National Statistics Bureau: census taken of 1.6 million dwellings, 2.35 million people in Moldova

Chisinau, 14 June /MOLDPRES/ - Census was taken of about 1 million 608,000 dwellings (including the occupied, secondary and non-occupied ones) and about 2 million 351,000 people within the population and housing census till late on 13 June, this year. The National Statistics Bureau (BNS) today unveiled preliminary data to this effect.   

The institution noted that the number of people of whom census had been taken included both people with usual residence and those without usual residence in Moldova, including eventual doublings, which will be identified at the processing phase.

At the same time, BNS presented also information on the share of dwellings the census of which was taken out of all dwellings estimated, territorially, late on 13 June 2024. Thus, Ocnita, Glodeni, Floresti, Sangerei, Ungheni, Rezina, Orhei, Criuleni, Anenii Noi are among the municipalities and districts where the highest rate of census-taking is recorded.    

BNS urged the Moldovan residents who still have not participated in the census to come in touch with census-takers, in order to fix the date and time of interviews in the near future. ‘’We urge the population whose census has not been taken as yet to be receptive and open to participate in the census, in order to be found in the picture with the results of the 2024 population and housing census, part of the 2020 world round of censuses conduction internationally,’’ BNS added.     

The population and housing census was launched on 8 April and will be held till 7 July, this year. On this time interval, about 4,000 census takers are to go from home to home, in order to collect data about the population and its characteristic features, such as the age, gender, ethnic affiliation, education level, occupation, as well as dwellings and living conditions, such as the endowment with the sewerage and water supply system, way of heating, etc.    

The census is conducted once in ten years and is an activity with a national scale, which provides the full demographic picture of the country. The data collected following the census will provide information for the working out of public, national and local policies, needed for Moldova’s economic and social development.