Population growth in Uganda

The population of Uganda changed by 2.70% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 1996.

Measure: Population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Uganda, 2025 2.70% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.05percentage points 2024: 2.75%
World, 2025 0.91% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 21st of 217 See the full ranking

Population growth in Uganda over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period UgandaWorld
2025 2.70% 0.91%
2024 2.75% 0.96%
2023 2.80% 0.93%
2022 3.01% 0.87%
2021 3.22% 0.83%
2020 3.33% 0.98%
2019 3.39% 1.05%
2018 3.40% 1.08%
2017 3.49% 1.13%
2016 3.32% 1.16%
2015 3.07% 1.18%
2014 2.95% 1.21%
2013 2.87% 1.23%
2012 2.90% 1.26%
2011 2.93% 1.22%
2010 2.94% 1.22%
2009 2.94% 1.25%
2008 2.94% 1.27%
2007 2.94% 1.26%
2006 2.93% 1.27%
2005 2.93% 1.27%
2004 3.00% 1.29%
2003 3.16% 1.29%
2002 3.13% 1.31%
2001 3.06% 1.34%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.05 percentage points from 2.75% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 3.07%, the figure has changed by −0.37 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Uganda has the 21st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.91%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Uganda
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects