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Uganda

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
51,384,894 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 47,123,531in 2021[4]
Land area
200,520 km²[5]
Total area
241,038 km²[6] land and water
Official languages
Currency
Land borders
Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo[11]
Coast
No ocean coast (landlocked)[12][11]
Continent
Official names

Parts of Uganda

Loading 112 places.

Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202551.4M

7,640,973 in 1960, 51,384,894 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
19607,640,973
19617,862,217
19628,092,231
19638,333,663
19648,586,363
19658,849,203
19669,122,864
19679,408,924
19689,708,632
196910,014,858
197010,321,603
197110,618,206
197210,885,796
197311,144,236
197411,424,846
197511,725,240
197612,037,294
197712,359,669
197812,692,113
197913,002,163
198013,275,741
198113,556,452
198213,873,631
198314,221,881
198414,607,677
198515,023,681
198615,467,579
198715,954,170
198816,470,483
198917,010,698
199017,569,897
199118,155,901
199218,785,032
199319,445,161
199420,108,801
199520,665,667
199621,231,550
199721,856,046
199822,515,806
199923,257,281
200024,000,150
200124,745,676
200225,532,870
200326,352,124
200427,154,515
200527,963,289
200628,794,003
200729,653,430
200830,539,553
200931,451,151
201032,390,802
201133,354,543
201234,337,438
201335,337,042
201436,395,539
201537,531,446
201638,799,152
201740,177,388
201841,565,831
201942,999,637
202044,457,152
202145,910,930
202247,312,719
202348,656,601
202450,015,092
202551,384,894

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
UG[17]
ISO alpha-3
UGA[18]
ISO numeric
800[19]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Uganda (Q1036), capital: Kampala (revision 2564284977) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Uganda (Q1036), population (revision 2564284977) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Uganda (Q1036), area (revision 2564284977) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: Uganda (Q1036), official language: English (revision 2564284977) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of Uganda
  8. Wikidata: Uganda (Q1036), official language: Swahili (revision 2564284977) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of Uganda
  9. Wikidata: Uganda (Q1036), currency: Ugandan shilling (revision 2564284977) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  10. Wikidata: Uganda (Q1036), continent: Africa (revision 2564284977) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  11. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  12. Wikidata: Uganda (Q1036), instance of (revision 2564284977) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: Uganda (Q1036), official name (revision 2564284977) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Uganda (Q1036), official name (revision 2564284977) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Uganda (Q1036), official name (revision 2564284977) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  16. Wikidata: Uganda (Q1036), official name (revision 2564284977) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  17. Wikidata: Uganda (Q1036), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2564284977) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  18. Wikidata: Uganda (Q1036), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2564284977) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  19. Wikidata: Uganda (Q1036), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2564284977) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

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