Population of Uganda

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	27 Sep 2024

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The current population of Uganda is 50,394,119 as of October 10, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Uganda is projected at 50,015,092, or 50.02 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Uganda is projected at 48,656,601, or 48.66 million people for the year 2023.

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.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

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	0.23
1951	5,829,863	5,911,164	162,603	2.751	0.23
1952	5,992,466	6,077,040	169,148	2.784	0.24
1953	6,161,614	6,249,435	175,642	2.811	0.24
1954	6,337,256	6,428,378	182,244	2.835	0.24
1955	6,519,500	6,613,770	188,539	2.851	0.24
1956	6,708,039	6,805,459	194,840	2.863	0.24
1957	6,902,879	7,003,883	202,009	2.884	0.25
1958	7,104,888	7,209,757	209,738	2.909	0.25
1959	7,314,626	7,423,426	217,600	2.931	0.25
1960	7,532,226	7,640,973	217,494	2.847	0.25
1961	7,749,720	7,862,217	224,993	2.862	0.26
1962	7,974,713	8,092,231	235,036	2.905	0.26
1963	8,209,749	8,333,663	247,827	2.974	0.26
1964	8,457,576	8,586,363	257,574	3.000	0.26
1965	8,715,150	8,849,203	268,107	3.030	0.27
1966	8,983,257	9,122,864	279,215	3.061	0.27
1967	9,262,472	9,408,924	292,903	3.113	0.27
1968	9,555,375	9,708,632	306,515	3.157	0.27
1969	9,861,890	10,014,858	305,935	3.055	0.28
1970	10,167,825	10,321,603	307,557	2.980	0.28
1971	10,475,382	10,618,206	285,648	2.690	0.28
1972	10,761,030	10,885,796	249,532	2.292	0.28
1973	11,010,562	11,144,236	267,347	2.399	0.28
1974	11,277,909	11,424,846	293,874	2.572	0.29
1975	11,571,783	11,725,240	306,914	2.618	0.29
1976	11,878,697	12,037,294	317,195	2.635	0.29
1977	12,195,892	12,359,669	327,554	2.650	0.29
1978	12,523,446	12,692,113	337,334	2.658	0.30
1979	12,860,780	13,002,163	282,765	2.175	0.30
1980	13,143,545	13,275,741	264,392	1.992	0.30
1981	13,407,937	13,556,452	297,030	2.191	0.30
1982	13,704,967	13,873,631	337,328	2.432	0.30
1983	14,042,295	14,221,881	359,173	2.526	0.30
1984	14,401,468	14,607,677	412,419	2.823	0.31
1985	14,813,887	15,023,681	419,587	2.793	0.31
1986	15,233,474	15,467,579	468,210	3.027	0.31
1987	15,701,684	15,954,170	504,972	3.165	0.32
1988	16,206,656	16,470,483	527,654	3.204	0.32
1989	16,734,310	17,010,698	552,776	3.250	0.32
1990	17,287,086	17,569,897	565,623	3.220	0.33
1991	17,852,709	18,155,901	606,385	3.340	0.34
1992	18,459,094	18,785,032	651,876	3.471	0.34
1993	19,110,970	19,445,161	668,381	3.438	0.35
1994	19,779,351	20,108,801	658,900	3.277	0.35
1995	20,438,251	20,665,667	454,833	2.201	0.36
1996	20,893,084	21,231,550	676,931	3.189	0.36
1997	21,570,015	21,856,046	572,061	2.618	0.37
1998	22,142,076	22,515,806	747,461	3.320	0.37
1999	22,889,537	23,257,281	735,487	3.163	0.38
2000	23,625,024	24,000,150	750,252	3.126	0.39
2001	24,375,276	24,745,676	740,799	2.994	0.40
2002	25,116,075	25,532,870	833,590	3.265	0.40
2003	25,949,665	26,352,124	804,918	3.055	0.41
2004	26,754,583	27,154,515	799,864	2.946	0.42
2005	27,554,447	27,963,289	817,684	2.924	0.42
2006	28,372,131	28,794,003	843,745	2.930	0.43
2007	29,215,876	29,653,430	875,109	2.951	0.44
2008	30,090,985	30,539,553	897,135	2.938	0.45
2009	30,988,120	31,451,151	926,062	2.945	0.45
2010	31,914,182	32,390,802	953,239	2.943	0.46
2011	32,867,421	33,354,543	974,245	2.921	0.47
2012	33,841,666	34,337,438	991,543	2.888	0.48
2013	34,833,209	35,337,042	1,007,666	2.852	0.48
2014	35,840,875	36,395,539	1,109,327	3.048	0.49
2015	36,950,202	37,531,446	1,162,487	3.098	0.50
2016	38,112,689	38,799,152	1,372,926	3.539	0.51
2017	39,485,615	40,177,388	1,383,546	3.444	0.53
2018	40,869,161	41,565,831	1,393,340	3.352	0.54
2019	42,262,501	42,999,637	1,474,273	3.429	0.55
2020	43,736,774	44,457,152	1,440,757	3.241	0.56
2021	45,177,531	45,910,930	1,466,798	3.195	0.58
2022	46,644,329	47,312,719	1,336,781	2.826	0.59
2023	47,981,110	48,656,601	1,350,983	2.777	0.60

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	0.61
2025	50,698,092	51,384,894	1,373,604	2.673	0.62
2026	52,071,696	52,761,469	1,379,547	2.615	0.64
2027	53,451,243	54,144,272	1,386,059	2.560	0.65
2028	54,837,302	55,532,558	1,390,512	2.504	0.66
2029	56,227,814	56,922,790	1,389,952	2.442	0.67
2030	57,617,766	58,312,940	1,390,347	2.384	0.68
2031	59,008,113	59,703,535	1,390,843	2.330	0.69
2032	60,398,956	61,089,056	1,380,200	2.259	0.70
2033	61,779,156	62,464,107	1,369,903	2.193	0.71
2034	63,149,059	63,833,868	1,369,619	2.146	0.72
2035	64,518,678	65,205,574	1,373,792	2.107	0.73
2036	65,892,470	66,573,733	1,362,526	2.047	0.74
2037	67,254,996	67,942,632	1,375,271	2.024	0.75
2038	68,630,267	69,312,208	1,363,881	1.968	0.76
2039	69,994,148	70,669,875	1,351,453	1.912	0.77
2040	71,345,601	72,020,418	1,349,635	1.874	0.78
2041	72,695,236	73,372,653	1,354,834	1.847	0.79
2042	74,050,070	74,730,004	1,359,868	1.820	0.80
2043	75,409,938	76,090,990	1,362,104	1.790	0.81
2044	76,772,042	77,449,521	1,354,958	1.750	0.82
2045	78,127,000	78,797,992	1,341,984	1.703	0.83
2046	79,468,984	80,139,175	1,340,382	1.673	0.84
2047	80,809,366	81,478,502	1,338,272	1.643	0.85
2048	82,147,638	82,812,095	1,328,913	1.605	0.86
2049	83,476,551	84,130,053	1,307,004	1.554	0.87
2050	84,783,555	85,431,202	1,295,294	1.516	0.88
2051	86,078,849	86,718,842	1,279,986	1.476	0.89
2052	87,358,835	87,994,728	1,271,786	1.445	0.90
2053	88,630,621	89,259,476	1,257,710	1.409	0.91
2054	89,888,331	90,505,891	1,235,121	1.365	0.92
2055	91,123,452	91,729,147	1,211,389	1.321	0.93
2056	92,334,841	92,930,867	1,192,052	1.283	0.94
2057	93,526,893	94,115,087	1,176,387	1.250	0.95
2058	94,703,280	95,281,800	1,157,040	1.214	0.96
2059	95,860,320	96,426,132	1,131,623	1.174	0.97
2060	96,991,943	97,542,311	1,100,736	1.128	0.98
2061	98,092,679	98,640,640	1,095,922	1.111	0.99
2062	99,188,601	99,723,532	1,069,862	1.073	0.99
2063	100,258,463	100,778,773	1,040,620	1.033	1.00
2064	101,299,083	101,810,174	1,022,181	1.004	1.01
2065	102,321,264	102,815,037	987,545	0.961	1.02
2066	103,308,809	103,793,951	970,285	0.935	1.03
2067	104,279,094	104,749,950	941,711	0.899	1.03
2068	105,220,805	105,679,495	917,380	0.868	1.04
2069	106,138,185	106,581,041	885,711	0.831	1.05
2070	107,023,896	107,461,466	875,141	0.814	1.05
2071	107,899,037	108,317,272	836,469	0.772	1.06
2072	108,735,506	109,144,755	818,499	0.750	1.07
2073	109,554,005	109,944,913	781,815	0.711	1.07
2074	110,335,820	110,717,753	763,865	0.690	1.08
2075	111,099,685	111,470,717	742,064	0.666	1.09
2076	111,841,749	112,201,024	718,550	0.640	1.09
2077	112,560,299	112,898,955	677,312	0.600	1.10
2078	113,237,611	113,567,433	659,644	0.581	1.11
2079	113,897,255	114,203,980	613,449	0.537	1.11
2080	114,510,704	114,812,179	602,951	0.525	1.12
2081	115,113,655	115,393,561	559,813	0.485	1.12
2082	115,673,468	115,943,223	539,511	0.465	1.13
2083	116,212,979	116,468,068	510,177	0.438	1.13
2084	116,723,156	116,958,194	470,076	0.402	1.14
2085	117,193,232	117,410,683	434,902	0.370	1.14
2086	117,628,134	117,831,254	406,239	0.345	1.15
2087	118,034,373	118,229,691	390,636	0.330	1.15
2088	118,425,009	118,604,118	358,218	0.302	1.15
2089	118,783,227	118,950,728	335,003	0.282	1.16
2090	119,118,230	119,267,678	298,897	0.251	1.16
2091	119,417,127	119,548,482	262,711	0.220	1.16
2092	119,679,838	119,802,177	244,677	0.204	1.17
2093	119,924,515	120,030,493	211,957	0.177	1.17
2094	120,136,472	120,223,595	174,247	0.145	1.17
2095	120,310,719	120,394,755	168,072	0.140	1.18
2096	120,478,791	120,537,698	117,814	0.098	1.18
2097	120,596,605	120,644,959	96,708	0.080	1.18
2098	120,693,313	120,728,726	70,826	0.059	1.18
2099	120,764,139	120,794,428	60,579	0.050	1.19
2100	120,824,718	120,835,192	20,947	0.017	1.19