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Compare the Population of Uganda & Niue

How does 🇺🇬 Uganda's population compare to 🇳🇺 Niue's?

🇺🇬 Uganda

Uganda's Population Between 1950 - 2024

Between 1950 and 2024 the population of Uganda grown from 5,750,914 people to 50,015,092. An increase of the population size by 769.69% in 74 years.

Year Total Male Female People +/- Density (p/km²) Growth Rate
1950 5,750,914 2,963,994 2,786,919 157,899 28.7823 2.746%
1951 5,911,164 3,039,122 2,872,042 162,603 29.5844 2.751%
1952 6,077,040 3,117,308 2,959,732 169,148 30.4146 2.784%
1953 6,249,435 3,198,919 3,050,517 175,642 31.2774 2.811%
1954 6,428,378 3,283,857 3,144,521 182,244 32.1729 2.835%
1955 6,613,770 3,372,067 3,241,702 188,539 33.1008 2.851%
1956 6,805,459 3,463,454 3,342,005 194,840 34.0602 2.863%
1957 7,003,884 3,558,234 3,445,650 202,009 35.0532 2.884%
1958 7,209,757 3,656,807 3,552,950 209,738 36.0836 2.909%
1959 7,423,426 3,759,311 3,664,115 217,600 37.153 2.931%
1960 7,640,973 3,863,820 3,777,153 217,494 38.2418 2.847%
1961 7,862,217 3,970,273 3,891,943 224,993 39.3491 2.862%
1962 8,092,231 4,081,138 4,011,093 235,036 40.5002 2.905%
1963 8,333,662 4,197,759 4,135,904 247,827 41.7086 2.974%
1964 8,586,363 4,320,033 4,266,330 257,574 42.9733 3.0%
1965 8,849,204 4,447,331 4,401,873 268,107 44.2888 3.03%
1966 9,122,864 4,579,929 4,542,935 279,215 45.6584 3.061%
1967 9,408,924 4,718,654 4,690,270 292,903 47.0901 3.113%
1968 9,708,632 4,864,163 4,844,470 306,515 48.5901 3.157%
1969 10,014,858 5,012,785 5,002,072 305,935 50.1227 3.055%
1970 10,321,604 5,161,528 5,160,075 307,557 51.6579 2.98%
1971 10,618,206 5,303,736 5,314,470 285,648 53.1423 2.69%
1972 10,885,796 5,429,979 5,455,817 249,532 54.4816 2.292%
1973 11,144,236 5,552,366 5,591,870 267,347 55.775 2.399%
1974 11,424,846 5,685,840 5,739,006 293,874 57.1794 2.572%
1975 11,725,240 5,829,134 5,896,106 306,914 58.6828 2.618%
1976 12,037,294 5,978,904 6,058,391 317,195 60.2446 2.635%
1977 12,359,669 6,133,754 6,225,916 327,554 61.858 2.65%
1978 12,692,113 6,292,510 6,399,602 337,334 63.5219 2.658%
1979 13,002,162 6,438,913 6,563,250 282,765 65.0736 2.175%
1980 13,275,741 6,564,958 6,710,783 264,392 66.4428 1.992%
1981 13,556,452 6,692,485 6,863,967 297,030 67.8477 2.191%
1982 13,873,631 6,836,996 7,036,634 337,328 69.4352 2.432%
1983 14,221,882 6,995,914 7,225,967 359,173 71.1781 2.526%
1984 14,607,678 7,173,771 7,433,906 412,419 73.1089 2.823%
1985 15,023,680 7,368,037 7,655,644 419,587 75.191 2.793%
1986 15,467,579 7,577,495 7,890,084 468,210 77.4126 3.027%
1987 15,954,170 7,811,326 8,142,844 504,972 79.8479 3.165%
1988 16,470,483 8,063,252 8,407,232 527,654 82.432 3.204%
1989 17,010,698 8,327,598 8,683,100 552,776 85.1356 3.25%
1990 17,569,897 8,602,071 8,967,826 565,623 87.9343 3.22%
1991 18,155,902 8,890,430 9,265,472 606,385 90.8672 3.34%
1992 18,785,032 9,200,825 9,584,207 651,876 94.0159 3.471%
1993 19,445,161 9,527,296 9,917,865 668,381 97.3197 3.438%
1994 20,108,801 9,855,960 10,252,841 658,900 100.6411 3.277%
1995 20,665,667 10,131,744 10,533,924 454,833 103.4281 2.201%
1996 21,231,550 10,412,516 10,819,034 676,931 106.2603 3.189%
1997 21,856,046 10,723,152 11,132,894 572,061 109.3858 2.618%
1998 22,515,806 11,051,934 11,463,872 747,461 112.6878 3.32%
1999 23,257,281 11,421,862 11,835,419 735,487 116.3987 3.163%
2000 24,000,150 11,792,400 12,207,750 750,252 120.1167 3.126%
2001 24,745,676 12,164,024 12,581,651 740,799 123.8479 2.994%
2002 25,532,870 12,556,082 12,976,788 833,590 127.7877 3.265%
2003 26,352,124 12,963,554 13,388,570 804,918 131.8879 3.055%
2004 27,154,515 13,362,565 13,791,950 799,864 135.9037 2.946%
2005 27,963,289 13,765,074 14,198,215 817,684 139.9515 2.924%
2006 28,794,003 14,178,926 14,615,077 843,745 144.1091 2.93%
2007 29,653,430 14,607,794 15,045,636 875,109 148.4104 2.951%
2008 30,539,553 15,050,621 15,488,932 897,135 152.8453 2.938%
2009 31,451,151 15,506,522 15,944,629 926,062 157.4077 2.945%
2010 32,390,802 15,976,604 16,414,197 953,239 162.1104 2.943%
2011 33,354,544 16,459,060 16,895,483 974,245 166.9338 2.921%
2012 34,337,438 16,951,274 17,386,163 991,543 171.853 2.888%
2013 35,337,042 17,451,807 17,885,235 1,007,666 176.8559 2.852%
2014 36,395,539 17,981,739 18,413,800 1,109,327 182.1535 3.048%
2015 37,531,446 18,550,371 18,981,075 1,162,487 187.8385 3.098%
2016 38,799,152 19,185,091 19,614,061 1,372,926 194.1831 3.539%
2017 40,177,388 19,875,318 20,302,070 1,383,546 201.081 3.444%
2018 41,565,831 20,570,964 20,994,867 1,393,340 208.0299 3.352%
2019 42,999,637 21,289,504 21,710,133 1,474,273 215.2059 3.429%
2020 44,457,152 22,019,413 22,437,739 1,440,757 222.5005 3.241%
2021 45,910,930 22,747,489 23,163,441 1,466,798 229.7764 3.195%
2022 47,312,720 23,449,750 23,862,969 1,336,781 236.7921 2.826%
2023 48,656,601 24,122,612 24,533,989 1,350,983 243.518 2.777%
2024 50,015,092 24,805,126 25,209,966 1,365,999 250.317 2.731%

Future Population of Uganda (2024 - 2100)

Uganda's population is set to incease in the future from 50,015,092 people to 120,835,192 people. An increase of the population size by 2001.15% from 2024 to 2100.

Year Total Male Female People +/- Density (p/km²) Growth Rate
2024 50,015,092 24,805,126 25,209,966 1,365,999 250.317 2.731%
2025 51,384,894 25,495,638 25,889,256 1,373,604 257.1726 2.673%
2026 52,761,470 26,189,430 26,572,039 1,379,547 264.0622 2.615%
2027 54,144,272 26,886,143 27,258,129 1,386,059 270.9829 2.56%
2028 55,532,558 27,585,264 27,947,294 1,390,512 277.931 2.504%
2029 56,922,790 28,284,998 28,637,792 1,389,952 284.8889 2.442%
2030 58,312,940 28,984,357 29,328,583 1,390,347 291.8463 2.384%
2031 59,703,534 29,683,546 30,019,988 1,390,843 298.806 2.33%
2032 61,089,056 30,379,803 30,709,253 1,380,200 305.7403 2.259%
2033 62,464,107 31,070,524 31,393,583 1,369,903 312.6222 2.193%
2034 63,833,868 31,758,294 32,075,574 1,369,619 319.4776 2.146%
2035 65,205,574 32,446,645 32,758,929 1,373,792 326.3428 2.107%
2036 66,573,732 33,132,862 33,440,870 1,362,526 333.1902 2.047%
2037 67,942,632 33,819,080 34,123,552 1,375,271 340.0413 2.024%
2038 69,312,208 34,505,270 34,806,938 1,363,881 346.8958 1.968%
2039 70,669,875 35,185,272 35,484,602 1,351,453 353.6907 1.912%
2040 72,020,418 35,861,423 36,158,995 1,349,635 360.4499 1.874%
2041 73,372,653 36,537,965 36,834,688 1,354,834 367.2176 1.847%
2042 74,730,004 37,216,543 37,513,461 1,359,868 374.0109 1.82%
2043 76,090,990 37,896,438 38,194,552 1,362,104 380.8224 1.79%
2044 77,449,521 38,574,731 38,874,790 1,354,958 387.6217 1.75%
2045 78,797,992 39,247,754 39,550,238 1,341,984 394.3705 1.703%
2046 80,139,175 39,916,747 40,222,427 1,340,382 401.0829 1.673%
2047 81,478,502 40,584,332 40,894,170 1,338,272 407.786 1.643%
2048 82,812,095 41,248,634 41,563,460 1,328,913 414.4604 1.605%
2049 84,130,053 41,904,751 42,225,302 1,307,004 421.0566 1.554%
2050 85,431,202 42,552,084 42,879,118 1,295,294 427.5686 1.516%
2051 86,718,842 43,192,260 43,526,582 1,279,986 434.013 1.476%
2052 87,994,728 43,826,168 44,168,560 1,271,786 440.3986 1.445%
2053 89,259,476 44,454,051 44,805,425 1,257,710 446.7285 1.409%
2054 90,505,891 45,072,363 45,433,528 1,235,121 452.9666 1.365%
2055 91,729,147 45,678,826 46,050,320 1,211,389 459.0888 1.321%
2056 92,930,867 46,274,198 46,656,670 1,192,052 465.1032 1.283%
2057 94,115,087 46,860,376 47,254,711 1,176,387 471.03 1.25%
2058 95,281,800 47,437,419 47,844,381 1,157,040 476.8692 1.214%
2059 96,426,132 48,002,971 48,423,161 1,131,623 482.5964 1.174%
2060 97,542,311 48,554,212 48,988,099 1,100,736 488.1827 1.128%
2061 98,640,640 49,096,160 49,544,480 1,095,922 493.6796 1.111%
2062 99,723,532 49,629,999 50,093,532 1,069,862 499.0993 1.073%
2063 100,778,773 50,149,834 50,628,939 1,040,619 504.3806 1.033%
2064 101,810,174 50,657,479 51,152,694 1,022,181 509.5426 1.004%
2065 102,815,037 51,151,611 51,663,425 987,545 514.5717 0.961%
2066 103,793,951 51,632,577 52,161,374 970,285 519.471 0.935%
2067 104,749,950 52,101,798 52,648,152 941,711 524.2557 0.899%
2068 105,679,495 52,557,530 53,121,965 917,380 528.9079 0.868%
2069 106,581,041 52,999,128 53,581,912 885,711 533.42 0.831%
2070 107,461,466 53,429,948 54,031,518 875,141 537.8263 0.814%
2071 108,317,272 53,848,376 54,468,896 836,469 542.1095 0.772%
2072 109,144,756 54,252,708 54,892,048 818,499 546.2509 0.75%
2073 109,944,913 54,643,408 55,301,504 781,815 550.2556 0.711%
2074 110,717,753 55,020,478 55,697,275 763,865 554.1235 0.69%
2075 111,470,717 55,387,610 56,083,107 742,064 557.892 0.666%
2076 112,201,024 55,743,542 56,457,482 718,550 561.547 0.64%
2077 112,898,955 56,083,558 56,815,397 677,312 565.04 0.6%
2078 113,567,433 56,409,222 57,158,211 659,644 568.3857 0.581%
2079 114,203,980 56,719,542 57,484,438 613,449 571.5715 0.537%
2080 114,812,180 57,016,293 57,795,887 602,951 574.6154 0.525%
2081 115,393,561 57,300,152 58,093,409 559,813 577.5251 0.485%
2082 115,943,223 57,568,795 58,374,429 539,511 580.2761 0.465%
2083 116,468,068 57,825,602 58,642,466 510,177 582.9028 0.438%
2084 116,958,194 58,065,805 58,892,389 470,076 585.3558 0.402%
2085 117,410,683 58,288,039 59,122,645 434,902 587.6205 0.37%
2086 117,831,254 58,495,060 59,336,194 406,239 589.7254 0.345%
2087 118,229,691 58,691,542 59,538,149 390,636 591.7195 0.33%
2088 118,604,118 58,876,678 59,727,440 358,218 593.5934 0.302%
2089 118,950,728 59,048,649 59,902,080 335,003 595.3281 0.282%
2090 119,267,678 59,206,378 60,061,301 298,897 596.9144 0.251%
2091 119,548,482 59,346,690 60,201,792 262,711 598.3198 0.22%
2092 119,802,176 59,474,024 60,328,153 244,677 599.5895 0.204%
2093 120,030,493 59,589,287 60,441,206 211,957 600.7322 0.177%
2094 120,223,595 59,687,626 60,535,969 174,247 601.6986 0.145%
2095 120,394,755 59,775,402 60,619,353 168,072 602.5552 0.14%
2096 120,537,698 59,849,531 60,688,166 117,814 603.2706 0.098%
2097 120,644,959 59,906,437 60,738,522 96,708 603.8075 0.08%
2098 120,728,726 59,952,010 60,776,716 70,826 604.2267 0.059%
2099 120,794,428 59,988,748 60,805,680 60,579 604.5555 0.05%
2100 120,835,192 60,013,308 60,821,884 20,947 604.7596 0.017%

🇳🇺 Niue

Historic Population of Niue (1950 - 2024)

Between 1950 and 2024 the population of Niue shrunk from 4,497 people to 1,818. A decrease of the population size by -59.57% in 74 years.

Year Total Male Female People +/- Density (p/km²) Growth Rate
1950 4,497 2,212 2,285 94 17.2962 2.09%
1951 4,542 2,225 2,317 -4 17.4692 -0.088%
1952 4,558 2,223 2,336 36 17.5308 0.79%
1953 4,577 2,229 2,348 3 17.6058 0.066%
1954 4,594 2,235 2,360 31 17.6712 0.675%
1955 4,628 2,249 2,379 37 17.8019 0.799%
1956 4,670 2,271 2,400 46 17.9615 0.985%
1957 4,717 2,298 2,419 48 18.1423 1.018%
1958 4,764 2,329 2,436 47 18.325 0.986%
1959 4,806 2,356 2,450 36 18.4846 0.749%
1960 4,826 2,378 2,447 3 18.5596 0.062%
1961 4,850 2,402 2,447 45 18.6519 0.928%
1962 4,926 2,438 2,488 108 18.9462 2.193%
1963 5,030 2,483 2,547 101 19.3481 2.008%
1964 5,126 2,530 2,596 90 19.7154 1.756%
1965 5,201 2,566 2,635 60 20.0038 1.154%
1966 5,238 2,582 2,656 14 20.1462 0.267%
1967 5,238 2,585 2,654 -13 20.1481 -0.248%
1968 5,211 2,580 2,631 -42 20.0423 -0.806%
1969 5,162 2,568 2,593 -57 19.8519 -1.104%
1970 5,109 2,559 2,550 -47 19.6519 -0.92%
1971 5,038 2,534 2,503 -96 19.3769 -1.906%
1972 4,894 2,465 2,430 -192 18.8231 -3.924%
1973 4,693 2,364 2,329 -210 18.05 -4.475%
1974 4,472 2,252 2,220 -232 17.2 -5.189%
1975 4,229 2,131 2,099 -253 16.2673 -5.984%
1976 3,995 2,013 1,981 -216 15.3654 -5.408%
1977 3,846 1,945 1,902 -81 14.7942 -2.106%
1978 3,757 1,912 1,845 -98 14.45 -2.609%
1979 3,652 1,868 1,784 -111 14.0481 -3.039%
1980 3,533 1,815 1,718 -128 13.5885 -3.623%
1981 3,394 1,746 1,647 -151 13.0519 -4.45%
1982 3,251 1,675 1,576 -134 12.5038 -4.122%
1983 3,108 1,606 1,502 -151 11.9558 -4.859%
1984 2,949 1,524 1,425 -168 11.3423 -5.698%
1985 2,783 1,438 1,344 -165 10.7019 -5.932%
1986 2,634 1,361 1,273 -132 10.1308 -5.012%
1987 2,559 1,320 1,239 -18 9.8423 -0.703%
1988 2,538 1,306 1,233 -23 9.7635 -0.906%
1989 2,513 1,287 1,226 -28 9.6654 -1.114%
1990 2,483 1,271 1,212 -31 9.5519 -1.248%
1991 2,451 1,256 1,196 -33 9.4288 -1.346%
1992 2,414 1,234 1,181 -42 9.2846 -1.74%
1993 2,376 1,212 1,164 -35 9.1365 -1.473%
1994 2,340 1,191 1,149 -37 8.9981 -1.582%
1995 2,303 1,171 1,132 -36 8.8577 -1.563%
1996 2,265 1,151 1,114 -39 8.7135 -1.722%
1997 2,223 1,126 1,097 -47 8.5481 -2.115%
1998 2,170 1,098 1,072 -58 8.3462 -2.673%
1999 2,110 1,070 1,040 -61 8.1173 -2.891%
2000 2,047 1,038 1,008 -66 7.8731 -3.225%
2001 1,988 1,006 981 -53 7.6442 -2.667%
2002 1,942 981 962 -37 7.4712 -1.905%
2003 1,908 959 950 -32 7.3385 -1.677%
2004 1,869 934 934 -46 7.1885 -2.461%
2005 1,827 908 919 -38 7.0269 -2.08%
2006 1,798 887 910 -21 6.9135 -1.168%
2007 1,784 878 905 -6 6.8615 -0.336%
2008 1,780 879 900 -3 6.8442 -0.169%
2009 1,777 880 897 -2 6.8346 -0.113%
2010 1,768 875 893 -16 6.8 -0.905%
2011 1,756 866 890 -7 6.7558 -0.399%
2012 1,757 864 893 8 6.7577 0.455%
2013 1,762 862 900 2 6.7769 0.114%
2014 1,769 859 910 12 6.8038 0.678%
2015 1,779 859 920 8 6.8423 0.45%
2016 1,782 852 930 -2 6.8538 -0.112%
2017 1,780 849 931 -2 6.8462 -0.112%
2018 1,786 856 930 14 6.8692 0.784%
2019 1,793 859 934 0 6.8962 0.0%
2020 1,798 862 936 11 6.9173 0.612%
2021 1,813 871 943 19 6.975 1.048%
2022 1,821 875 946 -3 7.0058 -0.165%
2023 1,817 876 942 -5 6.9904 -0.275%
2024 1,818 876 942 7 6.9942 0.385%

Future Population of Niue (2024 - 2100)

Niue's population is set to incease in the future from 1,818 people to 2,394 people. An increase of the population size by -46.76% from 2024 to 2100.

Year Total Male Female People +/- Density (p/km²) Growth Rate
2024 1,818 876 942 7 6.9942 0.385%
2025 1,820 875 946 -3 7.0019 -0.165%
2026 1,822 875 948 6 7.0077 0.329%
2027 1,824 876 948 -1 7.0173 -0.055%
2028 1,827 878 949 7 7.0288 0.383%
2029 1,831 881 951 1 7.0442 0.055%
2030 1,834 883 951 5 7.0558 0.273%
2031 1,841 887 955 9 7.0827 0.489%
2032 1,847 887 960 2 7.1038 0.108%
2033 1,851 889 962 6 7.1192 0.324%
2034 1,861 896 965 15 7.1596 0.806%
2035 1,871 901 970 4 7.1962 0.214%
2036 1,878 903 974 9 7.2212 0.479%
2037 1,885 907 978 6 7.25 0.318%
2038 1,892 910 982 7 7.275 0.37%
2039 1,900 913 987 9 7.3058 0.474%
2040 1,907 917 990 6 7.3346 0.315%
2041 1,915 921 994 10 7.3654 0.522%
2042 1,923 925 998 5 7.3942 0.26%
2043 1,929 928 1,000 8 7.4192 0.415%
2044 1,934 928 1,004 1 7.4365 0.052%
2045 1,938 930 1,008 8 7.4538 0.413%
2046 1,944 935 1,008 5 7.4788 0.257%
2047 1,952 938 1,014 10 7.5077 0.512%
2048 1,958 940 1,018 3 7.5327 0.153%
2049 1,961 942 1,018 2 7.5423 0.102%
2050 1,966 945 1,020 8 7.5615 0.407%
2051 1,972 947 1,026 4 7.5846 0.203%
2052 1,979 951 1,028 10 7.6115 0.505%
2053 1,986 956 1,030 3 7.6365 0.151%
2054 1,990 957 1,033 5 7.6519 0.251%
2055 1,997 960 1,038 10 7.6808 0.501%
2056 2,005 966 1,041 9 7.7173 0.449%
2057 2,013 971 1,044 6 7.7462 0.298%
2058 2,023 977 1,047 13 7.7827 0.642%
2059 2,031 982 1,050 3 7.8135 0.148%
2060 2,037 986 1,052 10 7.8385 0.491%
2061 2,049 991 1,058 12 7.8808 0.586%
2062 2,061 996 1,065 12 7.9269 0.582%
2063 2,070 1,002 1,067 6 7.9615 0.29%
2064 2,078 1,006 1,070 9 7.9904 0.433%
2065 2,088 1,014 1,075 13 8.0327 0.622%
2066 2,102 1,022 1,081 15 8.0865 0.713%
2067 2,114 1,026 1,088 8 8.1308 0.378%
2068 2,127 1,031 1,096 18 8.1808 0.846%
2069 2,144 1,041 1,103 17 8.2481 0.793%
2070 2,157 1,048 1,109 8 8.2962 0.371%
2071 2,167 1,052 1,115 12 8.3346 0.554%
2072 2,180 1,058 1,121 14 8.3846 0.642%
2073 2,193 1,066 1,127 12 8.4346 0.547%
2074 2,205 1,074 1,132 13 8.4827 0.589%
2075 2,219 1,081 1,138 13 8.5327 0.586%
2076 2,231 1,086 1,144 11 8.5788 0.493%
2077 2,241 1,089 1,152 11 8.6212 0.491%
2078 2,253 1,093 1,160 12 8.6654 0.533%
2079 2,265 1,099 1,167 13 8.7135 0.574%
2080 2,279 1,107 1,172 13 8.7635 0.571%
2081 2,291 1,112 1,178 11 8.8096 0.48%
2082 2,297 1,116 1,181 3 8.8365 0.131%
2083 2,304 1,122 1,183 11 8.8635 0.477%
2084 2,313 1,128 1,186 7 8.8981 0.303%
2085 2,318 1,130 1,188 2 8.9154 0.086%
2086 2,321 1,132 1,190 5 8.9288 0.215%
2087 2,328 1,137 1,192 9 8.9558 0.387%
2088 2,333 1,140 1,194 1 8.975 0.043%
2089 2,340 1,144 1,196 11 8.9981 0.47%
2090 2,346 1,148 1,198 3 9.025 0.128%
2091 2,353 1,151 1,202 10 9.05 0.425%
2092 2,362 1,156 1,206 8 9.0846 0.339%
2093 2,369 1,161 1,209 7 9.1135 0.295%
2094 2,376 1,165 1,211 5 9.1365 0.21%
2095 2,378 1,167 1,212 1 9.1481 0.042%
2096 2,380 1,168 1,212 2 9.1538 0.084%
2097 2,384 1,171 1,213 5 9.1673 0.21%
2098 2,386 1,172 1,214 1 9.1788 0.042%
2099 2,390 1,173 1,217 5 9.1904 0.209%
2100 2,394 1,177 1,216 3 9.2058 0.125%

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Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

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UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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