| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 04 May 2024 |
There are 24.74 million males and 25.18 million females in Uganda. The percentage of the male population is 49.56%, compared to 50.44% of the female population. Uganda has 435k more females than males. The sex ratio in Uganda in 2024 will be 98.272 males per 100 females. Uganda is in the 108th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 5,750,637 | 2.74 |
| 1955 | 6,601,785 | 2.80 |
| 1960 | 7,617,746 | 2.84 |
| 1965 | 8,829,056 | 3.06 |
| 1970 | 10,317,212 | 3.02 |
| 1975 | 11,730,959 | 2.63 |
| 1980 | 13,284,026 | 1.98 |
| 1985 | 15,038,915 | 2.83 |
| 1990 | 17,586,630 | 3.21 |
| 1995 | 20,680,831 | 2.21 |
| 2000 | 24,020,697 | 3.11 |
| 2005 | 27,946,588 | 2.90 |
| 2010 | 32,341,728 | 2.91 |
| 2015 | 37,477,356 | 3.11 |
| 2020 | 44,404,611 | 3.24 |
| 2021 | 45,853,778 | 3.19 |
| 2022 | 47,249,585 | 2.82 |
| 2023 | 48,582,334 | 2.75 |
| 2024 | 49,924,252 | 2.70 |
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 144,167 | 301,504 | 25.067 | 52.425 |
| 1955 | 150,061 | 334,955 | 22.726 | 50.728 |
| 1960 | 147,006 | 371,000 | 19.285 | 48.670 |
| 1965 | 151,717 | 425,116 | 17.175 | 48.126 |
| 1970 | 169,065 | 505,958 | 16.361 | 48.965 |
| 1975 | 218,324 | 574,774 | 18.568 | 48.884 |
| 1980 | 281,867 | 650,840 | 21.131 | 48.792 |
| 1985 | 284,372 | 752,169 | 18.874 | 49.923 |
| 1990 | 318,505 | 904,309 | 18.094 | 51.372 |
| 1995 | 359,857 | 1,058,224 | 17.294 | 50.856 |
| 2000 | 367,928 | 1,168,768 | 15.297 | 48.593 |
| 2005 | 326,161 | 1,288,922 | 11.637 | 45.989 |
| 2010 | 286,470 | 1,396,863 | 8.832 | 43.068 |
| 2015 | 249,412 | 1,478,913 | 6.648 | 39.422 |
| 2020 | 259,787 | 1,653,818 | 5.852 | 37.252 |
| 2021 | 269,420 | 1,686,795 | 5.877 | 36.795 |
| 2022 | 263,987 | 1,713,605 | 5.579 | 36.215 |
| 2023 | 268,122 | 1,729,033 | 5.511 | 35.539 |
| 2024 | 272,122 | 1,737,582 | 5.444 | 34.761 |
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 1950 | 145,449 | 5,012,741 | 2.820 |
| 1955 | 208,359 | 5,690,476 | 3.532 |
| 1960 | 299,817 | 6,488,397 | 4.417 |
| 1965 | 441,548 | 7,572,853 | 5.509 |
| 1970 | 629,441 | 8,816,623 | 6.664 |
| 1975 | 762,275 | 10,064,872 | 7.040 |
| 1980 | 945,460 | 11,604,080 | 7.534 |
| 1985 | 1,340,406 | 13,306,218 | 9.152 |
| 1990 | 1,931,504 | 15,507,403 | 11.076 |
| 1995 | 2,639,817 | 17,910,474 | 12.846 |
| 2000 | 3,554,371 | 20,484,903 | 14.786 |
| 2005 | 4,841,176 | 23,702,764 | 16.960 |
| 2010 | 6,573,772 | 27,341,361 | 19.383 |
| 2015 | 8,855,831 | 31,289,039 | 22.060 |
| 2020 | 11,775,012 | 35,412,691 | 24.954 |
| 2021 | 12,443,945 | 36,254,141 | 25.553 |
| 2022 | 13,143,166 | 37,099,636 | 26.159 |
| 2023 | 13,873,500 | 37,948,628 | 26.771 |
| 2024 | 14,635,755 | 38,800,566 | 27.389 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 4,121,981 | 4,030,953 | 8,152,935 | 16.33 | 102.258 |
| 05-09 | 3,663,222 | 3,593,221 | 7,256,444 | 14.53 | 101.948 |
| 10-14 | 3,309,110 | 3,275,809 | 6,584,919 | 13.19 | 101.017 |
| 15-19 | 2,923,291 | 2,924,110 | 5,847,401 | 11.71 | 99.972 |
| 20-24 | 2,521,843 | 2,546,189 | 5,068,032 | 10.15 | 99.044 |
| 25-29 | 2,113,302 | 2,147,778 | 4,261,080 | 8.54 | 98.395 |
| 30-34 | 1,687,252 | 1,730,555 | 3,417,807 | 6.85 | 97.498 |
| 35-39 | 1,248,534 | 1,295,063 | 2,543,597 | 5.09 | 96.407 |
| 40-44 | 893,503 | 940,674 | 1,834,177 | 3.67 | 94.985 |
| 45-49 | 691,173 | 743,442 | 1,434,614 | 2.87 | 92.969 |
| 50-54 | 549,464 | 611,207 | 1,160,671 | 2.32 | 89.898 |
| 55-59 | 402,732 | 474,651 | 877,384 | 1.76 | 84.848 |
| 60-64 | 267,784 | 345,394 | 613,178 | 1.23 | 77.530 |
| 65-69 | 175,599 | 246,947 | 422,546 | 0.85 | 71.108 |
| 70-74 | 106,169 | 160,300 | 266,470 | 0.53 | 66.231 |
| 75-79 | 48,319 | 74,335 | 122,653 | 0.25 | 65.002 |
| 80-84 | 15,700 | 27,080 | 42,781 | 0.09 | 57.976 |
| 85-89 | 4,479 | 9,328 | 13,807 | 0.03 | 48.017 |
| 90-94 | 950 | 2,232 | 3,181 | 0.01 | 42.563 |
| 95-99 | 160 | 344 | 503 | 0.00 | 46.512 |
| 100+ | 30 | 42 | 72 | 0.00 | 71.429 |
| Total | 24,744,597 | 25,179,654 | 49,924,252 | 98.272 | |