CITY
PROFILE : Kampala
Background
| Population
dynamics | Demographics
| Challenges
“Kampala, the city on
seven hills”
Location
and Administrative Boundaries
Kampala City Council (KCC) is
the capital city of Uganda, which
attained district status in 1979.
It is located on Latitude 00 19’N
and 36 on longitude 320 35’
E. The district covers a total
of 189 km2 or close to 0.08% of
the country and land area is estimated
at 176 km2. It is situated in
southern Uganda on the northern
shores of Lake Victoria and lies
at 1180m above sea level.
Kampala District is administratively
sub-divided into five Divisions,
namely, Rubaga, Kawempe, Nakawa,
Makindye and Central Division.
Nakawa and Makindye Divisions
are the largest covering 46.5
km2 and 40.7 km2, respectively.
The Central Division is the smallest
with an area of 14.7 km2.
(Source:
Ministry of Finance & Economic
Planning, Uganda Participatory
Poverty Assessment process –Kampala
District Report. p.1,2)
Kampala
City Divisions:
Central, Kawempe, Nakawa, Rubaga,
Makindye.
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Population
Dynamics and Demographic Indicators
By 2002 there were more than 1.2
million residents in the city,
and a daily transient population
of about 2.3 million (Source:
McGill).
Statistics from the National
Population Censuses carried out
in 1969, 1980 and 1991, show that
the population of Kampala District
stood at 330,700, 458,503 and
774,241 people, respectively (Statistical
Abstract, 1997). These, however,
are indicative figures for the
night population with day populations
being higher. The annual growth
rates between 1969-1980, 1980-1991
and 1969-1991 were 3.14%, 4.76%,
and 3.98% respectively, all above
the national average ranging between
2.5% and 2.7%.
Corresponding to the increasing
trend of the annual growth rates,
is the increasing trend in population
density. Population density has
quadrupled from 1, 957 in 1969
and 2,713 in 1980 to 4,581 persons
per sq. km in 1991. Demographically,
it is projected that by 1999,
the population would stand at
890,800 persons.
The population of Kampala is
skewed, being mainly young, with
40.3% of the population below
15 years and 67% under 24 years.
This is illustrated in Figure
1.1 Estimates in 1991 showed that
only 34.6% of the population is
economically active, 20.37% is
preschool, 19.64% primary school
age and a youth population of
29.99% (The 1991 Population and
Housing Census). This kind of
distribution is indicative of
a high dependency level given
the relatively large proportions
of the population falling below
15 years. The population distribution
in the five administrative divisions
of Kampala is 24%, 23%, 20%, 18%,
and 15% respectively for Makindye,
Lubaga, Kawempe, Nakawa and Central.
(Source:
Ministry of Finance & Economic
Planning, Uganda Participatory
Poverty Assessment process –
District Report. p.2,3)
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References
Chronic Poverty research Centre
Uganda(June 2006), Policy
Brief No.2/2006.
Ministry of Finance & Economic
Planning, Uganda
Participatory Poverty Assessment
process – Kampala District
Report. p.2,3.
McGill, http://www.mcgill.ca/mchg/projects/edible/kampala/kampalainfo/
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