The duel
Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
The United Kingdom and Uganda are nearly identical here.
Uganda: 241,550 km² (2023) · United Kingdom: 243,610 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Uganda: 0 km (2026 edition) · United Kingdom: 12,429 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Uganda’s highest peak towers 3,765 m above the United Kingdom’s.
Uganda: 5,110 m (2026 edition) · United Kingdom: 1,345 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
The United Kingdom has 35% more people than Uganda.
Uganda: 51.4 million (2025) · United Kingdom: 69.5 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
The United Kingdom is 12% more densely populated than Uganda.
Uganda: 256 per km² (2025) · United Kingdom: 287 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in the United Kingdom are 9.5 cm taller than in Uganda.
Uganda: 168.7 cm (2019) · United Kingdom: 178.2 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in the United Kingdom are 5.4 cm taller than in Uganda.
Uganda: 158.5 cm (2019) · United Kingdom: 163.9 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in the United Kingdom is 23 years older than in Uganda.
Uganda: 16.5 years (2023) · United Kingdom: 39.8 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Uganda have 2.6 more children on average than in the United Kingdom.
Uganda: 4.17 children per woman (2024) · United Kingdom: 1.55 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
20% of people in the United Kingdom are 65 or older, versus 2.2% in Uganda.
Uganda: 2.2% (2025) · United Kingdom: 19.7% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
The United Kingdom has produced 15.8 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Uganda 0.0.
Uganda: 0 (2025) · United Kingdom: 15.8 (2025)
How many official languages?
Uganda has 2 official languages, the United Kingdom 1.
Uganda: 2 (2026) · United Kingdom: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
The United Kingdom’s economy is 65 times the size of Uganda’s.
Uganda: $62 billion (2025) · United Kingdom: $4 trillion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
The United Kingdom produces 19 times as much per person as Uganda.
Uganda: Int$3,488 (2025) · United Kingdom: Int$64,607 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Uganda than in the United Kingdom (Gini 10.3 points higher).
Uganda: 42.7 (2019) · United Kingdom: 32.4 (2021)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 4.7% in the United Kingdom, versus 2.7% in Uganda.
Uganda: 2.7% (2025) · United Kingdom: 4.7% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
The United Kingdom and Uganda are practically level.
Uganda: 1.9% (2024) · United Kingdom: 2.3% (2024)
How expensive is it?
The United Kingdom’s price level (US = 100) is 2.6× Uganda’s.
Uganda: 35% (2025) · United Kingdom: 89% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
The United Kingdom spends 130 times as much on health per person as Uganda.
Uganda: $45 (2023) · United Kingdom: $5,860 (2024)
How long do people live?
People in the United Kingdom live 13 years longer than in Uganda.
Uganda: 68.5 years (2024) · United Kingdom: 81.4 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Uganda is 8.8 times as likely to die before turning one as in the United Kingdom.
Uganda: 35.9 per 1,000 (2024) · United Kingdom: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
The United Kingdom has 17 times as many doctors per person as Uganda.
Uganda: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022) · United Kingdom: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is obesity?
29% of adults in the United Kingdom are obese, versus 8.2% in Uganda.
Uganda: 8.2% (2024) · United Kingdom: 29.2% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
13% of adults in the United Kingdom smoke, versus 7.5% in Uganda.
Uganda: 7.5% (2024) · United Kingdom: 12.8% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in the United Kingdom rate their lives 2.20 points higher than in Uganda.
Uganda: 4.49 (2025) · United Kingdom: 6.69 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in the United Kingdom drink 2.6 times as much alcohol as in Uganda.
Uganda: 4 litres (2023) · United Kingdom: 10.4 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
The United Kingdom has 7.8 times as much meat per person as Uganda.
Uganda: 10.9 kg (2023) · United Kingdom: 84.4 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
The United Kingdom has 1,057 kcal more food per person per day than Uganda.
Uganda: 2,378 kcal (2023) · United Kingdom: 3,435 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Uganda put in 605 more hours a year than in the United Kingdom.
Uganda: 2,128 hours (2023) · United Kingdom: 1,523 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in the United Kingdom went to school 7.2 years longer than in Uganda.
Uganda: 6.3 years (2023) · United Kingdom: 13.5 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
The United Kingdom welcomed 15 times as many tourists per resident as Uganda (2019).
Uganda: 0.04 (2019) · United Kingdom: 0.55 (2024)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
95% of people in the United Kingdom are online, versus 8.9% in Uganda.
Uganda: 9% (2024) · United Kingdom: 95% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in the United Kingdom have electricity, versus 55% in Uganda.
Uganda: 55.3% (2024) · United Kingdom: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
83% of people in the United Kingdom live in cities, versus 32% in Uganda.
Uganda: 32% (2025) · United Kingdom: 83% (2025)
How many phones per person?
The United Kingdom has 122 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uganda 83.
Uganda: 83 (2024) · United Kingdom: 122 (2024)
How much railway is there?
The United Kingdom’s railway network is 13 times as long as Uganda’s.
Uganda: 1,244 km (2014) · United Kingdom: 16,179 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from the United Kingdom fly 4,063 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uganda.
Uganda: 0 (2023) · United Kingdom: 1.71 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 13% of the United Kingdom, but only 11% of Uganda.
Uganda: 11% (2023) · United Kingdom: 13.3% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in the United Kingdom emits 36 times as much CO₂ as someone in Uganda.
Uganda: 0.1 t (2024) · United Kingdom: 4.5 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
97% of Uganda’s electricity is renewable, versus 52% in the United Kingdom.
Uganda: 97.1% (2024) · United Kingdom: 52% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Uganda carries 4.2 times as much fine dust as in the United Kingdom.
Uganda: 37.3 µg/m³ (2024) · United Kingdom: 8.8 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 the United Kingdom.
Uganda: 9 per 100k (2023) · United Kingdom: 1.1 per 100k (2021)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Uganda are 6.7 times as deadly as in the United Kingdom.
Uganda: 16 per 100k (2021) · United Kingdom: 2.4 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Uganda is on average 13.8 °C warmer than the United Kingdom.
Uganda: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · United Kingdom: 9.9°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Uganda gets 37% more rain than the United Kingdom.
Uganda: 1,470 mm (2016–2025 avg) · United Kingdom: 1,070 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Uganda bigger than the United Kingdom?
The United Kingdom is larger. The United Kingdom and Uganda are nearly identical here.
Which has more people, Uganda or the United Kingdom?
The United Kingdom has 35% more people than Uganda (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Uganda or the United Kingdom?
People in the United Kingdom live 13 years longer than in Uganda. Life expectancy at birth is 68.5 years in Uganda and 81.4 in the United Kingdom.
Are people taller in Uganda or the United Kingdom?
Men in the United Kingdom are 9.5 cm taller than in Uganda (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
