Mozambique vs Uganda: Urban population

Mozambique
13.26 million
in 2025
Uganda
16.41 million
in 2025
Mozambique rank
56th
Uganda rank
54th

Urban population over time

  • Mozambique
  • Uganda
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How they compare

Uganda currently reports 16.41 million against 13.26 million in Mozambique, a difference of 3.15 million.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.2 times Mozambique's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Uganda ahead.

Globally, Mozambique ranks 56th and Uganda ranks 54th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Urban population
Source
World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.