Term:
Population census
Definition:
A population census is the total process of collecting, compiling, evaluating, analyzing and publishing or otherwise disseminating demographic, economic and social data pertaining, at a specified time, to all persons in a country or in a well delimited part of a country.
Domain:
Population
Source:
UNSTAT: Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses; Series M No. 67/Rev.2
