Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Italy is 25% bigger than Uganda.
Italy: 302,070 km² (2023) · Uganda: 241,550 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Italy: 7,600 km (2026 edition) · Uganda: 0 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Uganda’s highest peak towers 362 m above Italy’s.
Italy: 4,748 m (2026 edition) · Uganda: 5,110 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Italy has 15% more people than Uganda.
Italy: 58.9 million (2025) · Uganda: 51.4 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Uganda is 29% more densely populated than Italy.
Italy: 199 per km² (2025) · Uganda: 256 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Italy are 5.7 cm taller than in Uganda.
Italy: 174.4 cm (2019) · Uganda: 168.7 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Italy are 3.3 cm taller than in Uganda.
Italy: 161.8 cm (2019) · Uganda: 158.5 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Italy is 31 years older than in Uganda.
Italy: 47.5 years (2023) · Uganda: 16.5 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Uganda have 3.0 more children on average than in Italy.
Italy: 1.18 children per woman (2024) · Uganda: 4.17 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
25% of people in Italy are 65 or older, versus 2.2% in Uganda.
Italy: 25.1% (2025) · Uganda: 2.2% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Italy has produced 3.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Uganda 0.0.
Italy: 3.4 (2025) · Uganda: 0 (2025)
How many official languages?
Uganda has 2 official languages, Italy 1.
Italy: 1 (2026) · Uganda: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Italy’s economy is 41 times the size of Uganda’s.
Italy: $2.55 trillion (2025) · Uganda: $62 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Italy produces 18 times as much per person as Uganda.
Italy: Int$62,803 (2025) · Uganda: Int$3,488 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Uganda than in Italy (Gini 8.4 points higher).
Italy: 34.3 (2023) · Uganda: 42.7 (2019)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 6.4% in Italy, versus 2.7% in Uganda.
Italy: 6.4% (2025) · Uganda: 2.7% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Uganda and Italy are practically level.
Italy: 1.6% (2024) · Uganda: 1.9% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Italy’s price level (US = 100) is 2× Uganda’s.
Italy: 69% (2025) · Uganda: 35% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Italy spends 75 times as much on health per person as Uganda.
Italy: $3,398 (2024) · Uganda: $45 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Italy live 15 years longer than in Uganda.
Italy: 84 years (2024) · Uganda: 68.5 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Uganda is 16 times as likely to die before turning one as in Italy.
Italy: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Uganda: 35.9 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Italy has 22 times as many doctors per person as Uganda.
Italy: 4.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Uganda: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is obesity?
18% of adults in Italy are obese, versus 8.2% in Uganda.
Italy: 17.9% (2024) · Uganda: 8.2% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
22% of adults in Italy smoke, versus 7.5% in Uganda.
Italy: 22.4% (2024) · Uganda: 7.5% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Italy rate their lives 2.08 points higher than in Uganda.
Italy: 6.57 (2025) · Uganda: 4.49 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Italy drink 2.1 times as much alcohol as in Uganda.
Italy: 8.4 litres (2023) · Uganda: 4 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Italy has 6.6 times as much meat per person as Uganda.
Italy: 71.2 kg (2023) · Uganda: 10.9 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Italy has 1,375 kcal more food per person per day than Uganda.
Italy: 3,753 kcal (2023) · Uganda: 2,378 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Uganda put in 426 more hours a year than in Italy.
Italy: 1,701 hours (2023) · Uganda: 2,128 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Italy went to school 4.5 years longer than in Uganda.
Italy: 10.8 years (2023) · Uganda: 6.3 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Italy welcomed 27 times as many tourists per resident as Uganda (2019).
Italy: 0.98 (2024) · Uganda: 0.04 (2019)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
89% of people in Italy are online, versus 8.9% in Uganda.
Italy: 89% (2024) · Uganda: 9% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Italy have electricity, versus 55% in Uganda.
Italy: 100% (2024) · Uganda: 55.3% (2024)
How many live in cities?
70% of people in Italy live in cities, versus 32% in Uganda.
Italy: 70% (2025) · Uganda: 32% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Italy has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uganda 83.
Italy: 133 (2024) · Uganda: 83 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Italy’s railway network is 14 times as long as Uganda’s.
Italy: 17,305 km (2021) · Uganda: 1,244 km (2014)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Italy fly 816 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uganda.
Italy: 0.34 (2023) · Uganda: 0 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 33% of Italy, but only 11% of Uganda.
Italy: 32.9% (2023) · Uganda: 11% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Italy emits 40 times as much CO₂ as someone in Uganda.
Italy: 5.1 t (2024) · Uganda: 0.1 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
97% of Uganda’s electricity is renewable, versus 49% in Italy.
Italy: 48.8% (2025) · Uganda: 97.1% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Uganda carries 2.5 times as much fine dust as in Italy.
Italy: 15.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Uganda: 37.3 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 16 times as likely to be murdered in Uganda as in Italy.
Italy: 0.6 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 9 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Uganda are 3.2 times as deadly as in Italy.
Italy: 5 per 100k (2021) · Uganda: 16 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Uganda is on average 9.8 °C warmer than Italy.
Italy: 13.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Uganda gets 43% more rain than Italy.
Italy: 1,030 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 1,470 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Italy bigger than Uganda?
Italy is larger. Italy is 25% bigger than Uganda.
Which has more people, Italy or Uganda?
Italy has 15% more people than Uganda (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Italy or Uganda?
People in Italy live 15 years longer than in Uganda. Life expectancy at birth is 84.0 years in Italy and 68.5 in Uganda.
Are people taller in Italy or Uganda?
Men in Italy are 5.7 cm taller than in Uganda (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).