Windhoek, March 13 –The Namibia Statistics Agency, today 13th March 2024 released a preliminary
report that gives the provisional; results from the 2023 Population and Housing
Census. The 2023 Population and Housing Census (PHC) is Namibia’s first fully digital
census. It leveraged on technology available to improve operational efficiency,
enhance the quality of the data collected, and ability to release results promptly.
The 2023 PHC counted and collected detailed information on all persons who
spent the Census Reference Night, that is Sunday 24th September 2023, in
Namibia (de facto approach). The initial enumeration period was from 25th
September 2023 to 06th October 2023, with a mop-up period, extending it to
30th October 2023 in some areas that encountered challenges. Before the
Census Reference Night, the listing of structures took place between the 18th
and 24th September 2023.
The report highlights findings from the 2023 Population and Housing
Census Preliminary Report which contains provisional results on population size
and sex composition, population density and number of households by region.
The results presented in the Preliminary Report are provisional. These statistics
will be used as provisional figures until the final results are released by October.
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