Uganda
Uganda
Capital Kampala
241,038 km² · 51,384,894 people (2025) · Ugandan shilling
About a sixth of Uganda is water. It holds much of Lake Victoria, the largest tropical lake in the world, and the Nile leaves it at Jinja. The Rwenzori range on the western border carries permanent glaciers within 50 km of the equator.
The facts
- Capital
- Kampala
- Area
- 241,038 km² — 93,065 sq mi
- Population
- 51,384,894 (2025)
- Density
- 213.2 people per km²
- Currency
- Ugandan shilling (UGX, Sh)
- Official languages
- English, Swahili
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Calling code
- +256
- Drives on the
- left
- ISO codes
- UG · UGA
- Continent
- Africa
How it compares
- By area
- 80 of 200
- By population
- 31 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 245,857 | 15,099,727 |
| United Kingdom | 243,610 | 69,487,000 |
| Uganda ← | 241,038 | 51,384,894 |
| Ghana | 238,533 | 35,064,272 |
| Romania | 238,391 | 19,020,271 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Uganda?
- Kampala
- What currency does Uganda use?
- The Ugandan shilling (UGX).
- How big is Uganda?
- 241,038 km², or 93,065 square miles — 80 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Uganda drive on?
- The left.
Related pages
- Guinea 245,857 km²
- United Kingdom 243,610 km²
- Ghana 238,533 km²
- Romania 238,391 km²
- Nigeria Africa
- Ethiopia Africa
- Egypt Africa
- Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa
- Tanzania Africa
- South Africa Africa
- Kenya Africa
- Sudan Africa
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)