The complete list of Uganda’s Indigenous communities as at 1st February, 1926 as published in the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda (article 10 a); and population size as of 2024 as published by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics:
- Acholi – 1,941,913
- Aliba – 32,404
- Alur – 1,152,858
- Aringa – 872,714
- Baamba – 60,190
- Babukusu – 35,914
- Babwisi – 124,708
- Bafumbira – 949,860
- Baganda – 7,037,404
- Bagisu – 2,096,149
- Bagungu – 122,995
- Bagwe – 102,481
- Bagwere – 876,412
- Bahehe – 5,832
- Bahororo – 149.146
- Bakenyi – 101,395
- Bakiga – 2,947,837
- Bakonzo – 1,104,462
- Banyabindi – 11,947
- Banyabutumbi – 8,484
- Banyakore – 4,200,782
- Banyara – 47,438
- Banyaruguru – 53,027
- Banyarwanda – 629,672
- Banyole – 633,390
- Banyooro – 1,230,384
- Baruli – 207,464
- Barundi – 65,964
- Basamia – 543,661
- Basoga – 3,703,535
- Basongora – 13,837
- Batagwenda – 60,296
- Batoro – 1,005,433
- Batuku – 46,412
- Batwa – 3,857
- Chope – 26,029
- Dodoth – 235,196
- Ethur – 112,952
- Gimara – 14,367
- Ik (Teuso) – 15,241
- Iteso – 3,146,079
- Jie – 182,230
- Jonam – 112,011
- Jopadhola – 569,718
- Kakwa – 261,748
- Karimojong – 587,784
- Kebu (Okebu) – 51,672
- Kuku – 102,007
- Kumam – 350,040
- Langi – 2,703,277
- Lendu – 18,801
- Lugbara – 1,218,121
- Madi – 385,629
- Mening – 2,271
- Mvuba – 382
- Napore – 24,004
- Ngikutio – 5,990
- Nubi – 29,762
- Nyangia – 24,978
- Pokot – 203,186
- Reli – 9,596
- Sabiny – 357,347
- Shana – 7,209
- So (Tepeth) – 19,286
- Vanoma – 680
This post was first published in October 2021, without population figures. It was updated, 3rd January 2025 to include population figures from Uganda’s latest population census that was conducted in 2024.
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