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2010 Round
Census Clock
Census Clock
as of 1 June 2010
Number of countries/areas:
Enumerated Population:
Enumerated population
1 808 862 749
Estimated enumerated population
 
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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The website of the 2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme has been enhanced to include thematic pages on:
(i) CensusInfo (software for census data dissemination,
(ii) Cartography,
(iii) Data processing,
(iv) Data editing, and
(v) Evaluation (coming soon).

Posted 9 June 2010

Bermuda Census 2010

Bermuda conducts 2010 Census of Population and Housing. More...

Posted 1 June 2010

Philippines Census 2010

The Philippines carries out the 2010 Population and Housing Census. For more information, see:

http://www.census.gov.ph/data/pressrelease/
2010/pr1098tx.html

Posted 28 May 2010

Egypt National Seminar 2010

UNSD, in collaboration with CAPMAS, has organized the Egypt National Seminar on Census Data Analysis in Cairo, Egypt from 17 to19 May 2010. More...

Posted 26 May 2010

The message behind the logo for the Philippines 2010 population and housing census. More…

Posted 26 May 2010

Cayman Island Census 2010

Cayman Islands has officially launched the 2010 Population and Housing Census. More...

Posted 1 May 2010

PES Operational guidelines

Post Enumeration Surveys
Operational Guidelines
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Technical Report

The objective of the Technical Report is to provide operational guidelines for the preparation and implementation of a post enumeration survey. More...

Posted 19 April 2010

Handbook on PHC editing, Rev 1

The Handbook on Population and Housing Census Editing has been released on the website of the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses of the UNSD. More...

Posted 13 April 2010

More than 50 participants attended a seminar organized by UNSD on CensusInfo on Monday 22 February. More...

Posted 1 March 2010

Press Conference on Challenges Faced by Countries Emerging from Conflicts in Conducting Census of Housing, Population

Press Conference on Challenges Faced by Countries Emerging from Conflicts in Conducting Census of Housing, Population (25 February 2010)

The 2010 world census program was crucial in helping countries emerging from conflict better plan national development strategies and institute democratic reform, said Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division. More...

Press conference video available at:
YouTube

Media coverage:
Humanitarian News
ReliefWeb
TreeHugger
USA TODAY

Posted 26 February 2010

CensusInfo

The CensusInfo software for census data dissemination is now accessible from the UNSD website.

More...

Posted 18 February 2010

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