Country has a population register by country

A population register is defined as a centralized state agency that keeps detailed and permanently updated records of every person in the territory.

Countries reporting
34
Highest
1
Poland
Lowest
1
Haiti
Median
1
Years covered
266
1750–2015
Data points
16,024

What the numbers show

Country has a population register is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 1 in Poland; the lowest is 1 in Haiti.

The median across all reporting countries is 1, and the mean is 1.

Country has a population register: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Poland 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 India 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Italy 1 2015 volatile
1 Japan 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 South Korea 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Mexico 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Netherlands 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Norway 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Peru 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Hungary 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Romania 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Russia 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 El Salvador 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Sweden 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Turkey 1 2015 volatile
1 Uruguay 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Venezuela 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Germany 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Austria 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Belgium 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Bulgaria 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Bolivia 1 2015 volatile
1 Switzerland 1 2015 volatile
1 Chile 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Colombia 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Costa Rica 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Argentina 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Denmark 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Ecuador 1 2015 volatile
1 Spain 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Finland 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Guatemala 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Honduras 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Haiti 1 2015 unchanged volatile

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Country has a population register by country. Statizoid, drawing on Thomas Brambor et al. (2019) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/stat/population-register-implemented/

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Indicator
Country has a population register
Source
Thomas Brambor et al. (2019) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
67 places, 16,024 data points, 1750–2015
Last refreshed

A population register is defined as a centralized state agency that keeps detailed and permanently updated records of every person in the territory.