The current population of Uganda is 52,490,669 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 50,015,092 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Uganda is ranked 30/197 by population and was ranked 40th in 2005.
- For the last 20 years, Uganda has had an average growth rate of 4.39% per year.
- Uganda accounts for 0.63% of the world's population.
- Uganda is projected to reach 121M people in 2100.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 28M people to 52.5M (87.7% growth in 20 years).
Uganda population clock
Uganda
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World
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|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
52490669
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 30/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.63% | N/A |
| One net population change |
23.2 seconds
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
18.4 seconds
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
2.23 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +3,722 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,358,491 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.79% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 23/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
4.46 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -117,924 | N/A |
Uganda population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 7,640,973 | - |
| 1961 | 7,862,217 | 2.9% |
| 1962 | 8,092,231 | 2.93% |
| 1963 | 8,333,663 | 2.98% |
| 1964 | 8,586,363 | 3.03% |
| 1965 | 8,849,203 | 3.06% |
| 1966 | 9,122,864 | 3.09% |
| 1967 | 9,408,924 | 3.14% |
| 1968 | 9,708,632 | 3.19% |
| 1969 | 10,014,858 | 3.15% |
| 1970 | 10,321,603 | 3.06% |
| 1971 | 10,618,206 | 2.87% |
| 1972 | 10,885,796 | 2.52% |
| 1973 | 11,144,236 | 2.37% |
| 1974 | 11,424,846 | 2.52% |
| 1975 | 11,725,240 | 2.63% |
| 1976 | 12,037,294 | 2.66% |
| 1977 | 12,359,669 | 2.68% |
| 1978 | 12,692,113 | 2.69% |
| 1979 | 13,002,163 | 2.44% |
| 1980 | 13,275,741 | 2.1% |
| 1981 | 13,556,452 | 2.11% |
| 1982 | 13,873,631 | 2.34% |
| 1983 | 14,221,881 | 2.51% |
| 1984 | 14,607,677 | 2.71% |
| 1985 | 15,023,681 | 2.85% |
| 1986 | 15,467,579 | 2.95% |
| 1987 | 15,954,170 | 3.15% |
| 1988 | 16,470,483 | 3.24% |
| 1989 | 17,010,698 | 3.28% |
| 1990 | 17,569,897 | 3.29% |
| 1991 | 18,155,901 | 3.34% |
| 1992 | 18,785,032 | 3.47% |
| 1993 | 19,445,161 | 3.51% |
| 1994 | 20,108,801 | 3.41% |
| 1995 | 20,665,667 | 2.77% |
| 1996 | 21,231,550 | 2.74% |
| 1997 | 21,856,046 | 2.94% |
| 1998 | 22,515,806 | 3.02% |
| 1999 | 23,257,281 | 3.29% |
| 2000 | 24,000,150 | 3.19% |
| 2001 | 24,745,676 | 3.11% |
| 2002 | 25,532,870 | 3.18% |
| 2003 | 26,352,124 | 3.21% |
| 2004 | 27,154,515 | 3.04% |
| 2005 | 27,963,289 | 2.98% |
| 2006 | 28,794,003 | 2.97% |
| 2007 | 29,653,430 | 2.98% |
| 2008 | 30,539,553 | 2.99% |
| 2009 | 31,451,151 | 2.98% |
| 2010 | 32,390,802 | 2.99% |
| 2011 | 33,354,543 | 2.98% |
| 2012 | 34,337,438 | 2.95% |
| 2013 | 35,337,042 | 2.91% |
| 2014 | 36,395,539 | 3% |
| 2015 | 37,531,446 | 3.12% |
| 2016 | 38,799,152 | 3.38% |
| 2017 | 40,177,388 | 3.55% |
| 2018 | 41,565,831 | 3.46% |
| 2019 | 42,999,637 | 3.45% |
| 2020 | 44,457,152 | 3.39% |
| 2021 | 45,910,930 | 3.27% |
| 2022 | 47,312,719 | 3.05% |
| 2023 | 48,656,601 | 2.84% |
| 2024 | 50,015,092 | 2.79% |
| 2025 | 51,384,895 | 2.74% |
| 2026 | 52,761,471 | 2.68% |
| 2027 | 54,144,274 | 2.62% |
| 2028 | 55,532,564 | 2.56% |
| 2029 | 56,922,797 | 2.5% |
| 2030 | 58,312,944 | 2.44% |
| 2031 | 59,703,537 | 2.38% |
| 2032 | 61,089,060 | 2.32% |
| 2033 | 62,464,116 | 2.25% |
| 2034 | 63,833,872 | 2.19% |
| 2035 | 65,205,570 | 2.15% |
| 2036 | 66,573,737 | 2.1% |
| 2037 | 67,942,634 | 2.06% |
| 2038 | 69,312,210 | 2.02% |
| 2039 | 70,669,875 | 1.96% |
| 2040 | 72,020,414 | 1.91% |
| 2041 | 73,372,658 | 1.88% |
| 2042 | 74,730,004 | 1.85% |
| 2043 | 76,090,991 | 1.82% |
| 2044 | 77,449,517 | 1.79% |
| 2045 | 78,797,995 | 1.74% |
| 2046 | 80,139,174 | 1.7% |
| 2047 | 81,478,503 | 1.67% |
| 2048 | 82,812,102 | 1.64% |
| 2049 | 84,130,056 | 1.59% |
| 2050 | 85,431,202 | 1.55% |
Uganda has a population of 52.5M as of 2025, compared to 37.5M in 2015, 28M in 2005, and 20.7M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 3.99% per year. Uganda is ranked 6th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Uganda will have 78,797,995 people (50.1% growth) with a rank change from 30th to 21st.
By the year 2100, Uganda's population is projected to grow by 130.2% to 121M people.
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Uganda population statistics
|
Uganda
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 68.7 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 21.6 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 17.8 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 4.28 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 646 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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