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Uganda: map and facts
Uganda is in Eastern Africa. It has about 51.4 million people (2025), the 31st largest population. It covers 241,551 km², the 79th largest by area. That is about 213 people per km². Its highest point is Mount Stanley, at 5,109 m. The longest river on its map is the Kagera, 400 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 51,384,894 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 241,551 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Kampala
- Highest point: Mount Stanley, 5,109 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 11.9% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Uganda, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Kagera: 400 km
- Semliki: 230 km
- Albert Nile: 210 km
Also on the map: Victoria Nile.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Mount Stanley: 5,109 m (its highest point)
- Mount Elgon: 4,321 m
Mountain ranges: Ruwenzori Range.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Great Rift Valley.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): farmland with natural plants 30.7%, savanna 22.7%, water 14.3%, grassland 13.5%, farmland 11%, evergreen broadleaf forest 3.1%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plateaus 68.5%, hills 23.8%, mountains 7%.
Forests covered 11.9% of its land in 2024, down from 22.8% in 1990 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Uganda shares land borders with Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan and Tanzania on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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