Uganda’s population now at 45.9m people, says Ubos

Uganda’s population stood at 45, 935, 046 people, up from 34.6 million counted in 2014, according to new figures of the preliminary 2024 national census results released by Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Ubos) on Thursday. 

This, according to Ubos, means that the population increased by 11.3 million people in the last 10 years, reflecting a 2.9 percent growth rate. 

Data in Uganda’s 6th post-independence and first ever digital census was gathered using about 160 questions at household level and over 60 questions in a community questionnaire.