In Uganda, around 48% of the population is under 15 years of age.

In Uganda, around 48% of the population is under 15 years of age

Population. According to the 2019 revision of the World Population Prospects the total population was 42,729,036 in 2018, 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.

In 2019, about 46.5 percent of Uganda's total population were aged 0 to 14 years, 51.54 percent were aged 15 to 64 years and 1.96 percent were 65 years old and older

78 percent

Uganda has the world's youngest population with over 78 percent of its population below the age of 30. With just under eight million youth aged 15-30, the country also has one of the highest youth unemployment rates in Sub-Saharan Africa.

45,741,007 people

Uganda 2020 population is estimated at 45,741,007 people at mid year according to UN data. Uganda population is equivalent to 0.59% of the total world population. Uganda ranks number 31 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.

Baganda

Baganda is the largest tribe in Uganda. It comprises more than one-fourth of Uganda's total landmass. The Baganda speak a Bantu language called Luganda.