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title: "Uganda — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Uganda: capital Kampala, area 241,038 km², population 51,384,894 (2025), currency Ugandan shilling. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/uganda/
site: "At One Place"
---

# 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](https://atoneplace.net/country/guinea/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [Ghana](https://atoneplace.net/country/ghana/)
- [Romania](https://atoneplace.net/country/romania/)
- [Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/nigeria/)
- [Ethiopia](https://atoneplace.net/country/ethiopia/)
- [Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country/egypt/)
- [Democratic Republic of the Congo](https://atoneplace.net/country/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/)
- [Tanzania](https://atoneplace.net/country/tanzania/)
- [South Africa](https://atoneplace.net/country/south-africa/)
- [Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country/kenya/)
- [Sudan](https://atoneplace.net/country/sudan/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]