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The surveys of the 2022 Census for citizens have been completed successfully.
A total of over 30 million responses have been received in the 2022 Census.
Now we have to assure the data quality and process the data. Then the census results will be provided free of charge in a digital and open form.

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Explanatory animations for the 2022 Census

In our media library you can find various explanatory animations for the 2022 Census. The videos illustrate how the census works and provide exciting information about how and why it is carried out. We also offer our videos with subtitles in many different languages. Take a look!

Knowledge for a brighter future

Is there enough housing in Germany? Do we need more schools, universities or care homes? Where does the state have to make investments for its citizens? In order to answer these questions and several others, the Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder conduct a census in Germany every ten years.

Facts about the 2022 Census

What is right, what is wrong? The 2022 Census is one of the largest official statistic projects in Germany. Many citizens will be involved in the census and obliged to provide information. When it comes to major official statistics projects like this, some information may be misunderstood or even deliberately misrepresented. In addition to classic print and online media, false information may be shared on social media or in chat groups.
Here are the facts about the 2022 Census!

The publication of results will be postponed, presumably until March 2024

24 March 2023

The 2022 Census currently is the largest project in German official statistics. It determines how many people live in Germany on reference date 15 May 2022 and collects information on how they live and work. Political and social planning relies on the 2022 Census as a basis of many processes.

2022 Census: census of buildings and housing completed

2022 Census: outlook on the results available in 2023

Looking back at a successful census year in 2022

2022 Census: household surveys successfully completed

2022 Census: how Germany will benefit from the results of the census of buildings and housing

The 2022 Census provides information on households and families

2022 Census: census of buildings and housing on the home stretch

2022 Census: what are the next steps?

Online questionnaires of the 2022 Census used 23.8 million times so far

2022 Census: progress in determining the population figures

Why do we need all the responses in the 2022 Census?

2022 Census: statistics on statistics

The 2022 Census will provide new findings on housing and heating in Germany

2022 Census: follow-up survey for quality assessment is underway

Personal interviews of the 2022 Census are drawing to a close

2022 Census: personal interview phase ending soon

2022 Census: What happens to the collected data?

Questions frequently asked by citizens about the 2022 Census

Census surveys progressing successfully

Good progress in the 2022 Census after two months: just under three quarters of the people surveyed have responded

2022 Census: already 19.3 million reports received

2022 Census: 17 million questionnaires have already been answered online

2022 Census: for how long will the surveys run?

2022 Census: what surveys are conducted?

2022 Census has started successfully:
7 million online questionnaires have been answered

How to check the identity of interviewers in the 2022 Census?

2022 Census: start of the surveys

Why are people obliged to provide information in the 2022 Census?

What questions does the 2022 Census ask?

What is the procedure of the 2022 Census surveys?

2022 Census: online questionnaires make participation easier and are good for the environment

2022 Census: how are people seeking protection counted that come from Ukraine?

Local organisation of the 2022 Census: making it run smoothly

What's new in the 2022 Census?

On the way to the reference date: preparing the 2022 Census

Overview of the essentials of the 2022 Census

Our homes - 2022 Census to find out how we live

The 2022 Census: enabling us to plan the future

Statement of the Federal Statistical Office: Integrity of interviewers in the 2022 Census

2022 Census is now on Twitter

The census has been postponed until 2022

25. January 2021 Municipalities to submit their population register data valid as of 7 February 2021

02. September 2020 Federal cabinet decides to postpone the 2021 Census by one year

08. April 2020 2021 Census may be postponed due to the coronavirus crisis

21. January 2020 Municipalities to submit their population register data valid as of 2 February 2020

03. December 2019 The next census will also include questions on rent and vacancies

19. September 2019 Test survey of households for the 2021 Census

12. September 2019 Census questionnaire to be tested

14. June 2019 Lower house adopts bill for the Census Act

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