Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Uganda
Uganda: Population — Total Population - Both sexes was 48,657 1000 No in 2023. ▲ Rising
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Uganda, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
In 2023, population — total population - both sexes in Uganda stood at 48,657 1000 No. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 37.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population — total population - both sexes in Uganda peaked at 48,657 1000 No in 2023 and was at its lowest, 32,391 1000 No, in 2010.
That places Uganda 34th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Uganda, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 32,391 1000 No | — |
| 2011 | 33,354 1000 No | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 34,337 1000 No | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 35,337 1000 No | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 36,396 1000 No | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 37,531 1000 No | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 38,799 1000 No | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 40,177 1000 No | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 41,566 1000 No | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 43,000 1000 No | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 44,457 1000 No | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 45,911 1000 No | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 47,313 1000 No | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 48,657 1000 No | +2.8% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 48,657 1000 No is above the median for low income countries, which is 23,595 1000 No, 2.1× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 48,657 1000 No is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15,373 1000 No, 3.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 37,289 1000 No | 32,391 1000 No | 43,000 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 46,584 1000 No | 44,457 1000 No | 48,657 1000 No | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population — total population - both sexes in Uganda?
- Population — total population - both sexes in Uganda was 48,657 1000 No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 48,657 1000 No in 2023.
- What is the lowest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 32,391 1000 No in 2010.
- How does Uganda rank for population — total population - both sexes?
- Uganda ranks 34th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is population — total population - both sexes rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Population — Total Population - Both sexes. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.