A flyover project in Kampala city.
The final copy of the 2024 census report is out. It’s a 351-page report whose contents have duly been authenticated by UBOS Executive Director Dr. Chris Mukiza and Governing Board Chairman Dr. Albert Byamugisha.
The report captures many things and economic development indicators, including the proportion of the country’s 46 million people population that lives and works in Kampala and other cities. As of census night in May 2024, a total of 5,547,645 people lived or worked in Kampala and the country’s other 10 cities.
Of the 5.5 million people relying on these 11 cities to thrive, 2.5 million directly depend on Kampala (living and working there during the daytime) and 176,994 thrive in the tourism city of Fort Portal, which actually has the lowest daytime population among all Uganda’s cities.
The others rank as follows: Arua 440,540; Gulu 323,888; Hoima 190,075; Jinja 363,134; Kampala 2,503,174; Lira 304,057; Masaka 328,485; Mbale 371,626; Mbarara 324,974; and Soroti 220,698.
