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Census dates for all countries
Last update: 29 July 2008
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 (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.
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 No census taken or planned in the period indicated.


Countries or areas

1990 round of censuses
1985-1994

2000 round of censuses
1995-2004

2010 round of censuses
2005-2014
AFRICA    
Algeria
20 March 1987    
Angola
-    
-    
(2010 or 2014)    
Benin
15 February 1992    
(2012)    
Botswana
21 August 1991    
(August 2011)    
Burkina Faso
10-20 December 1985(P)
10 December 1996    
Burundi
16-30 August 1990    
-    
16-30 August 2008    
Cameroon
10 April 1987    
-    
Cape Verde
23 June 1990    
(2010)    
Central African Republic
  8 December 1988    
(2013)    
Chad
  8 April 1993    
-    
(2008)    
Comoros
15 September 1991    
September 2003    
(2013)    
Congo
20 Nov.-5 Dec. 1994(1)
28 April 2007    
Côte d'Ivoire
1 March 1988    
(November 2008)    
Democratic Republic of the Congo
-    
-    
(2010)    
Djibouti
-    
-    
(October 2008)    
Egypt
17-18 November 1986    
19 November 1996    
Equatorial Guinea
4 July 1994(P)
February 2002    
(...)    
Eritrea
-    
-    
(2009)    
Ethiopia
11 October 1994    
-    
Gabon
1-31 July 1993(P)
(2013)    
Gambia
15 April 1993(P)
(2013)    
Ghana
-    
26 March 2000    
(March 2010)    
Guinea
-    
(1-15 December 2008)    
Guinea Bissau
1 December 1991    
-    
Kenya
24 August 1989(P)
(May 2009)    
Lesotho
12 April 1986(P)
14 April 1996    
.
13-31 May 2001(13)
.
Liberia
-    
-    
21 March 2008    
Libya Arab Jamahiriya
-    
11 August 1995    
(...)    
Madagascar
-    
(2009)    
Malawi
1-21 September 1987    
8-21 June 2008    
Mali
1-30 April 1987    
(April 2009)    
Mauritania
5-20 April 1988    
(February 2010)    
Mauritius
1 July 1990(P)
(July 2010)    
5 Feb.-17 Jun. 1990(H)
(...)    
Morocco
2 September 1994    
(September 2014)    
Mozambique
-    
Namibia
21 October 1991    
(2011)    
Niger
20 May-3 June 1988    
(2011)    
Nigeria
26 November 1991(P)
-    
Réunion
15 March 1990    
8 March 1999    
2005    
Rwanda
15 August 1991    
(2012)    
Saint Helena ex. dep.
22 February 1987    
8 March 1998    
10 February 2008    
Sao Tomé and Principé
4 August 1991    
(2011)    
Senegal
27 May 1988    
(2011)    
Seychelles
17 August 1987(P)
(April 2010)    
26 August 1994    
22-26 August 2002    
.
Sierra Leone
15 December 1985    
(2014)    
Somalia
15 February 1987(2)
-    
(...)    
South Africa
5 March 1985    
>
  7 March 1991    
(October 2011)    
Sudan
15 April 1993(P)
-    
Swaziland
25 August 1986    
28 April - 14 May 2007    
Togo
-    
-    
(2009)    
Tunisia
20 April 1994    
28 April 2004    
(2014)    
Uganda
12-19 January 1991    
(September 2012)    
United Republic of Tanzania
28 August 1988    
(August 2012)    
Western Sahara
-    
-    
(...)    
Zambia
20 August 1990    
(August 2010)    
Zimbabwe
18 August 1992    
17-27 August 2002    
(August 2012)    
 
   
   
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AMERICA, NORTH    
Anguilla
13 April 1992    
9 May 2001    
(...)    
Antigua and Barbuda
28 May 1991(P)
28 May 2001    
(March 2011)    
Aruba
  6 October 1991    
14 October 2000    
(...)    
Bahamas
1 May 1990    
1 May 2000    
(February 2010)    
Barbados
2 May 1990    
1 May 2000    
(1 May 2010)    
Belize
12 May 1991    
12 May 2000    
(12 May 2010)    
Bermuda
20 May 1991    
20 May 2000    
(May 2010)    
British Virgin Is.
12 May 1991    
21 May 2001    
(2010)    
Canada
  3 June 1986    
16 May 2006    
  4 June 1991    
(10 May 2011)    
Cayman Islands
15 October 1989    
(October 2010)    
Costa Rica
-    
(2010)    
Cuba
-    
(2012)    
Dominica
12 May 1991    
12 May 2001    
(20 May 2010)    
Dominican Republic
24-25 September 1993    
(October 2010)    
El Salvador
27 Sep.-6 Oct. 1992    
-    
Greenland
(R)    
(R)    
January 2008(R)
Grenada
12 May 1991    
25 May 2001    
(May 2011)    
Guadeloupe
15 March 1990    
8 March 1999    
2005    
Guatemala
17-30 April 1994    
(2012)    
Haiti
-    
11 January 2003    
(2013)    
Honduras
29 May 1988    
(2012)    
Jamaica
7 April 1991    
(2011)    
Martinique
15 March 1990    
8 March 1999    
2005    
Mexico
12-16 March 1990    
4-29 October 2005    
   
   
(March 2010)    
Montserrat
12 May 1991    
12 May 2001    
(May 2011)    
Netherlands Antilles
27 January 1992    
(2010)    
Nicaragua
-    
25 April 1995    
Panama
13 May 1990    
(2010)    
Puerto Rico
1 April 1990    
(1 April 2010)    
St. Kitts and Nevis
12 May 1991    
14 May 2001    
(2010)    
St. Lucia
12 May 1991    
(May 2010)    
St. Pierre and Miquelon
5 March 1990    
8 March 1999    
19 January 2006    
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
12 May 1991    
14 May 2001    
(2010)    
Trinidad and Tobago
  2 May 1990    
(May 2010)    
Turks and Caicos Islands
31 May 1990    
(August 2010)    
United States of America
1 April 1990    
(1 April 2010)    
United States Virgin Islands
1 April 1990    
(1 April 2010)    
 
   
   
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AMERICA, SOUTH    
Argentina
15 May 1991    
(2010)    
Bolivia
3 June 1992    
(2010)    
Brazil
1 September 1991    
1 August 1996    
   
.
(August 2010)    
Chile
22 April 1992    
(2012)    
Colombia
15 October 1985    
-    
24 October 1993    
.
(2013 or 2014)    
Ecuador
25 November 1990    
(2010)    
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
16 November 1986    
24 April 1996    
8 October 2006    
5 March 1991    
8 April 2001    
.
French Guiana
15 March 1990    
2005    
Guyana
12 May 1991    
(August 2012)    
Paraguay
(August 2012)    
Peru
-    
   
   
Suriname
-    
31 March 2003     
   
-    
 2 August 2004(15)
(August 2011)    
Uruguay
23 October 1985    
22 May 1996    
   
   
(2010)    
Venezuela
20 October 1990    
(2010)    
 
   
   
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ASIA    
Afghanistan
-    
-    
(September 2010)    
Armenia
12 January 1989    
(2011)    
Azerbaijan
12 January 1989    
27 January 1999    
(13-22 April 2009)    
Bahrain
16 November 1991    
(2010)    
Bangladesh
11 March 1991    
(March 2011)    
Bhutan
-    
-    
Brunei Darussalam
7 August 1991    
21 August 2001    
(2010 or 2011)    
Cambodia
-    
China
1 July 1990    
(2010)    
China - Hong Kong SAR
11 March 1986(6)
15 March 1996(6)
15 March 1991    
(2011)    
China - Macao SAR
30 August 1991    
   
   
(August 2011)    
Cyprus
1 October 1992    
(2011)    
Georgia 12 January 1989    
17 January 2002    
 (21 - 28 January 2010)    
India
1 March 1991    
(2011)    
Indonesia
31 October 1990    
(October 2010)    
Iran, Islamic Republic of
22 September 1986    
23 Oct. - 16 Nov. 1996    
28 Oct. - 17 Nov. 2006    
11 December 1991    
.
(October 2011)    
Iraq
17 October 1987    
16 October 1997    
(October 2009)    
Israel
-    
(27 December 2008)    
Japan
1 October 1985(P)
1 October 1995(P)
1 October 1988(H)
October 1998(H)
.
.
(October 2010)    
.
[2003](H)
.
Jordan
(November 2014)    
Kazakhstan
12 January 1989    
26 February 1999    
(25 February 2009)    
Korea, Democratic People's Republic
31 December 1993(P)
-    
(2008)    
Korea, Republic of
1 November 1985    
1 November 1995    
1 November 2005    
1 November 1990    
1 November 2000    
(November 2010)    
Kuwait
20 April 1985    
20 April 1995    
20 - 21 April 2005    
Kyrgyzstan
12 January 1989    
(March 2009)    
Lao People's Democratic Republic
1 March 1985(P)
1 March 1995    
Lebanon
-    
-    
(...)    
Malaysia
14 August 1991    
(2010)    
Maldives
25-28 March 1985    
25 March 1995    
  8 March 1990    
(March 2011)    
Mongolia
5 January 1989    
(January 2010)    
Myanmar
-    
        -    
(...)    
Nepal
22 June 1991    
22 June 2001    
(June 2011)    
Occupied Palestinian Territory
-    
Oman
  1 December 1993    
(2010)    
Pakistan
-    
(2008)    
Philippines
1 May 1990    
1 May 2000    
(2010)    
.
1 September 1995    
Qatar
  16 March 1986    
1 March 1997    
(2014)    
     
   
Saudi Arabia
27 September 1992    
15 September 2004    
(2010)    
Singapore
30 June 1990    
(June 2010)    
Sri Lanka
-    
(July 2011)    
Syrian Arab Republic
3-9 September 1994    
22 September 2004    
(2014)    
Tajikistan
12 January 1989    
20 January 2000    
(2010)    
Thailand
1 April 1990    
(2010)    
Timor-Leste
31 October 1990    
(11 July 2010)    
Turkey
20 October 1985    
30 October 1997(H)
(2010)    
21 October 1990    
22 October 2000(P)
.
Turkmenistan
12 January 1989    
10 January 1995    
(December 2009)    
United Arab Emirates
17-23 December 1985    
17 December 1995    
5 December 2005    
  
 
(2010)    
Uzbekistan
12 January 1989    
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