Traditional census-taking, in principle, entails canvassing the entire country, reaching every single household, and collecting information on all individuals within a brief stipulated period of time. While the majority of countries in the world, as well as those in Asia and the Pacific, continue to employ the traditional approach, an increasing number of countries are relying on registers (solely or complemented by a full field enumeration or sample survey).
This report showcases how some countries in the region have approached the use of administrative data in censuses.