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Population state · Growing

Uganda

Africa · Eastern Africa · UGA · UG
Population state
Growing
current run since 1950 · projected 2024
Fertility
4.17
218 of 237 with a TFR, lowest first
World population rank
31
of 237
Regional population rank
9
of 58 in Africa
Population
50.02m
Annual change
+1,365,999
Natural change
+1,483,922
Migrant share
4.1%
Peak population · projected 2100 Deaths exceed births · not in this year Working-age peak · not reached Support ratio · 24.80 people 15–64 per person 65+
ANNUAL COMPONENTS · 2024 PROJECTED

What drives population change?

Births and deaths set natural change. Net migration can reinforce, reduce, or reverse that direction.

Migration contribution Reduces growth

Negative net migration slows natural growth without reversing it.

Uganda, 2024 projected: natural change +1,483,922 people, net migration −117,924, WPP adjustment +1, total population change +1,365,999. Negative net migration slows natural growth without reversing it.

Exact reconciliation: WPP includes a +1-person statistical adjustment. Figures are rounded to whole people.

SOURCE · UN WPP 2024 CHECKS PASSED · DETAILS⌄
Releasewpp2024
RevisionPOP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1
Vintage2024 Revision, Online Edition
Retrieved2026-06-25T11:25:03+00:00
LicenceCC BY 3.0 IGO
Formulathousands-to-people-v1 · migration-contribution-v1
Transformsite/src/lib/migration-contribution.ts
Raw file SHA-25698e34d9b65b53858cd08a57a566e45050b08093ad85ba5714fe6fbd78055ae6d
Measurement universeOne canonical country or area; annual natural change, net migration, WPP adjustment, and total population change use the same source row.
Reference time2024 projected annual components; estimates run through 2023.
UnitPeople per year.
Evidence status2024 WPP medium-variant projection.
GROWING · STATE-SPECIFIC EVIDENCE

Growth in this series

75 source years · since 1950 Growing cohort
Current run
Since 1950
75 consecutive years · projected 2024
Latest annual gain
+1.37m
2.73% of 2024 population
Series maximum
not established in this series
Still rising at the 2100 horizon of this release.
AGE STRUCTURE · 2023
PROJECTED PATH · WPP 2024 MEDIUM VARIANT
YearPopulationAnnual changeFertility
202450.02m+1,365,9994.17
205085.43m+1,295,2942.61
2080114.81m+602,9512.04
2100120.84m+20,9471.90

Values after 2023 are medium-variant projections, not forecasts.

AGE BALANCE · 1950–2100

Youth and older population

Annual share of the population aged under 18 and aged 65+. The crossing shows when the older group first becomes larger in the annual source series.

First annual crossover
Not reached by 2100
Rule
65+ strictly exceeds under 18

Uganda annual age balance from 1950 to 2100. Under-18 population moves from 47.6% in 1950 to 51.1% in 2023 and 21.5% in the 2100 projection. Population aged 65 and older moves from 2.9% to 2.2% and 20.2%. First annual crossover: Not reached by 2100. Estimates run through 2023 and WPP Medium projections begin in 2024.

Youth and older population in Uganda, 1950 to 2100 Uganda annual age balance from 1950 to 2100. Under-18 population moves from 47.6% in 1950 to 51.1% in 2023 and 21.5% in the 2100 projection. Population aged 65 and older moves from 2.9% to 2.2% and 20.2%. First annual crossover: Not reached by 2100. Estimates run through 2023 and WPP Medium projections begin in 2024. 0% 20% 40% 60% 1950 1975 2000 2023 2050 2075 2100 ESTIMATES · THROUGH 2023 WPP MEDIUM PROJECTION UNDER 18 · 21.5% 65+ · 20.2%
1950
Under 18 · 47.6%65+ · 2.9%
2023 observed
Under 18 · 51.1%65+ · 2.2%
2100 projected
Under 18 · 21.5%65+ · 20.2%
Annual evidence · 151 source rows
Uganda under-18 and 65+ population history
YearEvidenceUnder 18Share65+Share
1950 observed 2,738,874 47.6% 164,087 2.9%
1951 observed 2,833,722 47.9% 160,738 2.7%
1952 observed 2,933,932 48.3% 157,733 2.6%
1953 observed 3,040,465 48.7% 155,033 2.5%
1954 observed 3,153,301 49.1% 152,566 2.4%
1955 observed 3,272,099 49.5% 150,318 2.3%
1956 observed 3,396,435 49.9% 148,670 2.2%
1957 observed 3,526,440 50.3% 148,150 2.1%
1958 observed 3,662,375 50.8% 149,107 2.1%
1959 observed 3,804,031 51.2% 152,577 2.1%
1960 observed 3,948,722 51.7% 158,382 2.1%
1961 observed 4,095,799 52.1% 165,332 2.1%
1962 observed 4,245,781 52.5% 173,157 2.1%
1963 observed 4,398,869 52.8% 181,818 2.2%
1964 observed 4,554,783 53.0% 191,229 2.2%
1965 observed 4,710,869 53.2% 201,331 2.3%
1966 observed 4,864,681 53.3% 212,089 2.3%
1967 observed 5,015,157 53.3% 223,536 2.4%
1968 observed 5,168,968 53.2% 235,684 2.4%
1969 observed 5,329,834 53.2% 248,377 2.5%
1970 observed 5,495,987 53.2% 261,446 2.5%
1971 observed 5,663,769 53.3% 274,141 2.6%
1972 observed 5,828,388 53.5% 286,081 2.6%
1973 observed 5,993,092 53.8% 298,703 2.7%
1974 observed 6,162,475 53.9% 312,280 2.7%
1975 observed 6,337,302 54.0% 326,656 2.8%
1976 observed 6,515,878 54.1% 341,909 2.8%
1977 observed 6,696,861 54.2% 357,493 2.9%
1978 observed 6,881,478 54.2% 372,934 2.9%
1979 observed 7,066,165 54.3% 387,331 3.0%
1980 observed 7,244,905 54.6% 400,616 3.0%
1981 observed 7,424,448 54.8% 413,736 3.1%
1982 observed 7,616,228 54.9% 427,020 3.1%
1983 observed 7,819,948 55.0% 440,187 3.1%
1984 observed 8,035,130 55.0% 453,502 3.1%
1985 observed 8,266,105 55.0% 467,322 3.1%
1986 observed 8,515,852 55.1% 481,483 3.1%
1987 observed 8,785,785 55.1% 495,885 3.1%
1988 observed 9,071,864 55.1% 510,250 3.1%
1989 observed 9,370,270 55.1% 524,227 3.1%
1990 observed 9,682,420 55.1% 537,624 3.1%
1991 observed 10,011,147 55.1% 550,626 3.0%
1992 observed 10,360,672 55.2% 563,552 3.0%
1993 observed 10,729,870 55.2% 575,944 3.0%
1994 observed 11,114,812 55.3% 587,004 2.9%
1995 observed 11,498,368 55.6% 594,064 2.9%
1996 observed 11,890,253 56.0% 600,144 2.8%
1997 observed 12,297,650 56.3% 606,343 2.8%
1998 observed 12,719,913 56.5% 611,883 2.7%
1999 observed 13,163,724 56.6% 617,795 2.7%
2000 observed 13,616,518 56.7% 622,113 2.6%
2001 observed 14,077,104 56.9% 625,039 2.5%
2002 observed 14,552,099 57.0% 627,543 2.5%
2003 observed 15,034,830 57.1% 629,421 2.4%
2004 observed 15,513,839 57.1% 629,732 2.3%
2005 observed 15,990,915 57.2% 629,351 2.3%
2006 observed 16,467,902 57.2% 628,945 2.2%
2007 observed 16,948,583 57.2% 628,847 2.1%
2008 observed 17,430,145 57.1% 629,301 2.1%
2009 observed 17,915,839 57.0% 631,404 2.0%
2010 observed 18,407,941 56.8% 636,121 2.0%
2011 observed 18,899,088 56.7% 643,716 1.9%
2012 observed 19,382,758 56.4% 655,187 1.9%
2013 observed 19,854,691 56.2% 671,990 1.9%
2014 observed 20,329,837 55.9% 696,403 1.9%
2015 observed 20,811,378 55.5% 726,270 1.9%
2016 observed 21,306,033 54.9% 759,918 2.0%
2017 observed 21,815,967 54.3% 796,965 2.0%
2018 observed 22,327,833 53.7% 835,154 2.0%
2019 observed 22,847,427 53.1% 875,648 2.0%
2020 observed 23,368,724 52.6% 916,647 2.1%
2021 observed 23,887,925 52.0% 957,597 2.1%
2022 observed 24,391,761 51.6% 1,000,760 2.1%
2023 observed 24,878,280 51.1% 1,046,395 2.2%
2024 projected 25,351,178 50.7% 1,094,617 2.2%
2025 projected 25,806,806 50.2% 1,145,115 2.2%
2026 projected 26,253,608 49.8% 1,198,017 2.3%
2027 projected 26,685,011 49.3% 1,253,825 2.3%
2028 projected 27,095,255 48.8% 1,313,076 2.4%
2029 projected 27,485,637 48.3% 1,376,025 2.4%
2030 projected 27,860,134 47.8% 1,443,033 2.5%
2031 projected 28,222,489 47.3% 1,514,452 2.5%
2032 projected 28,569,160 46.8% 1,590,626 2.6%
2033 projected 28,895,875 46.3% 1,671,476 2.7%
2034 projected 29,203,253 45.7% 1,756,165 2.8%
2035 projected 29,485,849 45.2% 1,844,662 2.8%
2036 projected 29,734,970 44.7% 1,936,942 2.9%
2037 projected 29,956,127 44.1% 2,032,205 3.0%
2038 projected 30,153,742 43.5% 2,129,214 3.1%
2039 projected 30,325,034 42.9% 2,227,315 3.2%
2040 projected 30,475,064 42.3% 2,328,076 3.2%
2041 projected 30,611,164 41.7% 2,432,306 3.3%
2042 projected 30,741,587 41.1% 2,539,992 3.4%
2043 projected 30,869,126 40.6% 2,651,981 3.5%
2044 projected 30,989,467 40.0% 2,769,477 3.6%
2045 projected 31,102,183 39.5% 2,892,415 3.7%
2046 projected 31,209,603 38.9% 3,022,207 3.8%
2047 projected 31,313,857 38.4% 3,161,679 3.9%
2048 projected 31,414,365 37.9% 3,311,693 4.0%
2049 projected 31,509,770 37.5% 3,473,247 4.1%
2050 projected 31,602,136 37.0% 3,649,917 4.3%
2051 projected 31,691,099 36.5% 3,844,919 4.4%
2052 projected 31,774,710 36.1% 4,059,245 4.6%
2053 projected 31,853,251 35.7% 4,292,048 4.8%
2054 projected 31,924,137 35.3% 4,541,386 5.0%
2055 projected 31,982,570 34.9% 4,808,014 5.2%
2056 projected 32,026,129 34.5% 5,091,438 5.5%
2057 projected 32,056,141 34.1% 5,392,334 5.7%
2058 projected 32,074,953 33.7% 5,712,673 6.0%
2059 projected 32,080,844 33.3% 6,052,607 6.3%
2060 projected 32,069,365 32.9% 6,411,054 6.6%
2061 projected 32,043,803 32.5% 6,780,385 6.9%
2062 projected 32,006,908 32.1% 7,160,449 7.2%
2063 projected 31,955,432 31.7% 7,552,106 7.5%
2064 projected 31,890,595 31.3% 7,953,668 7.8%
2065 projected 31,813,690 30.9% 8,365,258 8.1%
2066 projected 31,725,658 30.6% 8,783,165 8.5%
2067 projected 31,626,484 30.2% 9,205,216 8.8%
2068 projected 31,517,841 29.8% 9,628,913 9.1%
2069 projected 31,402,225 29.5% 10,053,836 9.4%
2070 projected 31,281,499 29.1% 10,479,316 9.8%
2071 projected 31,154,588 28.8% 10,904,812 10.1%
2072 projected 31,021,441 28.4% 11,332,255 10.4%
2073 projected 30,884,063 28.1% 11,762,445 10.7%
2074 projected 30,742,749 27.8% 12,199,254 11.0%
2075 projected 30,599,590 27.5% 12,646,150 11.3%
2076 projected 30,453,743 27.1% 13,099,635 11.7%
2077 projected 30,302,942 26.8% 13,554,759 12.0%
2078 projected 30,149,028 26.5% 14,008,396 12.3%
2079 projected 29,990,872 26.3% 14,459,954 12.7%
2080 projected 29,829,399 26.0% 14,911,830 13.0%
2081 projected 29,666,167 25.7% 15,366,299 13.3%
2082 projected 29,500,119 25.4% 15,829,133 13.7%
2083 projected 29,331,902 25.2% 16,306,455 14.0%
2084 projected 29,159,257 24.9% 16,795,571 14.4%
2085 projected 28,983,243 24.7% 17,293,635 14.7%
2086 projected 28,805,226 24.4% 17,799,825 15.1%
2087 projected 28,625,615 24.2% 18,310,552 15.5%
2088 projected 28,442,200 24.0% 18,822,084 15.9%
2089 projected 28,254,098 23.8% 19,329,551 16.3%
2090 projected 28,061,106 23.5% 19,830,276 16.6%
2091 projected 27,861,486 23.3% 20,325,286 17.0%
2092 projected 27,658,992 23.1% 20,813,877 17.4%
2093 projected 27,454,596 22.9% 21,295,142 17.7%
2094 projected 27,244,954 22.7% 21,766,859 18.1%
2095 projected 27,034,558 22.5% 22,228,677 18.5%
2096 projected 26,823,519 22.3% 22,680,186 18.8%
2097 projected 26,609,573 22.1% 23,118,063 19.2%
2098 projected 26,394,598 21.9% 23,542,671 19.5%
2099 projected 26,179,334 21.7% 23,956,738 19.8%
2100 projected 25,962,198 21.5% 24,360,659 20.2%
SOURCE · UN WPP 2024 · SINGLE-AGE POPULATION CHECKS PASSED · DETAILS⌄
Releasewpp2024
RevisionPOP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1
Vintage2024 Revision, Online Edition
Retrieved2026-06-25T11:25:03+00:00
LicenceCC BY 3.0 IGO
Formulaunder18-vs-65plus-annual-history-v1
Transformpipeline.derive.age_structure_history
Raw file SHA-2566de949eb0d6bf3277959da88c7591c608ad5fd995a17b4f120c11245a351dfb1 · d9c962d7e0beb731d3450cfabba8499a1449411e3c8aec3aeced06a7a2955b6e
Measurement universeall 237 WPP country and area records in the canonical Register
Reference time1950–2023 estimates; 2024–2100 WPP Medium projection
UnitPeople and percentage of same-year single-age population.
Evidence statusAnnual estimates through 2023; WPP Medium projection thereafter. No interpolation.
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SOURCE · UN WPP 2024 CHECKS PASSED · DETAILS⌄
Releasewpp2024
RevisionPOP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1
Vintage2024 Revision, Online Edition
Retrieved2026-06-25T11:25:03+00:00
LicenceCC BY 3.0 IGO
Formulathousands-to-people-v1
Transformreproducible canonical pipeline
Measurement universeDe facto population: all residents in the country or area, regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Reference timePopulation is measured at 1 July 2024; annual flows cover the source year.
UnitPeople; the source workbook's thousands are converted to whole people for display.
Evidence status2024 medium-variant projection; estimates run through 2023.