Population & Culture

Koboko had a total population of 129,200 persons (65,400 females and 63,800 males) in 2002. Over a period of 12 years the population more than doubled from 62,337 to 129,200 in 1991 to 2002. The district’s current population as per 2014 Population and Housing census is 208,163 persons (102,091 males and 106,072 females). Of these 37,825 leave in the urban while 170,338 leave in the rural areas.

Showing population growth over the years

YEAR	1991	2002	2014
FEMALE	33,025	65,400	102,091
MALE	33,805	63,800	106,072
TOTAL	62,337	129,200	208,163

Bar graph showing trend of population growth in Koboko

The population density was 188 persons per square kilometre of land area in 2002. However, this population density figure is up from 101 and 57 persons per square kilometre of land in 1991 and 1980 respectively when the District was still a county under Arua District. The current population density is 305 persons per square kilometre with 30,762 households compared to 20,034 in 2002.

Graph showing population distribution per Sub County in 2014