Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Israel fits inside Uganda 11 times
Israel: 22,070 km² (2024) · Uganda: 241,551 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Israel: 273 km (2026 edition) · Uganda: 0 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Uganda’s highest peak towers 2,874 m above Israel’s
Israel: 2,236 m (2026 edition) · Uganda: 5,110 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 80% of Uganda, versus 24% of Israel
Israel: 23.8% (2024) · Uganda: 80.3% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Uganda has 5.1 times as many people as Israel
Israel: 10.1 million (2025) · Uganda: 51.4 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Israel is 83% more densely populated than Uganda
Israel: 468 per km² (2025) · Uganda: 256 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Israel are 7.2 cm taller than in Uganda
Israel: 176 cm (2019) · Uganda: 168.7 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Israel are 3.7 cm taller than in Uganda
Israel: 162.2 cm (2019) · Uganda: 158.5 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Israel is 13 years older than in Uganda
Israel: 29.2 years (2023) · Uganda: 16.5 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Uganda have 1.3 more children on average than in Israel
Israel: 2.87 children per woman (2024) · Uganda: 4.17 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
13% of people in Israel are 65 or older, versus 2.2% in Uganda
Israel: 12.7% (2025) · Uganda: 2.2% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Uganda hosts 299 times as many refugees per resident as Israel
Israel: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Uganda: 37.7 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Israel has produced 5.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Uganda none
Israel: 5.9 (2026) · Uganda: 0 (2026)
How many official languages?
Israel and Uganda are practically level
Israel: 2 (2026) · Uganda: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Israel’s economy is 9.9 times the size of Uganda’s
Israel: $611 billion (2025) · Uganda: $62 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Israel produces 17 times as much per person as Uganda
Israel: Int$59,717 (2025) · Uganda: Int$3,488 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Israel and Uganda are practically level
Israel: 38.3 (2022) · 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 0.4% in Israel
Israel: 0.4% (2022) · Uganda: 54.4% (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 3.5% in Israel, versus 2.7% in Uganda
Israel: 3.5% (2025) · Uganda: 2.7% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Israel spends 7.8% of its GDP on the military, Uganda 2.0%
Israel: 7.8% (2025) · Uganda: 2% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Israel’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Uganda’s 13%
Israel: 23.2% (2024) · Uganda: 12.6% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Israel’s price level (US = 100) is 2.9× Uganda’s
Israel: 101% (2025) · Uganda: 35% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Israel spends 87 times as much on health per person as Uganda
Israel: $3,928 (2023) · Uganda: $45 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Israel live 15 years longer than in Uganda
Israel: 83.2 years (2024) · Uganda: 68.5 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Uganda is 13 times as likely to die before turning one as in Israel
Israel: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Uganda: 35.9 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Israel has 20 times as many doctors per person as Uganda
Israel: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023) · Uganda: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022)
How many hospital beds are there?
Israel: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Uganda: no data
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Uganda is 2.5 times that in Israel
Israel: 6.9 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 17.2 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
23% of adults in Israel are obese, versus 8.2% in Uganda
Israel: 23.3% (2024) · Uganda: 8.2% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
21% of adults in Israel smoke, versus 7.5% in Uganda
Israel: 21.2% (2024) · Uganda: 7.5% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Israel rate their lives 2.70 points higher than in Uganda
Israel: 7.19 (2025) · Uganda: 4.49 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Israel drink 4% more alcohol than in Uganda
Israel: 4.2 litres (2023) · Uganda: 4 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Israel has 10 times as much meat per person as Uganda
Israel: 108.7 kg (2023) · Uganda: 10.9 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Israel has 1,376 kcal more food per person per day than Uganda
Israel: 3,754 kcal (2023) · Uganda: 2,378 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Uganda put in 238 more hours a year than in Israel
Israel: 1,890 hours (2023) · Uganda: 2,128 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Israel went to school 7.2 years longer than in Uganda
Israel: 13.5 years (2023) · Uganda: 6.3 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Israel welcomed 2.7 times as many tourists per resident as Uganda (2019)
Israel: 0.1 (2024) · Uganda: 0.04 (2019)
How many World Heritage sites?
Israel has 6 more World Heritage sites than Uganda (9 against 3)
Israel: 9 (2026) · Uganda: 3 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Israel has won 20 Olympic medals, Uganda 13
Israel: 20 (2026 edition) · Uganda: 13 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
88% of people in Israel are online, versus 8.9% in Uganda
Israel: 88% (2024) · Uganda: 9% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Israel is 7.4 times as fast as in Uganda
Israel: 392 Mbps (2026) · Uganda: 53 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Israel have electricity, versus 55% in Uganda
Israel: 100% (2024) · Uganda: 55.3% (2024)
How many live in cities?
92% of people in Israel live in cities, versus 32% in Uganda
Israel: 92% (2025) · Uganda: 32% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Israel has 177 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uganda 83
Israel: 177 (2024) · Uganda: 83 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Israel’s railway network is 38% longer than Uganda’s
Israel: 1,720 km (2021) · Uganda: 1,244 km (2014)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Israel fly 1,730 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uganda
Israel: 0.73 (2023) · Uganda: 0.00042 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 12% of Uganda, but only 6.8% of Israel
Israel: 6.8% (2024) · Uganda: 11.9% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Israel emits 44 times as much CO₂ as someone in Uganda
Israel: 5.6 t (2024) · Uganda: 0.1 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
97% of Uganda’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Israel
Israel: 16.9% (2025) · Uganda: 97.1% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Uganda carries 83% more fine dust than in Israel
Israel: 20.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Uganda: 37.3 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 5.5 times as likely to be murdered in Uganda as in Israel
Israel: 1.6 per 100k (2022) · Uganda: 9 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Uganda are 3.5 times as deadly as in Israel
Israel: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 24.1 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Uganda is on average 2.6 °C warmer than Israel
Israel: 21.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Uganda gets 7.2 times as much rain as Israel
Israel: 205 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 Israel bigger than Uganda?
Uganda is larger. Israel fits inside Uganda 11 times.
Which has more people, Israel or Uganda?
Uganda has 5.1 times as many people as Israel (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Israel or Uganda?
People in Israel live 15 years longer than in Uganda. Life expectancy at birth is 83.2 years in Israel and 68.5 in Uganda.
Are people taller in Israel or Uganda?
Men in Israel are 7.2 cm taller than in Uganda (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
