Migration flows · 2025
Uganda
Where people move to and from Uganda in 2025. The left column is where residents go; the right column is where arrivals come from. Reported movements only.
Total leaving Uganda
23,631
Total arriving in Uganda
1,971,963
Uganda & its flows
Flat world map. Red arrows & labels = where people go to; green arrows & labels = where people come from. Drag to pan, scroll or use the buttons to zoom (zoom in to reveal names of small or clustered countries).
Incoming vs outgoing by year
Yearly totals of people arriving in and leaving Uganda. Reported movements only.
Where Uganda’s people go
Top destination countries
- 1 Canada 7,118
- 2 Kenya 4,307
- 3 United States 2,070
- 4 South Africa 1,922
- 5 United Kingdom 1,798
- 6 Netherlands 1,300
- 7 Germany 1,126
- 8 Sweden 734
- 9 Zambia 543
- 10 Israel 515
- 11 South Sudan 465
- 12 France 360
- 13 Denmark 176
- 14 Korea, Rep. 162
- 15 Australia 153
- 16 Ireland 146
- 17 Greece 119
- 18 Switzerland 103
- 19 Italy 93
- 20 Belgium 86
- 21 Finland 85
- 22 Iceland 82
- 23 Austria 58
- 24 Norway 57
- 25 India 53
Where arrivals come from
Top origin countries
- 1 South Sudan 1,033,650
- 2 Congo, Dem. Rep. 649,072
- 3 Sudan 92,889
- 4 Eritrea 56,301
- 5 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 49,932
- 6 Burundi 46,726
- 7 Rwanda 25,229
- 8 Ethiopia 15,980
- 9 Pakistan 1,058
- 10 Afghanistan 451
- 11 Kenya 274
- 12 Turkiye 97
- 13 Syrian Arab Republic 55
- 14 Yemen, Rep. 55
- 15 Central African Republic 50
- 16 Congo, Rep. 42
- 17 Tanzania 21
- 18 Turkmenistan 19
- 19 Chad 15
- 20 Nigeria 12
- 21 Cameroon 12
- 22 Egypt, Arab Rep. 8
- 23 India 5
- 24 Mali 5
- 25 Senegal 5