Rwanda is set to conduct a large-scale population census which is scheduled from 16 to 30 August this month, the National Institute of Statistics revealed Monday.
The institute said that the census will enable the government to compile information on the social and economic characteristics of the Rwandan population.
The census night is the night preceding the first day of the main census which is Tuesday August 16, it said.
The census questions that will be put to all households fall in four main categories: household location, characteristics of each household member, health as well as housing and farming activities.
Previous Population censuses were conducted in 1978, 1991, 2002 and 2012.
Results from the 2012 Population Census showed that Rwanda has a population of over 12.6 million living on 26,338 km 2 of land which makes it the most densely populated mainland African country.
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