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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Germany is 48% bigger than Uganda

Germany: 357,680 km² (2024) · Uganda: 241,551 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition) · Uganda: 0 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Uganda’s highest peak towers 2,147 m above Germany’s

Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition) · Uganda: 5,110 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 80% of Uganda, versus 47% of Germany

Germany: 47.4% (2024) · Uganda: 80.3% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Germany has 62% more people than Uganda

Germany: 83.5 million (2025) · Uganda: 51.4 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Uganda is 7% more densely populated than Germany

Germany: 239 per km² (2025) · Uganda: 256 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Germany are 11.5 cm taller than in Uganda

Germany: 180.3 cm (2019) · Uganda: 168.7 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Germany are 7.7 cm taller than in Uganda

Germany: 166.2 cm (2019) · Uganda: 158.5 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Germany is 29 years older than in Uganda

Germany: 45.1 years (2023) · Uganda: 16.5 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Uganda have 2.8 more children on average than in Germany

Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Uganda: 4.17 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

24% of people in Germany are 65 or older, versus 2.2% in Uganda

Germany: 23.7% (2025) · Uganda: 2.2% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Uganda hosts 19% more refugees per resident than Germany

Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Uganda: 37.7 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Uganda none

Germany: 10.3 (2026) · Uganda: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Uganda has 2 official languages, Germany 1

Germany: 1 (2026) · Uganda: 2 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Germany’s economy is 81 times the size of Uganda’s

Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025) · Uganda: $62 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Germany produces 22 times as much per person as Uganda

Germany: Int$75,407 (2025) · Uganda: Int$3,488 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Uganda than in Germany (Gini 4.5 points higher)

Germany: 33.7 (2022) · Uganda: 38.2 (2023)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

54% of people in Uganda live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.7% in Germany

Germany: 0.7% (2022) · Uganda: 54.4% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 3.7% in Germany, versus 2.7% in Uganda

Germany: 3.7% (2025) · Uganda: 2.7% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Germany and Uganda are practically level

Germany: 2.3% (2025) · Uganda: 2% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Uganda’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Germany’s 11%

Germany: 10.9% (2024) · Uganda: 12.6% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Germany’s price level (US = 100) is 2.3× Uganda’s

Germany: 80% (2025) · Uganda: 35% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Germany spends 151 times as much on health per person as Uganda

Germany: $6,849 (2024) · Uganda: $45 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Germany live 12 years longer than in Uganda

Germany: 80.8 years (2024) · Uganda: 68.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

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 Germany

Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Uganda: 35.9 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Germany has 24 times as many doctors per person as Uganda

Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Uganda: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Uganda: no data

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Uganda is 72% higher than in Germany

Germany: 10 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 17.2 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

24% of adults in Germany are obese, versus 8.2% in Uganda

Germany: 24.5% (2024) · Uganda: 8.2% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

22% of adults in Germany smoke, versus 7.5% in Uganda

Germany: 22% (2024) · Uganda: 7.5% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Germany rate their lives 2.39 points higher than in Uganda

Germany: 6.88 (2025) · Uganda: 4.49 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Germany drink 2.7 times as much alcohol as in Uganda

Germany: 10.9 litres (2023) · Uganda: 4 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Germany has 6.5 times as much meat per person as Uganda

Germany: 70.7 kg (2023) · Uganda: 10.9 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Germany has 1,157 kcal more food per person per day than Uganda

Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023) · Uganda: 2,378 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Uganda put in 793 more hours a year than in Germany

Germany: 1,335 hours (2023) · Uganda: 2,128 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Germany went to school 8 years longer than in Uganda

Germany: 14.3 years (2023) · Uganda: 6.3 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Germany welcomed 12 times as many tourists per resident as Uganda (2019)

Germany: 0.45 (2024) · Uganda: 0.04 (2019)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Germany has 52 more World Heritage sites than Uganda (55 against 3)

Germany: 55 (2026) · Uganda: 3 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Uganda 13

Germany: 980 (2026 edition) · Uganda: 13 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

94% of people in Germany are online, versus 8.9% in Uganda

Germany: 94% (2024) · Uganda: 9% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Germany is 3.5 times as fast as in Uganda

Germany: 187 Mbps (2026) · Uganda: 53 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Germany have electricity, versus 55% in Uganda

Germany: 100% (2024) · Uganda: 55.3% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

82% of people in Germany live in cities, versus 32% in Uganda

Germany: 82% (2025) · Uganda: 32% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Germany has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uganda 83

Germany: 129 (2024) · Uganda: 83 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Germany’s railway network is 27 times as long as Uganda’s

Germany: 33,401 km (2021) · Uganda: 1,244 km (2014)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Germany fly 2,280 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uganda

Germany: 0.96 (2023) · Uganda: 0.00042 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 33% of Germany, but only 12% of Uganda

Germany: 32.8% (2024) · Uganda: 11.9% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Germany emits 53 times as much CO₂ as someone in Uganda

Germany: 6.8 t (2024) · Uganda: 0.1 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

97% of Uganda’s electricity is renewable, versus 59% in Germany

Germany: 59.1% (2025) · Uganda: 97.1% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Uganda carries 4.1 times as much fine dust as in Germany

Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Uganda: 37.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 9.9 times as likely to be murdered in Uganda as in Germany

Germany: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 9 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Uganda are 4.5 times as deadly as in Germany

Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 24.1 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Uganda is on average 13.4 °C warmer than Germany

Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Uganda gets 69% more rain than Germany

Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 1,470 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Germany bigger than Uganda?

Germany is larger. Germany is 48% bigger than Uganda.

Which has more people, Germany or Uganda?

Germany has 62% more people than Uganda (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Germany or Uganda?

People in Germany live 12 years longer than in Uganda. Life expectancy at birth is 80.8 years in Germany and 68.5 in Uganda.

Are people taller in Germany or Uganda?

Men in Germany are 11.5 cm taller than in Uganda (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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