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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Uganda	Zambia	Uganda	Zambia
1960	7,640,973	3,153,729	-	-
1961	7,862,217	3,254,086	2.9%	3.18%
1962	8,092,231	3,358,099	2.93%	3.2%
1963	8,333,663	3,465,907	2.98%	3.21%
1964	8,586,363	3,577,017	3.03%	3.21%
1965	8,849,203	3,692,086	3.06%	3.22%
1966	9,122,864	3,812,003	3.09%	3.25%
1967	9,408,924	3,936,343	3.14%	3.26%
1968	9,708,632	4,065,593	3.19%	3.28%
1969	10,014,858	4,197,116	3.15%	3.24%
1970	10,321,603	4,321,718	3.06%	2.97%
1971	10,618,206	4,442,525	2.87%	2.8%
1972	10,885,796	4,569,309	2.52%	2.85%
1973	11,144,236	4,702,693	2.37%	2.92%
1974	11,424,846	4,842,746	2.52%	2.98%
1975	11,725,240	4,990,086	2.63%	3.04%
1976	12,037,294	5,143,842	2.66%	3.08%
1977	12,359,669	5,302,480	2.68%	3.08%
1978	12,692,113	5,465,374	2.69%	3.07%
1979	13,002,163	5,631,728	2.44%	3.04%
1980	13,275,741	5,802,833	2.1%	3.04%
1981	13,556,452	5,983,289	2.11%	3.11%
1982	13,873,631	6,178,637	2.34%	3.26%
1983	14,221,881	6,381,038	2.51%	3.28%
1984	14,607,677	6,580,490	2.71%	3.13%
1985	15,023,681	6,780,953	2.85%	3.05%
1986	15,467,579	6,986,471	2.95%	3.03%
1987	15,954,170	7,191,282	3.15%	2.93%
1988	16,470,483	7,391,440	3.24%	2.78%
1989	17,010,698	7,589,216	3.28%	2.68%
1990	17,569,897	7,786,169	3.29%	2.6%
1991	18,155,901	7,981,650	3.34%	2.51%
1992	18,785,032	8,176,680	3.47%	2.44%
1993	19,445,161	8,373,921	3.51%	2.41%
1994	20,108,801	8,576,269	3.41%	2.42%
1995	20,665,667	8,785,763	2.77%	2.44%
1996	21,231,550	9,004,053	2.74%	2.48%
1997	21,856,046	9,237,063	2.94%	2.59%
1998	22,515,806	9,482,408	3.02%	2.66%
1999	23,257,281	9,740,005	3.29%	2.72%
2000	24,000,150	10,017,631	3.19%	2.85%
2001	24,745,676	10,325,185	3.11%	3.07%
2002	25,532,870	10,647,949	3.18%	3.13%
2003	26,352,124	10,983,595	3.21%	3.15%
2004	27,154,515	11,338,198	3.04%	3.23%
2005	27,963,289	11,718,819	2.98%	3.36%
2006	28,794,003	12,129,553	2.97%	3.5%
2007	29,653,430	12,565,085	2.98%	3.59%
2008	30,539,553	13,021,324	2.99%	3.63%
2009	31,451,151	13,490,389	2.98%	3.6%
2010	32,390,802	13,965,594	2.99%	3.52%
2011	33,354,543	14,437,796	2.98%	3.38%
2012	34,337,438	14,913,629	2.95%	3.3%
2013	35,337,042	15,398,997	2.91%	3.25%
2014	36,395,539	15,895,315	3%	3.22%
2015	37,531,446	16,399,089	3.12%	3.17%
2016	38,799,152	16,914,423	3.38%	3.14%
2017	40,177,388	17,441,320	3.55%	3.12%
2018	41,565,831	17,973,569	3.46%	3.05%
2019	42,999,637	18,513,839	3.45%	3.01%
2020	44,457,152	19,059,395	3.39%	2.95%
2021	45,910,930	19,603,607	3.27%	2.86%
2022	47,312,719	20,152,938	3.05%	2.8%
2023	48,656,601	20,723,965	2.84%	2.83%
2024	50,015,092	21,314,956	2.79%	2.85%
2025	51,384,895	21,913,869	2.74%	2.81%
2026	52,761,471	22,521,905	2.68%	2.77%
2027	54,144,274	23,138,716	2.62%	2.74%
2028	55,532,564	23,761,368	2.56%	2.69%
2029	56,922,797	24,389,681	2.5%	2.64%
2030	58,312,944	25,024,887	2.44%	2.6%
2031	59,703,537	25,666,496	2.38%	2.56%
2032	61,089,060	26,311,946	2.32%	2.51%
2033	62,464,116	26,960,073	2.25%	2.46%
2034	63,833,872	27,611,621	2.19%	2.42%
2035	65,205,570	28,266,887	2.15%	2.37%
2036	66,573,737	28,925,103	2.1%	2.33%
2037	67,942,634	29,583,482	2.06%	2.28%
2038	69,312,210	30,240,549	2.02%	2.22%
2039	70,669,875	30,895,586	1.96%	2.17%
2040	72,020,414	31,550,394	1.91%	2.12%
2041	73,372,658	32,204,340	1.88%	2.07%
2042	74,730,004	32,856,596	1.85%	2.03%
2043	76,090,991	33,510,500	1.82%	1.99%
2044	77,449,517	34,165,920	1.79%	1.96%
2045	78,797,995	34,821,101	1.74%	1.92%
2046	80,139,174	35,475,795	1.7%	1.88%
2047	81,478,503	36,129,270	1.67%	1.84%
2048	82,812,102	36,782,260	1.64%	1.81%
2049	84,130,056	37,434,667	1.59%	1.77%
2050	85,431,202	38,083,369	1.55%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Uganda increased by 10,005,149 people (a 34.7% growth), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Uganda gained 13,977,431 (a 36% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

Uganda was ranked 38th most populous country in 2006 and is 30th in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.