Census 2024 · city in Tooro sub-region

Fort Portal City

People: 137,549; 130 of 146 by size
Area: 128 km²
People per km²: 1,077; Uganda: 189
Household size: 4.0; Uganda: 4.2
Children under 18: 40.4%; Uganda: 49.6%

Where Fort Portal City is

Where Fort Portal City does better than Uganda

Households on grid electricity: 56.5% vs 25.3% nationally
Households in subsistence farming: 12.1% vs 33.1% nationally
Households with improved toilets: 61.8% vs 43.6% nationally

Where Fort Portal City lags behind

Households that got PDM support: 4.7% vs 7.8% nationally

Fort Portal City compared

Fort Portal City
Tooro
Uganda

Education

Children 6–12 out of school16.1%
0%135th highest of 146 · Tooro 25.2% · Uganda 26.0%50%
Teens 13–17 out of school33.1%
0%71st highest of 146 · Tooro 37.7% · Uganda 34.2%50%

Jobs

Youth 18–30 not in work, school or training40.2%
0%129th highest of 146 · Tooro 47.2% · Uganda 50.9%100%
Unemployment (14–64)10.9%
0%88th highest of 146 · Tooro 9.6% · Uganda 12.6%25%
Households in subsistence farming12.1%
0%140th highest of 146 · Tooro 33.0% · Uganda 33.1%50%
Households that got PDM support4.7%
0%124th highest of 146 · Tooro 7.8% · Uganda 7.8%25%

Homes

Households on grid electricity56.5%
0%6th highest of 146 · Tooro 11.4% · Uganda 25.3%100%
Households lighting with solar22.0%
0%100th highest of 146 · Tooro 49.2% · Uganda 28.1%100%
Households with safe drinking water87.4%
0%62nd highest of 146 · Tooro 60.5% · Uganda 81.1%100%
Households with improved toilets61.8%
0%13th highest of 146 · Tooro 34.9% · Uganda 43.6%100%
Households with no toilet0.9%
0%136th highest of 146 · Tooro 2.7% · Uganda 6.7%25%

Health

Households with a mosquito net87.3%
0%97th highest of 146 · Tooro 87.7% · Uganda 87.2%100%
People with health insurance1.4%
0%14th highest of 146 · Tooro 0.9% · Uganda 1.0%25%
People with a birth certificate14.4%
0%14th highest of 146 · Tooro 11.0% · Uganda 11.4%25%

Connected

Internet users (per 100 people)14.8%
0%5th highest of 146 · Tooro 3.8% · Uganda 6.1%25%
Households with a radio52.5%
0%8th highest of 146 · Tooro 44.6% · Uganda 41.0%100%
Households with a TV42.6%
0%8th highest of 146 · Tooro 16.1% · Uganda 23.1%50%

Inside Fort Portal City: 2 divisions

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Households on grid electricity

By division, Census 2024

Who has power from the grid? Fort Portal City overall: 56.5%

Highest: Fort Portal Central Division (74.1%). Lowest: Fort Portal North Division (37.2%).

Division	County	Households on grid electricity
Fort Portal Central Division	Fort Portal Central Division	74.1%
Fort Portal North Division	Fort Portal North Division	37.2%

Farming in Fort Portal City

The 2021 livestock census counted Fort Portal City’s animals as part of Kabarole.

Source: UBOS, National Livestock Census 2021. Animals per 100 people use the 2024 census population.

Other districts in Tooro

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About these numbers

From the National Population and Housing Census 2024. Shares are worked out from UBOS’s counts for Fort Portal City. The Tooro and Uganda figures come from summed counts, not averages. “Highest of 146” ranks show where Fort Portal City sits among all districts and cities, from highest value down. For some indicators, a high rank is good news; for others it isn’t.

Note: UBOS's mobile phone ownership table currently repeats the internet-use figures, so phone ownership is left out.