Country or area · Eastern Africa · Africa · UN WPP 2024

Uganda population

Uganda population now

53,099,741

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 52.0–54.8 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 48,656,602

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 52.7615 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 52.0–54.8 million
Median age: 18.1
Aged 65+: 2.3%

Move through time, 1950–2100

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male female projection · one cell = 20,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

UGA · 1950–2100 · in brief

Uganda in numbers

48,656,602 people lived in Uganda in mid-2023: 0.60% of the world's people, and the 31st-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports. That is 8.5 times its 1950 population of 5.8 million.

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 121 million. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 65.5 million to 269 million.

Births outnumber deaths in every year from 1950 to 2100, estimates and projection alike.

The median age was 19.2 in 1950 and 17.5 in 2023; the projection has 41.2 in 2100. 2.2% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 20.2% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2089 at 76.2 million.

Among countries it ranks 31st in 2023, 20th in 2050 and 18th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes South Korea in 2026, Colombia in 2028 and Myanmar in 2029. It is overtaken by Angola in 2071 and Afghanistan in 2081.

Population, mid-2023: 48,656,602
Rank by population, 2023: 31 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.60%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +2.84% · +1,343,882 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 243
Land area, 2023: 200,520 km²
Births, 2023: 1,712,750
Deaths, 2023: 235,583
Net migration, 2023: −126,181
Children per woman, 2023: 4.28
Median age, 2023: 17.5 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 68.3 years
In a city, 2025: 16 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 5,750,914
Projected, mid-2050: 85,431,202
Projected, mid-2100: 120,835,192

UGA · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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Show the numbers: Uganda, 1950–2100

Uganda: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	5,671,964		301,346	143,446	6.66	39.7
1951	estimate	5,829,863		307,315	144,712	6.65	40.2
1952	estimate	5,992,466		314,591	145,454	6.67	40.8
1953	estimate	6,161,614		321,620	145,965	6.70	41.3
1954	estimate	6,337,256		328,601	146,363	6.72	41.8
1955	estimate	6,519,500		335,063	146,525	6.74	42.4
1956	estimate	6,708,039		341,374	146,533	6.76	43.0
1957	estimate	6,902,879		348,389	146,380	6.80	43.6
1958	estimate	7,104,888		355,998	146,256	6.84	44.3
1959	estimate	7,314,626		363,904	146,302	6.88	45.0
1960	estimate	7,532,226		371,242	146,163	6.91	45.6
1961	estimate	7,749,720		379,073	146,186	6.93	46.3
1962	estimate	7,974,713		388,337	146,829	6.96	46.8
1963	estimate	8,209,749		398,560	147,675	6.98	47.4
1964	estimate	8,457,576		409,958	149,219	7.01	47.9
1965	estimate	8,715,150		422,903	151,078	7.04	48.3
1966	estimate	8,983,257		437,000	154,776	7.07	48.5
1967	estimate	9,262,472		453,394	156,709	7.10	49.0
1968	estimate	9,555,375		470,112	160,384	7.13	49.3
1969	estimate	9,861,890		484,947	164,464	7.12	49.5
1970	estimate	10,167,825		502,544	169,342	7.15	49.6
1971	estimate	10,475,382		519,523	191,230	7.18	47.1
1972	estimate	10,761,030		532,653	196,713	7.18	47.2
1973	estimate	11,010,562		542,789	202,010	7.19	47.0
1974	estimate	11,277,909		555,089	209,311	7.19	46.9
1975	estimate	11,571,783		571,260	216,988	7.20	46.5
1976	estimate	11,878,697		585,522	226,063	7.19	46.2
1977	estimate	12,195,892		600,493	235,281	7.18	45.8
1978	estimate	12,523,446		616,559	244,630	7.16	45.6
1979	estimate	12,860,780		634,855	253,225	7.14	45.4
1980	estimate	13,143,545		646,611	276,322	7.11	43.5
1981	estimate	13,407,937		661,356	281,330	7.12	43.5
1982	estimate	13,704,967		676,763	285,941	7.11	43.3
1983	estimate	14,042,295		695,420	290,477	7.07	43.5
1984	estimate	14,401,468		716,201	294,964	7.02	43.7
1985	estimate	14,813,887		746,977	284,446	7.04	45.5
1986	estimate	15,233,474		778,962	291,275	7.08	45.6
1987	estimate	15,701,684		812,475	285,089	7.12	47.4
1988	estimate	16,206,656		840,293	292,534	7.10	47.5
1989	estimate	16,734,310		865,945	300,577	7.04	47.5
1990	estimate	17,287,086		895,510	308,212	7.01	47.6
1991	estimate	17,852,709		918,456	315,709	6.94	47.5
1992	estimate	18,459,094		949,874	322,730	6.91	47.7
1993	estimate	19,110,970		981,379	331,347	6.89	47.7
1994	estimate	19,779,351		1,015,537	340,440	6.90	47.7
1995	estimate	20,438,251		1,045,869	348,656	6.87	47.7
1996	estimate	20,893,084		1,051,625	351,904	6.83	47.8
1997	estimate	21,570,015		1,083,869	356,340	6.86	48.0
1998	estimate	22,142,076		1,099,654	358,470	6.84	48.3
1999	estimate	22,889,537		1,132,049	356,872	6.83	49.0
2000	estimate	23,625,024		1,157,941	354,864	6.79	49.6
2001	estimate	24,375,276		1,185,690	348,933	6.76	50.6
2002	estimate	25,116,075		1,211,424	342,688	6.74	51.4
2003	estimate	25,949,665		1,237,537	336,185	6.67	52.4
2004	estimate	26,754,583		1,262,893	324,266	6.61	53.7
2005	estimate	27,554,447		1,281,635	312,556	6.53	54.9
2006	estimate	28,372,131		1,301,032	301,067	6.43	56.1
2007	estimate	29,215,876		1,320,278	290,388	6.33	57.3
2008	estimate	30,090,985		1,337,132	281,217	6.20	58.3
2009	estimate	30,988,120		1,364,387	273,767	6.12	59.2
2010	estimate	31,914,182		1,389,208	267,650	6.02	60.0
2011	estimate	32,867,421		1,408,226	260,972	5.88	60.8
2012	estimate	33,841,666		1,422,236	254,761	5.73	61.6
2013	estimate	34,833,209		1,432,962	248,715	5.56	62.4
2014	estimate	35,840,875		1,445,397	243,808	5.41	63.1
2015	estimate	36,950,202		1,464,001	239,153	5.25	63.8
2016	estimate	38,112,689		1,485,180	235,624	5.11	64.5
2017	estimate	39,485,615		1,524,479	233,815	4.99	65.2
2018	estimate	40,869,161		1,565,908	233,303	4.87	65.8
2019	estimate	42,262,501		1,600,115	233,041	4.74	66.3
2020	estimate	43,736,774		1,636,139	238,847	4.62	66.4
2021	estimate	45,177,531		1,668,475	245,138	4.51	66.5
2022	estimate	46,644,329		1,693,817	238,198	4.39	67.7
2023	estimate	47,981,110		1,712,750	235,583	4.28	68.3
2024	estimate	49,332,093		1,722,321	238,399	4.17	68.5
2025	projection	50,698,092	50.3–51.1 million	1,734,565	241,900	4.06	68.7
2026	projection	52,071,696	51.2–52.9 million	1,746,979	245,640	3.97	68.9
2027	projection	53,451,243	52.0–54.8 million	1,755,617	249,349	3.87	69.1
2028	projection	54,837,302	52.9–56.7 million	1,763,999	253,274	3.79	69.3
2029	projection	56,227,814	53.7–58.6 million	1,768,048	257,304	3.69	69.6
2030	projection	57,617,766	54.6–60.5 million	1,774,307	261,458	3.61	69.8
2031	projection	59,008,113	55.4–62.5 million	1,777,142	266,244	3.53	70.0
2032	projection	60,398,956	56.2–64.6 million	1,775,279	271,173	3.45	70.2
2033	projection	61,779,156	56.9–66.5 million	1,777,616	276,302	3.38	70.4
2034	projection	63,149,059	57.6–68.7 million	1,781,575	281,694	3.31	70.6
2035	projection	64,518,678	58.3–70.8 million	1,784,547	287,183	3.25	70.8
2036	projection	65,892,470	59.0–72.8 million	1,789,254	293,404	3.19	71.0
2037	projection	67,254,996	59.6–75.1 million	1,797,338	299,779	3.14	71.1
2038	projection	68,630,267	60.4–77.3 million	1,805,327	306,707	3.09	71.3
2039	projection	69,994,148	61.1–79.4 million	1,810,873	313,444	3.04	71.5
2040	projection	71,345,601	61.9–81.5 million	1,815,034	320,488	2.99	71.7
2041	projection	72,695,236	62.4–83.7 million	1,820,713	327,802	2.94	71.9
2042	projection	74,050,070	62.9–86.0 million	1,828,425	335,664	2.90	72.0
2043	projection	75,409,938	63.5–88.4 million	1,834,460	343,639	2.86	72.2
2044	projection	76,772,042	64.1–90.8 million	1,839,154	352,176	2.82	72.4
2045	projection	78,127,000	64.7–93.1 million	1,844,386	361,249	2.78	72.6
2046	projection	79,468,984	65.4–95.6 million	1,847,792	370,148	2.75	72.7
2047	projection	80,809,366	65.9–98.0 million	1,848,747	379,409	2.71	72.9
2048	projection	82,147,638	66.5–100.5 million	1,850,331	389,030	2.67	73.1
2049	projection	83,476,551	67.1–103.1 million	1,852,568	399,123	2.64	73.3
2050	projection	84,783,555	67.5–105.4 million	1,849,620	409,456	2.61	73.4
2051	projection	86,078,849	68.0–108.2 million	1,847,573	419,957	2.58	73.6
2052	projection	87,358,835	68.4–110.8 million	1,845,934	430,728	2.55	73.8
2053	projection	88,630,621	69.0–113.8 million	1,844,874	442,335	2.52	73.9
2054	projection	89,888,331	69.4–116.6 million	1,841,454	453,809	2.50	74.1
2055	projection	91,123,452	70.0–119.2 million	1,837,014	465,788	2.47	74.3
2056	projection	92,334,841	70.4–122.1 million	1,829,665	477,960	2.44	74.4
2057	projection	93,526,893	70.9–125.1 million	1,822,529	490,310	2.42	74.6
2058	projection	94,703,280	71.3–128.0 million	1,817,329	502,655	2.40	74.7
2059	projection	95,860,320	71.5–131.3 million	1,809,130	515,314	2.37	74.9
2060	projection	96,991,943	71.9–134.1 million	1,799,687	528,488	2.35	75.1
2061	projection	98,092,679	72.3–137.1 million	1,793,154	541,545	2.33	75.2
2062	projection	99,188,601	72.5–140.1 million	1,785,075	555,265	2.31	75.4
2063	projection	100,258,463	72.8–143.2 million	1,776,423	569,064	2.29	75.6
2064	projection	101,299,083	73.2–146.3 million	1,767,418	583,399	2.27	75.7
2065	projection	102,321,264	73.1–149.7 million	1,758,406	597,762	2.25	75.9
2066	projection	103,308,809	73.6–153.6 million	1,748,315	612,734	2.23	76.0
2067	projection	104,279,094	73.7–156.5 million	1,738,079	628,025	2.22	76.2
2068	projection	105,220,805	73.9–159.7 million	1,728,945	643,185	2.20	76.3
2069	projection	106,138,185	73.8–163.1 million	1,721,021	658,505	2.19	76.5
2070	projection	107,023,896	73.7–166.1 million	1,713,665	674,526	2.17	76.7
2071	projection	107,899,037	73.7–169.5 million	1,706,063	690,963	2.16	76.8
2072	projection	108,735,506	73.5–172.2 million	1,698,248	707,313	2.15	77.0
2073	projection	109,554,005	73.2–175.5 million	1,690,774	724,457	2.13	77.1
2074	projection	110,335,820	73.2–178.8 million	1,678,870	741,417	2.12	77.3
2075	projection	111,099,685	72.8–183.0 million	1,668,868	758,359	2.10	77.4
2076	projection	111,841,749	72.5–186.3 million	1,659,204	776,047	2.09	77.6
2077	projection	112,560,299	72.7–189.5 million	1,647,735	794,206	2.08	77.7
2078	projection	113,237,611	72.6–192.7 million	1,635,628	811,646	2.06	77.9
2079	projection	113,897,255	72.3–196.4 million	1,625,533	828,959	2.05	78.0
2080	projection	114,510,704	72.4–199.8 million	1,614,993	846,309	2.04	78.2
2081	projection	115,113,655	72.3–203.2 million	1,604,752	863,869	2.03	78.4
2082	projection	115,673,468	72.0–206.4 million	1,593,660	881,411	2.02	78.5
2083	projection	116,212,979	72.0–209.8 million	1,579,899	899,514	2.01	78.7
2084	projection	116,723,156	71.8–212.9 million	1,567,924	917,606	2.00	78.8
2085	projection	117,193,232	71.5–216.1 million	1,557,302	935,534	2.00	78.9
2086	projection	117,628,134	71.0–219.7 million	1,546,242	953,014	1.99	79.1
2087	projection	118,034,373	70.8–223.6 million	1,533,671	970,117	1.98	79.2
2088	projection	118,425,009	70.2–226.9 million	1,521,282	985,974	1.97	79.4
2089	projection	118,783,227	69.8–230.9 million	1,509,447	1,001,899	1.97	79.5
2090	projection	119,118,230	69.6–234.9 million	1,497,105	1,018,014	1.96	79.7
2091	projection	119,417,127	69.4–239.3 million	1,485,066	1,034,388	1.95	79.8
2092	projection	119,679,838	69.0–242.5 million	1,471,740	1,049,202	1.95	80.0
2093	projection	119,924,515	68.5–245.7 million	1,458,471	1,063,915	1.94	80.1
2094	projection	120,136,472	68.2–249.1 million	1,445,138	1,078,815	1.93	80.3
2095	projection	120,310,719	67.3–252.3 million	1,432,679	1,093,297	1.92	80.4
2096	projection	120,478,791	66.9–256.0 million	1,421,117	1,107,433	1.92	80.5
2097	projection	120,596,605	66.7–260.0 million	1,409,447	1,121,120	1.92	80.7
2098	projection	120,693,313	66.4–262.5 million	1,396,933	1,135,034	1.91	80.8
2099	projection	120,764,139	65.9–265.6 million	1,383,662	1,148,751	1.90	81.0
2100	projection	120,824,718	65.5–268.7 million	1,371,123	1,161,875	1.90	81.1

Show the numbers: Uganda, mid-2026, by single year of age

Uganda: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	858,861	838,918
1	845,667	826,772
2	835,470	817,224
3	824,699	807,182
4	811,387	794,626
5	795,925	779,912
6	778,177	762,902
7	760,021	745,421
8	740,278	726,603
9	719,190	706,836
10	701,977	691,006
11	688,598	678,992
12	676,672	668,532
13	666,164	659,548
14	655,366	649,940
15	642,398	638,050
16	626,094	622,956
17	606,562	604,683
18	587,381	586,834
19	569,206	569,945
20	550,772	552,643
21	533,693	536,600
22	517,476	521,256
23	502,529	506,830
24	489,236	493,826
25	476,038	480,814
26	462,664	467,704
27	447,732	453,192
28	433,650	439,432
29	418,805	424,909
30	405,058	411,553
31	391,377	398,204
32	372,692	379,845
33	353,662	361,114
34	334,981	342,698
35	317,711	325,758
36	300,928	309,237
37	284,034	292,480
38	267,948	276,366
39	251,058	259,210
40	233,878	241,800
41	217,476	225,268
42	203,196	210,978
43	191,254	199,158
44	180,284	188,246
45	170,143	178,022
46	161,712	169,570
47	154,116	162,073
48	146,714	154,779
49	140,187	148,425
50	134,108	142,614
51	127,917	136,711
52	122,102	131,192
53	117,118	126,574
54	111,962	121,823
55	106,182	116,406
56	100,006	110,569
57	94,009	104,981
58	87,930	99,349
59	81,484	93,319
60	75,234	87,506
61	69,372	82,064
62	63,884	76,903
63	58,771	72,020
64	54,004	67,370
65	49,646	63,008
66	45,696	58,974
67	41,994	55,089
68	38,484	51,307
69	35,241	47,754
70	32,274	44,444
71	29,518	41,329
72	26,894	38,323
73	24,403	35,428
74	22,061	32,681
75	19,922	30,166
76	18,472	27,741
77	16,428	24,480
78	13,655	20,871
79	11,354	17,913
80	9,573	15,679
81	8,149	13,883
82	6,898	12,247
83	5,875	10,968
84	5,066	10,026
85	4,342	9,125
86	3,697	8,262
87	3,118	7,428
88	2,594	6,595
89	2,118	5,761
90	1,697	4,943
91	1,337	4,174
92	1,039	3,476
93	794	2,844
94	593	2,283
95	433	1,792
96	306	1,374
97	212	1,029
98	141	754
99	91	539
100+	136	1,074

UGA · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Uganda, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

UGA · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Uganda

On the UN's projection, Uganda will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2089: 76,245,500 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 26,231,400.

100 aged 15–64

82 children

4 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: one orange square for each of 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023. Beneath them, teal for the children living alongside those 100 and violet for the people aged 65 or older.

At no point between 1950 and 2100 do fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 here.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: 1950 on the left, 2100 on the right; coloured in the years with fewer than 50 dependants per 100 working-age people, grey in the rest, hatched where that is a projection.

How every country compares

UGA · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Uganda, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Uganda loses 71,457 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 24,226 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 5,000 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: each column is one age, youngest on the left. Above the line, in blue, are the ages gaining people; below it, in orange, the ages losing them. This is the UN's projection for 2020–2025 — the record of migration by age does not go back beyond 2020.

In the years that were counted, 1950–2023, the most it gained in one year was 123,379 (2016) and the most it lost was 242,378 (1995).

In 2024, 2,057,759 people living in Uganda had been born in another country, 4 of every 100 people there, against 3 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

UGA · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Uganda

Of every 100 babies born in Uganda in 2023, 18 had a mother under 20, 71 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 11 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 21 under 20 and 15 aged 35 or older.

1950
21 · 64 · 15

2023
18 · 71 · 11

2050 · projected
16 · 71 · 13

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: shrink a year's babies to 100 and colour each one by the age of its mother — that is a block. Under it, the same three groups as numbers, starting with the youngest mothers.

Babies born, 2023: 1,712,750
Average age when women have a baby: 28.3 years; 28.8 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 107; 180 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Uganda by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	6,939	14,413	20,880	5,227	1,209	217
15–19	54,607	123,195	218,467	305,449	284,419	94,810
20–24	78,697	158,449	317,260	512,210	495,062	256,370
25–29	66,889	114,193	255,051	424,099	479,235	392,877
30–34	48,076	71,434	183,158	272,730	343,835	371,575
35–39	30,368	52,937	107,910	140,415	182,110	197,919
40–44	13,061	28,774	44,726	46,663	59,292	54,238
45–49	2,591	7,489	10,034	5,811	4,407	3,093
50–54	118	376	455	146	51	24
All babies	301,346	571,260	1,157,941	1,712,750	1,849,620	1,371,123

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

UGA · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Uganda

In Uganda, WHO puts the healthy years a newborn could expect in 2021 at 57.2 (95% range 56.5–58.1), out of 66.0 in all. The years in less than full health come to 8.8, below the world's 9.5: shorter lives leave fewer years in which to be ill.

Women

58.9 in full health, 10.1 not: 69.0 years

Men

55.5 in full health, 7.4 not: 62.9 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 58.9 healthy years of 69.0. Men: 55.5 of 62.9.

UGA · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Uganda

At the end of 2025, Uganda was hosting 1,971,968 people who had crossed a border into it, about 38 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad1,971,968
Uganda nationals abroad24,193

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: each square is 50,000 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Uganda living in another country, wherever they are. An outlined square means fewer people than one square stands for.

In 2025, 17,749 people asked for asylum in Uganda for the first time; 3,119 people from Uganda asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Uganda whose claims were decided that year, 68 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

UGA · of every 100 people

How people live in Uganda

Of every 100 people in Uganda in 2025, 16 lived in a city, 61 in a town or suburb and 23 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

44.7 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 91.1 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: one square for every hundredth person, coloured as the key shows. Because the rule behind the colours is the same everywhere, two countries' squares can be compared directly.

How the world's people live

UGA · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Uganda went in school

Of every 100 adults in Uganda in 2020, 16 never went to school and 15 finished upper secondary or went further.

16 never went to school 35 some primary 25 finished primary 9 finished lower secondary 5 finished upper secondary 10 studied after school

Among women, 7.6 of every 100 aged 25–29 never went to school, against 44.2 of every 100 aged 60–64; among men, 6.1 against 18.2.

Its people aged 15 to 64 are still growing in 2100 in the middle projection.

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every hundredth adult aged 25 or over, from least schooling on the left to most on the right. Counted by the Wittgenstein Centre for 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

UGA · cities · 2025

Cities in Uganda

Uganda had 27 cities in 2025, home to 8.3 million people. The largest, Kampala, holds 9 of every 100 people in Uganda.

Kampala4,880,943
Mbale City380,565
Bukalasi345,288
Jinja261,604
Mbarara231,926
Arua226,390
Gulu197,090
Masaka159,564
Iganga154,677
Buligenyi144,692

All 10 cities in Uganda that reach 300,000 people

Kampala 4,880,943
Mbale City 380,565
Bukalasi 345,288
Jinja 261,604
Mbarara 231,926
Arua 226,390
Gulu 197,090
Masaka 159,564
Buligenyi 144,692
Bumbo 73,224 (2030)

How to read this: the 10 largest cities in 2025, bars on one scale. A city is the whole built-up area on the UN's rule, not the city's own boundary.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Uganda are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.