Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Uganda fits inside Saudi Arabia 8.9 times
Saudi Arabia: 2,149,690 km² (2024) · Uganda: 241,551 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition) · Uganda: 0 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Uganda’s highest peak towers 2,110 m above Saudi Arabia’s
Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition) · Uganda: 5,110 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 80% of Uganda
Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024) · Uganda: 80.3% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Uganda has 39% more people than Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025) · Uganda: 51.4 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Uganda is 15 times as densely populated as Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025) · Uganda: 256 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Saudi Arabia are 1.9 cm taller than in Uganda
Saudi Arabia: 170.7 cm (2019) · Uganda: 168.7 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Saudi Arabia and Uganda are practically level
Saudi Arabia: 158.8 cm (2019) · Uganda: 158.5 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Saudi Arabia is 13 years older than in Uganda
Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023) · Uganda: 16.5 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Uganda have 1.9 more children on average than in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024) · Uganda: 4.17 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
3.1% of people in Saudi Arabia are 65 or older, versus 2.2% in Uganda
Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025) · Uganda: 2.2% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Uganda hosts 3,111 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025) · Uganda: 37.7 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Saudi Arabia and Uganda are practically level
Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026) · Uganda: 0 (2026)
How many official languages?
Uganda has 2 official languages, Saudi Arabia 1
Saudi Arabia: 1 (2026) · Uganda: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Saudi Arabia’s economy is 21 times the size of Uganda’s
Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025) · Uganda: $62 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Saudi Arabia produces 21 times as much per person as Uganda
Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025) · Uganda: Int$3,488 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Saudi Arabia: no data · Uganda: 38.2 (2023)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Saudi Arabia: no data · Uganda: 54.4% (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Saudi Arabia and Uganda are practically level
Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025) · Uganda: 2.7% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, Uganda 2.0%
Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025) · Uganda: 2% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Uganda’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Saudi Arabia’s 8.1%
Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024) · Uganda: 12.6% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Saudi Arabia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Uganda’s
Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025) · Uganda: 35% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Saudi Arabia spends 40 times as much on health per person as Uganda
Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023) · Uganda: $45 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Saudi Arabia live 10 years longer than in Uganda
Saudi Arabia: 79 years (2024) · Uganda: 68.5 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Uganda is 7.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Uganda: 35.9 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Saudi Arabia has 18 times as many doctors per person as Uganda
Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Uganda: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022)
How many hospital beds are there?
Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Uganda: no data
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Uganda is 7.8 times that in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 17.2 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 8.2% in Uganda
Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024) · Uganda: 8.2% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
15% of adults in Saudi Arabia smoke, versus 7.5% in Uganda
Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024) · Uganda: 7.5% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Saudi Arabia rate their lives 2.33 points higher than in Uganda
Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025) · Uganda: 4.49 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Saudi Arabia: no data · Uganda: 4 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Saudi Arabia has 5.4 times as much meat per person as Uganda
Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023) · Uganda: 10.9 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Saudi Arabia has 1,282 kcal more food per person per day than Uganda
Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023) · Uganda: 2,378 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Uganda and Saudi Arabia are practically level
Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023) · Uganda: 2,128 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Saudi Arabia went to school 5.3 years longer than in Uganda
Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023) · Uganda: 6.3 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Saudi Arabia welcomed 23 times as many tourists per resident as Uganda (2019)
Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024) · Uganda: 0.04 (2019)
How many World Heritage sites?
Saudi Arabia has 5 more World Heritage sites than Uganda (8 against 3)
Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026) · Uganda: 3 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Uganda has won 13 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4
Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition) · Uganda: 13 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 8.9% in Uganda
Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024) · Uganda: 9% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Saudi Arabia is 3.7 times as fast as in Uganda
Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026) · Uganda: 53 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Saudi Arabia have electricity, versus 55% in Uganda
Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024) · Uganda: 55.3% (2024)
How many live in cities?
85% of people in Saudi Arabia live in cities, versus 32% in Uganda
Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025) · Uganda: 32% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uganda 83
Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024) · Uganda: 83 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Saudi Arabia’s railway network is 2.4 times as long as Uganda’s
Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018) · Uganda: 1,244 km (2014)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Saudi Arabia fly 3,080 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uganda
Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023) · Uganda: 0.00042 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 12% of Uganda, but only 1.3% of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024) · Uganda: 11.9% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 161 times as much CO₂ as someone in Uganda
Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024) · Uganda: 0.1 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
97% of Uganda’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024) · Uganda: 97.1% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Saudi Arabia carries 35% more fine dust than in Uganda
Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Uganda: 37.3 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 9.6 times as likely to be murdered in Uganda as in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019) · Uganda: 9 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Uganda are 13% deadlier than in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 24.1 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Saudi Arabia is on average 3.1 °C warmer than Uganda
Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Uganda gets 24 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 61 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 Saudi Arabia bigger than Uganda?
Saudi Arabia is larger. Uganda fits inside Saudi Arabia 8.9 times.
Which has more people, Saudi Arabia or Uganda?
Uganda has 39% more people than Saudi Arabia (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Saudi Arabia or Uganda?
People in Saudi Arabia live 10 years longer than in Uganda. Life expectancy at birth is 79.0 years in Saudi Arabia and 68.5 in Uganda.
Are people taller in Saudi Arabia or Uganda?
Men in Saudi Arabia are 1.9 cm taller than in Uganda (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
