The latest officially reported population of Uganda was 50,015,092 in 2024 vs 40,583,164 people in Yemen in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Uganda's population is 52,490,669 people compared to 42,727,988 in Yemen.
Population statistics:
- Uganda's population is 1.23 times bigger than Yemen's.
- Uganda is ranked the 30th most populous country in the world, while Yemen is the 37th.
- The countries together account for 1.15% of the world: 0.63% for Uganda vs 0.52% for Yemen.
- For the last 10 years, Uganda has had an average growth rate of +3.21% per year vs +3% in Yemen.
- Since 2005, the population of Uganda has increased from 28M people to 52.5M (87.7% growth), while Yemen has grown from 22.8M to 42.7M (87.5% growth).
- Uganda is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 121M people compared to the peak of 110M people in 2100 for Yemen.
Uganda vs Yemen: live population counter
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| Current population |
52490669
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42727988
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| Population rank | 30/197 | 37/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.63% | 0.52% |
| One net population change |
23.2 seconds
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26.4 seconds
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| One birth every |
18.4 seconds
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22.7 seconds
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| One death every |
2.23 minutes
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2.78 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
4.46 minutes
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50.1 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -117,924 | -10,482 |
| Daily growth/decline | +3,722 | +3,267 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,358,491 | +1,192,365 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.79% | +3.03% |
| Population growth rate rank | 23/197 | 14/197 |
Uganda and Yemen: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 7,640,973 | 5,532,301 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,862,217 | 5,655,232 | 2.9% | 2.22% |
| 1962 | 8,092,231 | 5,782,221 | 2.93% | 2.25% |
| 1963 | 8,333,663 | 5,911,135 | 2.98% | 2.23% |
| 1964 | 8,586,363 | 6,048,006 | 3.03% | 2.32% |
| 1965 | 8,849,203 | 6,195,593 | 3.06% | 2.44% |
| 1966 | 9,122,864 | 6,351,494 | 3.09% | 2.52% |
| 1967 | 9,408,924 | 6,516,444 | 3.14% | 2.6% |
| 1968 | 9,708,632 | 6,690,524 | 3.19% | 2.67% |
| 1969 | 10,014,858 | 6,875,859 | 3.15% | 2.77% |
| 1970 | 10,321,603 | 7,065,279 | 3.06% | 2.75% |
| 1971 | 10,618,206 | 7,257,462 | 2.87% | 2.72% |
| 1972 | 10,885,796 | 7,460,068 | 2.52% | 2.79% |
| 1973 | 11,144,236 | 7,672,796 | 2.37% | 2.85% |
| 1974 | 11,424,846 | 7,896,783 | 2.52% | 2.92% |
| 1975 | 11,725,240 | 8,133,598 | 2.63% | 3% |
| 1976 | 12,037,294 | 8,384,113 | 2.66% | 3.08% |
| 1977 | 12,359,669 | 8,648,222 | 2.68% | 3.15% |
| 1978 | 12,692,113 | 8,926,586 | 2.69% | 3.22% |
| 1979 | 13,002,163 | 9,224,194 | 2.44% | 3.33% |
| 1980 | 13,275,741 | 9,543,358 | 2.1% | 3.46% |
| 1981 | 13,556,452 | 9,882,362 | 2.11% | 3.55% |
| 1982 | 13,873,631 | 10,241,006 | 2.34% | 3.63% |
| 1983 | 14,221,881 | 10,621,499 | 2.51% | 3.72% |
| 1984 | 14,607,677 | 11,025,597 | 2.71% | 3.8% |
| 1985 | 15,023,681 | 11,453,825 | 2.85% | 3.88% |
| 1986 | 15,467,579 | 11,901,040 | 2.95% | 3.9% |
| 1987 | 15,954,170 | 12,369,912 | 3.15% | 3.94% |
| 1988 | 16,470,483 | 12,859,708 | 3.24% | 3.96% |
| 1989 | 17,010,698 | 13,364,174 | 3.28% | 3.92% |
| 1990 | 17,569,897 | 13,887,862 | 3.29% | 3.92% |
| 1991 | 18,155,901 | 14,430,201 | 3.34% | 3.91% |
| 1992 | 18,785,032 | 14,989,494 | 3.47% | 3.88% |
| 1993 | 19,445,161 | 15,563,914 | 3.51% | 3.83% |
| 1994 | 20,108,801 | 16,149,147 | 3.41% | 3.76% |
| 1995 | 20,665,667 | 16,740,058 | 2.77% | 3.66% |
| 1996 | 21,231,550 | 17,313,177 | 2.74% | 3.42% |
| 1997 | 21,856,046 | 17,873,936 | 2.94% | 3.24% |
| 1998 | 22,515,806 | 18,446,013 | 3.02% | 3.2% |
| 1999 | 23,257,281 | 19,029,420 | 3.29% | 3.16% |
| 2000 | 24,000,150 | 19,624,141 | 3.19% | 3.13% |
| 2001 | 24,745,676 | 20,226,147 | 3.11% | 3.07% |
| 2002 | 25,532,870 | 20,835,086 | 3.18% | 3.01% |
| 2003 | 26,352,124 | 21,456,379 | 3.21% | 2.98% |
| 2004 | 27,154,515 | 22,095,167 | 3.04% | 2.98% |
| 2005 | 27,963,289 | 22,790,085 | 2.98% | 3.15% |
| 2006 | 28,794,003 | 23,543,083 | 2.97% | 3.3% |
| 2007 | 29,653,430 | 24,318,082 | 2.98% | 3.29% |
| 2008 | 30,539,553 | 25,111,941 | 2.99% | 3.26% |
| 2009 | 31,451,151 | 25,927,724 | 2.98% | 3.25% |
| 2010 | 32,390,802 | 26,754,387 | 2.99% | 3.19% |
| 2011 | 33,354,543 | 27,582,897 | 2.98% | 3.1% |
| 2012 | 34,337,438 | 28,433,647 | 2.95% | 3.08% |
| 2013 | 35,337,042 | 29,312,952 | 2.91% | 3.09% |
| 2014 | 36,395,539 | 30,226,309 | 3% | 3.12% |
| 2015 | 37,531,446 | 31,159,379 | 3.12% | 3.09% |
| 2016 | 38,799,152 | 32,109,010 | 3.38% | 3.05% |
| 2017 | 40,177,388 | 33,090,921 | 3.55% | 3.06% |
| 2018 | 41,565,831 | 34,085,182 | 3.46% | 3% |
| 2019 | 42,999,637 | 35,111,408 | 3.45% | 3.01% |
| 2020 | 44,457,152 | 36,134,863 | 3.39% | 2.91% |
| 2021 | 45,910,930 | 37,140,230 | 3.27% | 2.78% |
| 2022 | 47,312,719 | 38,222,876 | 3.05% | 2.92% |
| 2023 | 48,656,601 | 39,390,799 | 2.84% | 3.06% |
| 2024 | 50,015,092 | 40,583,164 | 2.79% | 3.03% |
| 2025 | 51,384,895 | 41,773,871 | 2.74% | 2.93% |
| 2026 | 52,761,471 | 42,961,650 | 2.68% | 2.84% |
| 2027 | 54,144,274 | 44,145,620 | 2.62% | 2.76% |
| 2028 | 55,532,564 | 45,323,685 | 2.56% | 2.67% |
| 2029 | 56,922,797 | 46,497,573 | 2.5% | 2.59% |
| 2030 | 58,312,944 | 47,667,649 | 2.44% | 2.52% |
| 2031 | 59,703,537 | 48,827,503 | 2.38% | 2.43% |
| 2032 | 61,089,060 | 49,979,089 | 2.32% | 2.36% |
| 2033 | 62,464,116 | 51,129,867 | 2.25% | 2.3% |
| 2034 | 63,833,872 | 52,279,989 | 2.19% | 2.25% |
| 2035 | 65,205,570 | 53,429,308 | 2.15% | 2.2% |
| 2036 | 66,573,737 | 54,578,046 | 2.1% | 2.15% |
| 2037 | 67,942,634 | 55,724,259 | 2.06% | 2.1% |
| 2038 | 69,312,210 | 56,872,152 | 2.02% | 2.06% |
| 2039 | 70,669,875 | 58,024,713 | 1.96% | 2.03% |
| 2040 | 72,020,414 | 59,181,514 | 1.91% | 1.99% |
| 2041 | 73,372,658 | 60,345,667 | 1.88% | 1.97% |
| 2042 | 74,730,004 | 61,517,965 | 1.85% | 1.94% |
| 2043 | 76,090,991 | 62,696,517 | 1.82% | 1.92% |
| 2044 | 77,449,517 | 63,880,172 | 1.79% | 1.89% |
| 2045 | 78,797,995 | 65,066,344 | 1.74% | 1.86% |
| 2046 | 80,139,174 | 66,253,578 | 1.7% | 1.82% |
| 2047 | 81,478,503 | 67,438,796 | 1.67% | 1.79% |
| 2048 | 82,812,102 | 68,620,844 | 1.64% | 1.75% |
| 2049 | 84,130,056 | 69,799,794 | 1.59% | 1.72% |
| 2050 | 85,431,202 | 70,976,389 | 1.55% | 1.69% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Uganda increased by 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Uganda gained 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).
Uganda was ranked 40th most populous country in 2005 and is 30th in 2025. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2005 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.
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Population differences between Uganda and Yemen
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| Life expectancy | 68.7 years | 69.6 years |
| Average age | 21.6 years | 23.1 years |
| Median age | 17.8 years | 19.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 50.7:49.3 |
| Fertility rate | 4.28 births per woman | 4.59 births per woman |
| Population density | 646 ppl/mi² | 199.1 ppl/mi² |
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