The share of urban population in Uganda increased by 0.6 percentage points (+2.29 percent) in 2023. Therefore, the share in Uganda reached a peak in 2023 with 26.77 percent. Notably, the share continuously increased over the last years.A country's urbanization rate refers to the share of the total population living in an urban setting. International comparisons of urbanization rates may be inconsistent, due to discrepancies between definitions of what constitutes an urban center (based on population size, area, or space between dwellings, among others).Find more key insights for the share of urban population in countries like Seychelles and Zambia.

Uganda UG: Urban Population Growth data was reported at 5.757 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5.815 % for 2016. Uganda UG: Urban Population Growth data is updated yearly, averaging 6.132 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.818 % in 1966 and a record low of 3.743 % in 1973. Uganda UG: Urban Population Growth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.; Weighted average;

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

As of 2023, Burundi and Uganda registered the highest growth rate of urbanization in Africa. Their urban populations expanded by nearly 5.6 percent each. Tanzania followed, with five percent growth rate. In contrast, the urban population in Mauritius increased by only 0.3 percent.

Uganda UG: Urban Population data was reported at 9,942,492.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 9,386,237.000 Person for 2016. Uganda UG: Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 1,733,154.500 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9,942,492.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 299,835.000 Person in 1960. Uganda UG: Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.; Sum;

In 2023, Gabon had the highest urbanization rate in Africa, with over 90 percent of the population living in urban areas. Libya and Djibouti followed at around 82 percent and 79 percent, respectively. On the other hand, many countries on the continent had the majority of the population residing in rural areas. As of 2023, urbanization in Malawi, Rwanda, Niger, and Burundi was below 20 percent. A growing urban population On average, the African urbanization rate stood at approximately 45 percent in 2023. The number of people living in urban areas has been growing steadily since 2000 and is forecast to increase further in the coming years. The urbanization process is being particularly rapid in Burundi, Uganda, Niger, and Tanzania. In these countries, the urban population grew by over 4.2 percent in 2020 compared to the previous year. The most populous cities in Africa Africa’s largest city is Lagos in Nigeria, counting around nine million people. It is followed by Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cairo in Egypt, each with over seven million inhabitants. Moreover, other cities on the continent are growing rapidly. The population of Bujumbura in Burundi will increase by 123 percent between 2020 and 2035, registering the highest growth rate on the continent. Other fast-growing cities are Zinder in Niger, Kampala in Uganda, and Kabinda in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Uganda UG: Population Living in Slums: % of Urban Population data was reported at 53.600 % in 2014. This records a decrease from the previous number of 60.100 % for 2009. Uganda UG: Population Living in Slums: % of Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 66.700 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2014, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 75.000 % in 2000 and a record low of 53.600 % in 2014. Uganda UG: Population Living in Slums: % of Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population living in slums is the proportion of the urban population living in slum households. A slum household is defined as a group of individuals living under the same roof lacking one or more of the following conditions: access to improved water, access to improved sanitation, sufficient living area, and durability of housing.; ; UN HABITAT, retrieved from the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals database. Data are available at : http://mdgs.un.org/; Weighted average;

Contains data from the World Bank's data portal. There is also a consolidated country dataset on HDX.

Cities can be tremendously efficient. It is easier to provide water and sanitation to people living closer together, while access to health, education, and other social and cultural services is also much more readily available. However, as cities grow, the cost of meeting basic needs increases, as does the strain on the environment and natural resources. Data on urbanization, traffic and congestion, and air pollution are from the United Nations Population Division, World Health Organization, International Road Federation, World Resources Institute, and other sources.

The dataset is a household survey covering randomly sampled households in 15 purposively selected small towns in Uganda and Tanzania, surveyed in 2022.

Our survey was designed to explore multiple dimensions of inclusivity and covered 1) household structure and infrastructure; 2) expenditures/assets; 3) rural–urban links and social networks; 4) socio-economics; 5) work; and 6) voting and participation. The first three sections pertained to the household and the last to the individual. The resulting dataset contains 300 variables, with 1,789 respondents in Uganda (seven towns) and 2,034 in Tanzania (eight towns), totalling 3,823 cases. Our survey is limited by not tracking change over time, but simply offering a snapshot of years 2021–2022.

Uganda UG: Population in Urban Agglomerations of More Than 1 Million data was reported at 2,093,200.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,011,948.000 Person for 2016. Uganda UG: Population in Urban Agglomerations of More Than 1 Million data is updated yearly, averaging 702,975.500 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,093,200.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 137,486.000 Person in 1960. Uganda UG: Population in Urban Agglomerations of More Than 1 Million data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2000 had a population of more than one million people.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; ;

East Africa is one of the fastest urbanizing areas in the whole continent. From 2000 to 2018, urbanization in the region grew by 4.5 percent. Uganda and Burundi had the fastest urban growth rates, at six and 5.7 percent, respectively. In contrast, Djibouti's urban population expanded by 1.6 percent. Even though, the country was still the most urbanized in East Africa, with a share of close to 78 percent of urban population, in 2018.

Urbanization And Traffic Control In Kampala
This dataset falls under the category Planning & Policy Policy.
It contains the following data: Urbanization and Traffic Control in Kampala
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This raster layer contains urban land use and land cover data for Kampala, Uganda in 1990. Categories of urban land use represented in these data include: urban, nonurban, water and other. Urban land cover, or urban extent, is typically measured by the total built-up area (or impervious surface) of cities, sometimes including the open spaces captured by their built-up areas and the open spaces on the urban fringe affected by urban development. Urban land is occupied by urban uses that include all land in residential, commercial, industrial, and office use; land used for transport, parks, and public facilities; protected land, and vacant land. Land in urban use does not include cultivated lands, pasture lands, forests, farms and villages, intercity roads, and nature areas. These data are part of the Atlas of Urban Expansion.

Uganda UG: Rural Population Growth data was reported at 2.518 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.565 % for 2016. Uganda UG: Rural Population Growth data is updated yearly, averaging 2.846 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.157 % in 1964 and a record low of 2.518 % in 2017. Uganda UG: Rural Population Growth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.; Weighted average;

The urban indicators data available here are analyzed, compiled and published by UN-Habitat’s Global Urban Observatory which supports governments, local authorities and civil society organizations to develop urban indicators, data and statistics. Urban statistics are collected through household surveys and censuses conducted by national statistics authorities. Global Urban Observatory team analyses and compiles urban indicators statistics from surveys and censuses. Additionally, Local urban observatories collect, compile and analyze urban data for national policy development. Population statistics are produced by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, World Urbanization Prospects.

Uganda UG: Internally Displaced Persons: New Displacement Associated with Disasters data was reported at 95,000.000 Case in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,500.000 Case for 2016. Uganda UG: Internally Displaced Persons: New Displacement Associated with Disasters data is updated yearly, averaging 10,700.000 Case from Dec 2008 (Median) to 2017, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 95,000.000 Case in 2017 and a record low of 220.000 Case in 2012. Uganda UG: Internally Displaced Persons: New Displacement Associated with Disasters data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Internally displaced persons are defined according to the 1998 Guiding Principles (http://www.internal-displacement.org/publications/1998/ocha-guiding-principles-on-internal-displacement) as people or groups of people who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of armed conflict, or to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights, or natural or human-made disasters and who have not crossed an international border. 'New Displacement' refers to the number of new cases or incidents of displacement recorded over the specified year, rather than the number of people displaced. This is done because people may have been displaced more than once.; ; The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (http://www.internal-displacement.org/); Sum;

Background: Urbanization is an important indicator of economic growth and social change but is associated with environmental degradation, which threatens sustainable growth of African cities. One of the most vulnerable ecosystems in urban areas are wetlands. In Uganda, wetlands cover an area of 11% of the country's land area. Half of the wetland areas in Ugandan cities have been converted to industry and residential areas, and urban agriculture. There is limited information on the extent of wetland conversion or utilization for urban agriculture. The objective of this study was to investigate the extent of wetlands lost in two Ugandan cities, Wakiso and Kampala, in the last 30 years. Secondly, we demonstrate a simple methodology to monitor agriculture on encroached wetlands.Methods: Using a field survey and free remote sensing data from Landsat TM 1986 and Landsat ETM 2016 we classified the rate of wetland loss and encroachment in the last 30 years. Using MODIS NDVI 16-day composites at 500-meter spatial resolution, we generated distinctive crops and crop mixtures in the encroached wetlands for urban agriculture using the ISODATA clustering algorithm.Results: Over a 30-year period, 72,828 ha (73%) of the Wakiso-Kampala wetlands have been lost. Agriculture area on the other hand doubled. Of the new cultivation area, 16,488 ha (23%) were reclaimed from wetlands. All cultivated agriculture in Kampala was in the wetlands while in Wakiso, 73% of crop agriculture was in the wetlands. The major crops grown in these urban wetlands were banana (20%), sugarcane (22%), maize (17%), Eucalyptus trees (12%), sweet potatoes (10%), while ornamental nurseries, pine trees, vegetables and passion fruits were each at 5%.Conclusions: Current wetland exploitation for food security for urban dwellers may be a trade-off between the provision of food in the short-term and the loss of important ecosystems services in the long-term.

The share of urban population in Zimbabwe saw no significant changes in 2023 in comparison to the previous year 2022 and remained at around 32.52 percent. However, 2023 marked the fourth consecutive increase of the share. A population may be defined as urban depending on the size (population or area) or population density of the village, town, or city. The urbanization rate then refers to the share of the total population who live in an urban setting. International comparisons may be inconsistent due to differing parameters for what constitutes an urban center.Find more key insights for the share of urban population in countries like Seychelles and Uganda.

Urbanisation Level 2002

Uganda UG: Population in Urban Agglomerations of More Than 1 Million: as % of Total Population data was reported at 4.883 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.849 % for 2016. Uganda UG: Population in Urban Agglomerations of More Than 1 Million: as % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 4.246 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.883 % in 2017 and a record low of 2.025 % in 1960. Uganda UG: Population in Urban Agglomerations of More Than 1 Million: as % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2000 had a population of more than one million people.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; Weighted Average;