Census based on population register recently completed by country

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.

Countries reporting
67
Highest
1
Netherlands
Lowest
0
Liberia
Median
0
Years covered
266
1750–2015
Data points
17,822

What the numbers show

Census based on population register recently completed is currently reported for 67 countries. The highest value is 1 in Netherlands; the lowest is 0 in Liberia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0, and the mean is 0.1642.

Census based on population register recently completed: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Netherlands 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Finland 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Spain 1 2015 volatile
1 Denmark 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Germany 1 2015 volatile
1 Sweden 1 2015 volatile
1 Norway 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Turkey 1 2015 volatile
1 Switzerland 1 2015 volatile
1 Belgium 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Austria 1 2015 volatile
12 Nicaragua 0 2015 flat
12 Montenegro 0 2015 flat
12 Saudi Arabia 0 2015 flat
12 Myanmar 0 2015 flat
12 Mexico 0 2015 flat
12 Nepal 0 2015 flat
12 New Zealand 0 2015 flat
12 Peru 0 2015 flat
12 Poland 0 2015 flat
12 Madagascar 0 2015 flat
12 Portugal 0 2015 flat
12 Morocco 0 2015 flat
12 Paraguay 0 2015 flat
12 Romania 0 2015 flat
12 Russia 0 2015 flat
12 Italy 0 2015 flat
12 El Salvador 0 2015 flat
12 Serbia 0 2015 flat
12 Thailand 0 2015 flat
12 Tunisia 0 2015 flat
12 Uruguay 0 2015 flat
12 United States 0 2015 flat
12 Uzbekistan 0 2015 flat
12 Venezuela 0 2015 flat
12 Vietnam 0 2015 flat
12 Yemen 0 2015 flat
12 Ethiopia 0 2015 flat
12 Argentina 0 2015 flat
12 Australia 0 2015 flat
12 Bulgaria 0 2015 flat
12 Bolivia 0 2015 flat
12 Brazil 0 2015 flat
12 Canada 0 2015 flat
12 Chile 0 2015 flat
12 China 0 2015 flat
12 Colombia 0 2015 flat
12 Costa Rica 0 2015 flat
12 Cuba 0 2015 flat
12 Dominican Republic 0 2015 flat
12 Ecuador 0 2015 flat
12 Egypt 0 2015 flat
12 Libya 0 2015 flat
12 France 0 2015 flat
12 United Kingdom 0 2015 flat
12 Greece 0 2015 flat
12 Guatemala 0 2015 flat
12 Honduras 0 2015 flat
12 Haiti 0 2015 flat
12 Hungary 0 2015 flat
12 Indonesia 0 2015 flat
12 India 0 2015 flat
12 Iran 0 2015 flat
12 Afghanistan 0 2015 flat
12 Japan 0 2015 flat
12 South Korea 0 2015 flat
12 Liberia 0 2015 flat

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.