The final report for the 2024 census exercise is out, and it shows general improvement in the quality of life the majority of Ugandans are living.
The country roughly has 46 million people, of whom 44.4 million live in well-designated households (technically categorized as the household population) and another 1.6 million are categorized to be the non-household population.
This latter category refers to people who reside in establishments like hotels. The same category comprises others who were enumerated from the streets, like street children, employment camps, diplomatic residences, and others in transit (who were basically enumerated as travelers in buses, etc.).
In total, Uganda has 10.7 million households, which the report defines as a group of people who live and eat together. The average size of the Ugandan household is established to be comprising of 4.2 persons compared to 2014 when it was 4.7 per household. And briefly, this is how it has evolved over decades: 4.7 during the 1969 census and 4.8 in 1991.
When it comes to how decently and how well members of these households (the 44.4 million people) live, the report shows that 69% of the 10.7 million households reported to have their members or occupants owning at least one pair of shoes and more.
The same 69% of households confirmed having each and every one of their members or inhabitants having at least 2 sets of clothing and more. This indicates improvement in ordinary Ugandans’ quality of life in spite of all the other challenges.
UBOS census enumerators obtained this information by putting specific questions to households’ heads and members during the actual census exercise.
