Economy · Population · Uganda
Uganda’s population rose to 51.4 m people in 2025.
51.4 m people
2025
Up 1.4 m people from 2024.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
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51.4 m people
What it is. This is the estimated number of people living in Uganda at the middle of the year, counting citizens and residents alike. Between full censuses, figures like this are projections that carry forward earlier counts using assumptions about births, deaths and migration. The total says nothing about where people live, how old they are or how well they live.
Neither way is good in itself. A larger population can mean more workers, customers and taxpayers, and it can also mean more demand for schools, clinics, housing and jobs, so the direction has no fixed good or bad. The latest estimate for 2025 is 51.4 million people, up 1.4 million from 50 million a year earlier, a rise of 2.7%. Since 2016 the figure has climbed from 38.8 million, and the 2025 estimate is the highest in that span.
Why it matters. Growth of 2.7% in a year means Uganda has to add school places, health services, homes and jobs at a steady pace just to keep conditions where they are. Households feel this in crowded classrooms and a busy labour market. For firms, 51.4 million people is a large domestic market, and for the state it is a rising bill for public services.
| Period | Population · Uganda |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 38.8 m people |
| 2017 | 40.2 m people |
| 2018 | 41.6 m people |
| 2019 | 43 m people |
| 2020 | 44.5 m people |
| 2021 | 45.9 m people |
| 2022 | 47.3 m people |
| 2023 | 48.7 m people |
| 2024 | 50 m people |
| 2025 | 51.4 m people |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Population, Uganda, 2025; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/population/uganda
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Total population, mid-year estimate. Unit: m people.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series SP.POP.TOTL), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.