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🇺🇬 Uganda

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3UGA
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2UG
UN M49 numeric800
IOC codeUGA
Official nameRepublic of Uganda
Native name(s)eng: official: Republic of Uganda; common: Uganda; swa: official: Republic of Uganda; common: Uganda
Alt spellingsUG, Republic of Uganda, Jamhuri ya Uganda
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionEastern Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalKampala
Area (km²)241,550
Lat / Lng1.0000, 32.0000
LandlockedYes
Borders (ISO3)COD, KEN, RWA, SSD, TZA
Top-level domain.ug
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 56

Demographics

Population (World Bank)51,384,894 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)68.487 (2024)
Languageseng: English; swa: Swahili
Demonymseng: f: Ugandan; m: Ugandan; fra: f: Ougandaise; m: Ougandais
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)61,985,829,288.15 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)1,206.305 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)2.746 (2025)
CurrenciesUGX: name: Ugandan shilling; symbol: Sh

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19505,750,913
19515,911,164
19526,077,040
19536,249,435
19546,428,378
19556,613,770
19566,805,459
19577,003,883
19587,209,757
19597,423,426
19607,640,973
19617,862,217
19628,092,231
19638,333,663
19648,586,363
19658,849,203
19669,122,864
19679,408,924
19689,708,632
196910,014,858
197010,321,603
197110,618,206
197210,885,796
197311,144,236
197411,424,846
197511,725,240
197612,037,294
197712,359,669
197812,692,113
197913,002,163
198013,275,741
198113,556,452
198213,873,631
198314,221,881
198414,607,677
198515,023,681
198615,467,579
198715,954,170
198816,470,483
198917,010,698
199017,569,897
199118,155,901
199218,785,032
199319,445,161
199420,108,801
199520,665,667
199621,231,550
199721,856,046
199822,515,806
199923,257,281
200024,000,150
200124,745,676
200225,532,870
200326,352,124
200427,154,515
200527,963,289
200628,794,003
200729,653,430
200830,539,553
200931,451,151
201032,390,802
201133,354,543
201234,337,438
201335,337,042
201436,395,539
201537,531,446
201638,799,152
201740,177,388
201841,565,831
201942,999,637
202044,457,152
202145,910,930
202247,312,719
202348,656,601

Full raw record (JSON)

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