Table: Population Censuses in Europe 2000/1
|
Country |
Date of Census |
Title of Census |
Description |
|
Austria |
May 15 2001 |
Large enumeration (Großzählung): census of population, work places, buildings and housing |
Internet: http://www.statistik.at/gz/ gz2001.shtml |
|
Belgium |
Oct. 2001 |
Enquête socio-économique générale 2001 |
In October 2001 the ‘Enquête socio-économique générale’ will be held, which will replace the earlier decennial ‘Recensements de la population et des logements’. Internet: http://statbel.fgov.be/census/home_fr.htm |
|
Czech Republic |
Jan. 1–May 31 2001 |
Population and Housing Census |
Internet: http://www.czso.cz/eng/census/census.htm. |
|
Denmark |
— |
Census was completely replaced by register statistics in 1981. |
Internet: http://timbuktu.dst.dk/ internet/startuk.htm. |
|
Finland |
Dec. 31 2000 |
Pure register census since 1990. The 2000-census is the third pure register census after 1990 and 1995. |
Internet: http://www.stat.fi/tk/he/ vaestolaskenta/vaestolask_en.html |
|
France |
March 1999 |
Recensement de la Population |
Internet: http://www.recensement. insee.fr/. |
|
Germany |
— |
No population census will be held |
Internet: http://www.statistik-bund.de/ |
|
Greece |
March 18 2001 |
Population census (conventional) |
Internet: http://www.statistics.gr/. |
|
Hungary |
April 2001 |
Population census |
Internet: http://www.ksh.hu/ eng/index.html. |
|
Iceland |
— |
Census was replaced by register statistics in 1971 |
Internet: http://www.statice.is/ |
|
Ireland |
April 29 2001 |
Census of Population (conventional) |
Internet: http://www.cso.ie/misc/ enumerate.html |
|
Italy |
Oct. 25 2001 |
14° Censimento generale della popolazione e censimento generale delle abitazioni–2001 |
Internet: http://www.censimenti.it/. |
|
Luxembourg |
Febr. 15 2001 |
Le recensement général de la population du 15 février 2001 |
Internet: http://statec.gouvernement. lu/html_fr/RP_2001/rp_accueil.html |
|
The Netherlands |
— |
Census was replaced by register statistics after the 1971 census. |
Internet: http://www.cbs.nl/. |
|
Norway |
Nov. 3 2001 |
The decennial Population and Housing Census—scheduled for 2000—was postponed to 2001 due to incomplete residential address register. The 2001 census will be the last one based on forms. |
Internet: http://www.ssb.no/ english/subjects/02/01/fob2001_en/. |
|
Poland |
April 2001 |
General census of the population and dwellings (trial census 1999) |
|
|
Portugal |
March 12-end of April 2001 |
O XIV Recenseamento da Geral da População e o IV Recenseamento Geral da Habitação |
Internet: http://www.ine.pt/ censos2001/. |
|
Spain |
May 1 2001 |
Censos de Población y Viviendas |
Internet: http://www.ine.es/ proyectos/cenpob2001/indice.htm |
|
Sweden |
Postponed to 2005 |
The quinquennial Population Census—scheduled for 2000—was postponed due to incomplete residential address register. |
Internet: http://www.scb.se/eng/ index.asp |
|
Switzerland |
Dec. 5 2000 |
Eidgenössische Volks- und Wohnungszählung |
Internet: http://www.statistik.admin. ch/vz2000/chap09/emenu.html. |
|
United Kingdom |
April 29 2001 |
Census of Population (decennial since 1801) |
Internet: http://www.statistics.gov. uk/countmein/factsheets.html. |