In 2022, a new census will be taken in Germany. The aim of the statistical survey is to determine how many people live in Germany and how they live and work. Many decisions at national, regional and local level are based on population and housing figures. The national population has to be regularly counted to provide reliable figures for planning. As most of this data is sourced from administrative registers, most inhabitants do not have to provide any information. In Germany, the 2022 census will be based on administrative registers, supplemented by a random sample and combined with a census of buildings and housing. The 2022 census in Germany will form part of a series of censuses throughout the European Union that have been taking place every ten years since 2011. The upcoming census has been postponed from 2021 to 2022 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
How are the official population figures calculated?
In contrast to traditional censuses, not every household is interviewed for the register-based census. Nevertheless, all inhabitants ultimately have to be recorded. How does that work?
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