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Uganda — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Uganda, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.70%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -5.3% since 1961
Population growth for Uganda was 2.70% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.49% in 2017. The lowest was 2.08% in 1980 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.09% per year.
Uganda ranks 21 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 10%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 2.30%, so Uganda sits above it. It peaked in 2017 and has fallen 23% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 12%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.70%
First (1961)
2.85%
Change
-5.3%
Highest
3.49%
in 2017
Lowest
2.08%
in 1980
Average
2.93%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.09%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.7% |
| 2024 | 2.75% |
| 2023 | 2.8% |
| 2022 | 3.01% |
| 2021 | 3.22% |
| 2020 | 3.33% |
| 2019 | 3.39% |
| 2018 | 3.4% |
| 2017 | 3.49% |
| 2016 | 3.32% |
| 2015 | 3.07% |
| 2014 | 2.95% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.