Demographic and Social Statistics

This webinar is the second in a specialized series organized by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) to bridge the gap between the high-level international recommendations for the 2030 Round of Population and Housing Censuses and their practical implementation at the national level. It focuses on the application of modern methodologies and technologies for integrating geospatial information into census activities to support the modernization of population and housing censuses.
The webinar will showcase practical experiences and methodologies in the integration of geospatial data and data derived from different sources for the preparation and implementation of a population and housing census, and for the dissemination of its results. It will demonstrate how geospatial information can serve as a common reference framework for linking census units with population, building and address registers, cadastral data and other administrative sources, thereby facilitating the transition from field-based enumeration to combined or register-based census approaches.
The webinar will also present emerging geospatial data sources—including high-resolution satellite imagery, drones (UAVs) and mobile phone data (MPD)—and their potential applications for census planning, geospatial integration and the production of population estimates in areas where field enumeration is difficult or not feasible.
Through three technical sessions featuring country experiences and methodological guidance, participants will gain practical insights into implementing Revision 4 of the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses and strengthening integrated population data systems through the effective use of geospatial information.

• Concept note
• Speakers' bios
• Video recording

• Opening and welcoming remarks
  • – Francesca Grum, Assistant Director, Chief, Social Statistics Branch, UNSD
• Moderator
  • – Roberto Bianchini, Inter-Regional Adviser on Population and Housing Censuses, UNSD
• Introductory note
  • – Mark Iliffe, UN-GGIM Secretariat, UNSD – Introducing Geostatistical Integration: Frameworks and Methodologies for the 2030 Round of Population and Housing Censuses
  • Presentation (PDF)


• Session I: Registers of buildings and dwellings
  • – Jean-Paul Kauthen, Romain Douard and Marianne Rotzetter Eichhorn, Federal Statistical Office of Switzerland – Swiss Geospatial Census Data
  • Presentation (PDF)


• Session II: Cadastral data
  • – Lilian Galer, National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova – Using cadastral and 'signs of life' (SoL) data in the 2024 population and housing census of Moldova
  • Presentation (PDF)


• Session III: Emerging geospatial data sources
  • – Vilaysouk Sysoulath, Lao Statistics Bureau – Building the Geospatial Infrastructure for the Lao PDR's First Digital Population and Housing Census
  • Presentation (PDF)
  
  
  • – Douglas Leasure, Real Good Research and Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science of the University of Oxford, UK – Humanitarian population nowcasting with digital footprints and non-traditional approaches to support official population statistics
  • Presentation (PDF)


• Q&A
• Closing remarks