🇺🇬Uganda

Kampala

Africa

Low income

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Population

51.4M

2.7%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

4.17

births/woman

Life Expectancy

68.5y

GDP / capita

$1.2K

Pop. Growth

2.70%

Net Migration

-119.1K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Uganda by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇸🇸South Sudan923.7K(46.4%)

🇨🇩Congo, Dem. Rep.637.2K(32.0%)

+294%

🇸🇩Sudan142K(7.1%)

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male25.5MTotal 51.4M25.9MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

9.0

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇷🇼Rwanda79.1K(4.0%)

−6%

🇸🇴Somalia, Fed. Rep.65.1K(3.3%)

+186%

🇧🇮Burundi42.2K(2.1%)

+14%

🇪🇷Eritrea41.7K(2.1%)

+691%

🇰🇪Kenya23.4K(1.2%)

−4%

🇹🇿Tanzania22.8K(1.1%)

−37%

🇪🇹Ethiopia10.1K(0.5%)

+468%

🇺🇸United States1.4K(0.1%)

+37%

🇨🇦Canada241(0.0%)

−7%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Uganda diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Uganda who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇰🇪Kenya274.7K(47.5%)

−16%

🇸🇸South Sudan156.4K(27.1%)

+25%

🇷🇼Rwanda92K(15.9%)

−1%

🇨🇦Canada15.4K(2.7%)

+28%

🇿🇦South Africa7.7K(1.3%)

+42%

🇨🇩Congo, Dem. Rep.6.8K(1.2%)

205×

🇦🇺Australia5.1K(0.9%)

+78%

🇹🇿Tanzania4.7K(0.8%)

−32%

🇸🇩Sudan3K(0.5%)

+44%

🇩🇰Denmark2.2K(0.4%)

+66%

🇳🇴Norway1.8K(0.3%)

+114%

🇮🇹Italy1.2K(0.2%)

+35%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024