Benefit and necessity
In 2022, a new census took place 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 are sourced from administrative registers, most inhabitants do not have to provide any information. In Germany, the 2022 census is 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 census has been postponed from 2021 to 2022 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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