Uganda's population rose from 21.2M in 1996 to 51.4M in 2025.
Uganda · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Uganda's population growth rose from 2.7 % in 1996 to 2.7 % in 2025.
Uganda's population density rose from 100.6 in 1994 to 242.7 in 2023.
Uganda's population, female (% of total) fell from 51.0 % in 1996 to 50.4 % in 2025.
Uganda's urbanisation rose from 10.9 % in 1996 to 31.9 % in 2025.
Uganda's urban population rose from 2.31M in 1996 to 16.4M in 2025.
Uganda's rural population rose from 18.9M in 1996 to 35M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −2.8 %19th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −2.2 %11th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −1.5 %199th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −2.1 %200th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs207th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts10th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.4 pts205th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.0 pts212th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.3 pts13th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.0 pts212th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −1.0 %204th of 217
- Migrant stockup +0.1 pts123rd of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +11.5 %4th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs166th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs162nd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs167th of 217