🌆 Largest Cities in Uganda

Ugandan cities and towns ranked by population at the 2014 census.

📅 2014📏 people20 entries🇺🇬 See all of this country’s rankings →

Kampala36%

Nansana8.6%

Kira7.5%

Ssabagabo6.7%

Mbarara4.6%

Mukono3.8%

Njeru3.8%

Gulu3.5%

Lugazi2.7%

Mubende

Masaka2.4%

Kasese2.4%

Hoima2.4%

Lira2.3%

Mityana2.3%

Masindi2.2%

Mbale2.2%

Jinja

Entebbe

Kitgum

Each tile’s area is its share of the combined total of 4,236,360 (20 entries). Stronger colour means a higher rank.

Kampala

1,507,082

Nansana

365,124

Kira

317,157

Ssabagabo

283,272

Mbarara

195,531

Mukono

162,710

Njeru

159,549

Gulu

150,306

Lugazi

114,524

Mubende

103,473

Masaka

103,227

Kasese

101,065

Hoima

100,099

Lira

99,392

Mityana

95,428

Masindi

94,438

Mbale

92,857

Jinja

76,188

Entebbe

70,219

Kitgum

44,719

Highlights

Within Uganda, Kampala ranks first in 2014 with 1,507,082, followed by Nansana (365,124) and Kira (317,157).

Kampala is 4.1 times higher than Nansana, the runner-up.

Across 20 entries, values run from 1,507,082 (Kampala) to 44,719 (Kitgum), with a median of 103,350.

Source: Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), 2014 census (via Wikipedia), 2014. Unit: people.

Source: Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), 2014 census (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 14, 2026