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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Uganda fits inside Kazakhstan 11 times

Kazakhstan: 2,724,900 km² (2024) · Uganda: 241,551 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Kazakhstan: 0 km (2026 edition) · Uganda: 0 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Kazakhstan’s highest peak towers 1,900 m above Uganda’s

Kazakhstan: 7,010 m (2026 edition) · Uganda: 5,110 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 80% of Uganda, versus 79% of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 79.2% (2024) · Uganda: 80.3% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Uganda has 2.5 times as many people as Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 20.8 million (2025) · Uganda: 51.4 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Uganda is 33 times as densely populated as Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 8 per km² (2025) · Uganda: 256 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Kazakhstan are 6.8 cm taller than in Uganda

Kazakhstan: 175.5 cm (2019) · Uganda: 168.7 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Kazakhstan are 3.2 cm taller than in Uganda

Kazakhstan: 161.7 cm (2019) · Uganda: 158.5 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Kazakhstan is 13 years older than in Uganda

Kazakhstan: 29.5 years (2023) · Uganda: 16.5 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Uganda have 1.2 more children on average than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 2.98 children per woman (2024) · Uganda: 4.17 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

9.0% of people in Kazakhstan are 65 or older, versus 2.2% in Uganda

Kazakhstan: 9% (2025) · Uganda: 2.2% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Uganda hosts 179 times as many refugees per resident as Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Uganda: 37.7 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Kazakhstan and Uganda are practically level

Kazakhstan: 0 (2026) · Uganda: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Kazakhstan and Uganda are practically level

Kazakhstan: 2 (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?

Kazakhstan’s economy is 4.9 times the size of Uganda’s

Kazakhstan: $306 billion (2025) · Uganda: $62 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Kazakhstan produces 13 times as much per person as Uganda

Kazakhstan: Int$44,294 (2025) · Uganda: Int$3,488 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Uganda than in Kazakhstan (Gini 9 points higher)

Kazakhstan: 29.2 (2021) · 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% in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 0% (2021) · Uganda: 54.4% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 4.8% in Kazakhstan, versus 2.7% in Uganda

Kazakhstan: 4.8% (2025) · Uganda: 2.7% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Uganda spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Kazakhstan 0.4%

Kazakhstan: 0.4% (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, Kazakhstan’s 12%

Kazakhstan: 11.9% (2023) · Uganda: 12.6% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Uganda’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Kazakhstan’s

Kazakhstan: 33% (2025) · Uganda: 35% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Kazakhstan spends 11 times as much on health per person as Uganda

Kazakhstan: $490 (2023) · Uganda: $45 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Kazakhstan live 6 years longer than in Uganda

Kazakhstan: 74.5 years (2024) · Uganda: 68.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Uganda is 4.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 7.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Uganda: 35.9 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Kazakhstan has 20 times as many doctors per person as Uganda

Kazakhstan: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023) · Uganda: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Kazakhstan: 6.5 per 1,000 (2020) · Uganda: no data

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Kazakhstan is 6% higher than in Uganda

Kazakhstan: 18.2 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 17.2 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

22% of adults in Kazakhstan are obese, versus 8.2% in Uganda

Kazakhstan: 22.4% (2024) · Uganda: 8.2% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

21% of adults in Kazakhstan smoke, versus 7.5% in Uganda

Kazakhstan: 21.1% (2024) · Uganda: 7.5% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Kazakhstan rate their lives 2.14 points higher than in Uganda

Kazakhstan: 6.63 (2025) · Uganda: 4.49 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Kazakhstan drink 48% more alcohol than in Uganda

Kazakhstan: 6 litres (2023) · Uganda: 4 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Kazakhstan has 6 times as much meat per person as Uganda

Kazakhstan: 64.9 kg (2023) · Uganda: 10.9 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Kazakhstan has 758 kcal more food per person per day than Uganda

Kazakhstan: 3,136 kcal (2023) · Uganda: 2,378 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Uganda put in 153 more hours a year than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 1,975 hours (2023) · Uganda: 2,128 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Kazakhstan went to school 6.2 years longer than in Uganda

Kazakhstan: 12.5 years (2023) · Uganda: 6.3 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Kazakhstan welcomed 14 times as many tourists per resident as Uganda (2019)

Kazakhstan: 0.5 (2024) · Uganda: 0.04 (2019)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Kazakhstan has 4 more World Heritage sites than Uganda (7 against 3)

Kazakhstan: 7 (2026) · Uganda: 3 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Kazakhstan has won 87 Olympic medals, Uganda 13

Kazakhstan: 87 (2026 edition) · Uganda: 13 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

93% of people in Kazakhstan are online, versus 8.9% in Uganda

Kazakhstan: 93% (2024) · Uganda: 9% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Kazakhstan is 3.1 times as fast as in Uganda

Kazakhstan: 165 Mbps (2026) · Uganda: 53 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

62% of people in Kazakhstan live in cities, versus 32% in Uganda

Kazakhstan: 62% (2025) · Uganda: 32% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Kazakhstan has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uganda 83

Kazakhstan: 127 (2024) · Uganda: 83 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Kazakhstan’s railway network is 13 times as long as Uganda’s

Kazakhstan: 16,006 km (2021) · Uganda: 1,244 km (2014)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Kazakhstan fly 1,353 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uganda

Kazakhstan: 0.57 (2023) · Uganda: 0.00042 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 12% of Uganda, but only 1.3% of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 1.3% (2024) · Uganda: 11.9% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Kazakhstan emits 110 times as much CO₂ as someone in Uganda

Kazakhstan: 13.9 t (2024) · Uganda: 0.1 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

97% of Uganda’s electricity is renewable, versus 15% in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 14.9% (2025) · Uganda: 97.1% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Uganda carries 2.3 times as much fine dust as in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 16 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 3.5 times as likely to be murdered in Uganda as in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 2.6 per 100k (2022) · Uganda: 9 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Uganda are 18% deadlier than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 20.4 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 15.9 °C warmer than Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Uganda gets 4.5 times as much rain as Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 328 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 Kazakhstan bigger than Uganda?

Kazakhstan is larger. Uganda fits inside Kazakhstan 11 times.

Which has more people, Kazakhstan or Uganda?

Uganda has 2.5 times as many people as Kazakhstan (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Kazakhstan or Uganda?

People in Kazakhstan live 6 years longer than in Uganda. Life expectancy at birth is 74.5 years in Kazakhstan and 68.5 in Uganda.

Are people taller in Kazakhstan or Uganda?

Men in Kazakhstan are 6.8 cm taller than in Uganda (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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