Uganda vs Zambia
Uganda vs Zambia: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 9% in Uganda and 17.1% in Zambia, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Zambia, by 8.2 percentage points, or 1.91 times that in Uganda.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Zambia has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Uganda.
- In 2024, Uganda ranked 181 and Zambia ranked 176 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Uganda | Zambia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 9 | 17.1 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 9.3 | 16.5 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 9.6 | 15 | 67 |
| 2021 | 10 | 14.8 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 7.4 | 14.7 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 11.7 | 14.5 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 9.3 | 14.3 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 7.4 | 12.2 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 5.9 | 10.3 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 5.7 | 8.8 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 4.3 | 3 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 0.7 | 1.1 | – |
| 2003 | 0.5 | 1 | – |
| 2002 | 0.4 | 0.5 | – |
| 2001 | 0.2 | 0.2 | – |
| 2000 | 0.2 | 0.2 | – |
| 1999 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – |
| 1998 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | – | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Uganda vs Zambia
Health
- Life expectancyUganda: 68.3 years in 2023Zambia: 66.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityUganda: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024Zambia: 4.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityUganda: 28.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zambia: 38.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionUganda: 4.92% in 2017Zambia: 3.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateUganda: 11.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Zambia: 13.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationUganda: 48.7 million people in 2023Zambia: 20.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthUganda: 2.78% a year in 2023Zambia: 2.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateUganda: 4.28 births per woman in 2023Zambia: 4.1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationUganda: 31.9% in 2025Zambia: 45.9% in 2025
- Median ageUganda: 16.5 years in 2023Zambia: 17.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overUganda: 2.2% in 2023Zambia: 1.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateUganda: -2.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Zambia: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingUganda: 1.96% of GDP in 2025Zambia: 1.26% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsUganda: $1.2B in 2025Zambia: $343M in 2025
- Military spending per personUganda: $26 in 2025Zambia: $19 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingUganda: 9% of government spending in 2025Zambia: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelUganda: 46,000 people in 2020Zambia: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerUganda: 0.2% of world capability in 2022Zambia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersUganda: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020Zambia: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsUganda: 2 million TIV in 2025Zambia: 1 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsUganda: 4 million TIV in 2016Zambia: 2 million TIV in 1990