Belgium vs Spain: Census based on population register recently completed

Belgium
1
in 2015
Spain
1
in 2015
Belgium rank
1st
Spain rank
1st

Census based on population register recently completed over time

  • Belgium
  • Spain
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How they compare

Belgium currently reports 1 against 1 in Spain, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 266 shared years of data; in 1750 it was Spain ahead.

Belgium ranks 1st and Spain ranks 1st of 67 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Census based on population register recently completed
Source
Thomas Brambor et al. (2019) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
67 places, 17,822 data points, 1750–2015
Last refreshed

A modern census is defined as a census that meets four requirements: universality, well-defined territory, simultaneity, and individual enumeration.. Population registers are state agencies that keep detailed and permanently updated records of every person in the territory.