Africa · Eastern Africa
Uganda
Republic of Uganda
Capital
Kampala
Population
52,761,470
2026 estimate
Area
241,550 km²
Code
UGA
Languages
English, Swahili
Currencies
Ugandan shilling (Sh)
Did you know?
- 🏞Source of the White Nile — at Jinja, where the river leaves Lake Victoria.
- 🏔Home to about half the world's remaining mountain gorillas.
- 🏞Lake Victoria, shared with Kenya and Tanzania, is the largest tropical lake in the world.
- ✨Has one of the youngest populations on Earth — median age around 16.
- ✨Kampala is built across at least 7 hills, like Rome.
Location
1.00°, 32.00°
Actual size
Compared to Australia.
Australia · 7,692,024 km²
Uganda
241,550 km²
% of Australia
3.14%
