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Uganda: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
51.4 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+2.7%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+3.2%a year

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203160.3Forecast
203058.3Forecast
202956.9Forecast
202855.5Forecast
202754.1Forecast
202652.8Forecast
202551.4
202450.0
202348.7
202247.3
202145.9
202044.5
201943.0
201841.6
201740.2
201638.8

Sources

  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Albers, Jerven & Suesse1900–2015
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1950–2014
  • Penn World Table1950–2019
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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