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Uganda Population and Housing Census 2024

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Republic of Uganda National Population and Housing Census 2024
Provider 
Uganda Bureau of Statistics
Tabulations only
Geography 
Uganda (UGA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
05/2024 - 05/2024
Data type
Census:
  • De facto
  • Household
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The 2024 Uganda National Population and Housing Census was conducted in May of 2024. The collection effort was carried out through face-to-face interviews by enumerators administering a questionnaire to all households within assigned enumeration areas. The questionnaire covered various demographic and socioeconomic topics, along with questions on housing conditions, and disability. A post-enumeration survey was conducted to ensure data quality. The total population of Uganda was enumerated at 45,905,417.

Keywords 
Adult mortality, Agriculture, Assets, Birth certificates, Child labor, Child mortality, Cooking fuels, Crops, Disability, Domestic migration, Education, Education access, Electricity, Employment, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family size, Fertility, Fishing, Health care access, Health care personnel, Hearing loss, Household air pollution, Household deaths, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Infant mortality, International migration, Internet, Land ownership, Lighting, Limited mobility, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Manufacturing, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal mortality, Mining, Mortality, Occupations, Parental survival, Population, Religion, Sanitation, School enrollment, Summary birth history, Teachers, Telephones, Transportation, Unintentional injuries, Vision loss, Waste disposal, Water supply
GHDx Entry last modified on: Apr 28, 2025