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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Uganda	United States	Uganda	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	7,640,973	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	7,862,217	183,691,481	2.9%	1.67%
1962	8,092,231	186,537,737	2.93%	1.55%
1963	8,333,663	189,241,798	2.98%	1.45%
1964	8,586,363	191,888,791	3.03%	1.4%
1965	8,849,203	194,302,963	3.06%	1.26%
1966	9,122,864	196,560,338	3.09%	1.16%
1967	9,408,924	198,712,056	3.14%	1.09%
1968	9,708,632	200,706,052	3.19%	1%
1969	10,014,858	202,676,946	3.15%	0.98%
1970	10,321,603	205,052,174	3.06%	1.17%
1971	10,618,206	207,660,677	2.87%	1.27%
1972	10,885,796	209,896,021	2.52%	1.08%
1973	11,144,236	211,908,788	2.37%	0.96%
1974	11,424,846	213,853,928	2.52%	0.92%
1975	11,725,240	215,973,199	2.63%	0.99%
1976	12,037,294	218,035,164	2.66%	0.95%
1977	12,359,669	220,239,425	2.68%	1.01%
1978	12,692,113	222,584,545	2.69%	1.06%
1979	13,002,163	225,055,487	2.44%	1.11%
1980	13,275,741	226,542,250	2.1%	0.66%
1981	13,556,452	229,465,744	2.11%	1.29%
1982	13,873,631	231,664,432	2.34%	0.96%
1983	14,221,881	233,792,014	2.51%	0.92%
1984	14,607,677	235,824,908	2.71%	0.87%
1985	15,023,681	237,923,734	2.85%	0.89%
1986	15,467,579	240,132,831	2.95%	0.93%
1987	15,954,170	242,288,936	3.15%	0.9%
1988	16,470,483	244,499,004	3.24%	0.91%
1989	17,010,698	246,819,222	3.28%	0.95%
1990	17,569,897	250,131,894	3.29%	1.34%
1991	18,155,901	253,492,503	3.34%	1.34%
1992	18,785,032	256,894,189	3.47%	1.34%
1993	19,445,161	260,255,352	3.51%	1.31%
1994	20,108,801	263,435,673	3.41%	1.22%
1995	20,665,667	266,557,091	2.77%	1.18%
1996	21,231,550	269,667,391	2.74%	1.17%
1997	21,856,046	272,911,760	2.94%	1.2%
1998	22,515,806	276,115,288	3.02%	1.17%
1999	23,257,281	279,294,713	3.29%	1.15%
2000	24,000,150	282,162,411	3.19%	1.03%
2001	24,745,676	284,968,955	3.11%	0.99%
2002	25,532,870	287,625,193	3.18%	0.93%
2003	26,352,124	290,107,933	3.21%	0.86%
2004	27,154,515	292,805,298	3.04%	0.93%
2005	27,963,289	295,516,599	2.98%	0.93%
2006	28,794,003	298,379,912	2.97%	0.97%
2007	29,653,430	301,231,207	2.98%	0.96%
2008	30,539,553	304,093,966	2.99%	0.95%
2009	31,451,151	306,771,529	2.98%	0.88%
2010	32,390,802	309,327,143	2.99%	0.83%
2011	33,354,543	311,583,481	2.98%	0.73%
2012	34,337,438	313,877,662	2.95%	0.74%
2013	35,337,042	316,059,947	2.91%	0.7%
2014	36,395,539	318,386,329	3%	0.74%
2015	37,531,446	320,738,994	3.12%	0.74%
2016	38,799,152	323,071,755	3.38%	0.73%
2017	40,177,388	325,122,128	3.55%	0.63%
2018	41,565,831	326,838,199	3.46%	0.53%
2019	42,999,637	328,329,953	3.45%	0.46%
2020	44,457,152	331,526,933	3.39%	0.97%
2021	45,910,930	331,893,745	3.27%	0.11%
2022	47,312,719	333,271,411	3.05%	0.42%
2023	48,656,601	334,914,895	2.84%	0.49%
2024	50,015,092	340,110,988	2.79%	1.55%
2025	51,384,895	341,931,772	2.74%	0.54%
2026	52,761,471	343,664,369	2.68%	0.51%
2027	54,144,274	345,331,185	2.62%	0.49%
2028	55,532,564	346,981,137	2.56%	0.48%
2029	56,922,797	348,601,982	2.5%	0.47%
2030	58,312,944	350,176,974	2.44%	0.45%
2031	59,703,537	351,725,612	2.38%	0.44%
2032	61,089,060	353,249,060	2.32%	0.43%
2033	62,464,116	354,749,644	2.25%	0.42%
2034	63,833,872	356,234,239	2.19%	0.42%
2035	65,205,570	357,694,316	2.15%	0.41%
2036	66,573,737	359,119,002	2.1%	0.4%
2037	67,942,634	360,517,853	2.06%	0.39%
2038	69,312,210	361,895,407	2.02%	0.38%
2039	70,669,875	363,229,908	1.96%	0.37%
2040	72,020,414	364,512,364	1.91%	0.35%
2041	73,372,658	365,753,139	1.88%	0.34%
2042	74,730,004	366,969,419	1.85%	0.33%
2043	76,090,991	368,146,925	1.82%	0.32%
2044	77,449,517	369,258,123	1.79%	0.3%
2045	78,797,995	370,318,770	1.74%	0.29%
2046	80,139,174	371,328,255	1.7%	0.27%
2047	81,478,503	372,299,116	1.67%	0.26%
2048	82,812,102	373,230,539	1.64%	0.25%
2049	84,130,056	374,119,803	1.59%	0.24%
2050	85,431,202	374,986,259	1.55%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Uganda increased by 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Uganda gained 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Uganda was ranked 40th most populous country in 2005 and is 30th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.