Demographic and Social Statistics

The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), will convene the third Expert Group Meeting to revise the Principles and Recommendations (P&R) for Population and Housing Censuses. The meeting will take place in New York City from September 4-6, 2024. Since its establishment, the Expert Group and its seven Task Teams have conducted two rounds of revisions (June-December 2023 and January-May 2024). The focus of this meeting is to refine the second draft of the P&R for the 2030 round of censuses. The draft version will be reviewed to align with best practices and contemporary approaches in conducting population and housing censuses. The current census round has seen significant changes, including the use of technologies, adoption of multi-modal data collection, and utilization of administrative data sources. Many countries innovated to overcome challenges posed by the global COVID-19 pandemic during census operations. As a reference publication, the revised P&R will incorporate these innovations and experiences, providing comprehensive guidance to national statistical authorities for planning, organizing, conducting, and utilizing 2030 round population and housing censuses. The final draft will be presented to the Statistical Commission for endorsement in 2025.

The Expert Group Meeting on the Synergies between Census, CRVS Systems and Administrative Records: Implications for the 4^th revision to the UN Principles and Recommendations on Population and Housing Censuses is co-organized by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The meeting is to be held in New York from 11 to 12 December 2023. The expert group meeting will bring together experts from National Statistics Offices, CRVS Systems, and international organizations to review insights, experiences and lessons from recent census rounds and ongoing efforts to strengthen CRVS systems. The objective of the expert group meeting is to synthesize lessons and insights from recent census and CRVS efforts to guide the updating of the UN Principles and Recommendations on Population and Housing Censuses (Revision 4) in the following areas: i) the assessment of the completeness and quality of vital event registration data and identity management system data using census data; ii) the leveraging of administrative records from CRVS systems and related administrative registers for the production of census operations and census data; and, iii) the use of censuses to measure human mobility including international migration, internal displacement and refugee stocks and flows.