Population & Culture

Based on the 2014 National housing and population census, Lamwo has a population of 134,431 people. Of these, 64,794 are male and 69,637 are female. The population of the District is young, with age group 0-14 constituting to about 48% (2002 census report). This puts a great pressure on the working population. The District inter censual growth rate according to the 2014 census dropped to 1.3% from 4.1% in 2002. This drop is mainly suspected to be due to wrong baseline statistic of the 2002 census.

The sex ratio stands at 95 indicating imbalance in the sex structure, this in future will cause problems like high birth rates, population momentum as a result of high replacement rate. There could also be social problems like domestic violence and negative factors of polygamy.

Population of Lamwo as of 2014 National Housing and Population Census

Sub County

# of Households

# of Male

# of Female

Total Population

Agoro   

3534

8663

9563

18226

Lamwo Town Council                   

1619

3881

4109

7990

Lokung

3289

7907

8325

16232

Madi Opei   

2460

5800

6192

11992

Padibe West 

2481

5846

6594

12440

Padibe East

1798

4443

4700

9143

Padibe Town Council

2044

4662

5122

9784

Palabek Kal 

2919

6964

7289

14253

Palabek Ogili 

1953

4701

4784

9485

Palabek Gem

3019

7162

7663

14825

Paloga  

2055

4765

5296

10061

Sub Total

27171

64794

69637

134431

Source: Lamwo District Planning Unit

Demographic Characteristics for Refugees in Lamwo District

Demographic characteristics/ population size for refugee in Lamwo District by April 2020

TOTAL HOUSEHOLD = 15,953

Age Group

Female

Male

Total

0-4

4,614

4,789

9,403

5-11

7,110

7,919

15,029

12-17

4,393

5,309

9,702

18-59

10,541

7,836

18,377

60 +

949

346

1,295

GRAND TOTAL

27,607

26,199

53,806

Source: Lamwo District Planning Unit

About 73,806 refugees are settled in Palabek Refugee Settlement in Lamwo district and needs financial resources to cater for their needs as Uganda uses about USD 2 billion annually to cater for the needs over 1.3 million refugees inclusive Palabek Refugee Settlement and the host populations amid dwindling global resources to support refugees. Whereas the district is willing to continue hosting refugees, more resources is needed as the district could be overwhelmed by the high and increasing number of refugees bboth in Palabek Refugee Settlement, and various trading centres in the district, and Sub Counties where many of these refugees are settling, their impact on the environment as well as demand for social services is substantial. Refugee populations in some Sub Counties such as Palabek Ogili, Gem and Kal are higher than the host population.