Population in Mozambique compared to Uganda: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Mozambique and Uganda: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mozambique	Uganda	Mozambique	Uganda
1960	6,713,695	7,640,973	-	-
1961	6,834,936	7,862,217	1.81%	2.9%
1962	6,969,364	8,092,231	1.97%	2.93%
1963	7,109,828	8,333,663	2.02%	2.98%
1964	7,255,061	8,586,363	2.04%	3.03%
1965	7,406,421	8,849,203	2.09%	3.06%
1966	7,562,990	9,122,864	2.11%	3.09%
1967	7,724,550	9,408,924	2.14%	3.14%
1968	7,892,613	9,708,632	2.18%	3.19%
1969	8,066,951	10,014,858	2.21%	3.15%
1970	8,250,506	10,321,603	2.28%	3.06%
1971	8,456,317	10,618,206	2.49%	2.87%
1972	8,692,935	10,885,796	2.8%	2.52%
1973	8,954,242	11,144,236	3.01%	2.37%
1974	9,236,093	11,424,846	3.15%	2.52%
1975	9,540,817	11,725,240	3.3%	2.63%
1976	9,867,209	12,037,294	3.42%	2.66%
1977	10,224,975	12,359,669	3.63%	2.68%
1978	10,618,250	12,692,113	3.85%	2.69%
1979	11,028,809	13,002,163	3.87%	2.44%
1980	11,336,221	13,275,741	2.79%	2.1%
1981	11,568,127	13,556,452	2.05%	2.11%
1982	11,824,370	13,873,631	2.22%	2.34%
1983	12,073,822	14,221,881	2.11%	2.51%
1984	12,315,954	14,607,677	2.01%	2.71%
1985	12,548,949	15,023,681	1.89%	2.85%
1986	12,770,578	15,467,579	1.77%	2.95%
1987	12,822,574	15,954,170	0.41%	3.15%
1988	12,800,558	16,470,483	-0.17%	3.24%
1989	12,906,842	17,010,698	0.83%	3.28%
1990	13,094,537	17,569,897	1.45%	3.29%
1991	13,352,090	18,155,901	1.97%	3.34%
1992	13,613,316	18,785,032	1.96%	3.47%
1993	14,051,192	19,445,161	3.22%	3.51%
1994	15,033,853	20,108,801	6.99%	3.41%
1995	15,960,530	20,665,667	6.16%	2.77%
1996	16,492,480	21,231,550	3.33%	2.74%
1997	16,949,982	21,856,046	2.77%	2.94%
1998	17,340,464	22,515,806	2.3%	3.02%
1999	17,734,506	23,257,281	2.27%	3.29%
2000	18,129,653	24,000,150	2.23%	3.19%
2001	18,537,729	24,745,676	2.25%	3.11%
2002	18,958,338	25,532,870	2.27%	3.18%
2003	19,392,475	26,352,124	2.29%	3.21%
2004	19,840,313	27,154,515	2.31%	3.04%
2005	20,304,569	27,963,289	2.34%	2.98%
2006	20,787,087	28,794,003	2.38%	2.97%
2007	21,287,635	29,653,430	2.41%	2.98%
2008	21,819,036	30,539,553	2.5%	2.99%
2009	22,391,745	31,451,151	2.62%	2.98%
2010	22,999,235	32,390,802	2.71%	2.99%
2011	23,649,039	33,354,543	2.83%	2.98%
2012	24,337,846	34,337,438	2.91%	2.95%
2013	25,051,611	35,337,042	2.93%	2.91%
2014	25,788,475	36,395,539	2.94%	3%
2015	26,547,572	37,531,446	2.94%	3.12%
2016	27,337,105	38,799,152	2.97%	3.38%
2017	28,166,393	40,177,388	3.03%	3.55%
2018	29,018,644	41,565,831	3.03%	3.46%
2019	29,884,380	42,999,637	2.98%	3.45%
2020	30,783,688	44,457,152	3.01%	3.39%
2021	31,707,800	45,910,930	3%	3.27%
2022	32,656,246	47,312,719	2.99%	3.05%
2023	33,635,160	48,656,601	3%	2.84%
2024	34,631,766	50,015,092	2.96%	2.79%
2025	35,631,656	51,384,895	2.89%	2.74%
2026	36,639,853	52,761,471	2.83%	2.68%
2027	37,668,656	54,144,274	2.81%	2.62%
2028	38,714,097	55,532,564	2.78%	2.56%
2029	39,774,947	56,922,797	2.74%	2.5%
2030	40,846,749	58,312,944	2.69%	2.44%
2031	41,931,250	59,703,537	2.66%	2.38%
2032	43,032,887	61,089,060	2.63%	2.32%
2033	44,144,533	62,464,116	2.58%	2.25%
2034	45,273,522	63,833,872	2.56%	2.19%
2035	46,411,774	65,205,570	2.51%	2.15%
2036	47,548,671	66,573,737	2.45%	2.1%
2037	48,684,563	67,942,634	2.39%	2.06%
2038	49,822,039	69,312,210	2.34%	2.02%
2039	50,971,124	70,669,875	2.31%	1.96%
2040	52,124,215	72,020,414	2.26%	1.91%
2041	53,271,004	73,372,658	2.2%	1.88%
2042	54,423,407	74,730,004	2.16%	1.85%
2043	55,574,711	76,090,991	2.12%	1.82%
2044	56,716,585	77,449,517	2.05%	1.79%
2045	57,851,787	78,797,995	2%	1.74%
2046	58,981,102	80,139,174	1.95%	1.7%
2047	60,117,587	81,478,503	1.93%	1.67%
2048	61,254,584	82,812,102	1.89%	1.64%
2049	62,397,018	84,130,056	1.87%	1.59%
2050	63,530,955	85,431,202	1.82%	1.55%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mozambique increased by 6,550,018 people (a 31.5% growth), while Uganda gained 10,005,149 people (a 34.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mozambique gained 9,313,991 (a 34.1% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 13,977,431 (a 36% growth).

Mozambique was ranked 52nd most populous country in 2006 and is 43rd in 2026. Uganda was ranked 38th in 2006 and ranked 30th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Mozambique's population will grow by 73.3% to 63,530,955 people with a rank change from 43rd to 32nd. The population of Uganda will increase by 61.9% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.