Editing Kampala (section)

== Demographics ==
[[File:Location map Kampala.png|thumb|Street map of Kampala]]
[[File:Kampala 32.57974E 0.29781N.jpg|thumbnail|left|View of Kampala from space]]
{{See also|Demographics of Uganda}}

The population of Kampala city proper has been rapidly increasing from 62,264 in 1948 to 1,189,142 in 2002, then 1,507,080 in 2014. In 2019, the population was estimated to be 1,650,800.<ref>{{cite web | title=Uganda: Regions, Major Cities & Towns | website=CityPopulation.de | date=18 January 1980 | url=http://citypopulation.de/Uganda-Cities.html | access-date=27 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=National Population and Housing Census 2014 Main Report | publisher=Uganda Bureau of Statistics | access-date=1 January 2017 | url=http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/NPHC/2014%20National%20Census%20Main%20Report.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012091133/http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/NPHC/2014%20National%20Census%20Main%20Report.pdf | archive-date=12 October 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

Kampala, being the capital city and economic engine of Uganda, has a diverse ethnic population drawn from all parts of the country and also from neighboring countries such as [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Rwanda]], [[South Sudan]], [[Eritrea]], [[Somalia]], and even from countries as far away as India and China.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Markets/10-000-Chinese-migrants-Uganda-illegally/688606-3810216-tog18lz/index.html |title=More than 10,000 Chinese migrants in Uganda illegally|date=2 January 2021 |orig-date=February 12, 2017 |website=Monitor |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928120829/https://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Markets/10-000-Chinese-migrants-Uganda-illegally/688606-3810216-tog18lz/index.html |archive-date= Sep 28, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.immigration.go.ug/media/press-statement-28-suspected-illegal-immigrants-arrested |website=Ministry of Internal Affairs |title=Press Statement: 28 Suspected Illegal Immigrants Arrested |date=25 July 2016 |access-date=17 September 2019 |archive-date=8 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408003720/https://www.immigration.go.ug/media/press-statement-28-suspected-illegal-immigrants-arrested |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/Why-Somalis-feel-at-home-in-Kisenyi-slum-Uganda/434746-2522790-rixv60z/index.html |title=Kisenyi slum: The Little Mogadishu of Kampala|date=6 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcca.go.ug/media/docs/Kampala%20Urban%20Refugees%20And%20Host%20Community%20Needs%20Report.pdf|title=UNDERSTANDING THE NEEDS OF URBAN REFUGEES AND HOST COMMUNITIES RESIDING IN VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS OF KAMPALA|access-date=2023-08-19}}</ref>

Cross-cultural intimate relations in Kampala and even Uganda as a whole is still unusual. Although many of Kampala's residents live and work in close contact, they still define themselves by their ethnic origins. This is more evident in the native languages (alongside [[Luganda]] and English) that are used at home, workplaces, and public spaces. In addition to the [[Baganda]] and Banyankole, other large ethnic groups include the [[Basoga]], [[Kisoro|Bafumbira]], [[Toro Kingdom|Batoro]], [[Bakiga]], [[Alur people|Alur]], [[Bagisu]] (better known as Bamasaba), [[Banyoro]], [[Iteso]], [[Lango people|Langi]], and [[Acholi people|Acholi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/uganda/|title=Africa :: Uganda|date=21 August 2019|website=The World Factbook|access-date=27 August 2019}}</ref>

Historical population data for Kampala

{| class="wikitable"
|+

!Year
!1948
!1959
!1969
!1980
!1991
!2002
!2014
!2019
|-
|Kampala (city proper)
|62,264<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Sv-AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA4|title=Neighbours and Nationals in an African City Ward|last=Parkin|first=David|date=2013-11-05|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136532412}}</ref>
|107,058<ref name=":0" />
|330,700<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ubos.org/publications/statistical/20/|title=Statistical – Page 20 – Uganda Bureau of Statistics|access-date=2019-09-17}}</ref>
|458,503<ref name=":1" />
|774,241<ref name=":1" />
|1,189,142<ref name=":1" />
|1,507,080<ref name=":1" />
|1,650,800<ref name=":1" />
|}