State · 1963 – present
Uganda
A state of 1963 – present — 63 years, still standing in sub-Saharan Africa. It replaced Uganda (1962–1963). The atlas records 19 things within it — wars and battles 3 · regime change 1 · unrest and atrocity 2 · famine and plague 1 · natural disasters 1 · people 11. Its line of rulers holds 16 people.
- Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 63 years
- and still standing
- Rulers
- 16
- the President of Uganda
- Most ground
- 211,000 km²
- in 1964
- Within it
- 19
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 3
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Uganda (1962–1963) · replaces · 1962 – 1963
Rulers
The line of President of Uganda - the office this state names as its head of state.
4 terms are shared from [object Object].
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutesa II of Buganda | 1963 – 1966 | 3 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Milton Obote | 1966 – 1971 | 5 years | deposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Idi Amin | 1971 – 1979 | 8 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Yusuf Lule | 1979 – 1979 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Godfrey Binaisa | 1979 – 1980 | 1 year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Saulo Musoke | 1980 – 1980 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Yoweri Hunter Wacha-Olwol | 1980 – 1980 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Polycarp Nyamuchoncho | 1980 – 1980 | under a year | ending not on record | |
| Paulo Muwanga | 1980 – 1980 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Milton Obote | 1980 – 1985 | 5 years | deposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Bazilio Olara-Okello | 1985 – 1985 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Tito Okello | 1985 – 1986 | 1 year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Yoweri Museveni | 1986 – in office | in office since 1986 | still in office | |
| Apolo Nsibambi · from the line of Uganda (1962–1963) | 1999 – 2011 | 12 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Amama Mbabazi · from the line of Uganda (1962–1963) | 2011 – 2014 | 3 years | ending not on record | |
| Ruhakana Rugunda · from the line of Uganda (1962–1963) | 2014 – 2021 | 7 years | ending not on record | |
| Nabbanja Robinah · from the line of Uganda (1962–1963) | 2021 – in office | in office since 2021 | still in office | |
| Yoweri Museveni | 2026 – in office | in office since 2026 | still in office |
16 rulers, 16 with terms dated as terms, covering 1963 – 2026. Median reign 1 years. 12 of 17 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. The violent-handover count is withheld: power changed hands so often that any rising falls beside one (exposure 0.86, limit 0.6). A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Heads of government
The line of Prime Minister of Uganda, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| Samson Kisekka | lived 1912 – 1999 |
| Paulo Muwanga | lived 1924 – 1991 |
| Abraham Waligo | lived 1928 – 2000 |
| Otema Allimadi | lived 1929 – 2001 |
| Kintu Musoke | lived 1938 – … |
| George Cosmas Adyebo | lived 1947 – 2000 |
| Milton Obote | 1962 – 1966 |
| Benedicto Kiwanuka | 1962 – 1962 |
| Apolo Nsibambi | 1999 – 2011 |
| Amama Mbabazi | 2011 – 2014 |
| Ruhakana Rugunda | 2014 – 2021 |
| Nabbanja Robinah | 2021 – … |
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
211,000 km² in 1973, 211,000 km² in 2023; at its largest 211,000 km² in 1973. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
coat of arms, from 1962Coat of arms of Uganda · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sodacan 
flag, from 1962Flag of Uganda · Public domain 
flag, 1962 – 1962Flag of Uganda 1962 · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 199915 rows · 2 wars and battles · 2 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Idi Amin · ruler · 1925 – 2003
- Yoweri Museveni · ruler · 1944 – present
- Zohran Mamdani · politician · 1991 – present
- Milton Obote · ruler · 1925 – 2005
- Entebbe raid · battle · 1976
- Mutesa II of Buganda · ruler · 1924 – 1969
- Tito Okello · ruler · 1914 – 1996
- Godfrey Binaisa · ruler · 1920 – 2010
and 7 more in the atlas.
2000 – 20994 rows · 1 wars and battles · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres
- COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda · plague · 2020
- Ngogo chimpanzee war · war · 2015
- Mpondwe school massacre · atrocity · 2023
- 2010 Ugandan landslide · disaster · 2010
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood63 years
stood longer than 38% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held211,000 km²
held more ground at its peak than 59% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per century2.0
had more wars on record per century than 97% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median1 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 2% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record16
has more rulers on record than 89% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 10 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1953 – 2036, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1964, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q1036 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.