Uganda
Republic of Uganda
Uganda (UG, UGA) is a country in Eastern Africa, with Kampala as its capital. The currency is the Ugandan Shilling (UGX, UGX). The international dialling code is +256 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 0712 345678. The time zone is Africa/Kampala. Official languages: Swahili and English.
CurrencyUGXUGX
Dial code+256e.g. 0712 345678
Time zoneKampalaUTC+03:00
LanguageSwahili+1 more
CapitalKampala
Population49.3M241.6K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Republic of Uganda
- Native name
- Uganda
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- UG
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- UGA
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 800
- IOC code
- UGA
- Demonym
- Ugandan
- Capital
- Kampala
- Region
- Africa › Eastern Africa
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Eastern Africa
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .ug
- Coordinates
- 1, 32
- Area
- 241,550 km²
- Population
- 49,283,000
- GDP
- $135.7B ($2.8K per person)
- Literacy
- 73.2%
- Landlocked
- Yes
Currency
Ugandan Shilling UGX
- Symbol
- UGX
- Minor units
- None (0 decimals)
- Example
- USh 1,235
Former currencies: UGS
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swahili sw | Official | 75% (37M) | |
| English en | Official | 3.9% (1.9M) | |
| Ganda lg | 13% (6.4M) | ||
| Nyankole nyn | 6.3% (3.1M) | ||
| Chiga cgg | 5.4% (2.7M) | ||
| Soga xog | 5.3% (2.6M) | ||
| Teso teo | 3.9% (1.9M) | ||
| laj laj | 3.8% (1.9M) | ||
| Acoli ach | 3.7% (1.8M) | ||
| myx myx | 2.9% (1.4M) | ||
| Kinyarwanda rw | 2.1% (1M) | ||
| ttj ttj | 1.9% (936.4K) | ||
| Hindi hi | 0.0045% (2.2K) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa/Kampala | UTC+03:00 | none | East Africa Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +256
- Dial-out prefix
- 00[057]
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 9 digits
- Emergency number
- 999 pattern 999
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 031 2345678 | +256 31 2345678 | XXX XXXXXXX | 9 |
| Mobile | 0712 345678 | +256 712 345678 | XXXX XXXXXX | 9 |
| Toll free | 0800 123456 | +256 800 123456 | XXXX XXXXXX | 9 |
| Premium rate | 0901 123456 | +256 901 123456 | XXXX XXXXXX | 9 |
Show the 3 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{4})(\d{5}) | 202 | 2024 | 20240 | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{3})(\d{6}) | 20[0-35-7]|4(?:6[45]|[7-9])|[7-9] | 20(?:[0135-7]|2[5-9])|4(?:6[45]|[7-9])|[7-9] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{2})(\d{7}) | [2-4] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
Address and postal code
No address data.
Calendar, units and conventions
Number and date formats
As written by the Swahili (Uganda) locale (sw-UG), amounts in UGX.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (UGX)
- USh 1,234,568
- Accounting
- -USh 1,234,568
- Currency, name
- shilingi za Uganda 1,234,568
- Compact short
- 1.2M
- Compact long
- milioni 1.2
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- kilomita 88 kwa saa
- Temperature
- 21.5°C
- Date, full
- Ijumaa, 27 Machi 2026
- Date, long
- 27 Machi 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 Mac 2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/2026
- Time, medium
- 15:04:05
- Time, short
- 15:04
- Date and time
- 27 Mac 2026, 15:04
- Month and year
- Machi 2026
- Weekday
- Ijumaa
- Relative time
- jana · baada ya siku 3 · saa 2 zilizopita
- List: and
- A, B na C
- List: or
- A, B au C