia

Fertility rate

Uganda

Zambia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Uganda	Zambia
1960	6.91	6.95
1961	6.93	6.98
1962	6.96	7.01
1963	6.98	7.06
1964	7.01	7.09
1965	7.04	7.12
1966	7.07	7.14
1967	7.1	7.15
1968	7.13	7.18
1969	7.12	7.18
1970	7.15	7.22
1971	7.18	7.26
1972	7.19	7.3
1973	7.19	7.34
1974	7.19	7.36
1975	7.2	7.42
1976	7.19	7.39
1977	7.18	7.35
1978	7.16	7.29
1979	7.14	7.22
1980	7.11	7.14
1981	7.12	7.07
1982	7.11	7.04
1983	7.07	7.01
1984	7.02	6.97
1985	7.04	6.93
1986	7.08	6.87
1987	7.12	6.8
1988	7.1	6.7
1989	7.05	6.64
1990	7.01	6.57
1991	6.94	6.46
1992	6.91	6.35
1993	6.89	6.3
1994	6.9	6.26
1995	6.87	6.23
1996	6.84	6.18
1997	6.86	6.12
1998	6.84	6.07
1999	6.83	6
2000	6.79	5.92
2001	6.76	5.85
2002	6.74	5.77
2003	6.67	5.71
2004	6.61	5.7
2005	6.53	5.7
2006	6.43	5.68
2007	6.33	5.61
2008	6.2	5.53
2009	6.12	5.45
2010	6.02	5.36
2011	5.89	5.26
2012	5.73	5.14
2013	5.56	5.01
2014	5.41	4.89
2015	5.25	4.78
2016	5.11	4.67
2017	4.99	4.57
2018	4.87	4.49
2019	4.74	4.42
2020	4.62	4.32
2021	4.51	4.25
2022	4.39	4.18
2023	4.28	4.1

Uganda and Zambia demographics compared

Median age

Uganda

Zambia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Uganda	Zambia
1960	17.1	17
1961	16.9	16.9
1962	16.8	16.8
1963	16.7	16.7
1964	16.6	16.6
1965	16.6	16.6
1966	16.6	16.5
1967	16.6	16.5
1968	16.6	16.4
1969	16.6	16.4
1970	16.6	16.2
1971	16.6	16.1
1972	16.5	15.9
1973	16.3	15.8
1974	16.3	15.7
1975	16.2	15.5
1976	16.2	15.4
1977	16.2	15.4
1978	16.1	15.3
1979	16.1	15.3
1980	16	15.2
1981	15.9	15.3
1982	15.9	15.3
1983	15.9	15.4
1984	15.9	15.4
1985	15.9	15.5
1986	15.9	15.5
1987	15.9	15.6
1988	15.9	15.6
1989	15.8	15.7
1990	15.8	15.7
1991	15.8	15.7
1992	15.7	15.8
1993	15.7	15.8
1994	15.6	15.8
1995	15.4	15.8
1996	15.3	15.8
1997	15.1	15.8
1998	15	15.8
1999	15	15.8
2000	15	15.9
2001	15	15.9
2002	15	16
2003	15	16.1
2004	15	16.2
2005	15	16.3
2006	15	16.3
2007	15	16.4
2008	15.1	16.5
2009	15.1	16.6
2010	15.2	16.7
2011	15.3	16.8
2012	15.4	16.9
2013	15.5	17
2014	15.6	17.1
2015	15.8	17.2
2016	16	17.4
2017	16.3	17.5
2018	16.5	17.7
2019	16.8	17.9
2020	17	18
2021	17.2	18.2
2022	17.4	18.4
2023	17.6	18.6
2024	17.8	18.8

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