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Share of population under 15 — all countries

Share of population under 15 — Uganda

Share of population under 15 in Uganda in 2025 — 43.1%. Ranked 10 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 3.2 pp.

2025 43.1% −0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 10of 217
Period maximum 50.1%2001
Period minimum 43.1%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population under 15 — Uganda, 1960–202542444648505219601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 46.3%1962: 46.8%1964: 46.8%1966: 46.6%1968: 46.5%1970: 46.5%1972: 46.9%1974: 47.3%1976: 47.5%1978: 47.6%1980: 47.9%1982: 48%1984: 48%1986: 48%1988: 48.1%1990: 48.2%1992: 48.4%1994: 48.6%1996: 49.4%1998: 49.9%2000: 50.1%2002: 50.1%2004: 50.1%2006: 50%2008: 49.8%2010: 49.5%2012: 49.1%2014: 48.5%2016: 47.5%2018: 46.3%2020: 45.2%2022: 44.3%2024: 43.5%2025: 43.1%
Change over the period: −3.2 pp Annual average: -0.05 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Uganda

Uganda 43.1%
World 24.4%
Sub-Saharan Africa 40.4%
Eastern Africa computed 40.3%
Low-income countries computed 40.7%
Share of population under 15 — Uganda, by year Uganda All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 43.1 −0.4 pp
2024 43.5 −0.4 pp
2023 43.9 −0.4 pp
2022 44.3 −0.4 pp
2021 44.7 −0.5 pp
2020 45.2 −0.5 pp
2019 45.8 −0.6 pp
2018 46.3 −0.6 pp
2017 46.9 −0.6 pp
2016 47.5 −0.5 pp
2015 48.1 −0.4 pp
2014 48.5 −0.3 pp
2013 48.8 −0.2 pp
2012 49.1 −0.2 pp
2011 49.3 −0.2 pp
2010 49.5 −0.2 pp
2009 49.7 −0.2 pp
2008 49.8 −0.1 pp
2007 50 −0.1 pp
2006 50 −0 pp
2005 50.1 −0 pp
2004 50.1 −0 pp
2003 50.1 −0 pp
2002 50.1 −0 pp
2001 50.1 +0.1 pp
2000 50.1 +0.1 pp
1999 50 +0.1 pp
1998 49.9 +0.2 pp
1997 49.7 +0.3 pp
1996 49.4 +0.4 pp
1995 49.1 +0.4 pp
1994 48.6 +0.2 pp
1993 48.5 +0.1 pp
1992 48.4 +0.1 pp
1991 48.3 +0.1 pp
1990 48.2 +0.1 pp
1989 48.1 +0.1 pp
1988 48.1 +0 pp
1987 48 +0 pp
1986 48 +0 pp
1985 48 −0 pp
1984 48 −0 pp
1983 48.1 +0 pp
1982 48 +0.1 pp
1981 48 +0.1 pp
1980 47.9 +0.2 pp
1979 47.7 +0.1 pp
1978 47.6 +0 pp
1977 47.5 +0.1 pp
1976 47.5 +0.1 pp
1975 47.4 +0.1 pp
1974 47.3 +0.2 pp
1973 47.1 +0.2 pp
1972 46.9 +0.2 pp
1971 46.7 +0.1 pp
1970 46.5 +0 pp
1969 46.5 −0 pp
1968 46.5 −0 pp
1967 46.6 −0.1 pp
1966 46.6 −0.1 pp
1965 46.7 −0.1 pp
1964 46.8 −0.1 pp
1963 46.9 +0.1 pp
1962 46.8 +0.2 pp
1961 46.6 +0.3 pp
1960 46.3 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SO Somalia 46.6 MZ Mozambique 44.2 BI Burundi 44 UG Uganda 43.1 TZ Tanzania 42.3 ZM Zambia 41 ZW Zimbabwe 40.3 MW Malawi 40.1 MG Madagascar 38.9 ET Ethiopia 38.8 SS South Sudan 38 ER Eritrea 37.6 RW Rwanda 37 KM Comoros 36.9 KE Kenya 36.3 DJ Djibouti 28.8 SC Seychelles 19.8 MU Mauritius 14.5
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of population aged 0 to 14. In sub-Saharan Africa this share exceeds 40%, while in East Asia and Europe it drops below 15%. A high share of children means fast growth of the labor force in the future, but also a heavy current load on the education system.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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