What is Census?
A '''census''' is a way of getting [[information]] about every member of a [[population]]. It is usually used for a population of [[wikt:people|people]], but can be used to mean a population of [[animal]]s. Both the [[United States]] and [[United Kingdom]] have a census every 10 years, or [[decade]]. But in [[Australia]], [[Canada]], [[Japan]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kokusei/2015/pdf/outline.pdf|title=OUTLINE OF THE 2015 POPULATION CENSUS OF JAPA|website=Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan}}</ref> and [[New Zealand]] they have it every 5 years. A census produces a large [[database]] and sometimes new [[information technology]], such as the use of [[punched card]]s for data, has been invented to handle it. The word comes from the [[Roman Republic]] when it meant a list of [[Roman citizenship|citizens]] it was used to keep track of adult males fit for military. Census is a word of Latin origin which means to evaluate/assess or to estimate. == Notes == {{reflist}} ==Related pages== * [[Statistics]] * [[United States Census]] == Other websites == *[https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kokusei/index.html Statistics Bureau of Japan] - Official website {{stub}} {{statistics}} [[Category:Censuses]]