Kumi district had a total population of 267,233 persons and an area of 1,771.74 square kilometers. This population density is higher than the national figure of 85 persons per square kilometer and 123.9 persons per square kilometer in 1991 and 2002 respectively. The increase in population density is however not uniform throughout the district with big variations in population density noticed between the most sparsely populated sub-county Ongino with a density of 103 persons per square kilometer and Mukongoro the most densely populated sub-county with a density of 227 persons per square kilometer. A number of factors contribute to these variations in population including levels of security, rainfall distribution and soil fertility. Other details of population density by sub-county are shown in the table below.
Below are some of the important figures and table

-    Annual Population growth rate between 1991 and 2002 was 4.3 percent.
-    2002 Population was 267,233 persons
-    2009 projected population is 358,500.
-    Kumi district Population constitutes 1.1 percent of Uganda’s population as per the 2002 Population and Housing Census.
-    2002 Population density was 185.5 persons/ sq. Km

Total Population by sex 2002 and Population Projection 2009 by Sub-County 

 

County	Sub-county	Males 2002	Females 2002	Total 2002	Population Projection 2009
KUMI	ATUTUR	10,456	11,177	21,633	29,013
	KANYUM	13,516	14,750	28,266	37,909
	KUMI	11,048	12,107	23,155	31,054
	KUMI T.COUNCIL	4,188	4,619	8,807	11,812
	MUKONGORO	15,360	16,462	31,822	42,678
	NYERO	11,040	11,884	22,924	30,745
	ONGINO	13,910	14,848	28,758	38,569
NGORA	KAPIR	10,539	11,782	22,321	29,936
	KOBWIN	11,548	12,341	23,889	32,039
	MUKURA	11,798	13,030	24,828	33,398
	NGORA	14,870	15,959	30,829	41,347
District Total		128,273	138,962	267,233	358,500

2002 Population and Housing Census Final results 2005