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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Uganda	Vietnam	Uganda	Vietnam
1960	7,640,973	32,531,933	-	-
1961	7,862,217	33,409,059	2.9%	2.7%
1962	8,092,231	34,288,560	2.93%	2.63%
1963	8,333,663	35,249,101	2.98%	2.8%
1964	8,586,363	36,201,563	3.03%	2.7%
1965	8,849,203	37,129,656	3.06%	2.56%
1966	9,122,864	38,024,836	3.09%	2.41%
1967	9,408,924	38,895,080	3.14%	2.29%
1968	9,708,632	39,734,609	3.19%	2.16%
1969	10,014,858	40,582,096	3.15%	2.13%
1970	10,321,603	41,475,230	3.06%	2.2%
1971	10,618,206	42,449,276	2.87%	2.35%
1972	10,885,796	43,429,168	2.52%	2.31%
1973	11,144,236	44,409,861	2.37%	2.26%
1974	11,424,846	45,413,537	2.52%	2.26%
1975	11,725,240	46,482,903	2.63%	2.35%
1976	12,037,294	47,684,931	2.66%	2.59%
1977	12,359,669	48,954,872	2.68%	2.66%
1978	12,692,113	50,249,552	2.69%	2.64%
1979	13,002,163	51,378,211	2.44%	2.25%
1980	13,275,741	52,490,101	2.1%	2.16%
1981	13,556,452	53,738,141	2.11%	2.38%
1982	13,873,631	55,011,289	2.34%	2.37%
1983	14,221,881	56,337,921	2.51%	2.41%
1984	14,607,677	57,706,067	2.71%	2.43%
1985	15,023,681	59,060,622	2.85%	2.35%
1986	15,467,579	60,347,048	2.95%	2.18%
1987	15,954,170	61,584,651	3.15%	2.05%
1988	16,470,483	62,843,228	3.24%	2.04%
1989	17,010,698	64,147,348	3.28%	2.08%
1990	17,569,897	65,504,552	3.29%	2.12%
1991	18,155,901	66,891,775	3.34%	2.12%
1992	18,785,032	68,260,337	3.47%	2.05%
1993	19,445,161	69,586,384	3.51%	1.94%
1994	20,108,801	70,854,391	3.41%	1.82%
1995	20,665,667	72,049,940	2.77%	1.69%
1996	21,231,550	73,156,447	2.74%	1.54%
1997	21,856,046	74,226,889	2.94%	1.46%
1998	22,515,806	75,299,660	3.02%	1.45%
1999	23,257,281	76,287,452	3.29%	1.31%
2000	24,000,150	77,154,011	3.19%	1.14%
2001	24,745,676	77,969,361	3.11%	1.06%
2002	25,532,870	78,772,224	3.18%	1.03%
2003	26,352,124	79,563,777	3.21%	1%
2004	27,154,515	80,338,971	3.04%	0.97%
2005	27,963,289	81,088,313	2.98%	0.93%
2006	28,794,003	82,167,897	2.97%	1.33%
2007	29,653,430	83,633,375	2.98%	1.78%
2008	30,539,553	85,175,788	2.99%	1.84%
2009	31,451,151	86,460,018	2.98%	1.51%
2010	32,390,802	87,455,152	2.99%	1.15%
2011	33,354,543	88,468,314	2.98%	1.16%
2012	34,337,438	89,510,356	2.95%	1.18%
2013	35,337,042	90,573,104	2.91%	1.19%
2014	36,395,539	91,679,578	3%	1.22%
2015	37,531,446	92,823,254	3.12%	1.25%
2016	38,799,152	94,000,117	3.38%	1.27%
2017	40,177,388	95,176,977	3.55%	1.25%
2018	41,565,831	96,237,319	3.46%	1.11%
2019	42,999,637	97,173,776	3.45%	0.97%
2020	44,457,152	98,079,191	3.39%	0.93%
2021	45,910,930	98,935,098	3.27%	0.87%
2022	47,312,719	99,680,655	3.05%	0.75%
2023	48,656,601	100,352,192	2.84%	0.67%
2024	50,015,092	100,987,686	2.79%	0.63%
2025	51,384,895	101,598,531	2.74%	0.6%
2026	52,761,471	102,177,434	2.68%	0.57%
2027	54,144,274	102,727,392	2.62%	0.54%
2028	55,532,564	103,255,746	2.56%	0.51%
2029	56,922,797	103,761,151	2.5%	0.49%
2030	58,312,944	104,254,900	2.44%	0.48%
2031	59,703,537	104,737,913	2.38%	0.46%
2032	61,089,060	105,204,401	2.32%	0.45%
2033	62,464,116	105,656,307	2.25%	0.43%
2034	63,833,872	106,097,515	2.19%	0.42%
2035	65,205,570	106,530,671	2.15%	0.41%
2036	66,573,737	106,945,842	2.1%	0.39%
2037	67,942,634	107,346,046	2.06%	0.37%
2038	69,312,210	107,732,019	2.02%	0.36%
2039	70,669,875	108,097,653	1.96%	0.34%
2040	72,020,414	108,437,634	1.91%	0.31%
2041	73,372,658	108,752,199	1.88%	0.29%
2042	74,730,004	109,040,314	1.85%	0.26%
2043	76,090,991	109,292,559	1.82%	0.23%
2044	77,449,517	109,506,274	1.79%	0.2%
2045	78,797,995	109,685,396	1.74%	0.16%
2046	80,139,174	109,827,664	1.7%	0.13%
2047	81,478,503	109,930,243	1.67%	0.09%
2048	82,812,102	109,994,024	1.64%	0.06%
2049	84,130,056	110,018,017	1.59%	0.02%
2050	85,431,202	110,008,910	1.55%	-0.008%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Uganda increased by 10,005,149 people (a 34.7% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,832,220 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Uganda gained 13,977,431 (a 36% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 8,183,327 (a 8.71% growth).

Uganda was ranked 38th most populous country in 2006 and is 30th in 2026. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2006 and ranked 16th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Uganda's population will grow by 61.9% to 85,431,202 people with a rank change from 30th to 20th. The population of Vietnam will increase by 7.66% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.