[2] Wakiso is located on the Kampala–Hoima Highway, approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) north-west of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.

[5] According to the national census records, Wakiso Town Council had a population of 21,096 in 1969.

[1] In 2015, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population of the town at 63,500.

UBOS calculated that the population of Wakiso Town expanded at an average rate of 6.7 percent annually, between 2015 and 2020.

[4] The Kampala–Hoima Highway passes through the middle of town in a general northwest/southeast direction.