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News

17 January 2023 2022 Census: census of buildings and housing completed

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28 December 2022 2022 Census: outlook on the results available in 2023

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14 December 2022 Looking back at a successful census year in 2022

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1 December 2022 2022 Census: household surveys successfully completed

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

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26 October 2022 The 2022 Census provides information on households and families

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

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5 October 2022 2022 Census: what are the next steps?

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

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14 September 2022 2022 Census: progress in determining the population figures

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

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31 August 2022 2022 Census: statistics on statistics

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

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

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8 August 2022 Personal interviews of the 2022 Census are drawing to a close

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5 August 2022 2022 Census: personal interview phase ending soon

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3 August 2022 2022 Census: What happens to the collected data?

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27 July 2022 Questions frequently asked by citizens about the 2022 Census

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19 July 2022 Census surveys progressing successfully

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

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6 July 2022 2022 Census: already 19.3 million reports received

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22 June 2022 2022 Census: 17 million questionnaires have already been answered online

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15 June 2022 2022 Census: for how long will the surveys run?

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8 June 2022 2022 Census: what surveys are conducted?

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

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

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16 May 2022 2022 Census: start of the surveys

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

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10 May 2022 What questions does the 2022 Census ask?

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5 May 2022 What is the procedure of the 2022 Census surveys?

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

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

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6 April 2022 Local organisation of the 2022 Census: making it run smoothly

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30 March 2022 What's new in the 2022 Census?

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23 March 2023 On the way to the reference date: preparing the 2022 Census

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8 March 2022 Overview of the essentials of the 2022 Census

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2 March 2022 Our homes - 2022 Census to find out how we live

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23 February 2022 The 2022 Census: enabling us to plan the future

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

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2022 Census is now on Twitter

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10 December 2020 The census has been postponed until 2022

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

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

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

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

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

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19 September 2019 Test survey of households for the 2021 Census

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12 September 2019 Census questionnaire to be tested

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

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Factsheets and infographics

In our factsheets and infographics you find key facts about the 2022 census. Please note that the factsheet and infographic are only available in German.

Newsletter

The census newsletter will keep you up to date with all the latest activities carried out by the Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder in preparation for the 2022 Census. The newsletter is published at irregular intervals. All previous issues can be downloaded here. You can subscribe to the newsletter by signing up to the Federal Statistical Office’s email press mailing list (please note that the newsletter is only available in German).

Illustrations

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Census Online First
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Census Education
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Census Mobility
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Census Mobility
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Census Mobility
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Census Living
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Census Postponement
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