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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]
The U.S. is projected to grow from 345 million in 2024 to 421 million by the end of the century. UGANDA-POPULATION-CENSUS ( Badru Katumba / AFP via Getty Images)
The annual population growth rate in the district, between 2002 and 2012, was 7 percent. In 2012, it is the population of Kaabong District was estimated at 395,200. [ 8 ] Preliminary census results of the 9 May 2024 national census put Kaabong District's population as constituted then (with Karenga District removed), at 216,011 of whom 111,804 ...
Nearly 100 Congolese National Police officers flee to Uganda as fighting between M23 rebels and the FARDC intensifies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [11] Uganda Police arrest and charge fourteen opposition officials and lawmakers with terrorism charges for their participation in anti-government and anti-corruption protests in July. [12]
Figures used in this chart are based on the most up-to-date estimates or projections by the national census authority, where available, and are usually rounded off.. Where updated national data are not available, figures are based on the estimates or projections for 2024 by the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
After that census was done irregularly. The first census after independence was 1961, followed by 1971. Since 1980 it is conducted regularly every 10 years. In between, there is also economical census (every 10 years, five years after population census) and agricultural census (three years after population census).
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 ...