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census

Survey designed to collect data about all members of a population

Entityrecurring event field of study field of studyQ39825

Also known as censuses · censusses · censi

Instance of: recurring event
, field of study
, field of study
Subclass of: source of information
, data set
, census

Overview

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A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating information about the members of a given population, which is then usually presented through statistics. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses. Other common censuses include censuses of agriculture, traditional culture, businesses, supplies, and traffic censuses. The United Nations (UN) defines the essential features of population and housing censuses as "individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory, simultaneity, and defined periodicity", and recommends that population censuses be conducted at least every ten years. UN recommendations also cover census topics to be collected, official definitions, classifications, and other information to coordinate international practices.

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85 statements · 15% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Different from: population size
Hamming weight
Has effect: apportionment of seats nature of statement: often
Main Wikidata property: has census
Has use: population estimation

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15%

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AIDB. (2026). census (Q39825). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/census-Q39825