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{{Infobox place demographics|place=[[Uganda]]|image=File:Uganda single age population pyramid 2020.png|image_size=350|caption=Population pyramid of Uganda in 2020|size_of_population=45,935,046 (2024 census)|nation=Ugandan|official=English|age_0–14_years=48.21%|age_65_years=2.38%|growth=2.9% (2024 census)|birth=40.94 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)|death=5.02 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)|net_migration=-3.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)|sr_at_birth=1.03 male(s)/female|sr_under_15=1.03 male(s)/female|sr_65_years_over=0.71 male(s)/female|total_mf_ratio=0.96 male(s)/female (2024 census)|infant_mortality=30.45 deaths/1,000 live births|life=68.96 years|life_male=66.71 years|life_female=71.27 years|fertility=5.36 children born/woman (2022 est.)}}

[[demographics|Demographic]] features of the population of [[Uganda]] include [[population density]], [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and others.

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|type =
|title=Census population
|percentages=pagr
|footnote = Source:
|1948 | 4958520
|1959 | 6536616
|1969 | 9548847
|1980 | 12636179
|1991 | 16671705
|2002 | 24442084
|2014 | 34856813
|2024 | 45900000
}}
[[File:Uganda Population 1950-2021 Forecast 2022-2032 UN World Population Prospects 2022.svg|thumb|Demographics development according to the United Nations]]
According to {{UN_Population|source}} the total population was {{UN_Population|Uganda}} in {{UN_Population|Year}}, compared to only 5,158,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2015 was 48.1 percent, 49.4 percent was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 2.5 percent was 65 years or older.<ref name="WPP 2015">[http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506065230/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm |date=May 6, 2011 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan=2|
! rowspan=2|Total population<br>({{times}}1000)
! colspan=3|Population percentage
|-
! aged 0–14
! aged 15–64
! aged 65+
|-
| 1950
|align=right|5,158
|{{percentage bar|43.1}}
|{{percentage bar|54.0}}
|{{percentage bar|3.0}}
|-
| 1955
|align=right|5,899
|{{percentage bar|45.1}}
|{{percentage bar|52.1}}
|{{percentage bar|2.8}}
|-
| 1960
|align=right|6,788
|{{percentage bar|45.9}}
|{{percentage bar|51.5}}
|{{percentage bar|2.6}}
|-
| 1965
|align=right|8,014
|{{percentage bar|46.6}}
|{{percentage bar|50.9}}
|{{percentage bar|2.6}}
|-
| 1970
|align=right|9,446
|{{percentage bar|46.9}}
|{{percentage bar|50.5}}
|{{percentage bar|2.6}}
|-
| 1975
|align=right|10,827
|{{percentage bar|47.3}}
|{{percentage bar|50.0}}
|{{percentage bar|2.6}}
|-
| 1980
|align=right|12,548
|{{percentage bar|47.6}}
|{{percentage bar|49.7}}
|{{percentage bar|2.6}}
|-
| 1985
|align=right|14,631
|{{percentage bar|47.8}}
|{{percentage bar|49.6}}
|{{percentage bar|2.7}}
|-
| 1990
|align=right|17,384
|{{percentage bar|48.0}}
|{{percentage bar|49.3}}
|{{percentage bar|2.7}}
|-
| 1995
|align=right|20,413
|{{percentage bar|48.5}}
|{{percentage bar|48.8}}
|{{percentage bar|2.7}}
|-
| 2000
|align=right|23,758
|{{percentage bar|48.7}}
|{{percentage bar|48.6}}
|{{percentage bar|2.7}}
|-
| 2005
|align=right|28,042
|{{percentage bar|48.8}}
|{{percentage bar|48.7}}
|{{percentage bar|2.5}}
|-
| 2010
|align=right|33,149
|{{percentage bar|49.1}}
|{{percentage bar|48.5}}
|{{percentage bar|2.5}}
|-
| 2014 Census Results
|align=right|34,856
|{{percentage bar|47.9}}
|{{percentage bar|49.2}}
|{{percentage bar|2.7}}
|}

Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 27.VIII.2014):<ref name="unstats.un.org">{{Cite web|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/|title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 16 897 849
| align="right" | 17 736 801
| align="right" | 34 634 650
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 3 173 950
| align="right" | 2 957 078
| align="right" | 6 131 028
| align="right" | 17.70
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 2 834 456
| align="right" | 2 717 222
| align="right" | 5 551 678
| align="right" | 16.03
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 2 462 789
| align="right" | 2 457 654
| align="right" | 4 920 443
| align="right" | 14.21
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 1 917 797
| align="right" | 2 038 836
| align="right" | 3 956 633
| align="right" | 11.42
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 1 444 438
| align="right" | 1 744 173
| align="right" | 3 188 611
| align="right" | 9.21
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 1 143 467
| align="right" | 1 342 709
| align="right" | 2 486 176
| align="right" | 7.18
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 908 447
| align="right" | 1 043 292
| align="right" | 1 951 739
| align="right" | 5.64
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 726 355
| align="right" | 809 482
| align="right" | 1 535 837
| align="right" | 4.43
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 617 034
| align="right" | 655 383
| align="right" | 1 272 417
| align="right" | 3.67
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 452 081
| align="right" | 469 043
| align="right" | 921 124
| align="right" | 2.66
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 371 126
| align="right" | 436 977
| align="right" | 808 103
| align="right" | 2.33
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 224 765
| align="right" | 255 519
| align="right" | 480 284
| align="right" | 1.39
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 195 283
| align="right" | 244 770
| align="right" | 440 053
| align="right" | 1.27
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 136 107
| align="right" | 165 043
| align="right" | 301 150
| align="right" | 0.87
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 115 862
| align="right" | 161 374
| align="right" | 277 236
| align="right" | 0.80
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 69 095
| align="right" | 81 378
| align="right" | 150 473
| align="right" | 0.43
|-
| align="right" | 80–84
| align="right" | 51 871
| align="right" | 79 398
| align="right" | 131 269
| align="right" | 0.38
|-
| align="right" | 85–89
| align="right" | 21 572
| align="right" | 30 204
| align="right" | 51 776
| align="right" | 0.15
|-
| align="right" | 90–94
| align="right" | 15 125
| align="right" | 22 046
| align="right" | 37 171
| align="right" | 0.11
|-
| align="right" | 95+
| align="right" | 16 229
| align="right" | 25 220
| align="right" | 41 449
| align="right" | 0.12
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 8 471 195
| align="right" | 8 131 954
| align="right" | 16 603 149
| align="right" | 47.94
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 8 000 793
| align="right" | 9 040 184
| align="right" | 17 040 977
| align="right" | 49.20
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 425 861
| align="right" | 564 663
| align="right" | 990 524
| align="right" | 2.86
|-
|}

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2020) (Based on the results of the 2014 Population Census.):<ref name="unstats.un.org"/>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 20 428 000
| align="right" | 21 156 000
| align="right" | 41 584 000
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 3 610 000
| align="right" | 3 519 000
| align="right" | 7 129 000
| align="right" | 17.14
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 3 150 000
| align="right" | 2 964 000
| align="right" | 6 114 000
| align="right" | 14.70
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 2 842 000
| align="right" | 2 705 000
| align="right" | 5 547 000
| align="right" | 13.34
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 2 503 000
| align="right" | 2 478 000
| align="right" | 4 981 000
| align="right" | 11.98
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 1 978 000
| align="right" | 2 074 000
| align="right" | 4 052 000
| align="right" | 9.74
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 1 480 000
| align="right" | 1 764 000
| align="right" | 3 244 000
| align="right" | 7.80
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 1 155 000
| align="right" | 1 378 000
| align="right" | 2 533 000
| align="right" | 6.09
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 913 000
| align="right" | 1 059 000
| align="right" | 1 972 000
| align="right" | 4.74
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 718 000
| align="right" | 814 000
| align="right" | 1 533 000
| align="right" | 3.69
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 605 000
| align="right" | 656 000
| align="right" | 1 261 000
| align="right" | 3.03
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 446 000
| align="right" | 468 000
| align="right" | 914 000
| align="right" | 2.20
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 357 000
| align="right" | 421 000
| align="right" | 778 000
| align="right" | 1.87
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 221 000
| align="right" | 259 000
| align="right" | 480 000
| align="right" | 1.15
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 170 000
| align="right" | 217 000
| align="right" | 387 000
| align="right" | 0.93
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 115 000
| align="right" | 144 000
| align="right" | 259 000
| align="right" | 0.62
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 83 000
| align="right" | 119 000
| align="right" | 202 000
| align="right" | 0.49
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 81 000
| align="right" | 116 000
| align="right" | 197 000
| align="right" | 0.47
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 9 602 000
| align="right" | 9 188 000
| align="right" | 18 790 000
| align="right" | 45.19
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 10 377 000
| align="right" | 11 372 000
| align="right" | 21 749 000
| align="right" | 52.30
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 449 000
| align="right" | 596 000
| align="right" | 1 045 000
| align="right" | 2.51
|-
|}

===United Nations population projections===
Numbers are in thousands.
{|
|UN medium var
| 2050 || 101,873
|}

===Refugee population===

According to the [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees|UNHCR]], Uganda hosts [[Refugees of Uganda|over 1.1 million refugees]] on its soil as of November 2018.<ref name = "UNHCR_stats">{{cite web | url=https://ugandarefugees.org/en/country/uga | title=Uganda Comprehensive Refugee Response Portal | author=<!--Not stated--> | website=Operational Data Portal | publisher=UNHCR | access-date=22 November 2018 | archive-date=27 August 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827220904/http://ugandarefugees.org/en/country/uga/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> Most come from neighbouring countries in the [[African Great Lakes]] region, particularly [[South Sudan]] (68.0%) and [[the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Democratic Republic of the Congo]] (24.6%).<ref name= "UNHCR_stats"/>

==Vital statistics==
Registration of births and deaths in Uganda is not yet complete. The Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs prepared the following estimates.
<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Population Prospects 2022 - Population Division - United Nations |url=https://population.un.org/wpp/ |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=population.un.org}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right"
|-
! width="20pt"|Year
! width="80pt"|Live births per year
! width="80pt"|Deaths per year
! width="80pt"|Natural change per year
! width="80pt"|CBR*
! width="80pt"|CDR*
! width="80pt"|NC*
! width="80pt"|TFR*
! width="80pt"|IMR*
|-
|1950
|style="color:red"|302,000
|   144,000
|style="color:red"|157,000
|52.4
|25.1
|27.4
|6.65
|148.5
|-
|1951
|  308,000
|  147,000
|  161,000
|52.1
|24.9
|27.2
|6.66
|147.2
|-
|1952
|  315,000
|  148,000
|  167,000
|51.9
|24.4
|27.5
|6.68
|144.5
|-
|1953
|  322,000
|  149,000
|  173,000
|51.6
|23.8
|27.7
|6.71
|141.9
|-
|1954
|  329,000
|  150,000
|  179,000
|51.2
|23.3
|27.9
|6.73
|139.7
|-
|1955
|  335,000
|  150,000
|  185,000
|50.7
|22.7
|28.0
|6.76
|137.4
|-
|1956
|  342,000
|  150,000
|  192,000
|50.3
|22.1
|28.2
|6.79
|135.2
|-
|1957
|  349,000
|  149,000
|  199,000
|49.9
|21.4
|28.5
|6.83
|132.9
|-
|1958
|  356,000
|  148,000
|  207,000
|49.5
|20.6
|28.9
|6.87
|130.7
|-
|1959
|  364,000
|  148,000
|  217,000
|49.2
|20.0
|29.2
|6.92
|128.7
|-
|1960
|  371,000
|  147,000
|  224,000
|48.7
|19.3
|29.4
|6.94
|127.0
|-
|1961
|  379,000
|  147,000
|  233,000
|48.4
|18.7
|29.7
|6.97
|125.3
|-
|1962
|  389,000
|  147,000
|  242,000
|48.2
|18.1
|30.0
|7.00
|123.7
|-
|1963
|  399,000
|  148,000
|  252,000
|48.0
|17.8
|30.3
|7.02
|121.9
|-
|1964
|  411,000
|  149,000
|  262,000
|48.0
|17.4
|30.6
|7.05
|120.3
|-
|1965
|  425,000
|  152,000
|  273,000
|48.1
|17.2
|31.0
|7.09
|118.7
|-
|1966
|  440,000
|  156,000
|  285,000
|48.4
|17.1
|31.3
|7.12
|117.4
|-
|1967
|  457,000
|  157,000
|  299,000
|48.6
|16.7
|31.9
|7.15
|115.5
|-
|1968
|  474,000
|  161,000
|  313,000
|48.9
|16.6
|32.3
|7.19
|114.1
|-
|1969
|  489,000
|  164,000
|  325,000
|48.8
|16.4
|32.4
|7.16
|112.9
|-
|1970
|  506,000
|  169,000
|  337,000
|49.0
|16.4
|32.6
|7.19
|112.2
|-
|1971
|  522,000
|  192,000
|  330,000
|49.1
|18.1
|31.0
|7.20
|116.2
|-
|1972
|  535,000
|  198,000
|  338,000
|49.0
|18.1
|30.9
|7.22
|116.4
|-
|1973
|  546,000
|  202,000
|  343,000
|48.8
|18.1
|30.7
|7.22
|114.7
|-
|1974
|  558,000
|  211,000
|  347,000
|48.7
|18.4
|30.3
|7.22
|118.8
|-
|1975
|  575,000
|  218,000
|  356,000
|48.9
|18.6
|30.3
|style="color:blue" |7.23
|118.0
|-
|1976
|  590,000
|  228,000
|  362,000
|48.9
|18.9
|30.0
|7.23
|120.2
|-
|1977
|  604,000
|  238,000
|  366,000
|48.8
|19.2
|29.6
|7.21
|122.4
|-
|1978
|  620,000
|  248,000
|  372,000
|48.7
|19.5
|29.2
|7.18
|126.3
|-
|1979
|  638,000
|  257,000
|  381,000
|48.8
|19.7
|29.2
|7.16
|127.4
|-
|1980
|  651,000
|  282,000
|  369,000
|48.8
|21.1
|27.7
|7.13
|133.9
|-
|1981
|  665,000
|  286,000
|  379,000
|48.8
|21.0
|27.9
|7.12
|132.9
|-
|1982
|  678,000
|  287,000
|  390,000
|48.7
|20.6
|28.1
|7.09
|125.8
|-
|1983
|  696,000
|  290,000
|  407,000
|48.8
|20.3
|28.5
|7.04
|122.8
|-
|1984
|  720,000
|  294,000
|  426,000
|49.2
|20.1
|29.1
|7.00
|120.0
|-
|1985
|  752,000
|  284,000
|  468,000
|49.9
|18.9
|31.0
|7.04
|115.0
|-
|1986
|  784,000
|  293,000
|  490,000
|50.6
|18.9
|31.6
|7.08
|113.5
|-
|1987
|  817,000
|  291,000
|  526,000
|51.1
|18.2
|32.9
|7.12
|112.1
|-
|1988
|  845,000
|  299,000
|  546,000
|51.2
|18.1
|33.1
|7.11
|111.0
|-
|1989
|  874,000
|  310,000
|  565,000
|51.3
|18.2
|33.1
|7.07
|109.7
|-
|1990
|  904,000
|  319,000
|  586,000
|51.4
|18.1
|33.3
|7.04
|108.0
|-
|1991
|  930,000
|  327,000
|  603,000
|51.2
|18.0
|33.2
|6.98
|105.8
|-
|1992
|  964,000
|  335,000
|  629,000
|51.3
|17.8
|33.5
|6.96
|103.7
|-
|1993
|  995,000
|  345,000
|  650,000
|51.2
|17.7
|33.4
|6.93
|101.8
|-
|1994
|  1,025,000
|  353,000
|  672,000
|50.9
|17.5
|33.4
|6.93
|100.3
|-
|1995
|  1,058,000
|  360,000
|  698,000
|50.9
|17.3
|33.6
|6.92
|99.2
|-
|1996
|  1,068,000
|  363,000
|  704,000
|50.2
|17.1
|33.1
|6.89
|98.3
|-
|1997
|  1,096,000
|  367,000
|  729,000
|49.9
|16.7
|33.2
|6.91
|97.0
|-
|1998
|  1,112,000
|  370,000
|  742,000
|49.3
|16.4
|32.9
|6.89
|95.2
|-
|1999
|  1,144,000
|  369,000
|  775,000
|49.1
|15.8
|33.2
|6.88
|92.7
|-
|2000
|  1,169,000
|  368,000
|  801,000
|48.6
|15.3
|33.3
|6.83
|89.6
|-
|2001
|  1,197,000
|  364,000
|  833,000
|48.3
|14.7
|33.6
|6.81
|86.0
|-
|2002
|  1,221,000
|  360,000
|  861,000
|47.8
|14.1
|33.7
|6.78
|82.2
|-
|2003
|  1,244,000
|  355,000
|  889,000
|47.1
|13.4
|33.7
|6.70
|78.0
|-
|2004
|  1,271,000
|  342,000
|  928,000
|46.7
|12.6
|34.1
|6.65
|73.4
|-
|2005
|  1,289,000
|  326,000
|  963,000
|46.0
|11.6
|34.4
|6.57
|69.0
|-
|2006
|  1,309,000
|  311,000
|  998,000
|45.4
|10.8
|style="color:blue"|34.6
|6.48
|64.9
|-
|2007
|  1,328,000
|  302,000
|  1,026,000
|44.7
|10.2
|34.5
|6.38
|61.2
|-
|2008
|  1,344,000
|  296,000
|  1,048,000
|43.9
|9.7
|34.2
|6.25
|57.8
|-
|2009
|  1,372,000
|  291,000
|  1,081,000
|43.5
|9.2
|34.3
|6.17
|54.8
|-
|2010
|  1,397,000
|  286,000
|  1,110,000
|43.1
|8.8
|34.2
|6.07
|51.8
|-
|2011
|  1,417,000
|  278,000
|  1,139,000
|42.4
|8.3
|34.1
|5.94
|49.0
|-
|2012
|  1,435,000
|  270,000
|  1,165,000
|41.7
|7.8
|33.9
|5.78
|46.1
|-
|2013
|  1,448,000
|  260,000
|  1,188,000
|40.9
|7.4
|33.6
|5.62
|43.5
|-
|2014
|  1,461,000
|  254,000
|  1,207,000
|40.2
|7.0
|33.2
|5.46
|41.3
|-
|2015
|  1,479,000
|  249,000
|  1,230,000
|39.4
|6.6
|32.8
|5.31
|39.4
|-
|2016
|  1,498,000
|  246,000
|  1,251,000
|38.7
|6.4
|32.3
|5.17
|37.4
|-
|2017
|  1,537,000
|  247,000
|  1,290,000
|38.3
|6.2
|32.2
|5.05
|35.8
|-
|2018
|  1,580,000
|  246,000
|  1,333,000
|38.1
|5.9
|32.1
|4.93
|34.3
|-
|2019
|  1,600,000
|  233,000
|  1,367,000
|37.2
|5.4
|31.8
|4.74
|33.4
|-
|2020
|  1,636,000
|  239,000
|  1,397,000
|36.8
|5.5
|31.4
|4.62
|32.1
|-
|2021
|  1,668,000
|  245,000
|  1,423,000
|36.3
|5.3
|31.0
|4.51
|31.0
|-
|2022
|  1,694,000
|  238,000
|  1,456,000
|35.8
|5.0
|30.8
|4.39
|30.3
|-
|2023
|style="color:blue"|1,713,000
|  236,000
|style="color:blue"|1,477,000
|35.2
|4.8
|30.4
|style="color:red"|4.28
|28.8
|-
|align="left" colspan="9" | * <small> CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman)</small>
|}

===Demographic and Health Surveys===
Total Fertility Rate (TFR)(Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/dhs#_r=&collection=&country=&dtype=&from=1890&page=16&ps=&sk=&sort_by=nation&sort_order=&to=2014&topic=&view=s&vk=|title=MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys|website=microdata.worldbank.org|access-date=3 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhsprogram.com/what-we-do/survey/survey-display-399.cfm|title=The DHS Program - Uganda: Standard DHS, 2011|website=Dhsprogram.com|access-date=3 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhsprogram.com/what-we-do/survey/survey-display-504.cfm|title=The DHS Program - Uganda: Standard DHS, 2016|website=Dhsprogram.com|access-date=3 October 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan=2| Year
! colspan=2| Total
! colspan=2| Urban
! colspan=2| Rural
|-
! CBR !! TFR
! CBR !! TFR
! CBR !! TFR
|-
| 1982–1984
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.1
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.6
|-
| 1985–1988
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.6
|-
| 1995
| style="text-align:right;"| 47.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.86 (5.6)
| style="text-align:right;"| 47.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.97 (3.8)
| style="text-align:right;"| 47.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.17 (5.9)
|-
| 2000–2001
| style="text-align:right;"| 47.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.9 (5.3)
| style="text-align:right;"| 41.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.0 (3.2)
| style="text-align:right;"| 48.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.4 (5.7)
|-
| 2006
| style="text-align:right;"| 44.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 41.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 45.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.1
|-
| 2011
| style="text-align:right;"| 42.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.2 (5.1)
| style="text-align:right;"| 40.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.8 (3.6)
| style="text-align:right;"| 42.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.8 (5.5)
|-
| 2014 census<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/NPHC/2014%20National%20Census%20Main%20Report.pdf|title=National Population and Housing Census 2014 |website=Ubos.org|access-date=3 October 2017}}</ref>
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 2016
| style="text-align:right;"| 38.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.4 (4.3)
| style="text-align:right;"| 37.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.0 (3.4)
| style="text-align:right;"| 39.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.9 (4.6)
|-
| 2018–19
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
|}

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| yAxisTitle= ‰
| yAxisMin=
| yGrid= 0,1
| xGrid= 10
| hAnnotatonsLine=
| hAnnotatonsLabel=
| legend=
| type = line
| x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

| y1= 27.4,27.2,27.5,27.7,27.9,28.0,28.2,28.5,28.9,29.2,29.4,29.7,30.0,30.3,30.6,31.0,31.3,31.9,32.3,32.4,32.6,31.0,30.9,30.7,30.3,30.3,30.0,29.6,29.2,29.2,27.7,
27.9,28.1,28.5,29.1,31.0,31.6,32.9,33.1,33.1,33.3,33.2,33.5,33.4,33.4,33.6,33.1,33.2,32.9,33.2,33.3,33.6,33.7,33.7,34.1,34.4,34.6,34.5,34.2,34.3,34.2,34.1,33.9,
33.6,33.2,32.8,32.3,32.2,32.1,31.8,31.4,30.9

| y1Title=Natural change (per 1000)
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| x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

| y1= 148.5,147.2,144.5,141.9,139.7,137.4,135.2,132.9,130.7,128.7,127.0,125.3,123.7,121.9,120.3,118.7,117.4,115.5,114.1,112.9,112.2,116.2,116.4,114.7,118.8,118.0,
120.2,122.4,126.3,127.4,133.9,132.9,125.8,122.8,120.0,115.0,113.5,112.1,111.0,109.7,108.0,105.8,103.7,101.8,100.3,99.2,98.3,97.0,95.2,92.7,89.6,86.0,82.2,78.0,
73.4,69.0,64.9,61.2,57.8,54.8,51.8,49.0,46.1,43.5,41.3,39.4,37.4,35.8,34.3,32.9,31.6,30.4,

| y1Title=Infant Mortality (per 1000 live births)
}}
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| height = 150
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| yAxisTitle= TFR
| yAxisMin=
| yGrid= 0,1
| xGrid= 10
| hAnnotatonsLine=
| hAnnotatonsLabel=
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| type = line
| x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

| y1= 6.65,6.66,6.68,6.71,6.73,6.76,6.79,6.83,6.87,6.92,6.94,6.97,7.00,7.02,7.05,7.09,7.12,7.15,7.19,7.16,7.19,7.20,7.22,7.22,7.22,7.23,7.23,7.21,7.18,7.16,7.13,7.12,7.09,7.04,7.00,7.04,7.08,7.12,7.11,7.07,7.04,6.98,6.96,6.93,6.93,6.92,6.89,6.91,6.89,6.88,6.83,6.81,6.78,6.70,6.65,6.57,6.48,6.38,6.25,6.17,6.07,5.94,5.78,5.62,5.46,5.31,5.17,5.05,4.93,4.81,4.69,4.59

| y1Title=Total Fertility Rate
}}
Fertility data as of 2011 and 2016 (DHS Program):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR264/FR264.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404130057/http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR264/FR264.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 4, 2015|title=Uganda : Demographic and Health Survey 2011|website=Dhsprogram.com|access-date=3 October 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:100pt;"| Region
! style="width:100pt;"| Total fertility rate (Wanted fertility rate) 2011
! style="width:100pt;"| Percentage of women age 15-49 currently pregnant 2011
! style="width:100pt;"| Mean number of children ever born to women age 40-49 2011
|-
| Kampala || 3.3 (2.9) || 8.3 || 5.0
|-
| Central 1 || 5.6 (4.2) || 9.9 || 7.2
|-
| Central 2 || 6.3 (4.6) || 9.6 || 7.1
|-
| East Central || 6.9 (4.4) || 13.7 || 7.9
|-
| Eastern || 7.5 (5.3) || 12.5 || 7.5
|-
| Karamoja || 6.4 (5.8) || 18.7 || 7.5
|-
| North || 6.3 (4.3) || 12.4 || 7.3
|-
| West Nile || 6.8 (5.1) || 10.4 || 7.4
|-
| Western || 6.4 (4.7) || 13.2 || 7.4
|-
| Southwest || 6.2 (4.4) || 11.3 || 7.2
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:100pt;"| Region
! style="width:100pt;"| Total fertility rate (Wanted fertility rate) 2016
! style="width:100pt;"| Percentage of women age 15-49 currently pregnant 2016
! style="width:100pt;"| Mean number of children ever born to women age 40-49 2016
|-
|[[Kampala]]|| 3.5 (3.1) || 6.6 || 4.7
|-
|[[Karamoja]]|| 7.9 (7.4) || 15.1 || 7.8
|-
|[[West Nile region|West Nile]]|| 6.0 (5.0) || 8.9 || 6.7
|-
| South Central || 4.7 (3.9) || 8.5 || 6.4
|-
| North Central  || 5.4 (4.3) || 10.3 || 6.9
|-
|[[Busoga]]|| 6.1 (4.5) || 12.4 || 7.5
|-
|[[Bukedi District|Bukedi]]|| 6.1 (4.3) || 13.7 || 7.4
|-
|[[Bugisu sub-region|Bugisu]]|| 5.6 (4.3) || 9.3 || 6.8
|-
|[[Teso sub-region|Teso]]|| 6.0 (4.8) || 10.4 || 7.8
|-
|[[Lango sub-region|Lango]]|| 5.1 (3.9) || 10.4 || 7.1
|-
|[[Acholi sub-region|Acholi]]|| 5.5 (3.8) || 9.6 || 7.1
|-
|[[Bunyoro sub-region|Bunyoro]]|| 6.0 (4.4) || 8.5 || 6.8
|-
|[[Toro sub-region|Tooro]]|| 5.4 (4.4) || 10.6 || 7.0
|-
|[[Kigezi sub-region|Kigezi]]|| 4.6 (3.8) || 9.7 || 6.1
|-
|[[Ankole sub-region|Ankole]]|| 4.9 (4.2) || 8.8 || 6.4
|}

===Life expectancy at birth===
[[File:Life expectancy in Uganda.svg|thumb|[[Life expectancy at birth]] in Uganda]]

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Period
!Life expectancy in<br />Years<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/|title=World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations|website=esa.un.org|access-date=2018-08-26}}</ref>
|-
|1950–1955
|40.00
|-
|1955–1960
|{{increase}} 42.60
|-
|1960–1965
|{{increase}} 45.39
|-
|1965–1970
|{{increase}} 48.12
|-
|1970–1975
|{{increase}} 49.14
|-
|1975–1980
|{{increase}} 49.33
|-
|1980–1985
|{{decrease}} 49.05
|-
|1985–1990
|{{decrease}} 46.86
|-
|1990–1995
|{{decrease}} 44.57
|-
|1995–2000
|{{increase}} 44.98
|-
|2000–2005
|{{increase}} 49.92
|-
|2005–2010
|{{increase}} 55.15
|-
|2010–2015
|{{increase}} 58.61
|-
|2020
|{{increase}} 62.85
|-
|2021
|{{decrease}} 62.71
|}

==Ethnic groups==
* [[Baganda people|Baganda]] 16.5%
* [[Banyankole]] 9.8%
* [[Basoga]] 8.8%
* [[Bakiga]] 7.1%
* [[Iteso people|Iteso]] 7%
* [[Langi people|Langi]] 6.3%
* [[Bagisu people|Bagisu]] 4.9%
* [[Acholi people|Acholi]] 4.4%
* [[Lugbara people|Lugbara]] 3.3%
*Other 32.1% <ref name="CIATONGA"/>
*Multi-racial (unknown percentage, recognized in 2016 in Uganda as a multi-racial ethnic group) [[Multiracial Ugandans in Uganda]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 February 2016|title=Uganda: Multi-Racial Tribe To Get Citizenship, President Assures|url=http://www.africanexponent.com/post/multiracial-tribe-to-get-citizenship-president-assures-1852|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213221903/http://www.africanexponent.com/post/multiracial-tribe-to-get-citizenship-president-assures-1852|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 13, 2016|access-date=7 July 2020|website=The African Exponent}}</ref>

===South Asians and Arabs===
{{unreferenced section|date=March 2016}}
{{See also|Indian diaspora in East Africa}}
During the [[Uganda Protectorate]] period, the British colonialists used [[South Asian]] immigrants as intermediaries. Following independence they constituted the largest non-indigenous ethnic group in Uganda, at around 80,000 people, and they dominated trade, industry, and the professions. This caused resentment among the native [[Africa]]n majority, which was exploited by post-Independence leaders.

After [[Idi Amin]] [[1971 Ugandan coup d'état|came to power in 1971]], he declared "economic war" on the Indians, culminating in the [[Expulsion of Asians from Uganda|Expulsion of Asians in Uganda in 1972]]. Since Amin's overthrow in 1979 some Asians have returned. There are between 15,000 and 25,000 in Uganda today, nearly all in the capital [[Kampala]].

==Languages==
{{unreferenced section|date=March 2016}}
{{main|Languages of Uganda}}
[[Image:Languages of Uganda.png|thumb|An ethnolinguistic map of Uganda]]
English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), [[Swahili language|Swahili]] (recently made second official language, important regionally but spoken by very few people in Uganda), [[Luganda language|Luganda]] (most widely used of the [[Niger–Congo languages]], preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other [[Bantu languages]], [[Nilo-Saharan languages]] and Arabic.

==Religion==
{{main|Religion in Uganda}}
: Protestant 45.1%
:: Anglican 32.0%
:: Pentecostal/Born Again/Evangelical 11.1%
:: Seventh Day Adventist 1.7%
:: Baptist .3%
: Roman Catholic 39.3%
: Muslim 13.7%
: other 1.6%
: none 0.2% (2014 est.)

[[Uganda]] is a religiously diverse nation with [[Christianity]] being the most widely professed religion. According to the 2014 census, over 84 percent of the population was Christian while about 14 percent of the population adhered to Islam, making it the largest minority religion.<ref name="census-2014">[http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/NPHC/2014%20National%20Census%20Main%20Report.pdf Census 2014 Final Results]</ref> In 2009, the northern and west Nile regions were dominated by Roman Catholics, and [[Iganga District]] in the east of Uganda had the highest percentage of Muslims, about 53% population.<ref name="state2009">{{Cite web | last = United States Department of State | title = Uganda | work = International Religious Freedom Report 2009 | date = 2009-10-26 | url = https://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2009/127261.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091130031900/http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2009/127261.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2009-11-30 | access-date = 2010-06-05}}</ref><ref name="CIATONGA">{{cite web|url= https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/uganda/|title= Africa :: UGANDA|date= 19 April 2022|publisher= CIA The World Factbook}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Youth in Uganda]]
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==References==
{{Commons category|Demographics of Uganda}}
{{Reflist}}

{{Ethnic groups in Uganda}}
{{Uganda topics}}
{{Africa topic|Demographics of}}
{{Human rights in Uganda}}

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