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Sample Name Years
Argentina1970·1980·1991·2001·2010
Armenia2001·2011
Austria1971·1981·1991·2001·2011
Bangladesh1991·2001·2011
Belarus1999·2009
Benin1979·1992·2002·2013
Bolivia1976·1992·2001·2012
Botswana1981·1991·2001·2011
Brazil1960·1970·1980·1991·2000·2010
Burkina Faso1985·1996·2006
Cambodia1998·2004·2008·2013·2019
Cameroon1976·1987·2005
Canada1852·1871·1881·1891·1901·1911·1971·1981·1991·2001·2011
Chile1960·1970·1982·1992·2002·2017
China1982·1990·2000
Colombia1964·1973·1985·1993·2005
Costa Rica1963·1973·1984·2000·2011
Cuba2002·2012
Côte d'Ivoire1988·1998
Denmark1787·1801·1845·1880·1885
Dominican Rep.1960·1970·1981·2002·2010
Ecuador1962·1974·1982·1990·2001·2010
Egypt1848·1868·1986·1996·2006
El Salvador1992·2007
Ethiopia1984·1994·2007
Fiji1966·1976·1986·1996·2007·2014
Finland2010
France1962·1968·1975·1982·1990·1999·2006·2011
Germany1819·1970·1971·1981·1987
Ghana1984·2000·2010
Greece1971·1981·1991·2001·2011
Guatemala1964·1973·1981·1994·2002
Guinea1983·1996·2014
Haiti1971·1982·2003
Honduras1961·1974·1988·2001·2013
Hungary1970·1980·1990·2001·2011
Iceland1703·1729·1801·1901·1910
IndiaSurveys
Indonesia1971·1976·1980·1985·1990·1995·2000·2005·2010
Iran2006·2011
Iraq1997
Ireland1901·1911·1971·1979·1981·1986·1991·1996·2002·2006·2011·2016
Israel1972·1983·1995·2008
Italy2001·2011·Surveys
Jamaica1982·1991·2001
Jordan2004
Kenya1969·1979·1989·1999·2009·2019
Kyrgyzstan1999·2009
Laos1995·2005·2015
Lesotho1996·2006
Liberia1974·2008
Malawi1987·1998·2008·2018
Malaysia1970·1980·1991·2000
Mali1987·1998·2009
Mauritius1990·2000·2011
Mexico1960·1970·1990·1995·2000·2005·2010·2015·2020·Surveys
Mongolia1989·2000·2010·2020
Morocco1982·1994·2004·2014
Mozambique1997·2007·2017
Myanmar2014
Nepal2001·2011
Netherlands1960·1971·2001·2011
Nicaragua1971·1995·2005
NigeriaSurveys
Norway1801·1865·1875·1900·1910
Pakistan1973·1981·1998
Palestine1997·2007·2017
Panama1960·1970·1980·1990·2000·2010
Papua New Guinea1980·1990·2000
Paraguay1962·1972·1982·1992·2002
Peru1993·2007·2017
Philippines1990·1995·2000·2010·Surveys
Poland1978·1988·2002·2011
Portugal1981·1991·2001·2011
Puerto Rico1970·1980·1990·2000·2005·2010·2015·2020
Romania1977·1992·2002·2011
Russia2002·2010
Rwanda1991·2002·2012
Saint Lucia1980·1991
Senegal1988·2002·2013
Sierra Leone2004·2015
Slovakia1991·2001·2011
Slovenia2002
South Africa1996·2001·2007·2011·2016
South Sudan2008
Spain1981·1991·2001·2011·Surveys
Sudan2008
Suriname2004·2012
Sweden1880·1890·1900·1910
Switzerland1970·1980·1990·2000·2011
Tanzania1988·2002·2012
Thailand1970·1980·1990·2000
Togo1960·1970·2010
Trinidad and Tobago1970·1980·1990·2000·2011
Turkey1985·1990·2000
Uganda1991·2002·2014
Ukraine2001
United Kingdom1851a·1851b·1851c·1861a·1861b·1871b·1881a·1881b·1891a·1891b·1901a·1901b·1911·1961·1971·1991·2001
United States1850a·1850b·1860·1870·1880a·1880b·1900·1910·1960·1970·1980·1990·2000·2005·2010·2015·2020
Uruguay1963·1975·1985·1996·2006·2011
Venezuela1971·1981·1990·2001
Vietnam1989·1999·2009·2019
Zambia1990·2000·2010
Zimbabwe2012


Sample DesignFraction (%)HouseholdsPersonsWeightedDe jure
de facto
Census date
(d-m-yr)
Smallest geographyCollective dwellingsNotes
Argentina 19702.0129,728466,892node facto30-09-70departmentyes
Argentina 198010.0672,0622,667,714yesde facto22-10-80departmentyes
Argentina 199110.01,199,6514,286,447yesde facto15-05-91departmentyesMissing data for several key variables requires use of alternative weight
Argentina 200110.01,040,8523,626,103node facto17/18-11-01*departmentyes
Argentina 201010.01,217,1663,966,245node facto27-10-10departmentno
Armenia 200110.081,929326,560node jure09-10-01provinceno
Armenia 201110.076,318301,831node jure12-10-11provinceno
Austria 197110.0264,655749,894node jure12-05-71NUTS3 regionyes
Austria 198110.0283,693756,556node jure12-05-81NUTS3 regionyes
Austria 199110.0310,099780,512node jure15-05-91NUTS3 regionyes
Austria 200110.0341,035803,471node jure15-05-01NUTS3 regionyes
Austria 201110.0375,236839,501node jure31-10-11NUTS3 regionyes
Bangladesh 199110.01,971,12410,580,904node facto12-03-91upazilayes
Bangladesh 200110.02,625,95912,442,115node facto23-01-01upazilayes
Bangladesh 20115.01,654,6317,205,720node facto15-03-11upazilayes
Belarus 199910.0385,508990,706node jure16-02-99regionno
Belarus 200910.0387,320940,594node jure14-10-09regionyes
Benin 197910.061,118331,883node facto20-03-79communeyes
Benin 199210.083,344498,419node facto15-02-92communeyes
Benin 200210.0121,223685,467node facto11-02-02communeyes
Benin 201310.0180,6211,009,693node facto11-05-13communeyes
Bolivia 197610.0121,378461,699node facto10-07-76provinceyes
Bolivia 199210.0177,926642,368node facto03-06-92provinceyes
Bolivia 200110.0239,475827,692node facto01-09-01provinceyes
Bolivia 201210.0292,1171,003,516yesde facto11-11-12provinceyes
Sample Design [top]Fraction (%)HouseholdsPersonsWeightedDe jure
de facto
Census date
(d-m-yr)
Smallest geographyCollective dwellingsNotes
Botswana 198110.018,30797,238node facto12-08-81districtyes
Botswana 199110.029,241132,623node facto14-08-91districtyes
Botswana 200110.042,375168,676node facto08-01districtyes
Botswana 201110.061,792201,752node facto22-08-11districtyes
Brazil 196020.03,066,36514,983,769noboth01-09-60stateyesExcludes 11 states in the north
Brazil 197025.05,111,03924,789,716yesboth01-09-70stateyes
Brazil 198025.06,716,88529,378,753yesde jure01-09-80municipalityyes
Brazil 199110.04,024,55317,045,712yesde jure01-09-91municipalityyes
Brazil 200010.05,304,71120,274,412yesde jure01-08-00municipalityyes
Brazil 201010.06,192,50220,635,472yesde jure01-08-10municipalityyes
Burkina Faso 198510.0145,269884,797noboth10/20-12-85provinceno
Burkina Faso 199610.0163,1771,081,046noboth10/20-12-96provinceno
Burkina Faso 200610.0236,2061,417,824noboth9/23-12-06communeno
Cambodia 199810.0223,5131,141,254node facto03-05-98districtyes
Cambodia 20040.821,000102,558yesboth03-03-2004districtnoIntercensal population survey
Cambodia 200810.0289,5621,340,121node facto03-03-08districtyes
Cambodia 20130.928,650134,964yesboth03-03-2013districtnoIntercensal population survey
Cambodia 201910.0357,4241,522,877node facto03-03-2019communeno
Cameroon 197610.0160,144736,514noboth9/24-04-76arrondissementyes
Cameroon 198710.0175,646897,211noboth14/28-04-87arrondissementyes
Cameroon 200510.0345,3631,772,359noboth11-11-05arrondissementyes
Canada 185220.038,623248,543yesboth11-01-52subdistrictnoIncludes both de jure and de facto concepts; use RESIDENT variable to prevent double-counting some persons. Data are missing from several sub-districts, including Montreal and Toronto. Urban areas are underrepresented.
Canada 18715.011,32662,276yesde jure02-04-71provinceno
Canada 1881100.0799,4504,278,174node jure04-04-81districtno
Canada 18919.073,742433,270yesde jure06-04-91districtyesComposed of three subsamples: 5% , 10% and 100%
Canada 19015.052,782264,686node jure31-03-01provinceyes
Canada 19115.077,997371,373node jure01-06-11districtyes
Canada 19711.0n.a.214,019node jure01-06-71provinceyesPersons not organized into households
Canada 19812.0n.a.486,875node jure03-06-81province*yesPersons not organized into households
Canada 19913.0n.a.809,654node jure04-06-91province*noPersons not organized into households
Canada 20012.7n.a.801,055yesde jure15-05-01province*noPersons not organized into households
Canada 20112.7370,192925,564yesde facto10-05-11provinceno
Sample Design [top]Fraction (%)HouseholdsPersonsWeightedDe jure
de facto
Census date
(d-m-yr)
Smallest geographyCollective dwellingsNotes
Chile 19601.0n.a.88,184node facto29-11-60departmentyesPersons not organized into households
Chile 197010.0199,041890,481node facto22-04-70departmentyes
Chile 198210.0282,3561,133,062node facto21-04-82departmentyes
Chile 199210.0373,9641,335,055node facto22-04-92departmentyes
Chile 200210.0486,1151,513,914node facto24-04-02departmentyes
Chile 201710.0587,6541,756,899node facto19-04-17Departmentyes
China 19821.02,428,65810,039,191node jure01-07-82city/prefectureyes
China 19901.03,152,81811,835,947node jure01-07-90city/prefectureyes
China 20001.03,600,00511,804,344node jure01-11-00city/prefectureyes
Colombia 19642.0n.a.349,652node facto15-07-64municipalitynoPersons not organized into households
Colombia 197310.0349,8531,988,831node facto24-10-73municipalityno
Colombia 198510.0571,0462,643,125yesde jure15-10-85municipalityno
Colombia 199310.0774,3213,213,657node jure24-10-93municipalitynoData missing for 2 departments
Colombia 200510.01,054,8124,006,168yesde jure5-05 to 2-06*municipalityno
Costa Rica 19636.0n.a.82,345node jure31-03-63cantonyesPersons not organized into households
Costa Rica 197310.036,323186,762node jure14-05-73cantonyes
Costa Rica 198410.056,186241,220node jure11-06-84cantonyes
Costa Rica 200010.0106,973381,500node jure28-06-00cantonyes
Costa Rica 201110.0124,693430,082node jure30-05-11cantonyes
Cuba 200210.0371,8781,118,767node jure06-09-02provinceyes
Cuba 201210.0416,5771,115,643node jure04-09-12MunicipalityyesHigh rate of 1-person units created by splitting large households; see Sample Characteristics page for details.
Côte d'Ivoire 19889.5178,2201,042,769yesde jure30-03-88Subprefectureyes
Côte d'Ivoire 199810.0269,1121,561,449node jure01-11-88Subprefectureyes
Denmark 1787100.0172,536840,134node jure01-07-87parishyes
Denmark 1801100.0191,246926,325node jure01-02-01parishyes
Denmark 1845100.0252,0891,351,098noDe jure01-02-1845parishyes
Denmark 1880100.0407,2771,967,473noDe jure01-02-1880parishyes
Denmark 188515.082,577327,936noDe facto01-02-1885parishyesCopenhagen only
Sample Design [top]Fraction (%)HouseholdsPersonsWeightedDe jure
de facto
Census date
(d-m-yr)
Smallest geographyCollective dwellingsNotes
Dominican Rep 19606.6n.a.201,556node facto07-08-60municipalitynoPersons not organized into households
Dominican Rep 19706.8n.a.272,090yesde facto10-01-70municipalitynoPersons not organized into households
Dominican Rep 19818.5103,904475,829yesboth13-12-81municipalityno
Dominican Rep 200210.0247,375857,606node jure19-10-02municipalityyes
Dominican Rep 201010.0309,624943,784node jure01/07-12-10municipalityyes
Ecuador 19623.0n.a.136,443node facto25-11-62cantonyesPersons not organized into households
Ecuador 197410.0145,902648,678yesde facto08-06-74cantonyesData missing for some cantons
Ecuador 198210.0195,401806,834node facto28-11-82cantonyes
Ecuador 199010.0243,898966,234node facto25-11-90cantonyes
Ecuador 200110.0354,2221,213,725node facto25-11-01cantonyes
Ecuador 201010.0386,9441,448,233node facto28-11-10cantonyes
Egypt 18481.016,96680,028yesde facto1846-1848Districtyes
Egypt 18681.018,48478,415yesde facto1865-1869Districtyes
Egypt 198614.11,401,4006,799,093yesde facto17/18-11-86districtnoExcludes some large geographic areas
Egypt 199610.01,270,7875,902,243yesde facto18/19-11-96districtno
Egypt 200610.01,740,4147,282,434node facto20/21-11-06districtyes
El Salvador 199210.0125,695510,760node jure27-09-92municipalityyes
El Salvador 200710.0172,012574,364node jure12/27-05-07municipalityyes
Ethiopia 198410.0795,5623,404,306node jure09-05-84awrajayesMissing geographic areas from difficult enumeration areas, see detailed sample documentation
Ethiopia 199410.01,103,5535,044,598yesde jure11-10-94*weredayes
Ethiopia 200710.01,587,8347,434,086yesde jure28-05-07*weredayesShort-questionnaire recipients lack many variables
Fiji 196610.08,29047,579node facto12-09-66provinceyesHigh rate of 1-person units created by splitting large households; see Sample Characteristics page for details.
Fiji 197610.010,04657,214node facto13-09-76provincenoHigh rate of 1-person units created by splitting large households; see Sample Characteristics page for details.
Fiji 198610.013,00072,158node facto31-08-86provinceyes
Fiji 199610.015,00377,382node facto25-08-96provinceyes
Fiji 200710.018,52284,323node facto16-09-07provinceyesHigh rate of 1-person units created by splitting large households; see Sample Characteristics page for details.
Fiji 201410.019,40786,372node facto3-13 to 12-13provinceyes
Sample Design [top]Fraction (%)HouseholdsPersonsWeightedDe jure
de facto
Census date
(d-m-yr)
Smallest geographyCollective dwellingsNotes
Finland 20105.0n.a.263,226node jure (registers)31-12-10nonenoPersons not organized into households
France 19625.0748,9172,320,901node jure07-03-62regionyes*
France 19685.0815,6992,487,778node jure01-03-68regionyes*
France 19755.0915,6242,629,456node jure20-02-75regionyes*
France 19825.0969,6322,631,713node jure04-03-82regionyes*
France 19904.2949,8932,360,854node jure05-03-90*regionyes*
France 19995.01,219,3232,934,758node jure08-03-99regionyes
France 200633.08,749,11419,973,287yesde jure1/2-04 to 1/2-08*regionyesCombines data from 2004-2008; includes overseas departments
France 201133.09,455,44520,541,337yesde jure0/2-09 to 1/2-13regionyesCombines data from 2009-2013; includes overseas departments
Germany [Mecklenburg-Schwerin] 18196.017,51765,397yesde facto01-08-19districtnoHighly clustered sample
Germany 19705.0n.a.3,094,845node jure27-05-70stateyesWest Germany; persons not organized into households
Germany 197125.01,569,1124,089,856node jure01-01-71stateyesEast Germany
Germany 198125.01,725,9914,278,563node jure31-12-81stateyesEast Germany
Germany 19875.01,348,8963,160,224node jure25-05-87stateyesWest Germany
Ghana 198410.0269,0711,309,352node facto11-03-84local authorityyes
Ghana 200010.0397,0971,894,133node facto26-03-00districtyes
Ghana 201010.0570,2342,466,289node facto27-09-10districtyes
Greece 197110.0249,350845,483node facto14-03-71municipalityno
Greece 198110.0294,323923,108node facto05-04-81municipalityno
Greece 199110.0320,387951,875node facto17-03-91municipalityno
Greece 200110.0367,4381,028,884node facto18-03-01municipalityno
Greece 201110.0413,4641,056,607node facto09-05-11municipalityno
Guatemala 19645.040,220210,079node facto17-04-1964municipalityyes
Guatemala 19735.559,622289,458node jure26-03-1973municipalityyes
Guatemala 19815.065,555302,106node jure23-03-1981municipalityyes
Guatemala 199410.0160,603833,139node jure17-04-1994municipalityyes
Guatemala 200210.0222,7701,121,946node jure24-11-2002municipalityyes
Sample Design [top]Fraction (%)HouseholdsPersonsWeightedDe jure
de facto
Census date
(d-m-yr)
Smallest geographyCollective dwellingsNotes
Guinea 198310.0110,777457,837noboth01-02-83sub-prefectureYesHigh rate of 1-person units created by splitting large households; see Sample Characteristics page for details.
Guinea 199610.0108,793729,071noboth01-12-96sub-prefectureyes
Guinea 201410.0147,0391,050,916noboth01-03-14sub-prefectureno
Haiti 197110.095,145434,869node jure16-08-71arrondissementyes
Haiti 19822.528,698128,770node jurearrondissementnoData missing for some arrondissements
Haiti 200310.0219,633838,045node jure11-01-03arrondissementyes
Honduras 19611.0n.a.18,864node facto16-04-61municipalityyesPersons not organized into households
Honduras 197410.049,064278,348node jure06-03-74municipalityno
Honduras 198810.077,406423,971node jure22-05-88municipalityyes
Honduras 200110.0123,584608,620node jure28-07-01municipalityyes
Honduras 201310.0220,529765,530yesde jure10-08-13municipalityyes
Hungary 19705.0172,831515,119node jure01-01-70noneyes
Hungary 19805.0211,355536,007node jure01-01-80noneyes
Hungary 19905.0219,389518,240node jure01-01-90noneyes
Hungary 20015.0227,252510,502node jure01-02-01noneyes
Hungary 20115.0208,974496,762node jure01-10-11noneyes
Iceland 1703100.03,78951,003node jurecommuneyes
Iceland 1729100.09068,072node jurecommuneyesContains data for three counties only: Rangárvallasýsla, Árnessýsla, Hnappadalssýsla
Iceland 1801100.07,39147,179node facto01-02-01parishyes
Iceland 1901100.013,36283,171noboth01-11-01parishyesIncludes both de jure and de facto concepts; use RESIDENT variable to prevent double-counting some persons
Iceland 1910100.011,43990,570nobothparishyesIncludes both de jure and de facto concepts; use RESIDENT variable to prevent double-counting some persons
India Surveys
Sample Design [top]Fraction (%)HouseholdsPersonsWeightedDe jure
de facto
Census date
(d-m-yr)
Smallest geographyCollective dwellingsNotes
Indonesia 19710.54126,402634,642yesde jure24-08-71regencyyes
Indonesia 19760.2254,826281,170yesde jure02-76regencynoIntercensal survey
Indonesia 19805.01,505,8937,234,577yesde jure31-10-80regencyyes
Indonesia 19850.37126,966605,858yesde jure10-85regencynoIntercensal survey
Indonesia 19900.51201,457912,544yesde jure*31-10-90regencyyes
Indonesia 19950.43166,033718,837yesde jure10/31-10-95regencynoIntercensal survey; excludes all provinces in Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluka and Papua
Indonesia 200010.05,124,97120,112,539node jure*01-07-00regencyyes
Indonesia 20050.51266,7321,090,892yesde jure6/30-06-05regencynoIntercensal survey; excludes Aceh
Indonesia 201010.06,151,16423,603,049node jure*15-05-10regencyyes
Iran 20062.0326,2471,299,825yesde jure10-06 to 11-06sub-provinceyes
Iran 20112.0425,0071,481,586yesde jure23-10-11sub-provinceyes
Iraq 199710.0265,4021,944,278noboth17-10-97districtyesExcludes 3 governorates
Ireland 1901100.01,479,0244,435,023node facto31-01-01countyno
Ireland 1911100.01,477,3934,381,387node facto02-04-11countyno
Ireland 197110.083,285296,878node facto18-04-71regionyesAge is grouped into categories
Ireland 197910.098,453337,686node facto01-04-79regionyesAge is grouped into categories; very short form
Ireland 198110.0101,890344,291node facto05-04-81regionyesAge is grouped into categories
Ireland 198610.0107,278355,020node facto13-04-86regionyesAge is grouped into categories
Ireland 199110.0112,149353,149node facto21-04-91regionyesAge is grouped into categories
Ireland 199610.0122,860365,323node facto28-04-96regionyesAge is grouped into categories
Ireland 200210.0140,040410,688noboth28-04-02regionyesAge is grouped into categories
Ireland 200610.0157,762440,314noboth23-04-06regionyesAge is grouped into categories
Ireland 201110.0175,651474,535noboth10-04-11regionyesHigh rate of 1-person units created by splitting large households; see Sample Characteristics page for details.
Ireland 201610.0181,448491,122noboth24-04-16regionyesAge is grouped into categories
Israel 197210.089,190315,608node jure20-05-72subdistrict*yes*Age is grouped into categories
Israel 198310.0124,610403,474node jure04-06-83subdistrict*yes*Age is grouped into categories
Israel 199510.0177,412556,365node jure04-11-95subdistrict*yes*Age is grouped into categories
Israel 20087.0177,725535,603yesboth27-12-08noneyes
Sample Design [top]Fraction (%)HouseholdsPersonsWeightedDe jure
de facto
Census date
(d-m-yr)
Smallest geographyCollective dwellingsNotes
Italy 20015.01,168,0452,990,739node jure21-10-01regionyesAge is grouped into categories
Italy 20115.01,244,8082,968,065node jure09-10-11regionyesLow ages grouped into categories
Italy Surveys
Jamaica 198210.054,526223,667noboth08-06-82parishyes
Jamaica 199110.062,291232,625noboth07-04-91parishyes
Jamaica 200110.064,317205,179yesde jure10-09-01parishyes
Jordan 200410.097,343510,646node facto01-10-04districtyes
Kenya 19696.0149,681659,310yesde facto24-08-69districtnoNairobi oversample. Weighted by district and age. High rate of 1-person units created by splitting large households; see Sample Characteristics page for details.
Kenya 19796.7n.a.1,033,769yesde facto24-08-79districtnoPersons not organized into households
Kenya 19895.0224,8611,074,098node facto25-10-89districtyes*
Kenya 19995.0317,1061,407,547node facto25-10-99districtyes*
Kenya 200910.0895,2303,841,935node facto24/25-08-09districtno
Kenya 201910.01,214,1564,721,394node facto24/25-08-19divisionyes
Kyrgyzstan 199910.0110,285476,886node jure24-03-99districtyes
Kyrgyzstan 200910.0124,825564,986node jure24-03-09districtyes
Laos 199510.080,174458,406node jure03-01-1995Provinceyes
Laos 200510.099,098560,480node jure01-03-2005provinceyes
Laos 201510.0118,339627,489node jure03-01-2015Provinceno
Sample Design [top]Fraction (%)HouseholdsPersonsWeightedDe jure
de facto
Census date
(d-m-yr)
Smallest geographyCollective dwellingsNotes
Lesotho 199610.037,088187,795noboth14-04-96districtno
Lesotho 200610.041,726180,208noboth08-04-06constituencyno
Liberia 197410.0n.a.150,256node jure01-02-74districtnoPersons not organized into households
Liberia 200810.068,836348,057node facto21/30-03-08countyyes
Malawi 198710.0186,270798,669node facto1/21-09-87traditional authority (TA)yes
Malawi 199810.0229,005991,393node facto1/21-06-98traditional authority (TA)yes
Malawi 200810.0298,6071,341,977noboth1/21-06-08traditional authority (TA)yes
Malawi 201810.0399,9071,757,502node jure3/23-09-18traditional authority (TA)no
Malaysia 19702.038,006175,997node facto25-08-70districtyesExcludes 2 states: Sabah and Sarawak
Malaysia 19802.038,049182,601node facto10-06-80districtyesExcludes 2 states: Sabah and Sarawak
Malaysia 19912.078,192347,892node facto14-08-91districtyes
Malaysia 20002.095,564435,300node jure05-07-00districtno
Mali 198710.0136,515785,384noboth14-04-87districtno
Mali 199810.0161,880991,330noboth14-04-98districtyes
Mali 200910.0235,8341,451,856noboth14-04-09districtno
Mauritius 199010.024,468106,710noboth01-07-90Municipal ward or villageyes
Mauritius 200010.031,700119,695noboth02-07-00Municipal ward or villageyes
Mauritius 201110.037,853126,332noboth3/4-07-11Municipal ward or villageyes
Mexico 19601.5n.a.502,800node jure08-06-60statenoPersons not organized into households
Mexico 19701.082,856483,405node jure28-01-70municipalityno
Mexico 199010.01,648,2808,118,242node jure12-03-90municipalityno
Mexico 19950.472,277332,061yesde jure05-11-95municipalityno
Mexico 200010.62,312,03510,099,182yesde jure14-02-00municipalityno
Mexico 200510.02,546,98510,284,550node jure17-10-05municipalityno
Mexico 201010.02,903,64011,938,402yesde jure12-06-10municipalityno
Mexico 20159.52,927,19611,344,365yesde jure15-03-15municipalityno
Mexico 202010.04,016,62715,015,683yesde jure15-03-20Municipalityno
Mexico Surveys
Sample Design [top]Fraction (%)HouseholdsPersonsWeightedDe jure
de facto
Census date
(d-m-yr)
Smallest geographyCollective dwellingsNotes
Mongolia 198910.042,783190,631yesboth05-01-89provinceyesHighly clustered sample design
Mongolia 200010.055,795243,725noboth05-01-00districtyes
Mongolia 201010.076,815264,823yesboth11-11-10districtyes
Mongolia 202010.096,561333,402noboth9-1-20districtyesCombines short and long form samples
Morocco 19825.0171,6841,012,873node jure03-09-82provinceno
Morocco 19945.0222,0831,294,026node jure02-09-94provinceno
Morocco 20045.0324,5751,482,720node jure01-09-04provinceno
Morocco 201410.0730,0993,341,426noDe jure01-09-14provincenoAge is grouped into categories
Mozambique 199710.0366,6341,551,517noboth01-08-97administrative postyes
Mozambique 200710.0463,4202,047,048noboth01-08-07administrative postyes
Mozambique 201710.0614,4222,684,503yesboth01-08-07administrative postno
Myanmar 201410.01,237,7125,032,818yesde facto29-03-14Townshipyes
Nepal 20019.0411,8512,067,609yesde jure22-06-01districtno
Nepal 201112.0669,4923,238,842node jure22-06-2011districtno
Netherlands 19601.2n.a.143,251yesde jure31-05-60nonenoPersons not organized into households; age grouped into categories
Netherlands 19711.2n.a.159,203yesde jure*28-02-71nonenoPersons not organized into households; age grouped into categories
Netherlands 20011.2n.a.189,725yesde jure01-01-01nonenoPersons not organized into households; age grouped into categories; virtual census
Netherlands 20112.5n.a.414,673yesde jure01-01-11nonenoPersons not organized into households; age grouped into categories; virtual census
Nicaragua 197110.036,063189,469node facto20-04-71Municipalityyes
Nicaragua 199510.082,815435,728node jure25-06-95Municipalityyes
Nicaragua 200510.0119,339515,485node jure28-05-05 to 11-06-05Municipalityyes
Nigeria Surveys
Sample Design [top]Fraction (%)HouseholdsPersonsWeightedDe jure
de facto
Census date
(d-m-yr)
Smallest geographyCollective dwellingsNotes
Norway 1801100.0163,650878,936node jure01-02-01parishyes
Norway 1865100.0338,7951,684,480node jure31-12-65municipalityyes
Norway 18752.0135,491642,937yesboth31-12-75municipalityyesIncludes both de jure and de facto concepts; use RESIDENT variable to prevent double-counting some persons
Norway 1900100.0456,1882,294,599noboth03-12-01municipalityyesIncludes both de jure and de facto concepts; use RESIDENT variable to prevent double-counting some persons
Norway 1910100.0566,4262,468,823noboth01-12-10municipalityyesIncludes both de jure and de facto concepts; use RESIDENT variable to prevent double-counting some persons
Pakistan 19732.0322,1311,453,332yesde jure01-73districtnoExcludes 4 districts in NWFP; many headless households (fragments)
Pakistan 198110.0n.a.8,433,058yesboth01-03-81districtnoPersons not organized into households; age grouped into categories
Pakistan 199810.01,957,99113,102,024noboth05-03-98districtnoExcludes 3 provinces
Palestine 199710.040,753259,191yesde facto10-12-97governoratenoAge is grouped into categories
Palestine 200710.041,455227,067yesde facto01-12-07governoratenoWest Bank only; age grouped into categories
Palestine 201710.092,316467,873yesde facto01-12-17governoratenoAge is grouped into categories
Panama 19605.011,86953,553node facto11-12-60districtyes
Panama 197010.031,755150,473node facto10-05-70districtyes
Panama 198010.047,726195,577yesde facto11-05-80districtyes
Panama 199010.061,458232,737node facto13-05-90districtyes
Panama 200010.084,346284,081node facto14-05-00districtyes
Panama 201010.095,579341,118node facto16-05-10districtyes
Papua New Guinea 198010.066,403296,165node factodistrictyes
Papua New Guinea 199010.068,904360,807node facto11-07-90districtno
Papua New Guinea 200010.0103,594520,609node facto09-07-00districtyes
Paraguay 19625.018,30790,236node facto14-10-62districtyesHigh rate of 1-person units created by splitting large households; see Sample Characteristics page for details.
Paraguay 197210.043,883233,669node facto09-07-72districtyes
Paraguay 198210.060,465301,582node facto11-07-82districtyes
Paraguay 199210.0100,704415,401node facto26-08-92districtyes
Paraguay 200210.0113,039516,083yesde facto28-08-02districtyes
Sample Design [top]Fraction (%)HouseholdsPersonsWeightedDe jure
de facto
Census date
(d-m-yr)
Smallest geographyCollective dwellingsNotes
Peru 199310.0564,7652,206,424node facto11-07-93provinceyes
Peru 200710.0821,6752,745,895node facto21-10-07provinceyes
Peru 201710.01,068,7242,936,271node facto22-10-17provinceyes
Philippines 199010.01,156,1266,013,913yesde jure01-05-90municipalityyes
Philippines 199510.01,362,1906,864,758node jure01-09-95municipalityyes
Philippines 200010.01,511,8907,417,810yesde jure01-05-00municipalityno
Philippines 201010.02,066,8249,411,256yesde jure01-05-10municipalityno
Philippines Surveys
Sample Design [top]Fraction (%)HouseholdsPersonsWeightedDe jure
de facto
Census date
(d-m-yr)
Smallest geographyCollective dwellingsNotes
Poland 197810.01,102,9513,577,272node jure6/7-12-78voivodeshipyes
Poland 198810.01,263,3173,894,527node jure12-6/7-88voivodeshipyes
Poland 200210.01,348,6843,824,056node jure20/21-05-02voivodeshipyes
Poland 201110.01,622,4934,051,255node jure31-03-11voivodeshipyes
Portugal 19815.0179,409492,289node jure16-03-81NUTS3 region*yes
Portugal 19915.0214,155491,755node jure15-04-91NUTS3 region*yes
Portugal 20015.0258,843517,026node jure12-03-01NUTS3 region*yes
Portugal 20115.0203,519528,870noboth21-03-11NUTS3 region*yes
Puerto Rico 19701.07,46027,212node jure01-04-70250,000+ pop*yes
Puerto Rico 19805.050,847160,219node jure01-04-80100,000+ pop*yes
Puerto Rico 19905.061,698177,655yesde jure01-04-90100,000+ pop*yes
Puerto Rico 20005.073,259189,828yesde jure01-04-00100,000+ pop*yes
Puerto Rico 20051.014,40735,416yesde jureNo specific day100,000+ pop*no
Puerto Rico 20101.016,75336,032yesde jureNo specific day100,000+ pop*yes
Puerto Rico 20155.083,116161,915yesde jureNo specific day100,000+ pop*yesHousehold survey
Puerto Rico 20205.074,099128,985yesde jureNo specific day100,000+ pop*yesHousehold survey
Romania 197710.0619,9041,937,021node jure05-01-77countynoExcludes 2 counties: Alba and Arad
Romania 199210.0728,8462,238,578node jure07-01-92countyno
Romania 200210.0732,0162,137,967node jure18-03-02countyno
Romania 201110.0746,9081,991,924node jure20-10-11countyno
Russia 20025.02,638,1457,136,457node jure09-10-2002regionno
Russia 20105.02,726,3927,047,151node jure14-10-2010regionno
Rwanda 199110.0153,041742,918noboth01-08-91townshipyes
Rwanda 200210.0191,719843,392noboth15/16-08-02districtyes
Rwanda 201210.0242,4611,038,369node jure16-08-12districtno
Sample Design [top]Fraction (%)HouseholdsPersonsWeightedDe jure
de facto
Census date
(d-m-yr)
Smallest geographyCollective dwellingsNotes
Saint Lucia 198010.02,67411,451node jure12-05-80districtnoHigh rate of 1-person units created by splitting large households; see Sample Characteristics page for details.
Saint Lucia 199110.03,39413,382node jure12-05-91districtno
Senegal 198810.079,904700,199noboth20-05-88departmentno
Senegal 200210.0107,999994,562noboth8/22-12-02departmentno
Senegal 201310.0155,8901,245,551yesboth19-11-13departmentyes
Sierra Leone 200410.082,518494,298node facto04-12-04chiefdomyes
Sierra Leone 201510.0135,912710,891node facto04-12-15Chiefdomyes
Slovakia 199110.0n.a.527,437yesde jure03-03-91RegionnoPersons not organized into households
Slovakia 200110.0n.a.537,948yesde jure26-05-01RegionnoPersons not organized into households
Slovakia 201110.0n.a.539,705yesde jure21-05-11RegionnoPersons not organized into households
Slovenia 200210.063,637179,632node jure31-03-02regionnoAge is grouped into categories
South Africa 199610.0993,8013,621,164yesde facto10-10-96districtyes19 districts in the Eastern Cape province are not organized into households -- 1.3% of file
South Africa 200110.0991,5433,725,655yesde facto10-10-01municipalityyes
South Africa 20072.0345,1701,047,657yesboth07-02-07municipalityyes
South Africa 20118.51,326,3544,418,594yesde facto10-10-11municipalityyes
South Africa 20165.8984,6273,328,793yesde facto16-03-16Municipalityno
South Sudan 20087.092,592542,765yesde facto22-04-08countyno
Spain 19815.0n.a.2,084,221yesboth01-03-81municipalityyesPersons not organized into households
Spain 19915.0592,2761,931,458yesde jure01-03-91municipalityyes
Spain 20015.0714,4732,039,274node jure01-11-01municipalityyes
Spain 201110.01,621,6434,107,465yesde jure01-11-11municipalityno
Spain Surveys
Sample Design [top]Fraction (%)HouseholdsPersonsWeightedDe jure
de facto
Census date
(d-m-yr)
Smallest geographyCollective dwellingsNotes
Sudan 200816.6922,8165,066,530yesde facto22-04-08countyno
Suriname 200410.0n.a.48,691noboth02-08-04districtnoPersons not organized into households
Suriname 201210.014,03753,636noboth13-08-12districtno
Sweden 1880100.01,195,6454,624,825node jure31-12-80parishyes
Sweden 1890100.01,315,7124,843,782node jure31-12-90parishyes
Sweden 1900100.01,433,2095,200,111node jure31-12-00parishyes
Sweden 1910100.01,559,1295,586,360node jure31-12-10parishyes
Switzerland 19705.0109,033312,538node facto01-12-70cantonyes
Switzerland 19805.0127,177317,803node facto02-12-80cantonyes
Switzerland 19905.0147,947342,797node facto04-12-90cantonyes
Switzerland 20005.0165,177364,086node facto05-12-00cantonyes
Switzerland 20113.5n.a.238,033yesde facto31-12-11cantonnoSample includes only persons age 15 or older; persons not organized into households
Tanzania 198810.0472,6162,310,424yesde facto27-08-88districtno
Tanzania 200210.0841,7683,732,735yesde facto22-08-02districtyes
Tanzania 201210.0950,7764,498,022yesde facto26-08-12districtno
Thailand 19702.0145,705772,169yesde jure*01-04-70districtyes
Thailand 19801.076,189388,141yesde jure*01-04-80provinceyes
Thailand 19901.0118,134485,100yesde jure*01-04-90districtyes
Thailand 20001.0165,417604,519yesde jure*01-04-00districtyes
Togo 196010.021,052137,343noboth11-58 to 12-60urban areasyesUrban sample only
Togo 19701.04,08123,680noboth03-70 to 04-70districtno
Togo 201010.0120,771584,859yesboth6/21-11-2010prefectureno
Trinidad and Tobago 197010.015,87169,349node facto07-04-70regionyes
Trinidad and Tobago 198010.023,870105,464node facto12-05-80regionyes
Trinidad and Tobago 199010.027,561113,104node facto15-05-90regionyes
Trinidad and Tobago 200010.035,715111,833node facto15-05-00regionyes
Trinidad and Tobago 20118.841,606116,917noboth09-01-11regionyes
Sample Design [top]Fraction (%)HouseholdsPersonsWeightedDe jure
de facto
Census date
(d-m-yr)
Smallest geographyCollective dwellingsNotes
Turkey 19855.0586,8732,554,364node facto20-10-85districtyes
Turkey 19905.0663,8662,864,207node facto21-10-90districtyes
Turkey 20005.0934,6273,444,456node facto22-10-00districtyes
Uganda 199110.0339,1661,548,460yesde facto11-01-91countyyes
Uganda 200210.0529,2712,497,449noboth12-09-02countyyes
Uganda 201410.0730,4073,506,546node facto28-08-14county and sub-countyno
Ukraine 200110.01,905,4504,889,288noboth05-12-01raionyes
United Kingdom 1851 [England and Wales]100.03,731,53817,711,044node facto31-03-51parishyesEngland and Wales only
United Kingdom 1851 [Scotland]100.0607,4602,899,281node facto31-03-51parishyesScotland only
United Kingdom 1851 [Great Britain]2.082,935399,216yesde facto31-03-51parishyesCluster sample of parishes
United Kingdom 1861 [England and Wales]100.04,156,28219,828,561node facto08-04-61parishyesEngland and Wales only
United Kingdom 1861 [Scotland]100.0675,9453,008,817node facto08-04-61parishyesScotland only
United Kingdom 1871 [Scotland]100.0743,6963,349,656node facto03-04-71parishyesScotland only
United Kingdom 1881 [England and Wales]100.05,402,95626,124,585node facto04-04-81parishyesEngland and Wales only
United Kingdom 1881 [Scotland]100.0775,7723,741,017node facto04-04-81parishyesScotland only
United Kingdom 1891 [England and Wales]100.06,500,64429,509,255node facto06-04-91parishyesEngland and Wales only
United Kingdom 1891 [Scotland]100.0879,4464,013,567node facto06-04-91parishyesScotland only
United Kingdom 1901 [England and Wales]100.07,035,63732,493,318node facto01-04-01parishyesEngland and Wales only
United Kingdom 1901 [Scotland]100.0955,3594,438,418node facto01-04-01parishyesScotland only
United Kingdom 1911 [England and Wales]100.08,053,23136,353,455node facto03-04-11parishyes
United Kingdom 19611.0173,048495,581noboth04-23-61RegionyesExcludes Northern Ireland; age is grouped into categories
United Kingdom 19711.0172,021465,599noboth04-26-71RegionyesExcludes Northern Ireland
United Kingdom 19911.0215,761541,894noboth21-04-91SARs regionyesExcludes Northern Ireland
United Kingdom 20013.0n.a.1,843,525node jure29-04-01SARs regionyesPersons not organized into households; age grouped into categories
United States 1850 (100%)100.03,705,20619,987,946node jure01-06-50countyyes
United States 1850 (1%)1.037,122197,796node jure01-06-50countyyes
United States 18601.055,324273,596node jure01-06-60countyyes
United States 18701.080,348383,358node jure01-06-70countyyes
United States 1880 (100%)100.010,423,76050,140,482node jure01-06-80countyyes
United States 1880 (10%)10.01,237,0025,882,038yesde jure01-06-80countyyes
United States 19005.0871,8453,852,852node jure01-06-00countyyes
United States 19101.0218,034923,153node jure15-04-10countyyes
United States 19601.0579,2121,799,888node jure01-04-60stateyes
United States 19701.0744,4752,029,666node jure01-04-70250,000+ pop*yes
United States 19805.04,711,34111,343,120node jure01-04-80100,000+ pop*yes
United States 19905.05,527,40612,501,046yesde jure01-04-90100,000+ pop*yes
United States 20005.06,184,43814,081,466yesde jure01-04-00100,000+ pop*yes
United States 20051.01,245,2462,878,380yesde jureNo specific day100,000+ pop*noHousehold survey
United States 20101.01,397,7893,061,692yesde jureNo specific day100,000+ pop*yesHousehold survey
United States 20155.07,420,03815,637,457yesde jureNo specific day100,000+ pop*yesHousehold survey
United States 20205.07,426,54115,441,673yesde jureNo specific day100,000+ pop*yesHousehold survey
Sample Design [top]Fraction (%)HouseholdsPersonsWeightedDe jure
de facto
Census date
(d-m-yr)
Smallest geographyCollective dwellingsNotes
Uruguay 196310.079,403256,171node facto16-10-63departmentyes
Uruguay 197510.095,935279,994node facto21-05-75departmentyes
Uruguay 198510.0105,761295,915node facto23-10-85sectionsyes
Uruguay 199610.0118,067315,920node facto22-05-96sectionsyes
Uruguay 20068.485,316256,866yesde juresectionsnoHousehold survey
Uruguay 201110.0118,498328,425node jure01-09-11departmentno
Venezuela 197110.0284,3361,158,527yesde jure02-11-71municipalityno
Venezuela 198110.0323,3211,441,266node jure21-10-81municipalityyes
Venezuela 199010.0468,8081,803,953yesde jure21-10-90municipalityyes
Venezuela 200110.0646,0802,306,489node jure01-10-01municipalityyes
Vietnam 19895.0534,2232,626,985yesde jure01-04-89provinceyes
Vietnam 19993.0534,1392,368,167yesde jure01-04-99provinceno
Vietnam 200915.03,692,04214,177,590yesde jure01-04-09districtno
Vietnam 20198.52,322,6008,236,773yesde jure01-04-19districtno
Zambia 199010.0129,501787,461noboth20-08-90districtyes
Zambia 200010.0186,225996,117noboth16-10-00constituencyyes
Zambia 201010.0250,8051,321,973noboth15-10-10constituencyno
Zimbabwe 20125.0160,728654,688node facto17-08-12districtyes

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* See sample design for more information.