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English: Visualization of estimated annual population trends in Uganda from 1950 - 2021; projection of the population trend from 2022-2032 using the 'medium variant' of the United Nations. Data from wars are presented to make clear that the data must be backdated estimates because the country may have lost or gained population or parts of a region.
As of 2024, it has a population of nearly 46 million, of which 8.5 million live in the capital and largest city, Kampala. Uganda is named after the Buganda kingdom, which encompasses a large portion of the south, including Kampala, and whose language Luganda is widely spoken; the official language is English. The region was populated by various ...
According to the 2014 census, over 84 percent of the population was Christian while about 14 percent of the population adhered to Islam, making it the largest minority religion. [15] In 2009, the northern and west Nile regions were dominated by Roman Catholics, and Iganga District in the east of Uganda had the highest percentage of Muslims. [16 ...
The agency is supervised by the Uganda Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development. UBOS is governed by a seven-person board of directors. [5] Its scope of work includes conducting a national population census at least once every 10 years or so. [6] The last national census was conducted in May 2024. [7]
Between the national censuses, 1% National Population Sample Surveys were taken in 1987, 1995, and 2005; 0.1% National Population Sample Surveys have been taken annually since 2000. [64] National agricultural, economic, and industrial censuses are also taken on a regular basis. The first economic census was taken in 2004 and the second 2008. [65]
In 2011, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics estimated the District population at about 322,000. [3] The district has one of the highest levels of poverty in the country. In February 2009, it was estimated that 53 percent of the population in the district (an estimated 124,300 people) live on less than US$1.00 per day. [4]
In 1991 the national population census estimated the district population at about 90,400. The national census in 2002 estimated the population at about 176,500 (51% women), with an overwhelmingly rural population (80%), and a very high proportion of children (56%, or 46.5% if you consider only under 5-year-old children).
As of 1998, Uganda’s enrollment in universities and institutions of higher education was up to 34,773 students. [10] This is double the rate in 1991 when Uganda only had 17,585 students enrolled. The rate of females in 1998 enrolled was 33 percent of the student population which was an increase from 28% in 1991.