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Uganda: cities by population

Uganda has a population of 42,723,139, with Kampala as its capital. The 50 largest of its 166 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Kampala	Central Region	1,680,600
2	Nansana	Central Region	532,800
3	Kira	Central Region	462,900
4	Bunamwaya	Central Region	413,400
5	Kyengera	Central Region	285,400
6	Mbarara	Western Region	221,300
7	Kasangati	Central Region	207,800
8	Mukono	Central Region	191,300
9	Njeru	Central Region	178,800
10	Gulu	Northern Region	177,400
11	Katabi	Central Region	154,300
12	Kajansi	Central Region	135,600
13	Lugazi	Central Region	128,400
14	Hoima	Western Region	122,700
15	Mubende	Central Region	121,600
16	Lira	Northern Region	119,323
17	Ibanda	Western Region	117,700
18	Masaka	Central Region	116,600
19	Kasese	Western Region	115,400
20	Mbale	Eastern Region	111,300
21	Masindi	Western Region	110,500
22	Mityana	Central Region	105,200
23	Entebbe	Central Region	102,600
24	Jinja	Eastern Region	93,061
25	Wakiso	Central Region	87,900
26	Rutoma	Western Region	86,100
27	Bwizibwera	Western Region	79,157
28	Kotido	Northern Region	75,700
29	Arua	Northern Region	72,400
30	Nakivale Refugee Camp	Western Region	68,400
31	Kamuli	Eastern Region	67,800
32	Apac	Northern Region	67,700
33	Iganga	Eastern Region	65,500
34	Busia	Eastern Region	64,900
35	Koboko	Northern Region	64,500
36	Soroti	Eastern Region	60,900
37	Fort Portal	Western Region	60,800
38	Mpondwe	Western Region	58,600
39	Kitgum	Northern Region	56,891
40	Kabale	Western Region	53,200
41	Kapchorwa	Eastern Region	51,200
42	Rwamwanja Refugee Camp	Western Region	49,700
43	Mpigi	Central Region	49,500
44	Luwero	Central Region	49,100
45	Tororo	Eastern Region	48,500
46	Yumbe	Northern Region	47,600
47	Bugembe	Eastern Region	45,600
48	Ishaka	Western Region	43,700
49	Kumi	Eastern Region	43,500
50	Pallisa	Eastern Region	42,300

Twenty years earlier: Uganda in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 26,987,700.