Report on the 2020 round of population and housing censuses in Africa registration

Abstract

The Economic and Social Council adopted the resolution on the 2020 World Population and Housing Census Program. In the resolution, the Council urged Member States to conduct at least one census during the round, taking into account international and regional recommendations. It underscored the need to set quality standards to ensure reliable and accurate results. It emphasized the importance of the program to the Sustainable Development Goals, and requested the Division to develop statistical standards, methods and guidelines and to monitor the implementation of the Program. The Council encouraged the development of international methodological guidelines based on national best practices in census-taking. Countries were advised to conduct a review of their various national experiences as far as census undertakings were concerned, in preparation for the development of international standards.