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Population in Uganda compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Uganda was 50,015,092 in 2024 vs 10,876,981 people in the United Arab Emirates in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Uganda's population is 52,490,669 people compared to 11,372,700 in the United Arab Emirates.

Population statistics:

  • Uganda's population is 4.62 times bigger than the United Arab Emirates'.
  • Uganda is ranked the 30th most populous country in the world, while the United Arab Emirates is the 86th.
  • The countries together account for 0.77% of the world: 0.63% for Uganda vs 0.14% for the United Arab Emirates.
  • For the last 10 years, Uganda has had an average growth rate of +3.21% per year vs +3.22% in the United Arab Emirates.
  • Since 2005, the population of Uganda has increased from 28M people to 52.5M (87.7% growth), while the United Arab Emirates has grown from 4.66M to 11.4M (143.8% growth).
  • Uganda is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 121M people compared to the peak of 25.8M people in 2100 for the United Arab Emirates.

Uganda vs United Arab Emirates: live population counter

Uganda UAE
Current population
52490669
11372700
Population rank 30/197 86/197
Percent of world population 0.63% 0.14%
One net population change
23.2 seconds
1.34 minutes
One birth every
18.4 seconds
5.13 minutes
One death every
2.23 minutes
53.8 minutes
One migration net change every
4.46 minutes
1.89 minutes
Annual migration change -117,924 +278,439
Daily growth/decline +3,722 +1,077
Annual growth/decline +1,358,491 +393,230
Annual growth/decline rate +2.79% +3.75%
Population growth rate rank 23/197 8/197

Uganda and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Uganda
Population

Growth rate
United Arab Emirates
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Uganda UAE Uganda UAE
1960 7,640,973 131,334 - -
1961 7,862,217 137,989 2.9% 5.07%
1962 8,092,231 144,946 2.93% 5.04%
1963 8,333,663 152,211 2.98% 5.01%
1964 8,586,363 159,692 3.03% 4.91%
1965 8,849,203 167,103 3.06% 4.64%
1966 9,122,864 173,976 3.09% 4.11%
1967 9,408,924 179,700 3.14% 3.29%
1968 9,708,632 199,416 3.19% 11%
1969 10,014,858 239,660 3.15% 20.2%
1970 10,321,603 286,536 3.06% 19.6%
1971 10,618,206 335,027 2.87% 16.9%
1972 10,885,796 385,014 2.52% 14.9%
1973 11,144,236 436,399 2.37% 13.3%
1974 11,424,846 489,087 2.52% 12.1%
1975 11,725,240 542,856 2.63% 11%
1976 12,037,294 615,866 2.66% 13.4%
1977 12,359,669 710,209 2.68% 15.3%
1978 12,692,113 809,274 2.69% 13.9%
1979 13,002,163 912,010 2.44% 12.7%
1980 13,275,741 1,015,700 2.1% 11.4%
1981 13,556,452 1,099,855 2.11% 8.29%
1982 13,873,631 1,166,370 2.34% 6.05%
1983 14,221,881 1,235,305 2.51% 5.91%
1984 14,607,677 1,305,996 2.71% 5.72%
1985 15,023,681 1,377,911 2.85% 5.51%
1986 15,467,579 1,467,383 2.95% 6.49%
1987 15,954,170 1,574,244 3.15% 7.28%
1988 16,470,483 1,681,788 3.24% 6.83%
1989 17,010,698 1,789,851 3.28% 6.43%
1990 17,569,897 1,898,220 3.29% 6.05%
1991 18,155,901 2,006,626 3.34% 5.71%
1992 18,785,032 2,114,730 3.47% 5.39%
1993 19,445,161 2,222,093 3.51% 5.08%
1994 20,108,801 2,328,188 3.41% 4.77%
1995 20,665,667 2,434,662 2.77% 4.57%
1996 21,231,550 2,597,564 2.74% 6.69%
1997 21,856,046 2,817,410 2.94% 8.46%
1998 22,515,806 3,040,421 3.02% 7.92%
1999 23,257,281 3,266,009 3.29% 7.42%
2000 24,000,150 3,493,575 3.19% 6.97%
2001 24,745,676 3,723,590 3.11% 6.58%
2002 25,532,870 3,956,826 3.18% 6.26%
2003 26,352,124 4,192,457 3.21% 5.96%
2004 27,154,515 4,428,967 3.04% 5.64%
2005 27,963,289 4,664,790 2.98% 5.32%
2006 28,794,003 5,009,100 2.97% 7.38%
2007 29,653,430 5,624,635 2.98% 12.3%
2008 30,539,553 6,302,664 2.99% 12.1%
2009 31,451,151 6,707,058 2.98% 6.42%
2010 32,390,802 6,869,838 2.99% 2.43%
2011 33,354,543 7,104,538 2.98% 3.42%
2012 34,337,438 7,391,448 2.95% 4.04%
2013 35,337,042 7,693,031 2.91% 4.08%
2014 36,395,539 8,059,440 3% 4.76%
2015 37,531,446 8,505,237 3.12% 5.53%
2016 38,799,152 8,935,095 3.38% 5.05%
2017 40,177,388 9,223,225 3.55% 3.22%
2018 41,565,831 9,346,701 3.46% 1.34%
2019 42,999,637 9,445,785 3.45% 1.06%
2020 44,457,152 9,401,038 3.39% -0.47%
2021 45,910,930 9,575,152 3.27% 1.85%
2022 47,312,719 10,074,977 3.05% 5.22%
2023 48,656,601 10,483,751 2.84% 4.06%
2024 50,015,092 10,876,981 2.79% 3.75%
2025 51,384,895 11,191,510 2.74% 2.89%
2026 52,761,471 11,417,074 2.68% 2.02%
2027 54,144,274 11,595,528 2.62% 1.56%
2028 55,532,564 11,750,055 2.56% 1.33%
2029 56,922,797 11,890,496 2.5% 1.2%
2030 58,312,944 12,024,613 2.44% 1.13%
2031 59,703,537 12,159,255 2.38% 1.12%
2032 61,089,060 12,298,043 2.32% 1.14%
2033 62,464,116 12,440,531 2.25% 1.16%
2034 63,833,872 12,586,327 2.19% 1.17%
2035 65,205,570 12,734,906 2.15% 1.18%
2036 66,573,737 12,885,831 2.1% 1.19%
2037 67,942,634 13,038,803 2.06% 1.19%
2038 69,312,210 13,193,613 2.02% 1.19%
2039 70,669,875 13,349,897 1.96% 1.18%
2040 72,020,414 13,507,317 1.91% 1.18%
2041 73,372,658 13,665,875 1.88% 1.17%
2042 74,730,004 13,825,473 1.85% 1.17%
2043 76,090,991 13,986,029 1.82% 1.16%
2044 77,449,517 14,147,509 1.79% 1.15%
2045 78,797,995 14,309,823 1.74% 1.15%
2046 80,139,174 14,473,950 1.7% 1.15%
2047 81,478,503 14,641,700 1.67% 1.16%
2048 82,812,102 14,812,411 1.64% 1.17%
2049 84,130,056 14,984,754 1.59% 1.16%
2050 85,431,202 15,158,142 1.55% 1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Uganda increased by 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,840,447 people (a 82.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Uganda gained 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,867,463 (a 33.7% growth).

Uganda was ranked 40th most populous country in 2005 and is 30th in 2025. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 115th in 2005 and ranked 86th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Uganda's population will grow by 62.8% to 85,431,202 people with a rank change from 30th to 20th. The population of the United Arab Emirates will increase by 33.3% to 15,158,142 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.

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