Country comparison

Rwanda vs Uganda

Uganda is 9.2× the size of Rwanda. Uganda has 3.5× the population of Rwanda.

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RwandaCategoryUganda
26,340 km² Area (2024) Uganda: 9.2× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) 241,551 km² more
14.6 million Population (2025) Uganda: 3.5× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) 51.4 million more
600 people/km² Population density (2024) Rwanda: 2.4× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) 249 people/km²
US$ 1,124 GDP per capita (2025) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) US$ 1,206 more
68 years Life expectancy (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) 68.5 years more
32% more Internet users (2024) Rwanda: 3.5× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) 9%
19.4 years Median age (2023) Rwanda: 1.2× more Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0) 16.5 years
3.65 births per woman Fertility rate (2024) Uganda: 1.1× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) 4.17 births per woman
0.2 t less CO₂ emissions per capita (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) 0.2 t
1 VPN providers with servers in the country VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0) 1
Kinyarwanda, English, French, Swahili Official languages Shared language: English, Swahili Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3) Swahili, English
Rwandan franc (RWF) Currency ISO 4217 Ugandan shilling (UGX)
Type C, J · 230 V Plugs and voltage No shared plug type · different voltage Type G · 240 V
UTC+2 Time zone of the capital Time difference: 1 h IANA tz database (public domain) UTC+3

Values link to the country pages in the Ominuvo series maps. Area: World Bank data (indicator AG.SRF.TOTL.K2: land and inland water, source FAO, CC BY 4.0); “approx.” – no such data for the country: area of the map outline (Natural Earth 1:50m), accurate to about 3%.

Source: World Bank – Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2), FAO (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – WDI: UN World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – FAO population estimates, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Population Prospects, United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union… (CC BY 4.0), Our World in Data – UN, World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint… (CC BY 4.0), VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3), ISO 4217, IANA tz database (public domain), Natural Earth (public domain). Data from the Ominuvo series maps (index of 2026-11-04); details and licences on the map pages.