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Census dates for all countries

Last update: 6 December 2023

AFRICA
Countries or areas
Algeria
1990 round
(1985-1994)
20 March 1987
2000 round
(1995-2004)
25 June 1998
2010 round
(2005-2014)
16-30 April 2008
2020 round
(2015-2024)
25 September 2022
Angola
-
-
(2024)
Benin
15 February 1992
(2023)
Botswana
21 August 1991
18 March 2022
Burkina Faso
(P) 10-20 December 1985
10 December 1996
6 Nov.-15 Dec. 2019
Burundi
16-30 August 1990
-
(2024)
Cameroon
10 April 1987
-
(2024)
Cape Verde
23 June 1990
15 June 2021
Central African Republic
8 December 1988
-
(December 2023)
Chad
-
20 May-20 June 2009
(2024)
Comoros
15 September 1991
16-30 September 2003
-
15 December 2017
Congo
(1) 20 Nov.-5 Dec. 1994
28 April 2007
(2023)
Côte d'Ivoire
1 March 1988
17 March 2014
8 November 2021
Democratic Republic of the Congo
-
-
-
(2024)
Djibouti
-
-
(2024)
Egypt
17-18 November 1986
19 November 1996
28 Mar.-26 Apr. 2017
Equatorial Guinea
(P) 4 July 1994
February 2002
-
20 Jun.-19 Jul. 2015
Eritrea
-
-
-
-
Eswatini
25 August 1986
28 Apr.-14 May 2007
29 April 2017
Gabon
(P) 1-31 July 1993
December 2003
22 May 2013
(2023)
Gambia
(P) 15 April 1993
8-28 April 2013
(2024)
Ghana
-
26 March 2000
27 June 2021
Guinea Bissau
1 December 1991
-
(2023)
Kenya
(P) 24 August 1989
24 August 2019
Lesotho
(P) 12 April 1986
14 April 1996
10-24 April 2016
Liberia
-
-
10 November 2022
Libya Arab Jamahiriya
-
11 August 1995
15 Apr.-7 May 2006
-
Madagascar
1 August 1993
-
-
18 May-20 Jun. 2018
Malawi
1-21 September 1987
3-23 September 2018
Mali
1-30 April 1987
1-14 April 2009
15 June 2022
Mauritania
5-20 April 1988
1-15 November 2000
25 Mar.-8 Apr. 2013
(November 2023)
Mauritius
(P) 1 July 1990
4 July 2022
(H) 5 Feb.-17 Jun. 1990
Mayotte
-
-
31 Jul.-27 Aug. 2007
5 Sep.-2 Oct. 2017
21 August 2012
Morocco
2 September 1994
1-20 September 2014
(2024)
Mozambique
-
1-15 August 2017
Namibia
21 October 1991
28 Aug.-10 Sep. 2011
18 September 2023
Niger
20 May-3 Jun. 1988
10-24 December 2012
(2023)
Nigeria
(P) 26 November 1991
-
(2024)
Réunion
15 March 1990
8 March 1999
1 January 2016
Rwanda
15 August 1991
16 August 2022
Saint Helena ex. dep.
22 February 1987
8 March 1998
10 February 2008
7 February 2016
Sao Tomé and Principé
4 August 1991
13 May 2012
(2024)
Senegal
27 May 1988
19 Nov.-9 Dec. 2013
15 May 2023
Seychelles
(P) 17 August 1987
22 April 2022
26 August 1994
Sierra Leone
15 December 1985
-
5-18 December 2015
4 December 2020
Somalia
(2) 15 February 1987
-
-
-
South Africa
5 March 1985
2 February 2022
South Sudan
(P) 15 April 1993
-
21 Apr.-5 Jun. 2008
-
Sudan
(P) 15 April 1993
-
-
Togo
-
-
23 October 2022
Tunisia
20 April 1994
28 April 2004
23 Apr.-15 May 2014
(2024)
Uganda
12-19 January 1991
(10 May 2024)
United Republic of Tanzania
28 August 1988
Western Sahara
-
-
-
-
Zambia
20 August 1990
18 August 2022
Zimbabwe
18 August 1992
17-27 August 2002
AMERICA, NORTH
Countries or areas
Anguilla
1990 round
(1985-1994)
13 April 1992
2000 round
(1995-2004)
9 May 2001
2010 round
(2005-2014)
11 May 2011
2020 round
(2015-2024)
15 June 2022
Antigua and Barbuda
(P) 28 May 1991
28 May 2001
27 May 2011
(2024)
Aruba
6 October 1991
14 October 2000
1 October 2020
Bahamas
1 May 1990
4 April 2022
Barbados
2 May 1990
1 May 2000
1 August 2021
Belize
12 May 1991
12 May 2022
Bermuda
20 May 1991
20 May 2000
20 May 2016
British Virgin Islands
12 May 1991
21 May 2001
12 July 2010
15 June 2023
Canada
3 June 1986
10 May 2016
4 June 1991
11 May 2021
Cayman Islands
15 October 1989
10 October 2021
Costa Rica
-
8 June 2022
Cuba
-
14-24 September 2012
(2023)
Curaçao
2 September 2023
Dominica
12 May 1991
12 May 2001
14 May 2011
25 June 2022
Dominican Republic
24-25 September 1993
10 November 2022
El Salvador
27 Sep.-6 Oct. 1992
-
(2024)
Greenland (3)
1 January 1991
1 January 2001
1 January 2011
1 January 2021
Grenada
12 May 1991
25 May 2001
12 May 2011
10 November 2021
Guadeloupe
15 March 1990
8 March 1999
1 January 2016
Guatemala
17-30 April 1994
-
23 Jul.-16 Aug. 2018
Haiti
-
11 January 2003
-
-
Honduras
29 May 1988
10-25 August 2013
(2024)
Jamaica
7 April 1991
10 September 2001
4 April 2011
12 September 2022
Martinique
15 March 1990
8 March 1999
1 January 2016
Mexico
5 November 1995
4-29 October 2005
Montserrat
12 May 1991
12 May 2001
12 May 2011
12 September 2023
Netherlands Antilles
27 January 1992
Nicaragua
-
25 April 1995
(2024)
Panama
13 May 1990
8 January 2023
Puerto Rico
1 April 1990
1 April 2010
1 April 2020
Saint-Barthélemy
1 January 2015
Saint-Martin
1 January 2015
Sint Maarten
16 September 2022
St. Kitts and Nevis
12 May 1991
14 May 2001
15 May 2011
17 March 2022
St. Lucia
12 May 1991
10 May 2010
17 May 2022
St. Pierre and Miquelon
5 March 1990
8 March 1999
March 2006
1 January 2015
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
12 May 1991
14 May 2001
12 June 2012
16 June 2023
Trinidad and Tobago
2 May 1990
(2023)
Turks and Caicos Islands
31 May 1990
25 January 2012
(2023)
United States of America
(17) 1 April 1990
(17) 1 April 2020
United States Virgin Islands
1 April 1990
1 April 2010
1 April 2020
AMERICA, SOUTH
Countries or areas
Argentina
1990 round
(1985-1994)
15 May 1991
2000 round
(1995-2004)
18 November 2001
2010 round
(2005-2014)
27 October 2010
2020 round
(2015-2024)
18 May 2022
Bolivia
3 June 1992
23 March 2024
Brazil
1 September 1991
1 August 1996
1 August 2022
Chile
22 April 1992
19 April 2017
(2024)
Colombia
15 October 1985
-
9 Jan.-31 Jul. 2018
24 October 1993
Ecuador
25 November 1990
7 November 2022
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
16 November 1986
24 April 1996
8 October 2006
9 October 2016
5 March 1991
8 April 2001
15 April 2012
French Guiana
15 March 1990
1 January 2016
Guyana
12 May 1991
15 September 2022
Paraguay
15 October 2012
9 November 2022
Peru
-
22 October 2017
Suriname
-
31 March 2003
(2023)
Uruguay
23 October 1985
22 May 1996
30 April 2023
Venezuela
20 October 1990
1 Sep.-30 Nov. 2011
22 March 2021
ASIA
Countries or areas
Afghanistan
1990 round
(1985-1994)
-
2000 round
(1995-2004)
-
2010 round
(2005-2014)
(16) -
2020 round
(2015-2024)
-
Armenia
12 January 1989
12-21 October 2011
13 October 2022
Azerbaijan
12 January 1989
27 January 1999
13-22 April 2009
1-10 October 2019
Bahrain (3)
16 November 1991
7 April 2001
27 April 2010
17 March 2020
Bangladesh
11 March 1991
15 June 2022
Bhutan
-
-
30 May-1 Jun. 2017
Brunei Darussalam
7 August 1991
21 August 2001
20 Jun.-3 Jul. 2011
20 January 2021
Cambodia
-
3 March 2019
China
1 July 1990
1 November 2020
China - Hong Kong SAR
(5) 11 March 1986
(5) 15 March 1996
(5) 30 Jun.-2 Aug. 2016
15 March 1991
30 June 2021
China - Macao SAR
30 August 1991
7-21 August 2016
7 August 2021
Cyprus
1 October 1992
1 October 2011
1 October 2021
Georgia
12 January 1989
17 January 2002
(2024)
India
1 March 1991
(April 2023)
Indonesia
31 October 1990
15 September 2020
Iran, Islamic Republic of
22 September 1986
23 Oct.-16 Nov. 1996
28 Oct.-17 Nov. 2006
24 Sep.-20 Nov. 2016
11 December 1991
24 Oct.-13 Nov. 2011
Iraq
17 October 1987
16 October 1997
-
(2023)
Israel (4)
-
3 April 2022
Japan
(P) 1 October 1985
(P) 1 October 1995
1 October 2015
(H) 1 October 1988
(H) 1 October 1998
(H) [2003]
Jordan
-
30 Nov.-10 Dec. 2015
Kazakhstan
12 January 1989
26 February 1999
1 October 2021
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
(P) 31 December 1993
-
1-15 October 2008
1 October 2019
Korea, Republic of
1-15 November 2015
Kuwait
20 April 1985
20 April 1995
31 December 2021
Kyrgyzstan
12 January 1989
24 March 1999
24 Mar.-3 Apr. 2009
25 March 2022
Lao People's Democratic Republic
(P) 1 March 1985
1 March 1995
1-7 March 2015
Lebanon
-
-
-
-
Malaysia
14 August 1991
7 July 2020
Maldives
25-28 March 1985
25 March 1995
13 September 2022
8 March 1990
20-30 September 2014
Mongolia
5 January 1989
9-15 January 2020
Myanmar
-
-
30 Mar.-10 Apr. 2014
(2024)
Nepal
22 June 1991
22 June 2001
11 November 2021
Pakistan
-
-
15 March - 25 May 2017
1 March - 30 May 2023
Palestine, State of
-
1-24 December 2017
Philippines
1 May 1990
1-31 August 2015
1 September 1995
1 May 2020
Qatar
16 March 1986
1 March 1997
20 April 2015
1 December 2020
Singapore (3)
30 June 1990
30 June 2020
Sri Lanka
-
27 Feb.-21 Mar. 2012
(2024)
Syrian Arab Republic
3-9 September 1994
22 September 2004
-
Tajikistan
12 January 1989
20 January 2000
1 October 2020
Thailand
1 April 1990
Timor-Leste
31 October 1990
Turkey (4)
20 October 1985
(H) 30 October 1997
3 Oct.-30 Nov. 2011
31 December 2021
21 October 1990
(P) 22 October 2000
Turkmenistan
12 January 1989
10 January 1995
15-26 December 2012
17 December 2022
United Arab Emirates
17-23 December 1985
17 December 1995
Uzbekistan
12 January 1989
-
-
(November 2023)
Viet Nam
1 April 1989
1 April 2019
Yemen
(6) 1-18 February 1986
-
(7) 29-30 March 1988
16-17 December 1994
-
EUROPE
Countries or areas
Albania
1990 round
(1985-1994)
12 April 1989
2000 round
(1995-2004)
1 April 2001
2010 round
(2005-2014)
1 October 2011
2020 round
(2015-2024)
18 September 2023
Andorra
12 July 1989
(3)
(3) 31 December 2011
1 January 2021
Austria
15 May 1991
(4) 15 May 2001
(3) 31 October 2021
Belarus
12 January 1989
4-30 October 2019
Belgium (4)
1 March 1991
1 January 2011
1 January 2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina
31 March 1991
-
1-15 October 2013
(2023)
Bulgaria
4 December 1985
7 September 2021
4 December 1992
Croatia
31 March 1991
13 September 2021
Czechia (4)
3 March 1991
26 March 2021
Denmark (3)
1 January 1991
1 January 2001
1 January 2011
1 January 2021
Estonia (4)
12 January 1989
31 December 2021
Faroe Islands
(3) 1 January 1990
(3) 1 January 2000
1 January 2021
Finland (3)
17 November 1985
31 December 1995
31 December 1990
31 December 2010
1 January 2021
France
5 March 1990
1 January 2016
1 January 2011
Germany (8) (18)
(9) 25 May 1987
(H) (12) 30 September 1995
15 May 2022
Gibraltar
14 October 1991
14 November 2022
Greece
17 March 1991
18 March 2001
10-24 May 2011
22 October 2021
Guernsey
(P) 23 March 1986
31 March 2015
21 April 1991
Holy See
(3)
(3)
(3) 1 July 2009
1 January 2021
Hungary
1 January 1990
1 October 2022
Iceland (4)
31 December 2011
1 January 2021
Ireland
(P) 13 April 1986
28 April 1996
24 Apr.-23 May 2016
21 April 1991
3 April 2022
Isle of Man
6-7 April 1986
24 April 2016
14 April 1991
27 March 2011
30 May 2021
Italy (4)
20 October 1991
1 January 2021
Jersey
(P) 23 March 1986
10 March 1996
10 March 1991
21 March 2021
Latvia (4)
12 January 1989
1 January 2021
Liechtenstein (4)
31 December 2015
4 December 1990
31 December 2021
Lithuania (4)
12 January 1989
1 January 2021
Luxembourg
1 March 1991
1 February 2011
1 January 2021
Malta
16 November 1985
26 November 1995
21 Nov.-18 Dec. 2011
21 November 2021
Monaco (3)
23 July 1990
8 Jun.-29 Jul. 2016
Montenegro
31 March 1991
31 October 2003
31 October 2023
Netherlands (4)
1 January 1991
1 January 2011
1 January 2021
North Macedonia
31 March 1991
(19) -
31 March 2021
Norway (3)
3 November 1990
19 November 2011
1 January 2021
Poland (4)
6 December 1988
1 Apr.-30 Jun. 2021
Portugal
15 April 1991
19 April 2021
Republic of Moldova
12 January 1989
5-12 October 2004
(2024)
Russian Federation
12 January 1989
9 October 2002
1 October 2021
San Marino
(3)
(3)
1 January 2021
Serbia
31 March 1991
(14) 31 March 2002
30 September 2022
Slovakia
3 March 1991
15 February 2021
Slovenia
31 March 1991
(3) 1 January 2015
(3) 1 January 2018
(3) 1 January 2021
Spain (4)
1 March 1991
1 November 2011
1 January 2021
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (3)
3 November 1990
3 November 2001
19 November 2011
1 January 2021
Sweden (3)
1 November 1985
31 December 2011
31 December 2021
1 November 1990
Switzerland (4)
4 December 1990
31 December 2010
31 December 2021
Ukraine
12 January 1989
-
-
United Kingdom
- England and Wales
21 April 1991
21 March 2021
- Scotland
21 April 1991
21 March 2021
- Northern Ireland
21 April 1991
21 March 2021
OCEANIA
Countries or areas
American Samoa
1990 round
(1985-1994)
1 April 1990
2000 round
(1995-2004)
1 April 2000
2010 round
(2005-2014)
1 April 2010
2020 round
(2015-2024)
1 April 2020
Australia
30 June 1986
9 August 2016
30 June 1991
10 August 2021
Cook Islands
1 December 1986
1 December 1996
1 December 2016
1 December 1991
21 Nov.-9 Dec. 2011
21 November 2021
Fiji
31 August 1986
17 September 2017
French Polynesia
6 September 1988
17 Aug.-13 Sep. 2017
22 Aug.-18 Sep. 2012
Guam
1 April 1990
1 April 2020
Kiribati
10 May 1985
7 November 1995
7 November 2015
7 November 1990
7 November 2010
7 November 2020
Marshall Islands
13 November 1988
4 Apr.-9 May 2011
23 August 2021
Micronesia, Federated States of
1985-1989
(2023)
Nauru
17 April 1992
23 September 2002
31 Oct.-14 Nov. 2011
30 October 2021
New Caledonia
4 April 1989
16 April 1996
10 Sep.-14 Oct. 2019
31 August 2004
26 August 2014
(2024)
New Zealand
4 March 1986
5 March 1996
6 March 2018
5 March 1991
Niue
29 September 1986
9 March 2017
3 November 1991
10 September 2011
11 November 2022
Norfolk Island
30 June 1986
8 August 2006
9 August 2016
6 August 1991
9 August 2011
Northern Mariana Islands
1 April 1990
1 April 2010
1 April 2020
9 September 1995
Palau
Jan.-Mar. 1986
9 September 1995
13 April 2015
1 April 1990
1 April 2010
13 April 2020
December 2012
Papua New Guinea
11 July 1990
10 July 2011
(2024)
Pitcairn (11)
(P) 31 December 1991
-
31 December 2007
31 December 2015
Samoa
3-4 November 1986
7 November 2016
5 November 1991
7 November 2011
18 October 2021
Solomon Islands
9-30 November 2009
24 Nov.-8 Dec. 2019
Tokelau
10 October 1986
11 November 1996
18 October 2016
18 October 2011
18 November 2022
Tonga
28 November 1986
30 November 1996
30 November 2016
30 November 2021
Tuvalu
(P) 1 June 1985
4 November 2012
12 November 2017
17 November 1991
(11 December 2022)
Vanuatu
(P) 20 January 1986
16-30 November 1999
7 November 2016
16 May 1989
16-29 November 2020
Wallis and Futuna Islands
(P) 11 December 1990
21 Jul.-16 Aug. 2008
23 Jul.-18 Aug. 2018
22 Jul.-17 Aug. 2013
24 July 2023

Symbols


(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.

Footnotes


(P)
Population census only.
(H)
Housing census only.
(1)
Urban census only.
(2)
Enumeration of settled population was in November 1986 and of nomads in February 1987.
(3)
Population figures compiled from administrative registers.
(4)
Population figures compiled from administrative registers in combination with other sources of data, such as sample surveys.
(5)
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.
(6)
Enumeration of former Yemen Arab Republic.
(7)
Enumeration of former Democratic Yemen.
(8)
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'.
(9)
Enumeration of former Federal Republic of Germany.
(10)
Combined with agricultural census.
(11)
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.
(12)
A register-based test census was conducted on 5 December 2001 on a sample of 1.2% of the population.
(13)
Due to the circumstances, the census was conducted again in 2004.
(14)
Census not carried out on the territory of Kosovo and Metohia.
(15)
Rolling Census based on continuous sample survey.
(16)
Census was planned to be conducted using staggered enumerations province by province. At the end of 2014, only 6 of the 34 provinces had been enumerated.
(17)
Traditional decennial census with full field enumeration, and a continuous sample survey.
(18)
Population figures compiled from administrative registers and sample surveys while data on housing characteristics are collected through full field enumeration.
(19)
Cancelled.

Note

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

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