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Uganda

Uganda's best placing is 31st of 195 for population.

Best placing: #31Population
Top 10 placings: 0 / 16
Population: 51.4 million
Land area: 200,520 km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Uganda is.

Population

#31 of 195

51,384,894 people

9th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Population by area

#41 of 194

256.26 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Rainfall

#77 of 179

1,180 mm of precipitation per year

20th in Africa · World Bank · 2022

Land area

#84 of 194

200,520 km² of land

33rd in Africa · World Bank · 2023

GDP

#86 of 182

61,985,829,288 US$ (current prices)

13th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Forest

#101 of 194

22,141 km² of forest

33rd in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Airports

#104 of 193

39 airports

26th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways by area

#77 of 133

6.20 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Railways

#85 of 135

1,244 km of railway

16th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Airports by area

#130 of 191

1.94 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest by area

#149 of 194

11.0 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#154 of 194

0.004 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Forest per person

#157 of 194

0.0004 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

GDP per person

#163 of 182

1,206 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Railways per person

#122 of 134

24.21 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Airports per person

#177 of 192

0.76 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

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