Demographic and Social Statistics
World Population and Housing Census Programme Census Dates
Census dates for all countries
Last update: 25 July 2024
AFRICA
Countries or areas
1990 round
(1985-1994)
2000 round
(1995-2004)
2010 round
(2005-2014)
2020 round
(2015-2024)
Comoros
15 September 1991
16-30 September 2003
-
15 December 2017
Democratic Republic of the Congo
-
-
-
(2024)
Equatorial Guinea
(P) 4 July 1994
February 2002
-
20 Jun.-19 Jul. 2015
Eritrea
-
-
-
-
Gabon
(P) 1-31 July 1993
December 2003
22 May 2013
(2024)
Libya Arab Jamahiriya
-
11 August 1995
15 Apr.-7 May 2006
-
Madagascar
1 August 1993
-
-
18 May-20 Jun. 2018
Mauritania
5-20 April 1988
1-15 November 2000
25 Mar.-8 Apr. 2013
25 December 2023 - 9 January 2024
Mayotte
-
-
31 Jul.-27 Aug. 2007
5 Sep.-2 Oct. 2017
21 August 2012
Saint Helena ex. dep.
22 February 1987
8 March 1998
10 February 2008
7 February 2016
4 December 2020
Somalia
(2) 15 February 1987
-
-
-
South Sudan
(P) 15 April 1993
-
21 Apr.-5 Jun. 2008
-
Tunisia
20 April 1994
28 April 2004
23 Apr.-15 May 2014
(6 November 2024)
Western Sahara
-
-
-
-
AMERICA, NORTH
Countries or areas
1990 round
(1985-1994)
2000 round
(1995-2004)
2010 round
(2005-2014)
2020 round
(2015-2024)
Antigua and Barbuda
(P) 28 May 1991
28 May 2001
27 May 2011
(2024)
British Virgin Islands
12 May 1991
21 May 2001
12 July 2010
15 June 2023
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
1 January 1991
1 January 2001
1 January 2011
1 January 2021
Curaçao
2 September 2023
Dominica
12 May 1991
12 May 2001
14 May 2011
25 June 2022
Greenland (3)
1 January 1991
1 January 2001
1 January 2011
1 January 2021
Grenada
12 May 1991
25 May 2001
12 May 2011
10 November 2021
Haiti
-
11 January 2003
-
-
Jamaica
7 April 1991
10 September 2001
4 April 2011
12 September 2022
Montserrat
12 May 1991
12 May 2001
12 May 2011
12 September 2023
Saint-Barthélemy
1 January 2015
Saint-Martin
1 January 2015
Sint Maarten
16 September 2022
St. Kitts and Nevis
12 May 1991
14 May 2001
15 May 2011
17 March 2022
St. Pierre and Miquelon
5 March 1990
8 March 1999
March 2006
1 January 2015
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
12 May 1991
14 May 2001
12 June 2012
16 June 2023
AMERICA, SOUTH
Countries or areas
1990 round
(1985-1994)
2000 round
(1995-2004)
2010 round
(2005-2014)
2020 round
(2015-2024)
Brazil
1 September 1991
1 August 1996
1 August 2022
(2024)
24 October 1993
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
16 November 1986
24 April 1996
8 October 2006
9 October 2016
Suriname
-
31 March 2003
(August 2024)
ASIA
Countries or areas
1990 round
(1985-1994)
2000 round
(1995-2004)
2010 round
(2005-2014)
2020 round
(2015-2024)
Azerbaijan
12 January 1989
27 January 1999
13-22 April 2009
1-10 October 2019
Bahrain (3)
16 November 1991
7 April 2001
27 April 2010
17 March 2020
Brunei Darussalam
7 August 1991
21 August 2001
20 Jun.-3 Jul. 2011
20 January 2021
China - Hong Kong SAR
(5) 11 March 1986
(5) 15 March 1996
(5) 30 Jun.-2 Aug. 2016
Iran, Islamic Republic of
22 September 1986
23 Oct.-16 Nov. 1996
28 Oct.-17 Nov. 2006
24 Sep.-20 Nov. 2016
11 December 1991
24 Oct.-13 Nov. 2011
Iraq
17 October 1987
16 October 1997
-
(November 2024)
(H) [2003]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
(P) 31 December 1993
-
1-15 October 2008
1 October 2019
Kyrgyzstan
12 January 1989
24 March 1999
24 Mar.-3 Apr. 2009
25 March 2022
Lebanon
-
-
-
-
Myanmar
-
-
30 Mar.-10 Apr. 2014
(1-15 October 2024)
1 March - 30 May 2023
Syrian Arab Republic
3-9 September 1994
22 September 2004
-
Turkey (4)
20 October 1985
(H) 30 October 1997
3 Oct.-30 Nov. 2011
31 December 2021
21 October 1990
(P) 22 October 2000
Turkmenistan
12 January 1989
10 January 1995
15-26 December 2012
17 December 2022
Uzbekistan
12 January 1989
-
-
-
Yemen
(6) 1-18 February 1986
-
(7) 29-30 March 1988
EUROPE
Countries or areas
1990 round
(1985-1994)
2000 round
(1995-2004)
2010 round
(2005-2014)
2020 round
(2015-2024)
Andorra
12 July 1989
(3)
(3) 31 December 2011
1 January 2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina
31 March 1991
-
1-15 October 2013
(2024)
4 December 1992
Denmark (3)
1 January 1991
1 January 2001
1 January 2011
1 January 2021
Finland (3)
17 November 1985
31 December 1995
1 January 2011
Greece
17 March 1991
18 March 2001
10-24 May 2011
22 October 2021
Holy See
(3)
(3)
(3) 1 July 2009
1 January 2021
Iceland (4)
31 December 2011
1 January 2021
Jersey
(P) 23 March 1986
10 March 1996
Liechtenstein (4)
31 December 2015
21 Nov.-18 Dec. 2011
21 November 2021
(3) 1 January 2018
(3) 1 January 2021
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (3)
3 November 1990
3 November 2001
19 November 2011
1 January 2021
Sweden (3)
1 November 1985
31 December 2011
31 December 2021
1 November 1990
United Kingdom
OCEANIA
Countries or areas
1990 round
(1985-1994)
2000 round
(1995-2004)
2010 round
(2005-2014)
2020 round
(2015-2024)
Nauru
17 April 1992
23 September 2002
31 Oct.-14 Nov. 2011
30 October 2021
31 August 2004
26 August 2014
(2024)
9 September 1995
December 2012
Pitcairn (11)
(P) 31 December 1991
-
31 December 2007
31 December 2015
5 November 1991
7 November 2011
18 October 2021
30 November 2021
17 November 1991
11 December 2022
16 May 1989
16-29 November 2020
Wallis and Futuna Islands
(P) 11 December 1990
21 Jul.-16 Aug. 2008
23 Jul.-18 Aug. 2018
Symbols
(Date)
It is expected that a census will be held on the date indicated.
[ ]
A census was planned for that year but there is no information available to the United Nations Statistics Division that it was carried out.
(...)
It is expected that a census will be held during the decade.
-
No census taken or planned in the period indicated.
Footnotes
(P)
Population census only.
(H)
Housing census only.
(1)
Urban census only.
(2)
Enumeration of settled population was in November 1986 and of nomads in February 1987.
(3)
Population figures compiled from administrative registers.
(4)
Population figures compiled from administrative registers in combination with other sources of data, such as sample surveys.
(5)
The population by-censuses for 1986 and 1996 were based on one-in-seven sample of the population, while that for 2006 was based on one-in-ten sample of the population.
(6)
Enumeration of former Yemen Arab Republic.
(7)
Enumeration of former Democratic Yemen.
(8)
Through accession of the German Democratic Republic to the Federal Republic of Germany with effect from 3 October 1990, the two German States have united to form one sovereign State. As from the date of unification, the Federal Republic of Germany acts in the United Nations under the designation 'Germany'.
(9)
Enumeration of former Federal Republic of Germany.
(10)
Combined with agricultural census.
(11)
No formal census conducted. A count of numbers of each family group by name, sex, age and whether permanent or expatriate resident is made on 30 or 31 December each year.
(12)
A register-based test census was conducted on 5 December 2001 on a sample of 1.2% of the population.
(13)
Due to the circumstances, the census was conducted again in 2004.
(14)
Census not carried out on the territory of Kosovo and Metohia.
(15)
Rolling Census based on continuous sample survey.
(16)
Census was planned to be conducted using staggered enumerations province by province. At the end of 2014, only 6 of the 34 provinces had been enumerated.
(17)
Traditional decennial census with full field enumeration, and a continuous sample survey.
(18)
Population figures compiled from administrative registers and sample surveys while data on housing characteristics are collected through full field enumeration.
(19)
Cancelled.
Note
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