Namibia on Sunday launched the population and housing pilot census which serves as a test for the actual population and housing census scheduled for next year.
According to the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) Statistician-General Alex Shimuafeni, the pilot includes mapping and verifying all physical built-up infrastructure countrywide which allows NSA to create and update various databases such as a housing register, information about locations of schools, clinics and households, and indeed having a full framework to work with when the census commences.
“The pilot census will be conducted for a two weeks period this October throughout the entire country and all regions with complete,” he said.
The pilot census starts on October 17 and will conclude on October 30, 2021.
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