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Census - Counting the World

May 24, 2013

The United Nations Population Fund is the lead agency in the UN system supporting national efforts to conduct censuses, particularly in developing countries. A census is among the most important and complex peace-time exercises a nation can undertake. Read more on data for development: http://bit.ly/GBDqWX

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Making Sense of Myanmar's Census

31 March 2014
<p>A mother and child on the outskirts of Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar. <i>Photo credit: UN Photo</i> </p>
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Myanmar Tests Procedures for Its 2014 Census

22 April 2013
<p>Data processing center at the Department of Population in the Ministry of Inmigration and Population in Nay Pyi Daw, Myanmar's new capital city. <i>Photo &copy; UNFPA Myanmar/Pyay Kyaw Myint</i> </p>
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Counting the World: UNFPA Highlights the Challenges of Census-Taking

14 September 2012
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Senegal and Brazil Forge South-South Cooperation on Census Activities

07 August 2012
From left to right: Moustapha Ndour, First Counselor of the Embassy of Senegal in Brazil; Ambassador Fernando Abreu, future Director of the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC); Roberto Neves Sant&rsquo;Anna, IBGE Foreign Affairs Advisor; Abdoul Aziz Ndiaye, Ambassador of Senegal in Brazil; Marco Farani, Director of the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC); and Harold Robinson, UNFPA Representative in Brazil and Country Director for Argentina and Paraguay. Photo: Ulisses Lacava/UNFPA
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UN, Myanmar Agree on Support for First Census Since 1983

30 April 2012
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Counting the World: New Documentary Explores the Census

09 April 2012
<p>Mapping an entire country is one of the key steps in undertaking a national census.</p>
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Talking Census Under the Baobob Tree

16 March 2012
<p>A group of local men, UNFPA representatives and statisticians discuss the country's upcoming census under the shade of the baobab tree.</p>
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Prepares for its First Census in over 20 Years

16 January 2012
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U.S. Population Slows Considerably

26 December 2011
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