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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Uzbekistan is 86% bigger than Uganda

Uganda: 241,551 km² (2024) · Uzbekistan: 448,923 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

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

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Uganda’s highest peak towers 467 m above Uzbekistan’s

Uganda: 5,110 m (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 4,643 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 80% of Uganda, versus 59% of Uzbekistan

Uganda: 80.3% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 58.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Uganda has 39% more people than Uzbekistan

Uganda: 51.4 million (2025) · Uzbekistan: 37.1 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Uganda is 3 times as densely populated as Uzbekistan

Uganda: 256 per km² (2025) · Uzbekistan: 84 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Uzbekistan are 2.2 cm taller than in Uganda

Uganda: 168.7 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 170.9 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Uzbekistan are 1.8 cm taller than in Uganda

Uganda: 158.5 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 160.3 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Uzbekistan is 10 years older than in Uganda

Uganda: 16.5 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 26.9 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Uganda have 0.7 more children on average than in Uzbekistan

Uganda: 4.17 children per woman (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.49 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

6.1% of people in Uzbekistan are 65 or older, versus 2.2% in Uganda

Uganda: 2.2% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Uganda hosts 279,312 times as many refugees per resident as Uzbekistan

Uganda: 37.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Uganda and Uzbekistan are practically level

Uganda: 0 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Uganda and Uzbekistan are practically level

Uganda: 2 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 2 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Uzbekistan’s economy is 2.4 times the size of Uganda’s

Uganda: $62 billion (2025) · Uzbekistan: $147 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Uzbekistan produces 3.9 times as much per person as Uganda

Uganda: Int$3,488 (2025) · Uzbekistan: Int$13,601 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Uganda than in Uzbekistan (Gini 5.5 points higher)

Uganda: 38.2 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 32.7 (2025)

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 2.3% in Uzbekistan

Uganda: 54.4% (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.3% (2025)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 4.6% in Uzbekistan, versus 2.7% in Uganda

Uganda: 2.7% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 4.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Uzbekistan spends 2.5% of its GDP on the military, Uganda 2.0%

Uganda: 2% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 2.5% (2018)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Uganda’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Uzbekistan’s 11%

Uganda: 12.6% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 11% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Uganda’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Uzbekistan’s

Uganda: 35% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 29% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Uzbekistan spends 4.2 times as much on health per person as Uganda

Uganda: $45 (2023) · Uzbekistan: $192 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Uzbekistan live 4 years longer than in Uganda

Uganda: 68.5 years (2024) · Uzbekistan: 72.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Uganda is 2.8 times as likely to die before turning one as in Uzbekistan

Uganda: 35.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 12.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Uzbekistan has 15 times as many doctors per person as Uganda

Uganda: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 2.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Uganda: no data · Uzbekistan: 4.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Uganda is 2.2 times that in Uzbekistan

Uganda: 17.2 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 7.8 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

31% of adults in Uzbekistan are obese, versus 8.2% in Uganda

Uganda: 8.2% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30.6% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

16% of adults in Uzbekistan smoke, versus 7.5% in Uganda

Uganda: 7.5% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 16.3% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Uzbekistan rate their lives 1.79 points higher than in Uganda

Uganda: 4.49 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.28 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Uganda drink 93% more alcohol than in Uzbekistan

Uganda: 4 litres (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Uzbekistan has 4.4 times as much meat per person as Uganda

Uganda: 10.9 kg (2023) · Uzbekistan: 47.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Uzbekistan has 920 kcal more food per person per day than Uganda

Uganda: 2,378 kcal (2023) · Uzbekistan: 3,297 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Uganda put in 29 more hours a year than in Uzbekistan

Uganda: 2,128 hours (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2,099 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Uzbekistan went to school 5.6 years longer than in Uganda

Uganda: 6.3 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 11.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Uzbekistan welcomed 6.1 times as many tourists per resident as Uganda (2019)

Uganda: 0.04 (2019) · Uzbekistan: 0.22 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Uzbekistan has 5 more World Heritage sites than Uganda (8 against 3)

Uganda: 3 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Uzbekistan has won 50 Olympic medals, Uganda 13

Uganda: 13 (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 50 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

90% of people in Uzbekistan are online, versus 8.9% in Uganda

Uganda: 9% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 90% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Uzbekistan is 4 times as fast as in Uganda

Uganda: 53 Mbps (2026) · Uzbekistan: 215 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

51% of people in Uzbekistan live in cities, versus 32% in Uganda

Uganda: 32% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 51% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Uzbekistan has 110 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uganda 83

Uganda: 83 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 110 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Uzbekistan’s railway network is 3.8 times as long as Uganda’s

Uganda: 1,244 km (2014) · Uzbekistan: 4,732 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Uzbekistan fly 311 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uganda

Uganda: 0.00042 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 0.13 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 12% of Uganda, but only 8.8% of Uzbekistan

Uganda: 11.9% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 8.8% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Uzbekistan emits 30 times as much CO₂ as someone in Uganda

Uganda: 0.1 t (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.8 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

97% of Uganda’s electricity is renewable, versus 19% in Uzbekistan

Uganda: 97.1% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 19.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Uganda carries 24% more fine dust than in Uzbekistan

Uganda: 37.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 6.4 times as likely to be murdered in Uganda as in Uzbekistan

Uganda: 9 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 1.4 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Uganda are 85% deadlier than in Uzbekistan

Uganda: 24.1 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 13 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Uganda is on average 9.3 °C warmer than Uzbekistan

Uganda: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 14.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Uganda gets 6.6 times as much rain as Uzbekistan

Uganda: 1,470 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 221 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 Uganda bigger than Uzbekistan?

Uzbekistan is larger. Uzbekistan is 86% bigger than Uganda.

Which has more people, Uganda or Uzbekistan?

Uganda has 39% more people than Uzbekistan (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Uganda or Uzbekistan?

People in Uzbekistan live 4 years longer than in Uganda. Life expectancy at birth is 68.5 years in Uganda and 72.5 in Uzbekistan.

Are people taller in Uganda or Uzbekistan?

Men in Uzbekistan are 2.2 cm taller than in Uganda (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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