2012 Chilean census

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XVIII Censo Nacional de Población y VII de Vivienda
← 2002 9 April – 15 July 2012 2017 →
General information
Country	Chile
Authority	National Statistics Institute
Results
Total population	16,634,603 (9.4%)

The XVIII National Population Census and VII Housing Census or Population and Housing Census 2012 (Spanish: XVIII Censo Nacional de Población y VII de Vivienda o Censo de Población y Vivienda 2012) was a population census that was carried out in Chile between April 9 and July 15, 2012, and whose objective was to update the data recorded in the census carried out ten years earlier, in April 2002. Its preparation was the responsibility of the National Statistics Institute of Chile (INE).

The final census results were published on April 2, 2013, tallying a national total of 16,634,603 inhabitants; however, they were later removed. Finally, in September 2014, the National Institute of Statistics published a new figure based on projections from the 2002 Census, which yielded an estimated total of 17,819,054 inhabitants; The data from the 2012 census were subsequently discarded due to a series of problems in obtaining and processing the data.

Other countries in the Americas that conducted censuses during 2012 included Cuba, Honduras, Guyana and Paraguay.

Background

In mid-2010, the INE conducted a pre-census in the commune of Vicuñain the Coquimbo Region, to implement a preliminary survey design.

The census model underwent a review process between March and September 2011.

Controversies

References