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Uganda

Eastern AfricaUGADemonym: Ugandan
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Population
45.74M
45,741,000 people
Area
242K km²
241,550 km²
Density
189.4 /km²
people per km²
Capital
Kampala
Africa
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Geography

Location & land

Region
Africa
Subregion
Eastern Africa
Coordinates
1.00° N, 32.00° E
Area
242K km²
Neighbours
5
Regional blocs
African Union
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Administration

Codes & identity

Capital
Kampala
ISO alpha-2
UG
ISO alpha-3
UGA
Numeric code
800
Calling code
+256
Internet TLD
.ug
Languages

Spoken here

EnglishSwahili · Kiswahili
Currency

Money

Ugandan shilling
Sh · UGX
Economy

Income inequality

Gini index
44.3%

Lower is more equal.

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Economy, health & development

Live rate

Exchange rate

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Borders

5 neighbouring countries

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Base facts: bundled reference dataset (mledoze/countries, MIT). Live statistics: World Bank & open.er-api.com, fetched in real time. See data sources. Missing values are shown as “Data unavailable” — never fabricated.