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Belgium Census 2011

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General Info
Provider 
Statistics Belgium
Tabulations only
Geography 
Belgium (BEL)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2011 - 01/2011
Data type
Census:
  • De jure
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
Summary 

The 2011 Census of Belgium was conducted through the use of pre-existing information from administrative databases, and not through a survey. It was the first census of its kind in Belgium, with testing of the new methodology having been conducted in 2006 through a microcensus. The census reference day was January 1st, and data were used on the traditional demographic and socioeconomic topics. The total population of Belgium in 2011 was calculated at 11,000,638.

Keywords 
Agriculture, Birth place, Domestic migration, Education, Employment, Family composition, Family size, Health care personnel, Household heat, Housing conditions, Institutionalized population, International migration, Manufacturing, Marital status, Mining, Occupations, Population, Population density, Teachers
GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 15, 2021