Population of Uganda

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	18 Aug 2025

The current population of Uganda is 51,694,332 as of September 22, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Uganda is projected at 51,384,894, or 51.38 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Uganda is projected at 50,015,092, or 50.02 million people, for the year 2024.

Uganda is the ninth-most populous country in Africa and is in the 31st position in the world on the list of 237 countries and territories.

Uganda population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	49,332,093	50,015,092	1,365,999	2.731	0.613
2025	50,698,092	51,384,894	1,373,604	2.673	0.624
2026	52,071,696	52,761,469	1,379,547	2.615	0.636
2027	53,451,243	54,144,272	1,386,059	2.560	0.647
2028	54,837,302	55,532,558	1,390,512	2.504	0.658
2029	56,227,814	56,922,790	1,389,952	2.442	0.669
2030	57,617,766	58,312,940	1,390,347	2.384	0.681
2031	59,008,113	59,703,535	1,390,843	2.330	0.691
2032	60,398,956	61,089,056	1,380,200	2.259	0.702
2033	61,779,156	62,464,107	1,369,903	2.193	0.713
2034	63,149,059	63,833,868	1,369,619	2.146	0.723
2035	64,518,678	65,205,574	1,373,792	2.107	0.734
2036	65,892,470	66,573,733	1,362,526	2.047	0.744
2037	67,254,996	67,942,632	1,375,271	2.024	0.754
2038	68,630,267	69,312,208	1,363,881	1.968	0.765
2039	69,994,148	70,669,875	1,351,453	1.912	0.775
2040	71,345,601	72,020,418	1,349,635	1.874	0.785
2041	72,695,236	73,372,653	1,354,834	1.847	0.795
2042	74,050,070	74,730,004	1,359,868	1.820	0.805
2043	75,409,938	76,090,990	1,362,104	1.790	0.815
2044	76,772,042	77,449,521	1,354,958	1.750	0.825
2045	78,127,000	78,797,992	1,341,984	1.703	0.835
2046	79,468,984	80,139,175	1,340,382	1.673	0.845
2047	80,809,366	81,478,502	1,338,272	1.643	0.855
2048	82,147,638	82,812,095	1,328,913	1.605	0.864
2049	83,476,551	84,130,053	1,307,004	1.554	0.874
2050	84,783,555	85,431,202	1,295,294	1.516	0.884
2051	86,078,849	86,718,842	1,279,986	1.476	0.894
2052	87,358,835	87,994,728	1,271,786	1.445	0.903
2053	88,630,621	89,259,476	1,257,710	1.409	0.913
2054	89,888,331	90,505,891	1,235,121	1.365	0.922
2055	91,123,452	91,729,147	1,211,389	1.321	0.932
2056	92,334,841	92,930,867	1,192,052	1.283	0.941
2057	93,526,893	94,115,087	1,176,387	1.250	0.950
2058	94,703,280	95,281,800	1,157,040	1.214	0.959
2059	95,860,320	96,426,132	1,131,623	1.174	0.968
2060	96,991,943	97,542,311	1,100,736	1.128	0.976
2061	98,092,679	98,640,640	1,095,922	1.111	0.985
2062	99,188,601	99,723,532	1,069,862	1.073	0.994
2063	100,258,463	100,778,773	1,040,620	1.033	1.002
2064	101,299,083	101,810,174	1,022,181	1.004	1.010
2065	102,321,264	102,815,037	987,545	0.961	1.018
2066	103,308,809	103,793,951	970,285	0.935	1.025
2067	104,279,094	104,749,950	941,711	0.899	1.033
2068	105,220,805	105,679,495	917,380	0.868	1.040
2069	106,138,185	106,581,041	885,711	0.831	1.048
2070	107,023,896	107,461,466	875,141	0.814	1.055
2071	107,899,037	108,317,272	836,469	0.772	1.062
2072	108,735,506	109,144,755	818,499	0.750	1.068
2073	109,554,005	109,944,913	781,815	0.711	1.075
2074	110,335,820	110,717,753	763,865	0.690	1.081
2075	111,099,685	111,470,717	742,064	0.666	1.087
2076	111,841,749	112,201,024	718,550	0.640	1.094
2077	112,560,299	112,898,955	677,312	0.600	1.100
2078	113,237,611	113,567,433	659,644	0.581	1.105
2079	113,897,255	114,203,980	613,449	0.537	1.111
2080	114,510,704	114,812,179	602,951	0.525	1.117
2081	115,113,655	115,393,561	559,813	0.485	1.122
2082	115,673,468	115,943,223	539,511	0.465	1.127
2083	116,212,979	116,468,068	510,177	0.438	1.132
2084	116,723,156	116,958,194	470,076	0.402	1.137
2085	117,193,232	117,410,683	434,902	0.370	1.141
2086	117,628,134	117,831,254	406,239	0.345	1.145
2087	118,034,373	118,229,691	390,636	0.330	1.150
2088	118,425,009	118,604,118	358,218	0.302	1.154
2089	118,783,227	118,950,728	335,003	0.282	1.158
2090	119,118,230	119,267,678	298,897	0.251	1.161
2091	119,417,127	119,548,482	262,711	0.220	1.165
2092	119,679,838	119,802,177	244,677	0.204	1.168
2093	119,924,515	120,030,493	211,957	0.177	1.171
2094	120,136,472	120,223,595	174,247	0.145	1.174
2095	120,310,719	120,394,755	168,072	0.140	1.176
2096	120,478,791	120,537,698	117,814	0.098	1.179
2097	120,596,605	120,644,959	96,708	0.080	1.181
2098	120,693,313	120,728,726	70,826	0.059	1.183
2099	120,764,139	120,794,428	60,579	0.050	1.185
2100	120,824,718	120,835,192	20,947	0.017	1.187

Uganda population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	5,671,964	5,750,913	157,899	2.746	0.231
1951	5,829,863	5,911,164	162,603	2.751	0.233
1952	5,992,466	6,077,040	169,148	2.784	0.235
1953	6,161,614	6,249,435	175,642	2.811	0.237
1954	6,337,256	6,428,378	182,244	2.835	0.239
1955	6,519,500	6,613,770	188,539	2.851	0.241
1956	6,708,039	6,805,459	194,840	2.863	0.243
1957	6,902,879	7,003,883	202,009	2.884	0.246
1958	7,104,888	7,209,757	209,738	2.909	0.248
1959	7,314,626	7,423,426	217,600	2.931	0.250
1960	7,532,226	7,640,973	217,494	2.847	0.253
1961	7,749,720	7,862,217	224,993	2.862	0.257
1962	7,974,713	8,092,231	235,036	2.905	0.259
1963	8,209,749	8,333,663	247,827	2.974	0.261
1964	8,457,576	8,586,363	257,574	3.000	0.263
1965	8,715,150	8,849,203	268,107	3.030	0.265
1966	8,983,257	9,122,864	279,215	3.061	0.268
1967	9,262,472	9,408,924	292,903	3.113	0.271
1968	9,555,375	9,708,632	306,515	3.157	0.274
1969	9,861,890	10,014,858	305,935	3.055	0.277
1970	10,167,825	10,321,603	307,557	2.980	0.279
1971	10,475,382	10,618,206	285,648	2.690	0.282
1972	10,761,030	10,885,796	249,532	2.292	0.283
1973	11,010,562	11,144,236	267,347	2.399	0.284
1974	11,277,909	11,424,846	293,874	2.572	0.286
1975	11,571,783	11,725,240	306,914	2.618	0.288
1976	11,878,697	12,037,294	317,195	2.635	0.290
1977	12,195,892	12,359,669	327,554	2.650	0.293
1978	12,523,446	12,692,113	337,334	2.658	0.296
1979	12,860,780	13,002,163	282,765	2.175	0.298
1980	13,143,545	13,275,741	264,392	1.992	0.298
1981	13,407,937	13,556,452	297,030	2.191	0.299
1982	13,704,967	13,873,631	337,328	2.432	0.301
1983	14,042,295	14,221,881	359,173	2.526	0.303
1984	14,401,468	14,607,677	412,419	2.823	0.305
1985	14,813,887	15,023,681	419,587	2.793	0.309
1986	15,233,474	15,467,579	468,210	3.027	0.312
1987	15,701,684	15,954,170	504,972	3.165	0.316
1988	16,206,656	16,470,483	527,654	3.204	0.320
1989	16,734,310	17,010,698	552,776	3.250	0.325
1990	17,287,086	17,569,897	565,623	3.220	0.330
1991	17,852,709	18,155,901	606,385	3.340	0.335
1992	18,459,094	18,785,032	651,876	3.471	0.341
1993	19,110,970	19,445,161	668,381	3.438	0.348
1994	19,779,351	20,108,801	658,900	3.277	0.354
1995	20,438,251	20,665,667	454,833	2.201	0.359
1996	20,893,084	21,231,550	676,931	3.189	0.363
1997	21,570,015	21,856,046	572,061	2.618	0.369
1998	22,142,076	22,515,806	747,461	3.320	0.375
1999	22,889,537	23,257,281	735,487	3.163	0.382
2000	23,625,024	24,000,150	750,252	3.126	0.389
2001	24,375,276	24,745,676	740,799	2.994	0.396
2002	25,116,075	25,532,870	833,590	3.265	0.403
2003	25,949,665	26,352,124	804,918	3.055	0.410
2004	26,754,583	27,154,515	799,864	2.946	0.418
2005	27,554,447	27,963,289	817,684	2.924	0.425
2006	28,372,131	28,794,003	843,745	2.930	0.432
2007	29,215,876	29,653,430	875,109	2.951	0.439
2008	30,090,985	30,539,553	897,135	2.938	0.446
2009	30,988,120	31,451,151	926,062	2.945	0.454
2010	31,914,182	32,390,802	953,239	2.943	0.461
2011	32,867,421	33,354,543	974,245	2.921	0.469
2012	33,841,666	34,337,438	991,543	2.888	0.477
2013	34,833,209	35,337,042	1,007,666	2.852	0.485
2014	35,840,875	36,395,539	1,109,327	3.048	0.493
2015	36,950,202	37,531,446	1,162,487	3.098	0.502
2016	38,112,689	38,799,152	1,372,926	3.539	0.513
2017	39,485,615	40,177,388	1,383,546	3.444	0.525
2018	40,869,161	41,565,831	1,393,340	3.352	0.538
2019	42,262,501	42,999,637	1,474,273	3.429	0.550
2020	43,736,774	44,457,152	1,440,757	3.241	0.564
2021	45,177,531	45,910,930	1,466,798	3.195	0.577
2022	46,644,329	47,312,719	1,336,781	2.826	0.590
2023	47,981,110	48,656,601	1,350,983	2.777	0.601