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as of 1 February 2010
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2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme

The website of the 2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme facilitates the international exchange and sharing of knowledge and information on census taking, as well as provision of guidance to countries, and monitoring progress on the implementation of the Programme. More...

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Kyrgyzstan has published Main Social and Demographic Characteristics of Population and Number of Housing Units from the 2009 census.

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Posted 28 January 2010

2012 Uganda Census

Uganda has unveiled the 2012 census logo.

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Posted 25 January 2010

Ghana 2010 Population and Housing Census

Ghana has unveiled the logo for the 2010 Population and Housing Census.

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Posted 14 January 2010

US 2010 Population and Housing Census Campaign

The United States Census Bureau launches 2010 Census advertising campaign...

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Posted 14 January 2010

2008 DPRK Population Census

The results of the 2008 Census of Population of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) were announced on 16 December
2009. Detailed report available at: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/
sources/census/country_impl.htm


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Posted 7 January 2010

2010 Thailand Population and Housing Census

Thailand is preparing for the next population and housing census which is scheduled for 1 July 2010.

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Posted 4 January 2010

Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses Revision 2

The United Nations Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, Revision 2 in Arabic is now available on-line. More at: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/
sources/census/census3.htm

Posted 24 December 2009

Ghana Population and Housing Census of 2010

Ghana is preparing for the 2010 census of population and housing. More…

 

Posted 23 December 2009

Amman, Jordan

The second meeting of the International Technical Advisory Board for Iraq Census is being held in Amman, Jordan, 16-17 December 2009. The meeting will follow up on the recommendations of the 1st meeting; and discuss the Census Progress report, lessons learned from the Pilot Census and communication, advocacy and publicity campaign.

Posted 16 December 2009

Mozambique 2007 Population and Housing Census

Mozambique has presented the final results of the 2007 Population and Housing Census. More...

 

Posted 7 December 2009

Malawi 2008 Population and Housing Census

Malawi has release the final results of the 2008 Population and Housing Census. More…

 

Posted 7 December 2009

Principle and Recommendations for Population and Housing Census Revision 2

The United Nations Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, Revision 2 in Russian is now available on-line. More at: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/
standmeth/principles/Series_M67Rev2ru.pdf

Posted 7 December 2009

New Caledonia Census 2009

New Caledonia has released provisional results from its Census 2009. According to the provisional results, the population count is
245 580 inhabitants.
More information is available at:
http://www.isee.nc/

Recensement 2009 de la population de Nouvelle-Caledonie: premiers resultats provisoires. La Nouvelle-Caledonie compte
245 580 habitants.
Plus d`information: http://www.isee.nc/

Posted 2 December 2009

Workshop-photo, Dakar, Senegal

Needs Assessment Conference for Census Analysis, 11-13 November 2009, Dakar, Senegal, is sponsored by UNFPA and the UN Statistics Division. The main objective of this conference, is to create a dialogue between census specialists and population data users in the region of sub-Saharan Africa. The aim is to achieve timely, accurate, and relevant census data relevant to the policy needs of the region. For more info go to: http://www.unfpa.org/public/site/global/lang/ en/pid/4118
Photo from the workshop.

Posted 13 November 2009

Belarus Population Census 2009

The National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus is conducting the Population and Housing Census from 14-24 October 2009. More at:
http://belstat.gov.by/homep/en/census/2009/ main.php

Posted 22 October 2009

CensusInfo

United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), in collaboration with the CARICOM Secretariat, is organizing a CensusInfo Regional Workshop for the Caribbean Region, in Georgetown, Guyana, from 12 to 15 October 2009. The workshop brings together the data managers from 17 countries in the Caribbean region and Guyana, many of which plan to have a census in 2010 or 2011. Upon the completion of the workshop, the participants are expected to acquire through hands-on exercises the skills to make census data in all of its disaggregated forms easily accessible to the international community.

Posted 16 October 2009

Census Data Capture

In 2008, the UNSD organized a series of six workshops in different regions of the world to present and discuss contemporary technologies in census data capture, including the use of Optical Mark Recognition (OMR), Optical Character Recognition/Intelligent Character Recognition (OCR/ICR), Internet data collection, and use of handheld devices for data collection. In order to build knowledge on the vast amount of information presented and collected during these workshops, a technical report has been prepared to help countries in their planning of their next population and housing census. More...

Posted 7 October 2009

2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme

The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), organized and conducted the Regional Workshop on Census Evaluation and Post Enumeration Surveys in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14-18 September 2009. More...

Posted 5 October 2009

Cambodia Census 2008

The Cambodia 2008 Population Census final results have been released. The population of Cambodia increased by 1.96 million from 11.4 in 1998 to 13.4 million in 2008. More...

Posted 29 September 2009

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The website of the 2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme is now on Twitter. Join today to start receiving Census's tweets and keep informed of the 2010 round of Population and Housing Censuses in the World.

Posted 26 August 2009

CensusInfo

The Palestine Central Bureau of Statistics is the first National Office of Statistics to disseminate the results of its 2007 census using CensusInfo. CensusInfo is a software package developed by the United Nations Statistics Division in partnership with UNICEF and UNFPA, to help countries disseminate census data on CD-ROM and on the web. Based on the DevInfo platform, specific functionalities have been added to meet the census dissemination requirements: enhanced performance, template reports for dissemination at any geographical level, and mapping facilities. More at:
http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/CensusInfo/

Posted 26 August 2009

Kenya Census 2009

Enumeration has begun for the 2009 Population and Housing Census of Kenya. For more information, go to:
http://www.kenyacensus2009.go.ke/

Posted 26 August 2009

CARICOM Statistics


In 2005/2006, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat initiated the first phase in a programme of work designed to assist Member Countries of the Region in their preparations for the conduct of the 2010 Round of Population and Housing Censuses. More...

Posted 14 August 2009

Aruba CBS


During the preparations for the 2010 Census a new methodology was developed at the Aruba Central Bureau of Statistics, to determine type of household and family. More...

Posted 14 August 2009

Census of France

Since 1st July, detailed results of the 2006 census of France have been available on the website of Insee at www.insee.fr. From now on, census results will be updated every year and disseminated at every geographical level, from communes to the whole of France. Thanks to the yearly data collection (rolling census) and with the annual publication of the results, the census becomes an invaluable information source for decision making. More...

Depuis le  1er juillet, les résultats statistiques du recensement de la population de la France de 2006 sont accessibles sur un espace dédié du site www.insee.fr. Dorénavant actualisés chaque année, ces résultats sont proposés pour tous les niveaux géographiques, de la commune à la France dans son ensemble. Grâce à l’annualisation de la collecte et à la publication annuelle des résultats, le recensement devient une source d’information précieuse pour les acteurs publics. More...

Posted 14 August 2009

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