Namibia is kicking off a two-week population and housing pilot census which will serve as a test for the actual population and housing census scheduled for next year. The census will run from 17th October to 30th October, 2021 throughout the country.
According to the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) Statistician-General Alex Shimuafeni, the pilot includes mapping and verifying all physical built-up infrastructure countrywide which allows NSA to create and update various databases such as a housing register, information about locations of schools, clinics and households, and indeed having a full framework to work with when the census commences.