Policy Implications of the Disruption of the Implementation of the 2020 World Population and Housing Census Programme Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Population and housing censuses are not being carried out as they were planned before the pandemic. National authorities to remain fully committed to conduct the censuses depending on national circumstances. Postponing census-taking will have adverse impact on assessing the effects of national development policies due to lack of granular census statistics in the 2020’s