Population
Umka is classified as an urban settlement (town), but many published sources refer to it as varošica (small town) even though statistically there is no such classification. The settlement experienced high growth of population after World War II, but has stagnated in the last three decades. New tourist settlement (vikend naselje) is built on the bank of the Sava.
Population of Umka:
- 1921 - 772
- 1961 - 3,731
- 1971 - 5,458
- 1981 - 5,618
- 1991 - 4,840
- 2002 - 5,292
- 2011 - 5,103
Umka makes a continuous built-up urban area with another suburban settlement, Rucka, so in the future much smaller Rucka (population of 317, Census 2002) might be annexed to it.
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