Population of Uganda

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Uganda is 51,849,649 as of December 01, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Uganda is projected at 47,123,531 or 47.124 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Uganda is projected at 45,741,007 or 45.741 million people for the year 2020. Uganda ranks number 30th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Uganda is ranked 8th among 58 countries in Africa.

Uganda's population will be increased year by year. The Uganda population is projected to reach 59.44 million in 2030 and increase further to 89.45 million in 2050 and 136.78 million by 2100. Uganda accounts for 0.60 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.51% in 2014 and is projected to increase by 1.26% by 2100.

Uganda was at 65th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 18th in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Uganda population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	5,158,190	-	-	0.20
1951	5,307,725	149,535	2.90	0.21
1952	5,452,859	145,134	2.73	0.21
1953	5,596,317	143,458	2.63	0.21
1954	5,740,774	144,457	2.58	0.21
1955	5,888,793	148,019	2.58	0.21
1956	6,042,923	154,130	2.62	0.21
1957	6,205,631	162,708	2.69	0.22
1958	6,379,222	173,591	2.80	0.22
1959	6,565,840	186,618	2.93	0.22
1960	6,767,095	201,255	3.07	0.22
1961	6,983,818	216,723	3.20	0.23
1962	7,215,796	231,978	3.32	0.23
1963	7,461,634	245,838	3.41	0.23
1964	7,719,104	257,470	3.45	0.24
1965	7,986,066	266,962	3.46	0.24
1966	8,263,439	277,373	3.47	0.24
1967	8,550,443	287,004	3.47	0.25
1968	8,841,153	290,710	3.40	0.25
1969	9,127,857	286,704	3.24	0.25
1970	9,405,600	277,743	3.04	0.25
1971	9,671,860	266,260	2.83	0.26
1972	9,929,636	257,776	2.67	0.26
1973	10,186,455	256,819	2.59	0.26
1974	10,453,037	266,582	2.62	0.26
1975	10,737,403	284,366	2.72	0.26
1976	11,042,974	305,571	2.85	0.27
1977	11,368,615	325,641	2.95	0.27
1978	11,712,530	343,915	3.03	0.27
1979	12,071,145	358,615	3.06	0.28
1980	12,442,334	371,189	3.08	0.28
1981	12,825,082	382,748	3.08	0.28
1982	13,221,991	396,909	3.09	0.29
1983	13,638,729	416,738	3.15	0.29
1984	14,082,875	444,146	3.26	0.29
1985	14,559,355	476,480	3.38	0.30
1986	15,070,302	510,947	3.51	0.30
1987	15,612,754	542,452	3.60	0.31
1988	16,180,124	567,370	3.63	0.31
1989	16,763,042	582,918	3.60	0.32
1990	17,354,392	591,350	3.53	0.33
1991	17,953,531	599,139	3.45	0.33
1992	18,561,674	608,143	3.39	0.34
1993	19,175,988	614,314	3.31	0.34
1994	19,793,541	617,553	3.22	0.35
1995	20,413,152	619,611	3.13	0.36
1996	21,032,821	619,669	3.04	0.36
1997	21,655,398	622,577	2.96	0.37
1998	22,290,780	635,382	2.93	0.37
1999	22,952,410	661,630	2.97	0.38
2000	23,650,172	697,762	3.04	0.38
2001	24,388,968	738,796	3.12	0.39
2002	25,167,257	778,289	3.19	0.40
2003	25,980,552	813,295	3.23	0.41
2004	26,821,297	840,745	3.24	0.42
2005	27,684,585	863,288	3.22	0.42
2006	28,571,475	886,890	3.20	0.43
2007	29,486,338	914,863	3.20	0.44
2008	30,431,736	945,398	3.21	0.45
2009	31,411,096	979,360	3.22	0.46
2010	32,428,167	1,017,071	3.24	0.47
2011	33,476,772	1,048,605	3.23	0.48
2012	34,558,704	1,081,932	3.23	0.48
2013	35,694,519	1,135,815	3.29	0.50
2014	36,911,523	1,217,004	3.41	0.51
2015	38,225,453	1,313,930	3.56	0.52
2016	39,649,166	1,423,713	3.72	0.53
2017	41,166,588	1,517,422	3.83	0.55
2018	42,729,036	1,562,448	3.80	0.56
2019	44,269,594	1,540,558	3.61	0.57

Uganda population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	45,741,007	1,471,413	3.32	0.59
2021	47,123,531	1,382,524	3.02	0.60
2022	48,432,863	1,309,332	2.78	0.61
2023	49,700,760	1,267,897	2.62	0.62
2024	50,976,035	1,275,275	2.57	0.63
2025	52,294,282	1,318,247	2.59	0.64
2026	53,663,604	1,369,322	2.62	0.65
2027	55,072,380	1,408,776	2.63	0.66
2028	56,513,004	1,440,624	2.62	0.67
2029	57,971,653	1,458,649	2.58	0.68
2030	59,437,928	1,466,275	2.53	0.70
2031	60,910,935	1,473,007	2.48	0.71
2032	62,394,066	1,483,131	2.43	0.72
2033	63,885,705	1,491,639	2.39	0.73
2034	65,384,427	1,498,722	2.35	0.74
2035	66,888,896	1,504,469	2.30	0.75
2036	68,397,620	1,508,724	2.26	0.76
2037	69,909,285	1,511,665	2.21	0.78
2038	71,423,082	1,513,797	2.17	0.79
2039	72,938,427	1,515,345	2.12	0.80
2040	74,454,613	1,516,186	2.08	0.81
2041	75,970,662	1,516,049	2.04	0.82
2042	77,485,437	1,514,775	1.99	0.83
2043	78,998,001	1,512,564	1.95	0.84
2044	80,507,410	1,509,409	1.91	0.85
2045	82,012,732	1,505,322	1.87	0.86
2046	83,513,076	1,500,344	1.83	0.88
2047	85,007,557	1,494,481	1.79	0.89
2048	86,495,282	1,487,725	1.75	0.90
2049	87,975,352	1,480,070	1.71	0.91
2050	89,446,904	1,471,552	1.67	0.92
2051	90,909,000	1,462,096	1.63	0.93
2052	92,360,797	1,451,797	1.60	0.94
2053	93,801,692	1,440,895	1.56	0.95
2054	95,231,146	1,429,454	1.52	0.96
2055	96,648,521	1,417,375	1.49	0.97
2056	98,053,099	1,404,578	1.45	0.98
2057	99,443,880	1,390,781	1.42	0.99
2058	100,819,576	1,375,696	1.38	1.00
2059	102,178,704	1,359,128	1.35	1.01
2060	103,519,995	1,341,291	1.31	1.02
2061	104,842,545	1,322,550	1.28	1.03
2062	106,145,731	1,303,186	1.24	1.04
2063	107,428,837	1,283,106	1.21	1.05
2064	108,691,293	1,262,456	1.18	1.06
2065	109,932,493	1,241,200	1.14	1.07
2066	111,151,712	1,219,219	1.11	1.07
2067	112,348,329	1,196,617	1.08	1.08
2068	113,521,997	1,173,668	1.04	1.09
2069	114,672,529	1,150,532	1.01	1.10
2070	115,799,569	1,127,040	0.98	1.11
2071	116,902,697	1,103,128	0.95	1.11
2072	117,981,259	1,078,562	0.92	1.12
2073	119,034,523	1,053,264	0.89	1.13
2074	120,061,670	1,027,147	0.86	1.14
2075	121,061,981	1,000,311	0.83	1.14
2076	122,035,047	973,066	0.80	1.15
2077	122,980,470	945,423	0.77	1.16
2078	123,897,681	917,211	0.75	1.16
2079	124,786,049	888,368	0.72	1.17
2080	125,645,105	859,056	0.69	1.18
2081	126,474,527	829,422	0.66	1.18
2082	127,274,231	799,704	0.63	1.19
2083	128,044,269	770,038	0.61	1.19
2084	128,784,885	740,616	0.58	1.20
2085	129,496,233	711,348	0.55	1.20
2086	130,178,419	682,186	0.53	1.21
2087	130,831,455	653,036	0.50	1.21
2088	131,455,457	624,002	0.48	1.22
2089	132,050,540	595,083	0.45	1.22
2090	132,616,870	566,330	0.43	1.23
2091	133,154,726	537,856	0.41	1.23
2092	133,664,452	509,726	0.38	1.23
2093	134,146,434	481,982	0.36	1.24
2094	134,601,136	454,702	0.34	1.24
2095	135,029,024	427,888	0.32	1.24
2096	135,430,616	401,592	0.30	1.25
2097	135,806,427	375,811	0.28	1.25
2098	136,157,015	350,588	0.26	1.25
2099	136,482,969	325,954	0.24	1.26
2100	136,784,883	301,914	0.22	1.26