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Spain vs Uganda

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Spain

49,355,143#32 · +1.03%/yr
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Uganda

51,384,894#31 · +2.70%/yr

Uganda has 4% more people than Spain: 51,384,894 vs 49,355,143, a gap of 2.0 million. Uganda is growing faster (+2.70% vs +1.03% a year), adding about 1,388,391 people a year against +508,918. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Spain is the older society: 21.6% aged 65+ against 2.2% in Uganda, while Uganda has more children (43.1% under 15 vs 12.6%). Uganda is 2.5× as densely populated (242.7 vs 96.8 people per km²). People in Spain live 15.4 years longer on average (83.9 vs 68.5). GDP per capita is 32.0× higher in Spain ($38,627 vs $1,206).

Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Spain) and 2025 (Uganda); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.

Spain vs Uganda — side by side

Flag of Spain SpainFlag of Uganda Uganda
Population49,355,143202551,384,8942025
Growth rate / yr+1.03%2025+2.70%2025
Births per 1,0006.5202434.42024
Deaths per 1,0008.920244.82024
Children per woman1.1020244.172024
Life expectancy83.9 yrs202468.5 yrs2024
Aged 0–1412.6%202543.1%2025
Aged 65+21.6%20252.2%2025
Density96.8 /km²2023242.7 /km²2023
Area505,976 km²2023241,550 km²2023
Urban population80.5%202531.9%2025
Net migration / yr+96,6302025-119,0592025
GDP per capita$38,6272025$1,2062025
Country population rank (available records)#32#31
Base / world population (World Bank 2025)0.60%0.63%

Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.

Population since 1960

World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Spain: 1.6× from 1960 to 2025; Uganda: 6.7× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.

013.6M27.2M40.9M54.5M1960197019801990200020102020SpainUganda01783565357131960197019801990200020102020SpainUganda

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