Demographics of Uganda

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Uganda is projected at 68.21 million, up by 0.47% compared with 67.89 million in 2020. Uganda is ranked 30th in terms of population and 6th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 1.69 million births in Uganda in 2021. That is 4,633 per day, which is ranked 16th. The crude birth rate is 36.02 per 1000 people. There are 0.29 million deaths in Uganda in 2021. That is 790 per day, which is ranked 36th. The crude death rate is 6.13 per 1000 people.

12.44 million people are living in urban areas, which is 25.55% of Uganda population. Uganda is ranked 211th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Uganda in 2021 is 97.31 males per 100 females. There are 23.24 million males and 23.88 million females in Uganda. The percentage of female population is 50.68% compare to 49.32% male population. Uganda has 0.64 million more females than males. Uganda is at 71st position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Uganda population

Year Population Growth (%)
195050,616,019-
195551,063,9070.34
196052,370,5950.62
196554,240,8550.66
197055,573,4550.37
197556,152,3250.11
198056,209,1640.01
198556,413,5550.14
199057,134,3770.28
199557,932,4500.29
200058,923,3050.35
200560,287,9530.69
201063,459,8011.00
201565,860,1490.67
201666,297,9440.66
201766,727,4630.65
201867,141,6780.62
201967,530,1610.58
202067,886,0040.53
202168,207,1140.47
  • Total
  • Crude

Uganda death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950132,331269,72825.2051.27
1955135,427294,23922.9649.97
1960138,956334,18620.3949.05
1965143,901389,83417.9748.66
1970156,082453,71616.6448.45
1975175,939523,49816.3048.53
1980200,749611,67916.1249.05
1985242,998726,05516.5949.56
1990313,442865,86718.0149.85
1995383,4141,012,04918.7549.60
2000391,6721,154,27416.5148.58
2005354,5011,307,43412.7547.10
2010314,6391,454,6399.6644.69
2015283,3221,566,4487.3440.68
2020284,9851,669,8416.2436.67
2021288,3261,690,8776.1336.02
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Uganda

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950145,4495,012,741-2.820
1955208,3595,690,4767.343.532
1960299,8176,488,3977.784.417
1965441,5487,572,8538.115.509
1970629,4418,816,6234.686.664
1975762,27510,064,8723.927.040
1980945,46011,604,0805.547.534
19851,340,40613,306,2187.409.152
19901,931,50415,507,4037.5111.076
19952,639,81717,910,4746.2112.846
20003,554,37120,484,9036.2214.786
20054,841,17623,702,7646.3916.960
20106,573,77227,341,3616.2619.383
20158,855,83131,289,0396.0522.060
202011,775,01235,412,6915.7424.954
202112,443,94536,254,1415.6825.553
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Uganda population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 3,989,439 3,906,088 7,895,527 16.75 102.134
05-09 3,634,651 3,571,233 7,205,884 15.29 101.776
10-14 3,205,974 3,156,713 6,362,687 13.50 101.561
15-19 2,729,914 2,704,380 5,434,294 11.53 100.944
20-24 2,212,288 2,278,016 4,490,304 9.53 97.115
25-29 1,781,836 1,896,853 3,678,689 7.81 93.936
30-34 1,422,626 1,543,309 2,965,935 6.29 92.180
35-39 1,123,138 1,225,674 2,348,812 4.98 91.634
40-44 880,919 960,731 1,841,650 3.91 91.693
45-49 687,850 737,720 1,425,570 3.03 93.240
50-54 536,286 573,096 1,109,382 2.35 93.577
55-59 389,459 435,342 824,801 1.75 89.460
60-64 267,307 324,416 591,723 1.26 82.396
65-69 179,223 241,932 421,155 0.89 74.080
70-74 109,512 163,034 272,546 0.58 67.171
75-79 58,830 98,179 157,009 0.33 59.921
80-84 23,394 45,304 68,698 0.15 51.638
85-89 7,086 16,904 23,990 0.05 41.919
90-94 1,165 3,418 4,583 0.01 34.084
95-99 66 222 288 0.00 29.730
100+ 1 5 6 0.00 20.000
Total 23,240,964 23,882,569 47,123,533 97.314