Please note the following listing. The Library has substantial holdings of this set for Central America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Southeast Asia. Country census are generally taken every ten years the resulting publications contain abstracts and general discussions of population counts and demographic trends, e.g. statistics on age, sex, occupation, literacy, immigration, rural-urban migration, etc.
The information below provides inclusive dates of Library holdings and cross reference to specific box location; the Guides can provide specific date and volume information about the censuses that were published, generally every ten years. There are several printed guides, however the guide under MICRO Z7164.D3 I59 1984 provides information on the whole series.
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Angola 1940; 1970
Antigua 1970
Argentina 1869; 1895; 1912; 1914; 1920; 1947; 1960; 1970; 1980
Ascension Island (1946; 1956 or HA675 .I56 1985x); 1966
Bahama Islands 1891; 1901; 1921; 1931; 1943; 1953; 1963; 1970; 1980
Bahrain 1950; 1959; 1965
Barbados 1851; 1881; 1891; 1911; 1921
Belize 1861; 1871; 1881; 1891; 1901; 1911; 1921; 1931
(also see Commonwealth Caribbean)
Benin (1979 filed with Angola)
Bermuda (1861; 1891; 1901; 1911; 1921; 1931; 1939 filed with Belize);
(1950; 1960 filed with Bahamas)
Bolivia (1796; 1845; 1900 filed with Belize); (1950 filed with Bahamas);
1976
Botswana (1901;1904 filed with Angola); (1946; 1964 filed with Ascension
Island or HA675 .I56 1985x)
Brazil 1872; 1890; 1900; 1920; 1940; 1950; 1960; 1970; 1980
British Virgin Islands (see Commonwealth Caribbean)
British West Indies 1946; 1960
Brunei (1960; 1961 filed with Bahrain)
Burkina Faso (1985 filed with Swaziland)
Burma 1953; 1954
Bermuda (see Commonwealth Caribbean)
Cambodia 1946; 1958; 1959; 1962
Cape Verde Islands (1940 filed with Angola); 1950
Cayman Islands (see Commonwealth Caribbean); (1989 filed with Cook
Islands)
Chile 1565; 1777; 1813; 1844; 1854; 1865; 1875; 1885; 1895; 1907;
1920; 1930; 1940; 1952; 1960; 1970; 1982
Colombia 1825; 1835; 1843; 1851; 1864; 1870; 1905; 1912; 1918; 1928;
1938; 1951; 1964; 1973; 1985
Commonwealth Caribbean (1970 consists of Jamaica; Trinidad &
Tobago; Guyana; Barbados; Belize; St. Lucia; Grenada; St. Vincent; Dominica;
Bermuda; St Kitts-Nevis; Montserrat; Cayman Islands; British Virgin Islands;
Turks and Caicos Islands -- also see separate listings)
Cook Islands 1981; 1986
Costa Rica 1844; 1864; 1892; 1909; 1927; 1950; 1963; 1973
Cuba 1841; 1846; 1861; 1877; 1887; 1899; 1907; 1919; 1931; 1943;
1953; 1970; 1981
Denmark 1837; 1870; 1880; 1890; 1901; 1906; 1911; 1916; 1921; 1930;
1935; 1940
Dominica (see Commonwealth Caribbean)
Dominican Republic (1920; 1935; 1937 filed with Bahamas); 1950;
1960; 1970; 1981
Ecuador 1950; 1962; 1974; 1982; 1990
El Salvador (1878; 1901; 1929; 1930 filed with Costa Rica); 1950;
1961; 1971
Equatorial Guinea (1920 filed with Angola)
Ethiopia (1931 filed with Angola); (1961; 1968 filed with Ascension
Island or HA675 .I56 1985x)
Falkland Islands (1881; 1901; 1911; 1921; 1931 filed with Bahamas
Islands); (1946; 1953; 1962 filed with Guadeloupe); (1972 filed with Antigua);
(1981 filed with Guyana)
France 1846; 1851; 1856; 1861; 1866; 1872; 1876; 1881; 1886; 1891;
1896; 1901; 1906; 1911; 1921; 1926; 1931; 1936
French Guiana (1946; 1954; 1961; 1967 filed with Guadeloupe); 1974;
1981
Gambia 1901; 1921; 1931; (1945; 1951; 1963 filed with Cape Verde
Islands); (1983 filed with Swaziland)
Ghana (1891; 1901; 1911; 1921 filed with Gambia); 1948; 1955; 1960;
1970
Grenada (1981 filed with Guyana).
Guadeloupe (1888; 1894; 1901; 1906; 1911; 1921; 1936 filed with Costa
Rica); 1946; 1954; 1961; 1967 (1967 also filed with Dominican Republic);
(1974 filed with Antigua)
Guatemala 1880; 1893; 1921; 1938; 1940; 1949; 1950; 1964; 1973; 1981
Guyana (1861; 1871; 1881; 1891 1921; 1931 filed with Costa Rica);
1980 (also see Commonwealth Caribbean)
Haiti 1950; 1971-1982
Honduras 1901; 1905; 1910; 1916; 1926; 1930; 1935; 1940; 1950; 1961;
1974; 1988
Indonesia (1961 filed with Bahrain)
Jamaica 1871; 1881; 1891; 1901; 1911; 1921; 1934; 1943; 1953; 1960;
1970; 1982 (also see Commonwealth Caribbean)
Kenya (1911; 1921; 1926; 1931 filed with Gambia); 1947; 1948; 1958;
1962; 1979
Laos 1946; 1956; 1958; 1961; 1962
Leeward Islands (1891; 1901; 1911; 1921 filed with Honduras)
Lesotho (1901; 1904; 1911 filed with Gambia); 1946; 1956; 1966; 1976
Malaysia 1947; 1951; 1957; 1960
Martinique 1946; 1954; 1961; 1967
Mauritania (1977 filed with Lesotho)
Mauritius (1952; 1962 filed with Ascension Island or HA675 I56 1985x)
Mayotte Island (1978 filed with Angola)
Mexico 1895; 1900; 1910; 1921; 1930; 1940; 1950; 1960; 1970; 1980;
1990
Montserrat (see Commonwealth Caribbean)
Nepal (1952; 1954; 1961 filed with Bahrain)
Netherlands Antilles (1960 filed with Martinique)
Nicaragua (1920; 1940 filed with Bahamas); 1950; 1963; 1971
Norway 1769; 1801; 1825; 1955; 1876; 1891; 1900; 1910; 1920; 1930
Panama 1911; 1920; 1930; 1940; 1950; 1960; 1970; 1980
Panama Canal Zone (1912 filed with Jamaica); 1950; 1960
Paraguay 1950; 1962; (1972 filed with Dominican Republic); (1982
filed with Antigua)
Peru 1876; 1920; 1940; 1961; 1972; 1981
Philippines 1948; 1960
Portuguese Timor (1950 filed with Bahrain)
Puerto Rico (1950; 1960 filed with Panama Canal Zone)
Reunion (1946; 1954; 1961; 1967 filed with Ascension Island or HA675
I56 1985x)
Rhodesia 1946; 1948; 1951; 1953; 1956; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962
St Helena (1946; 1956; 1966 filed with Cape Verde Islands)
St. Kitts-Nevis (see Commonwealth Caribbean)
St. Pierre and Miquelon (1951; 1957; 1962; 1967 filed with Martinique)
St Vincent (see Commonwealth Caribbean)
Sao Tome e Principe (1950; 1960 filed with Cape Verde)
Seychelles (1947; 1960 filed with Ascension Island or HA675 .I56 1985x)
Sierra Leone 1820; 1881; 1901; 1911; 1921; 1931; 1974
Singapore 1871; 1881; 1891; 1901; 1911; 1921; 1931
Somalia (1953 filed with Ascension Island or HA675 .I56 1985x); (1975
filed with Sierra Leone)
South West Africa (1951; 1960 filed with Ascension Island or HA675 . I56 1985x)
Suriname 1950; 1964; (1972; 1980 filed with Antigua)
Swaziland (1911; 1921 filed with Sierra Leone); 1946; 1956; 1960;
1962; (1976 filed with Kenya); 1986
Tanzania (1921; 1924; 1931 filed with Sierra Leone); 1978
Thailand 1947; 1954; 1960
Trinidad & Tobago 1980 (also see Commonwealth Caribbean)
Tunisia (1906; 1931; 1936 filed with Sierra Leone)
Turks and Caicos Islands (see Commonwealth Caribbean)
Uruguay 1860; 1890; 1900; 1908; 1963; 1975; 1985
Venezuela 1950; 1961; 1971; 1981
Vietnam, Republic of 1946; 1958; 1959
Virgin Islands (1901; 1911; 1930; 1940 filed with Jamaica); (1950;
1960 filed with Panama Canal Zone)
Western Sahara (1974 filed with Angola)
Windward Islands (1871; 1881; 1891; 1901; 1911; 1921; 1931 filed
with Uruguay)
The microfilm is kept as a set under Microfilm 27, please inquire. Though originally issued in series, the entire collection is arranged alphabetically by country and date.
NOTE: Items are in the process of being cataloged on an individual basis, the cataloged material is being kept with the bulk of the collection, Microfilm 27. If the desired item seems to be missing, also check ALICE by title under "International Population Census Publications" and look under the call number given on ALICE.
Also check ALICE, for the Library also holds censuses in their original form; and, some may be in other sets such as the British Sessional Papers, collections of government archives of specific countries, etc., please inquire.
