Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Uganda is 1% bigger than Romania.
Romania: 238,400 km² (2023) · Uganda: 241,550 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Romania: 225 km (2026 edition) · Uganda: 0 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Uganda’s highest peak towers 2,566 m above Romania’s.
Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition) · Uganda: 5,110 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Uganda has 2.7 times as many people as Romania.
Romania: 19 million (2025) · Uganda: 51.4 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Uganda is 3.1 times as densely populated as Romania.
Romania: 83 per km² (2025) · Uganda: 256 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Romania are 9.1 cm taller than in Uganda.
Romania: 177.8 cm (2019) · Uganda: 168.7 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Romania are 6.2 cm taller than in Uganda.
Romania: 164.7 cm (2019) · Uganda: 158.5 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Romania is 26 years older than in Uganda.
Romania: 42.6 years (2023) · Uganda: 16.5 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Uganda have 2.8 more children on average than in Romania.
Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024) · Uganda: 4.17 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
20% of people in Romania are 65 or older, versus 2.2% in Uganda.
Romania: 20.1% (2025) · Uganda: 2.2% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Romania has produced 2.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Uganda 0.0.
Romania: 2.1 (2025) · Uganda: 0 (2025)
How many official languages?
Uganda has 2 official languages, Romania 1.
Romania: 1 (2026) · Uganda: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Romania’s economy is 6.9 times the size of Uganda’s.
Romania: $429 billion (2025) · Uganda: $62 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Romania produces 15 times as much per person as Uganda.
Romania: Int$50,895 (2025) · Uganda: Int$3,488 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Uganda than in Romania (Gini 12.9 points higher).
Romania: 29.8 (2023) · Uganda: 42.7 (2019)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 6.0% in Romania, versus 2.7% in Uganda.
Romania: 6% (2025) · Uganda: 2.7% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Romania and Uganda are practically level.
Romania: 2.3% (2024) · Uganda: 1.9% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Romania’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Uganda’s.
Romania: 44% (2025) · Uganda: 35% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Romania spends 23 times as much on health per person as Uganda.
Romania: $1,051 (2023) · Uganda: $45 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Romania live 8 years longer than in Uganda.
Romania: 76.5 years (2024) · Uganda: 68.5 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Uganda is 6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Romania.
Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024) · Uganda: 35.9 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Romania has 19 times as many doctors per person as Uganda.
Romania: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Uganda: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is obesity?
38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 8.2% in Uganda.
Romania: 37.7% (2024) · Uganda: 8.2% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
30% of adults in Romania smoke, versus 7.5% in Uganda.
Romania: 29.7% (2024) · Uganda: 7.5% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Romania rate their lives 2.14 points higher than in Uganda.
Romania: 6.63 (2025) · Uganda: 4.49 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Romania drink 4.2 times as much alcohol as in Uganda.
Romania: 17.1 litres (2023) · Uganda: 4 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Romania has 6.7 times as much meat per person as Uganda.
Romania: 72.5 kg (2023) · Uganda: 10.9 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Romania has 1,271 kcal more food per person per day than Uganda.
Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023) · Uganda: 2,378 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Uganda put in 302 more hours a year than in Romania.
Romania: 1,826 hours (2023) · Uganda: 2,128 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Romania went to school 5.2 years longer than in Uganda.
Romania: 11.6 years (2023) · Uganda: 6.3 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Romania welcomed 20 times as many tourists per resident as Uganda (2019).
Romania: 0.7 (2024) · Uganda: 0.04 (2019)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
91% of people in Romania are online, versus 8.9% in Uganda.
Romania: 91% (2024) · Uganda: 9% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Romania have electricity, versus 55% in Uganda.
Romania: 100% (2024) · Uganda: 55.3% (2024)
How many live in cities?
52% of people in Romania live in cities, versus 32% in Uganda.
Romania: 52% (2025) · Uganda: 32% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Romania has 120 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uganda 83.
Romania: 120 (2024) · Uganda: 83 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Romania’s railway network is 8.7 times as long as Uganda’s.
Romania: 10,769 km (2021) · Uganda: 1,244 km (2014)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Romania fly 350 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uganda.
Romania: 0.15 (2023) · Uganda: 0 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 30% of Romania, but only 11% of Uganda.
Romania: 30.1% (2023) · Uganda: 11% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Romania emits 28 times as much CO₂ as someone in Uganda.
Romania: 3.6 t (2024) · Uganda: 0.1 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
97% of Uganda’s electricity is renewable, versus 47% in Romania.
Romania: 47% (2025) · Uganda: 97.1% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Uganda carries 2.6 times as much fine dust as in Romania.
Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Uganda: 37.3 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 8 times as likely to be murdered in Uganda as in Romania.
Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024) · Uganda: 9 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Uganda are 67% deadlier than in Romania.
Romania: 9.6 per 100k (2021) · Uganda: 16 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Uganda is on average 12.7 °C warmer than Romania.
Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Uganda gets 94% more rain than Romania.
Romania: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 1,470 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Romania bigger than Uganda?
Uganda is larger. Uganda is 1% bigger than Romania.
Which has more people, Romania or Uganda?
Uganda has 2.7 times as many people as Romania (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Romania or Uganda?
People in Romania live 8 years longer than in Uganda. Life expectancy at birth is 76.5 years in Romania and 68.5 in Uganda.
Are people taller in Romania or Uganda?
Men in Romania are 9.1 cm taller than in Uganda (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).