Indicator	Value
Total population	50,000,000 peopleUN DESA WPP [2024] 50,020,000 people·World Bank WDI [2024] 50,020,000 people
Median age	16.7 yearsUN DESA WPP [2024]
Life expectancy	68.3–68.5 yearsWorld Bank WDI [2024] 68.49 years·UNDP HDI [2023] 68.25 years
Ethnic groups	Baganda 16.5%, Banyankole 9.6%, Basoga 8.8%, Bakiga 7.1%, Iteso 7%, Langi 6.3%, Bagisu 4.9%, Acholi 4.4%, Lugbara 3.3%, other 32.1% (2014 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Languages	English (official), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages and the language used most often in the capital), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili (official), ArabicCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Religions	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.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Urbanization	26.8% of total population (2023)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Population growth	2.75 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Birth rate	34.4 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Death rate	4.77 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Urban population	31.3 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Languages (structured)	Acoli Adhola Alur Amba (Uganda) Aringa Bari Bukusu Chiga Didinga Early East African Pidgin Arabic Ganda Gungu Gwere Haya Hema Ik Kakwa Karamojong Keliko Kenyi Khayo Kinyarwanda Konzo Kuku Kumam Kupsabiny Lango (Uganda) Lango-Logire-Logir Lendu Lugbara Ma'di Masaaba Mvuba Nande Ndo Ngiti Nubi Nyambo Nyang'i Nyankole Nyole Nyoro Oropom Otuho Pökoot Rundi Ruuli Saamia Sabaot Soga Soo Southern Ma'di Suba Swahili Syan Talinga-Bwisi Teso Tooro Toposa Turkana Ugandan Sign Language Glottolog [2026]