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News

2022 Census: 17 million questionnaires have already been answered online

Just under six weeks after the reference date of the 2022 Census (15 May 2022), people have already completed 15.3 million online questionnaires of the census of buildings and housing (roughly 65%). Another roughly 1.65 million people have completed the online questionnaire of the household survey.

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

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.

Factsheet to download

Factsheet zum Zensus 2022 (PDF, 567 kB, File not barrier free)

Infographic to download

Infografik zum Zensus 2022 (PDF, 118 kB, File barrier free)

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).