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Census dates for all countries
Last update: 8 February 2010

NOTE: The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations

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(Date)	It is expected that a census will be held on the date indicated.
[ ]	A census was planned for that year but there is no information available to the United Nations Statistics Division that it was carried out.
(...)	It is expected that a census will be held during the decade.
-	No census taken or planned in the period indicated.

Countries or areas	1990 round of censuses 1985-1994
Countries or areas	1990 round of censuses 1985-1994	2000 round of censuses 1995-2004	2010 round of censuses 2005-2014
AFRICA
Algeria	20 March 1987	25 June 1998	16-30 April 2008
Angola	-	-	(2010 or 2014)
Benin	15 February 1992	11 February 2002	(2012)
Botswana	21 August 1991	17-26 August 2001	(22-30 August 2011)
Burkina Faso	10-20 December 1985(P)	10 December 1996	9-23 December 2006
Burundi	16-30 August 1990	-	16-31 August 2008
Cameroon	10 April 1987	-	11-30 November 2005
Cape Verde	23 June 1990	16-30 June 2000	(16 June 2010)
Central African Republic	8 December 1988	8 December 2003	(2013)
Chad	8 April 1993	-	(2009)
Comoros	15 September 1991	16-30 September 2003	(2013)
Congo	20 Nov.-5 Dec. 1994(1)	6 Jun.-30 Jul. 1996	28 April 2007
Côte d'Ivoire	1 March 1988	21 Nov.-20 Dec. 1998	(1-30 November 2010)
Democratic Republic of the Congo	-	-	(14 July 2011)
Djibouti	-	-	(12-26 April 2009)
Egypt	17-18 November 1986	19 November 1996	21 Nov.-11 Dec. 2006
Equatorial Guinea	4 July 1994(P)	February 2002	(...)
Eritrea	-	-	(2011)
Ethiopia	11 October 1994	-	29 May-7 June 2007
Gabon	1-31 July 1993(P)	December 2003	(2013)
Gambia	15 April 1993(P)	15 April 2003	(15 April-15 May 2013)
Ghana	-	26 March 2000	(March 2010)
Guinea	-	1-15 December 1996	December 2009
Guinea Bissau	1 December 1991	-	15 March 2009
Kenya	24 August 1989(P)	24 August 1999	24 August 2009
Lesotho	12 April 1986(P)	14 April 1996	13 April-13 May 2006
Lesotho	.	.	.
Liberia	-	-	21 March-30 March 2008
Libya Arab Jamahiriya	-	11 August 1995	15 Apr.-7 May 2006
Madagascar	1 August 1993	-	(...)
Malawi	1-21 September 1987	1-21 September 1998	8-28 July 2008
Mali	1-30 April 1987	1-14 April 1998	1-14 April 2009
Mauritania	5-20 April 1988	1-15 November 2000	(1-30 November 2010)
Mauritius	1 July 1990(P)	2 July 2000 (P)	(28 June-18 July 2010)
Mauritius	5 Feb.-17 Jun. 1990(H)	7 Feb.-18 Jun. 2000(H)	(...)
Mayotte	-	-	31 Jul.-27 Aug. 2007
Morocco	2 September 1994	1-20 September 2004	(September 2014)
Mozambique	-	1-15 August 1997(P)	1-15 August 2007
Namibia	21 October 1991	27 - 28 August 2001	(2011)
Niger	20 May-3 June 1988	20 May 2001	(2011)
Nigeria	26 November 1991(P)	-	21-27 March 2006
Réunion	15 March 1990	8 March 1999	1 January 2006
Rwanda	15 August 1991	16-30 August 2002	(2012)
Saint Helena ex. dep.	22 February 1987	8 March 1998	10 February 2008
Sao Tomé and Principé	4 August 1991	25 August 2001	(1-15 August 2011)
Senegal	27 May 1988	8-22 December 2002	(1 January - 31 December 2011)
Seychelles	17 August 1987(P)	29 August 1997	(April 2010)
Seychelles	26 August 1994	22-26 August 2002	.
Sierra Leone	15 December 1985	4 December 2004	(2014)
Somalia	15 February 1987(2)	-	(...)
South Africa	5 March 1985	10 October 1996	>
South Africa	7 March 1991	10 October 2001	(10 October-7 November 2011)
Sudan	15 April 1993(P)	-	21 April-6 May 2008
Swaziland	25 August 1986	11-12 May 1997	28 April - 14 May 2007
Togo	-	-	(1 - 31 May 2010)
Tunisia	20 April 1994	28 April 2004	(2014)
Uganda	12-19 January 1991	12 September 2002	(September 2012)
United Republic of Tanzania	28 August 1988	24-25 August 2002	(August 2012)
Western Sahara	-	-	(...)
Zambia	20 August 1990	25 October 2000	(August 2010)
Zimbabwe	18 August 1992	17-27 August 2002	(August 2012)
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AMERICA, NORTH
Anguilla	13 April 1992	9 May 2001	(May 2011)
Antigua and Barbuda	28 May 1991(P)	28 May 2001	(March 2011)
Aruba	6 October 1991	14 October 2000	(October 2010)
Bahamas	1 May 1990	1 May 2000	(4 May-31 July 2010)
Barbados	2 May 1990	1 May 2000	(1 May 2010)
Belize	12 May 1991	12 May 2000	(12 May 2010)
Bermuda	20 May 1991	20 May 2000	(21 May-31 August 2010)
British Virgin Is.	12 May 1991	21 May 2001	(2010)
Canada	3 June 1986	14 May 1996	16 May 2006
Canada	4 June 1991	15 May 2001	(2 May-31 July 2011)
Cayman Islands	15 October 1989	10 October 1999	(9-17 October 2010)
Costa Rica	-	26 June 2000	(2010)
Cuba	-	7 September 2002	(2012)
Dominica	12 May 1991	12 May 2001	(6-7 April 2010)
Dominican Republic	24-25 September 1993	18-20 October 2002	(18-25 October 2010)
El Salvador	27 Sep.-6 Oct. 1992	-	12 May 2007
Greenland	(R)	(R)	1 December 2010 (R)
Grenada	12 May 1991	25 May 2001	(12 May 2010)
Guadeloupe	15 March 1990	8 March 1999	1 January 2006
Guatemala	17-30 April 1994	24 November 2002	(2012)
Haiti	-	11 January 2003	(2013)
Honduras	29 May 1988	28 July 2001	(2012)
Jamaica	7 April 1991	10 September 2001	(5 April-31 August 2011)
Martinique	15 March 1990	8 March 1999	1 January 2006
Mexico	12-16 March 1990	14 February 2000	4-29 October 2005
Mexico			(31 May-25 June 2010)
Montserrat	12 May 1991	12 May 2001	(May 2011)
Netherlands Antilles	27 January 1992	29 January 2001	(2010)
Nicaragua	-	25 April 1995	28 May - 11 June 2005
Panama	13 May 1990	14 May 2000	(16 May 2010)
Puerto Rico	1 April 1990	1 April 2000	(1 April 2010)
St. Kitts and Nevis	12 May 1991	14 May 2001	(2010)
St. Lucia	12 May 1991	22 May 2001	(May 2010)
St. Pierre and Miquelon	5 March 1990	8 March 1999	19 January 2006
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	12 May 1991	14 May 2001	(2010)
Trinidad and Tobago	2 May 1990	15 May 2000	(May 2010)
Turks and Caicos Islands	31 May 1990	20 August 2001	(August 2010)
United States of America	1 April 1990	1 April 2000	(1 April 2010)
United States Virgin Islands	1 April 1990	1 April 2000	(1 April 2010)
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AMERICA, SOUTH
Argentina	15 May 1991	18 November 2001	(27 October 2010)
Bolivia	3 June 1992	5 September 2001	(2010)
Brazil	1 September 1991	1 August 1996
Brazil	.	1 August 2000	(August 2010)
Chile	22 April 1992	24 April 2002	(2012)
Colombia	15 October 1985	-	22 May 2005 - 22 May 2006
Colombia	24 October 1993	.	(2013 or 2014)
Ecuador	25 November 1990	25 November 2001	(2010)
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	16 November 1986	24 April 1996	8 October 2006
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	5 March 1991	8 April 2001	.
French Guiana	15 March 1990	8 March 1999	1 January 2006
Guyana	12 May 1991	15 September 2002	(August 2012)
Paraguay	26 August 1992	28 August 2002	(August 2012)
Peru	11 July 1993	-	18 July - 20 August 2005
Peru			21 October-4 November 2007
Suriname	-	31 March 2003
Suriname	-	2 August 2004 (14)	(August 2011)
Uruguay	23 October 1985	22 May 1996
Uruguay		June - July 2004	(1-30 September 2010)
Venezuela	20 October 1990	30 October 2001	(2010)
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ASIA
Afghanistan	-	-	(11 September-1 October 2010)
Armenia	12 January 1989	10-19 October 2001	(12-21 October 2011)
Azerbaijan	12 January 1989	27 January 1999	13-22 April 2009
Bahrain	16 November 1991	7 April 2001	(2010)
Bangladesh	11 March 1991	22 January 2001	(March 2011)
Bhutan	-	-	30-31 May 2005
Brunei Darussalam	7 August 1991	21 August 2001	(1 January-31 December 2011)
Cambodia	-	3 March 1998(P)	3 March 2008
China	1 July 1990	1 November 2000	(1 November 2010)
China - Hong Kong SAR	11 March 1986(6)	15 March 1996(6)	14 July-1 August 2006 (6)
China - Hong Kong SAR	15 March 1991	14 March 2001	(19 June-2 August 2011)
China - Macao SAR	30 August 1991	23 August 2001	19 August 2006
China - Macao SAR			(14-30 August 2011)
Cyprus	1 October 1992	1 October 2001	(1 October 2011)
Georgia	12 January 1989	17 January 2002	(2012)
India	1 March 1991	1 March 2001	(9-28 February2011)
Indonesia	31 October 1990	30 June 2000	(1-31 May 2010)
Iran, Islamic Republic of	22 September 1986	23 Oct.-16 Nov. 1996	28 Oct.-17 Nov. 2006
Iran, Islamic Republic of	11 December 1991	.	(28 October-22 November 2011)
Iraq	17 October 1987	16 October 1997	(24 October 2010)
Israel	-	4 November 1995	27 December 2008- 31 July 2009
Japan	1 October 1985(P)	1 October 1995(P)	1 October 2005
	1 October 1988(H)	1 October 1998(H)	.
	.	1 October 2000(P)	(23 September-24 October 2010)
	.	[2003](H)	.
Jordan	10 December 1994	1 October 2004	(November 2014)
Kazakhstan	12 January 1989	26 February 1999	25 February-6 March 2009
Korea, Democratic People's Republic	31 December 1993(P)	-	1-15 October 2008
Korea, Republic of	1 November 1985	1 November 1995	1-14 November 2005
Korea, Republic of	1 November 1990	1 November 2000	(1-20 November 2010)
Kuwait	20 April 1985	20 April 1995	21 April-20 May 2010
Kyrgyzstan	12 January 1989	24 March 1999	24 March-3 April 2009
Lao People's Democratic Republic	1 March 1985(P)	1 March 1995	1-7 March 2005
Lebanon	-	-	(...)
Malaysia	14 August 1991	5 July 2000	(6 July 2010)
Maldives	25-28 March 1985	25 March 1995	21-28 March 2006
Maldives	8 March 1990	31 Mar.-7 Apr. 2000	(21-28 March 2011)
Mongolia	5 January 1989	5-11 January 2000	(11 November 2010)
Myanmar	-	-	(...)
Nepal	22 June 1991	22 June 2001	(June 2011)
Occupied Palestinian Territory	-	9 December 1997	1-16 December 2007
Oman	1 December 1993	7 December 2003	(4 April 2010)
Pakistan	-	2-18 March 1998	(1-30 October 2010)
Philippines	1 May 1990	1 May 2000	1 August 2007
Philippines	.	1 September 1995	(1-31 July 2010)
Qatar	16 March 1986	1 March 1997	(20 April 2010)
Qatar		16 March 2004
Saudi Arabia	27 September 1992	15 September 2004	(28 April-12 May 2010)
Singapore	30 June 1990	30 June 2000	(June 2010)
Sri Lanka	-	17 July 2001	(July 2011)
Syrian Arab Republic	3-9 September 1994	22 September 2004	(2014)
Tajikistan	12 January 1989	20 January 2000	(20 September-1 October 2010)
Thailand	1 April 1990	1 April 2000	(1-31 July 2010)
Timor-Leste	31 October 1990	11 July 2004	(11-25 July 2010)
Turkey	20 October 1985	30 October 1997(H)	(2011)
Turkey	21 October 1990	22 October 2000(P)	.
Turkmenistan	12 January 1989	10 January 1995	(2012)
United Arab Emirates	17-23 December 1985	17 December 1995	5 December 2005
United Arab Emirates			(5 April 2010)
Uzbekistan	12 January 1989	-	(...)
Viet Nam	1 April 1989	1 April 1999	1 April 2009
Yemen	1-18 February 1986(7)
	29-30 March 1988(8)	.	.
	16-17 December 1994	16-19 December 2004	(17-27 December 2014)
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EUROPE
Albania	12 April 1989	1 April 2001	(1-14 April 2011)
Andorra	12 July 1989	(R)	(R)
Austria	15 May 1991	15 May 2001(5)	(31 October 2011)
Belarus	12 January 1989	16 February 1999	14-24 October 2009
Belgium (5)	1 March 1991	1 October 2001	(1 January 2011)
Bosnia Herzegovina	31 March 1991	-	(1-15 April 2011)
Bulgaria	4 December 1985	1 March 2001	(10-25 March 2011)
Bulgaria	4 December 1992	.	.
Channel Islands - Guernsey	23 March 1986(P)	31 March 1996
Channel Islands - Guernsey	21 April 1991	29 April 2001	(2011)
Channel Islands - Jersey	23 March 1986(P)	10 March 1996
Channel Islands - Jersey	10 March 1991	11 March 2001	(2011)
Croatia	31 March 1991	31 March 2001	(1-15 April 2011)
Czech Republic	3 March 1991	1 March 2001	(10 March-10 April 2011)
Denmark (4)	1 January 1991	1 January 2001	(1 January 2011)
Estonia	12 January 1989	31 March 2000	(18 September-31 October 2011)
Faeroe Islands	(R)	(R)	(1-30 November 2011)
Finland (4)	17 November 1985	31 December 1995
Finland (4)	31 December 1990	31 December 2000	(31 December 2010)
France	5 March 1990	8 March 1999	1 January 2006 (16)
Germany (9)	25 May 1987(10)	30 September 1995(H)	(9 May 2011)
Germany (9)	.	(R)(13)	.
Gibraltar	14 October 1991	12 November 2001	(2013)
Greece	17 March 1991	18 March 2001	(16-28 March 2011)
Holy See	(R)	(R)	1 July 2009(R)
Hungary	1 January 1990	1 February 2001	(1 October-30 November 2011)
Iceland	(R)	(R)	(2011)
Ireland	13 April 1986(P)	28 April 1996	23 April 2006
Ireland	21 April 1991	28 April 2002	(1-28 April 2011)
Isle of Man	6-7 April 1986	14 April 1996	23 April 2006
Isle of Man	14 April 1991	29 April 2001	.
Italy	20 October 1991	21 October 2001	(23 October 2011- 23 January 2012)
Latvia (5)	12 January 1989	31 March 2000	(1 March-31 May 2011)
Liechtenstein (5)	4 December 1990	5 December 2000	(December 2010)
Lithuania	12 January 1989	6 April 2001	(5 April-9 May 2011)
Luxembourg	1 March 1991	15 February 2001	(1 February 2011)
Malta	16 November 1985	26 November 1995	27 Nov.-11 Dec. 2005
Malta			(21 November-18 December 2011)
Monaco (4)	23 July 1990	21 June 2000	9 June-31 July 2008
Montenegro	31 March 1991	31 October 2003	(1-15 April 2011)
Netherlands (4)	1 January 1991	1 January 2001	(1 January 2011)
Norway (4)	3 November 1990	3 November 2001	(19 November 2011)
Poland	6 December 1988	20 May 2002	(1 April-30 June 2011)
Portugal	15 April 1991	12 March 2001	(15 May 2011)
Republic of Moldova	12 January 1989	5-12 October 2004	(1-14 April 2012)
Romania	7 January 1992	18 March 2002	(1 March 2011)
Russian Federation	12 January 1989	9 October 2002	(14-25 October 2010)
San Marino	(R)	(R)	(R)
Serbia	31 March 1991	31 March 2002(15)	(1-15 April 2011)
Slovakia	3 March 1991	25 May 2001	(14 May-4 June 2011)
Slovenia (5)	31 March 1991	31 March 2002	(1 January 2011)
Spain	1 March 1991	1 November 2001	(1 November 2011)
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (4)	3 November 1990	3 November 2001	(2011)
Sweden	1 November 1985	(R)	(31 December 2011)(R)
Sweden	1 November 1990
Switzerland (5)	4 December 1990	5 December 2000	(31 December 2010)
The Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia	31 March 1991	1 November 2002	(31 March 2011)
The Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia	20 June 1994	.	.
Ukraine	12 January 1989	5 December 2001	(2011)
United Kingdom
- England and Wales	21 April 1991	29 April 2001	(27 March 2011)
- Scotland	21 April 1991	29 April 2001	(27 March 2011)
- Northern Ireland	21 April 1991	29 April 2001	(27 March 2011)
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OCEANIA
American Samoa	1 April 1990	1 April 2000	(1 April 2010)
Australia	30 June 1986	6 August 1996	8 August 2006
Australia	30 June 1991	7 August 2001	(9 August 2011)
Cook Islands	1 December 1986	1 December 1996	1 December 2006
Cook Islands	1 December 1991	1 December 2001	1 December 2011
Fiji	31 August 1986	25 August 1996	16 September 2007
French Polynesia	6 September 1988	3 September 1996	20 August 2007
French Polynesia		7 November 2002
Guam	1 April 1990	1 April 2000	(1 April 2010)
Kiribati	10 May 1985	7 November 1995	7 November 2005
Kiribati	7 November 1990	7 November 2000	(2010)
Marshall Islands	13 November 1988	1 June 1999	(July 2010)
Micronesia, Federated States of	1985 -1989	1 April 2000	(2010)
Micronesia, Federated States of	18 September 1994		.
Nauru	17 April 1992	23 September 2002	(23-28 September 2012)
New Caledonia	4 April 1989	16 April 1996	27 July 2009
New Caledonia		31 August 2004
New Zealand	4 March 1986	5 March 1996	7 March 2006
New Zealand	5 March 1991	6 March 2001	(21 February-29 March 2011)
Niue	29 September 1986	17 August 1997(11)	9 September 2006
Niue	3 November 1991	7 September 2001	(September 2011)
Norfolk Island	30 June 1986	6 August 1996	8 August 2006
Norfolk Island	6 August 1991	7 August 2001	(2011)
Northern Mariana Islands	1 April 1990	1 April 2000	(1 April 2010)
Northern Mariana Islands		9 September 1995
Palau	Jan.-Mar. 1986	9 September 1995	1 April 2005
Palau	1 April 1990	15 April 2000	(2010)
Papua New Guinea	11 July 1990	9 July 2000	(9 July 2010)
Pitcairn (12)	31 December 1991(P)	-	(...)
Samoa	3-4 November 1986	5 November 2001	5 November 2006
Samoa	5 November 1991		(November 2011)
Solomon Islands	23 November 1986	21 November 1999	November 2009
Tokelau	10 October 1986	11 November 1996	19 October 2006
Tokelau		11 October 2001	(19 October 2011)
Tonga	28 November 1986	30 November 1996	30 Nov.-4 Dec. 2006
Tuvalu	1 June 1985(P)	1 November 2002	(November 2012)
Tuvalu	17 November 1991
Vanuatu	20 January 1986(P)	16-30 November 1999	15 November 2009
Vanuatu	16 May 1989
Wallis and Futuna Islands	11 December 1990(P)	3 October 1996	27 July-16 August 2008
Wallis and Futuna Islands		22 July 2003
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Foot notes

(P)	Population census only.
(H)	Housing census only.
(R)	The source of the detailed population statistics are continuous population registers.
(1)	Urban census only.
(2)	Enumeration of settled population was in November 1986 and of nomads in February 1987.
(3)	Based on administrative records.
(4)	Population figures compiled from population registers.
(5)	Population figures compiled from traditional census and population registers.
(6)	The population by-censuses for 1986 and 1996 were based on one-in-seven sample of the population, while that for 2006 was based on one-in-ten sample of the population.
(7)	Enumeration of former Yemen Arab Republic.
(8)	Enumeration of former Democratic Yemen.
(9)	Through accession of the German Democratic Republic to the Federal Republic of Germany with effect from 3 October 1990, the two German States have united to form one sovereign State. As from the date of unification, the Federal Republic of Germany acts in the United Nations under the designation 'Germany'.
(10)	Enumeration of former Federal Republic of Germany.
(11)	Combined with agricultural census.
(12)	No formal census conducted. A count of numbers of each family group by name, sex, age and whether permanent or expatriate resident is made on 30 or 31 December each year.
(13)	A register-based test census was conducted on 5 December 2001 on a sample of 1.2% of the population.
(14)	Due to the circumstances, the census was conducted again in 2004.
(15)	Census not carried out on the territory of Kosovo and Metohia.
(16)	Rolling census conducted every year since 2004.

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The term country as used in this publication also refers, as appropriate, to territories or areas.

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