Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Uganda fits inside Australia 32 times
Australia: 7,741,220 km² (2024) · Uganda: 241,551 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Australia: 25,760 km (2026 edition) · Uganda: 0 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Uganda’s highest peak towers 2,882 m above Australia’s
Australia: 2,228 m (2026 edition) · Uganda: 5,110 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 80% of Uganda, versus 47% of Australia
Australia: 47.3% (2024) · Uganda: 80.3% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Uganda has 86% more people than Australia
Australia: 27.6 million (2025) · Uganda: 51.4 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Uganda is 71 times as densely populated as Australia
Australia: 4 per km² (2025) · Uganda: 256 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Australia are 10.0 cm taller than in Uganda
Australia: 178.8 cm (2019) · Uganda: 168.7 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Australia are 6.1 cm taller than in Uganda
Australia: 164.7 cm (2019) · Uganda: 158.5 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Australia is 21 years older than in Uganda
Australia: 37.8 years (2023) · Uganda: 16.5 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Uganda have 2.7 more children on average than in Australia
Australia: 1.48 children per woman (2024) · Uganda: 4.17 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
18% of people in Australia are 65 or older, versus 2.2% in Uganda
Australia: 18.1% (2025) · Uganda: 2.2% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Uganda hosts 31 times as many refugees per resident as Australia
Australia: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Uganda: 37.7 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Australia has produced 3.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Uganda none
Australia: 3.6 (2026) · Uganda: 0 (2026)
How many official languages?
Uganda has 2 official languages, Australia 1
Australia: 1 (2026) · Uganda: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Australia’s economy is 29 times the size of Uganda’s
Australia: $1.8 trillion (2025) · Uganda: $62 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Australia produces 21 times as much per person as Uganda
Australia: Int$71,934 (2025) · Uganda: Int$3,488 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Uganda than in Australia (Gini 4.4 points higher)
Australia: 33.8 (2020) · Uganda: 38.2 (2023)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
54% of people in Uganda live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.9% in Australia
Australia: 0.9% (2020) · Uganda: 54.4% (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 4.1% in Australia, versus 2.7% in Uganda
Australia: 4.1% (2025) · Uganda: 2.7% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Uganda and Australia are practically level
Australia: 1.9% (2025) · Uganda: 2% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Australia’s central government collects 24% of GDP in tax, Uganda’s 13%
Australia: 23.6% (2022) · Uganda: 12.6% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Australia’s price level (US = 100) is 2.6× Uganda’s
Australia: 91% (2025) · Uganda: 35% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Australia spends 154 times as much on health per person as Uganda
Australia: $6,980 (2023) · Uganda: $45 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Australia live 15 years longer than in Uganda
Australia: 83.1 years (2024) · Uganda: 68.5 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Uganda is 12 times as likely to die before turning one as in Australia
Australia: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Uganda: 35.9 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Australia has 21 times as many doctors per person as Uganda
Australia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Uganda: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022)
How many hospital beds are there?
Australia: 3.8 per 1,000 (2016) · Uganda: no data
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Uganda is 37% higher than in Australia
Australia: 12.6 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 17.2 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
32% of adults in Australia are obese, versus 8.2% in Uganda
Australia: 32.4% (2024) · Uganda: 8.2% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
12% of adults in Australia smoke, versus 7.5% in Uganda
Australia: 11.6% (2024) · Uganda: 7.5% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Australia rate their lives 2.43 points higher than in Uganda
Australia: 6.92 (2025) · Uganda: 4.49 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Australia drink 2.6 times as much alcohol as in Uganda
Australia: 10.5 litres (2023) · Uganda: 4 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Australia has 11 times as much meat per person as Uganda
Australia: 116.8 kg (2023) · Uganda: 10.9 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Australia has 1,184 kcal more food per person per day than Uganda
Australia: 3,562 kcal (2023) · Uganda: 2,378 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Uganda put in 517 more hours a year than in Australia
Australia: 1,611 hours (2023) · Uganda: 2,128 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Australia went to school 6.5 years longer than in Uganda
Australia: 12.9 years (2023) · Uganda: 6.3 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Australia: no data · Uganda: 0.04 (2019)
How many World Heritage sites?
Australia has 18 more World Heritage sites than Uganda (21 against 3)
Australia: 21 (2026) · Uganda: 3 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Australia has won 619 Olympic medals, Uganda 13
Australia: 619 (2026 edition) · Uganda: 13 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
96% of people in Australia are online, versus 8.9% in Uganda
Australia: 96% (2024) · Uganda: 9% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Australia is 4.9 times as fast as in Uganda
Australia: 261 Mbps (2026) · Uganda: 53 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Australia have electricity, versus 55% in Uganda
Australia: 100% (2024) · Uganda: 55.3% (2024)
How many live in cities?
88% of people in Australia live in cities, versus 32% in Uganda
Australia: 88% (2025) · Uganda: 32% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Australia has 113 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uganda 83
Australia: 113 (2024) · Uganda: 83 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Australia’s railway network is 26 times as long as Uganda’s
Australia: 32,606 km (2022) · Uganda: 1,244 km (2014)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Australia fly 5,927 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uganda
Australia: 2.5 (2023) · Uganda: 0.00042 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 17% of Australia, but only 12% of Uganda
Australia: 17.4% (2024) · Uganda: 11.9% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Australia emits 114 times as much CO₂ as someone in Uganda
Australia: 14.5 t (2024) · Uganda: 0.1 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
97% of Uganda’s electricity is renewable, versus 39% in Australia
Australia: 38.6% (2025) · Uganda: 97.1% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Uganda carries 6.9 times as much fine dust as in Australia
Australia: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Uganda: 37.3 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 11 times as likely to be murdered in Uganda as in Australia
Australia: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 9 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Uganda are 3.2 times as deadly as in Australia
Australia: 7.5 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 24.1 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Uganda is on average 1.2 °C warmer than Australia
Australia: 22.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Uganda gets 3.3 times as much rain as Australia
Australia: 447 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 1,470 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Australia bigger than Uganda?
Australia is larger. Uganda fits inside Australia 32 times.
Which has more people, Australia or Uganda?
Uganda has 86% more people than Australia (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Australia or Uganda?
People in Australia live 15 years longer than in Uganda. Life expectancy at birth is 83.1 years in Australia and 68.5 in Uganda.
Are people taller in Australia or Uganda?
Men in Australia are 10.0 cm taller than in Uganda (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
