Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Uganda fits inside Brazil 35 times.
Brazil: 8,510,420 km² (2023) · Uganda: 241,550 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Brazil: 7,491 km (2026 edition) · Uganda: 0 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Uganda’s highest peak towers 2,116 m above Brazil’s.
Brazil: 2,994 m (2026 edition) · Uganda: 5,110 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Brazil has 4.1 times as many people as Uganda.
Brazil: 213 million (2025) · Uganda: 51.4 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Uganda is 10 times as densely populated as Brazil.
Brazil: 25 per km² (2025) · Uganda: 256 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Brazil are 7.0 cm taller than in Uganda.
Brazil: 175.7 cm (2019) · Uganda: 168.7 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Brazil are 3.9 cm taller than in Uganda.
Brazil: 162.4 cm (2019) · Uganda: 158.5 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Brazil is 17 years older than in Uganda.
Brazil: 33.9 years (2023) · Uganda: 16.5 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Uganda have 2.6 more children on average than in Brazil.
Brazil: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Uganda: 4.17 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
11% of people in Brazil are 65 or older, versus 2.2% in Uganda.
Brazil: 11.5% (2025) · Uganda: 2.2% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Brazil has produced 0.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Uganda 0.0.
Brazil: 0 (2025) · Uganda: 0 (2025)
How many official languages?
Uganda has 2 official languages, Brazil 1.
Brazil: 1 (2026) · Uganda: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Brazil’s economy is 37 times the size of Uganda’s.
Brazil: $2.28 trillion (2025) · Uganda: $62 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Brazil produces 6.7 times as much per person as Uganda.
Brazil: Int$23,433 (2025) · Uganda: Int$3,488 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Brazil than in Uganda (Gini 7.6 points higher).
Brazil: 50.3 (2024) · Uganda: 42.7 (2019)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 6.0% in Brazil, versus 2.7% in Uganda.
Brazil: 6% (2025) · Uganda: 2.7% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Uganda spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Brazil 1.0%.
Brazil: 1% (2024) · Uganda: 1.9% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Brazil’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Uganda’s.
Brazil: 46% (2025) · Uganda: 35% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Brazil spends 22 times as much on health per person as Uganda.
Brazil: $1,010 (2023) · Uganda: $45 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Brazil live 7.5 years longer than in Uganda.
Brazil: 76 years (2024) · Uganda: 68.5 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Uganda is 2.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Brazil.
Brazil: 12.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Uganda: 35.9 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Brazil has 12 times as many doctors per person as Uganda.
Brazil: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Uganda: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is obesity?
31% of adults in Brazil are obese, versus 8.2% in Uganda.
Brazil: 30.9% (2024) · Uganda: 8.2% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
12% of adults in Brazil smoke, versus 7.5% in Uganda.
Brazil: 11.9% (2024) · Uganda: 7.5% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Brazil rate their lives 2.14 points higher than in Uganda.
Brazil: 6.63 (2025) · Uganda: 4.49 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Brazil drink 2.6 times as much alcohol as in Uganda.
Brazil: 10.4 litres (2023) · Uganda: 4 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Brazil has 9.6 times as much meat per person as Uganda.
Brazil: 104.6 kg (2023) · Uganda: 10.9 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Brazil has 1,046 kcal more food per person per day than Uganda.
Brazil: 3,423 kcal (2023) · Uganda: 2,378 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Uganda put in 134 more hours a year than in Brazil.
Brazil: 1,994 hours (2023) · Uganda: 2,128 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Brazil went to school 2.1 years longer than in Uganda.
Brazil: 8.4 years (2023) · Uganda: 6.3 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Uganda welcomed 12% more tourists per resident than Brazil (2019).
Brazil: 0.03 (2024) · Uganda: 0.04 (2019)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
84% of people in Brazil are online, versus 8.9% in Uganda.
Brazil: 84% (2024) · Uganda: 9% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Brazil have electricity, versus 55% in Uganda.
Brazil: 99.8% (2024) · Uganda: 55.3% (2024)
How many live in cities?
88% of people in Brazil live in cities, versus 32% in Uganda.
Brazil: 88% (2025) · Uganda: 32% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Brazil has 102 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uganda 83.
Brazil: 102 (2024) · Uganda: 83 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Brazil’s railway network is 24 times as long as Uganda’s.
Brazil: 29,850 km (2014) · Uganda: 1,244 km (2014)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Brazil fly 1,064 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uganda.
Brazil: 0.45 (2023) · Uganda: 0 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 59% of Brazil, but only 11% of Uganda.
Brazil: 59% (2023) · Uganda: 11% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Brazil emits 18 times as much CO₂ as someone in Uganda.
Brazil: 2.3 t (2024) · Uganda: 0.1 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
97% of Uganda’s electricity is renewable, versus 87% in Brazil.
Brazil: 86.6% (2025) · Uganda: 97.1% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Uganda carries 2.4 times as much fine dust as in Brazil.
Brazil: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Uganda: 37.3 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 2.1 times as likely to be murdered in Brazil as in Uganda.
Brazil: 19.3 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 9 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Uganda are 2% deadlier than in Brazil.
Brazil: 15.7 per 100k (2021) · Uganda: 16 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Brazil is on average 1.6 °C warmer than Uganda.
Brazil: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Brazil gets 13% more rain than Uganda.
Brazil: 1,661 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 1,470 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Brazil bigger than Uganda?
Brazil is larger. Uganda fits inside Brazil 35 times.
Which has more people, Brazil or Uganda?
Brazil has 4.1 times as many people as Uganda (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Brazil or Uganda?
People in Brazil live 7.5 years longer than in Uganda. Life expectancy at birth is 76.0 years in Brazil and 68.5 in Uganda.
Are people taller in Brazil or Uganda?
Men in Brazil are 7.0 cm taller than in Uganda (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).