This statistic shows the total population of Uganda from 2014 to 2024 by gender. In 2024, Uganda's female population amounted to approximately 25.21 million, while the male population amounted to approximately 24.81 million inhabitants.

The total population in Uganda was estimated at 50.0 million people in 2024, according to the latest census figures and projections from Trading Economics. This dataset provides - Uganda Population - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The annual population growth in Uganda decreased by 0.2 percentage points (-6.64 percent) compared to the previous year. Therefore, the population growth in Uganda saw its lowest number in that year with 2.8 percent. Population growth deals with the annual change in total population, and is affected by factors such as fertility, mortality, and migration.Find more key insights for the annual population growth in countries like Madagascar and Zambia.

Historical chart and dataset showing total population for Uganda by year from 1950 to 2025.

Population density per pixel at 100 metre resolution. WorldPop provides estimates of numbers of people residing in each 100x100m grid cell for every low and middle income country. Through integrating census, survey, satellite and GIS data sets in a flexible machine-learning framework, high resolution maps of population counts and densities for 2000-2020 are produced, along with accompanying metadata. DATASET: Alpha version 2010 and 2015 estimates of numbers of people per grid square, with national totals adjusted to match UN population division estimates (http://esa.un.org/wpp/) and remaining unadjusted. SPATIAL RESOLUTION: 0.000833333 decimal degrees (approx 100m at the equator) PROJECTION: Geographic, WGS84 UNITS: Estimated persons per grid square MAPPING APPROACH: Land cover based, as described in: Linard, C., Gilbert, M., Snow, R.W., Noor, A.M. and Tatem, A.J., 2012, Population distribution, settlement patterns and accessibility across Africa in 2010, PLoS ONE, 7(2): e31743. FORMAT: Geotiff (zipped using 7-zip (open access tool): www.7-zip.org) FILENAMES: Example - AGO10adjv4.tif = Angola (AGO) population count map for 2010 (10) adjusted to match UN national estimates (adj), version 4 (v4). Population maps are updated to new versions when improved census or other input data become available. Uganda data available from WorldPop here.

The total population of Uganda was estimated at approximately 46.62 million people in 2024. Following a continuous upward trend, the total population has risen by around 35.36 million people since 1980. Between 2024 and 2030, the total population will rise by around 10.68 million people, continuing its consistent upward trajectory.This indicator describes the total population in the country at hand. This total population of the country consists of all persons falling within the scope of the census.

Population, female (% of total population) in Uganda was reported at 50.42 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Uganda - Population, female (% of total) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

In 1800, the population of the region that makes up today's Republic of Uganda was just over two million people. Throughout the 19th century, the population of Uganda would see only modest growth, as increased exposure to the outside world would lead to a series of epidemics afflicting the population, including a devastating outbreak of rinderpest in 1891 killing off much of the region’s cattle, and several outbreaks of smallpox. Uganda’s population would begin to grow more rapidly in the years following the First World War, in part the result of economic growth from wartime agricultural production (unlike neighboring Tanzania, Uganda was spared much of the conflict in East Africa, and as a result saw a significant expansion of cash crop production).

The population of Uganda would continue to grow throughout the remainder of the 20th century, particularly so following the country’s independence from the British Empire in 1962. However, this growth would slow through the 1970s under Idi Amin’s Second Republic of Uganda, which saw real wage and salaries decrease by 90% in less than a decade, and mass expulsions and terror campaigns resulting in a significant number of deaths and refugees throughout the country. Following Idi Amin’s ousting from power in the 1979 Ugandan-Tanzanian War, Uganda’s population has continued to rise exponentially, and in 2020, Uganda is estimated to have a population of approximately 45.7 million.

Uganda UG: Population: Growth data was reported at 3.260 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.291 % for 2016. Uganda UG: Population: Growth data is updated yearly, averaging 3.287 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.550 % in 1988 and a record low of 2.648 % in 1973. Uganda UG: Population: Growth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage . Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; Derived from total population. Population source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision, (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Weighted average;

Graph and download economic data for Population, Total for Uganda (POPTOTUGA647NWDB) from 1960 to 2024 about Uganda and population.

VERSION 1.5. The world's most accurate population datasets. Seven maps/datasets for the distribution of various populations in Uganda: (1) Overall population density (2) Women (3) Men (4) Children (ages 0-5) (5) Youth (ages 15-24) (6) Elderly (ages 60+) (7) Women of reproductive age (ages 15-49). Methodology These high-resolution maps are created using machine learning techniques to identify buildings from commercially available satellite images. This is then overlayed with general population estimates based on publicly available census data and other population statistics at Columbia University. The resulting maps are the most detailed and actionable tools available for aid and research organizations. For more information about the methodology used to create our high resolution population density maps and the demographic distributions, click here. For information about how to use HDX to access these datasets, please visit: https://dataforgood.fb.com/docs/high-resolution-population-density-maps-demographic-estimates-documentation/ Adjustments to match the census population with the UN estimates are applied at the national level. The UN estimate for a given country (or state/territory) is divided by the total census estimate of population for the given country. The resulting adjustment factor is multiplied by each administrative unit census value for the target year. This preserves the relative population totals across administrative units while matching the UN total. More information can be found here

This data set shows the different health aspects covered in the Uganda Demographic Health Survey reports for the years 2000-01, 2006, 2011 and 2016. The surveys were implemented by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics in collaboration with the Ministry of Health.

Uganda population density for 2022 was 235.95, a 3.05% increase from 2021.

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<li>Uganda population density for 2021 was <strong>228.96</strong>, a <strong>3.27% increase</strong> from 2020.</li>
<li>Uganda population density for 2020 was <strong>221.71</strong>, a <strong>3.39% increase</strong> from 2019.</li>
<li>Uganda population density for 2019 was <strong>214.44</strong>, a <strong>3.45% increase</strong> from 2018.</li>
</ul>Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in Uganda was reported at 236 sq. Km in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Uganda - Population density (people per sq. km) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

This statistic shows the age structure in Uganda from 2014 to 2024. In 2024, about 43.54 percent of Uganda's total population were aged 0 to 14 years, 54.27 percent were aged 15 to 64 years and 2.19 percent were 65 years old and older.

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Uganda UG: Population: Male: Ages 70-74: % of Male Population data was reported at 0.524 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.532 % for 2016. Uganda UG: Population: Male: Ages 70-74: % of Male Population data is updated yearly, averaging 0.697 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.718 % in 1960 and a record low of 0.520 % in 2011. Uganda UG: Population: Male: Ages 70-74: % of Male Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 70 to 74 as a percentage of the total male population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; ;

The Uganda Population-Based Survey (PBS) provides a comprehensive assessment of the status of agriculture and food security in 38 districts across eight regions of the country at the time of hte survey. The PBS was conducted from October 25 to December 30, 2012. The overall objective of the survey is to provide baseline data on living standards, nutritional status, and women's empowerment in agriculture in the Feed the Future Zone Of Influence (ZOI). The ZOI in Uganda comprises 38 districts across eight regions. A total of 2,566 households in the ZOI spread across 140 standard enumeration areas (SEAs) were interviewed. These households were in the targeted districts, which are the same SEAs within the ZOI from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) 2011.

Uganda UG: Population: Male: Ages 75-79: % of Male Population data was reported at 0.316 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.312 % for 2016. Uganda UG: Population: Male: Ages 75-79: % of Male Population data is updated yearly, averaging 0.387 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.396 % in 2008 and a record low of 0.310 % in 2015. Uganda UG: Population: Male: Ages 75-79: % of Male Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 75 to 79 as a percentage of the total male population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; ;

Uganda UG: Population: Total data was reported at 42,862,958.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 41,487,965.000 Person for 2016. Uganda UG: Population: Total data is updated yearly, averaging 16,554,311.500 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 42,862,958.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 6,788,214.000 Person in 1960. Uganda UG: Population: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.; ; (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Sum; Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.