Ethiopia vs Uganda: Population growth rate

Ethiopia

2.6%

in 2023

Uganda

2.8%

in 2023

Ethiopia rank

25th

Uganda rank

22nd

Population growth rate over time

Uganda currently reports 2.8% against 2.6% in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Uganda ahead.

Globally, Ethiopia ranks 25th and Uganda ranks 22nd of 236 countries.

Indicator: Population growth rate
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The annual rate at which the population is growing, expressed as a percentage.