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  2. 1939 Soviet census - Wikipedia

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    The census took place after the postponement of the 1930 census to first 1935 and then 1937, followed by the failure of that census. [1] In preparation for the 1939 census, a number of decisions were made to avoid ending with the same fate as the census of 1937.

  3. Religion in India - Wikipedia

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    Religion in India is characterised by a diversity of religious beliefs and practices. Throughout India's history, religion has been an important part of the country's culture and the Indian subcontinent is the birthplace of four of the world's major religions, namely, Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism, which are collectively known as native Indian religions or Dharmic religions and ...

  4. Population of Canada by province and territory - Wikipedia

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    The demographic importance of the West steadily grew over time, while the importance of Atlantic Canada steadily slipped. Canada's population has increased every year since Confederation in 1867: see List of population of Canada by year.

  5. 2023 census of Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    A pilot census will be held in July 2022 to get ready for the final census in 2023. The help of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has been requested by the Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC) in order to provide security. [3] The census will also be notable for being the first digital census in Nigeria's ...

  6. Demographics of Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    As per the final results of the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, the country's population is 169,828,911. [12] Bangladesh has one of the highest population densities in the world. Bangladesh (previously East Pakistan between 1947 and 1971 and East Bengal before 1947) is largely ethnically homogeneous, and its name derives from the Bengali ethno ...

  7. United States Census Bureau - Wikipedia

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    Gathers population information every 10 years; Census data is used to determine how seats of Congress are distributed to states. [23] Census data is not used to determine or define race genetically, biologically or anthropologically. [24] The census data is also used by the Bureau to obtain a real-time estimate in U.S. and World Population ...

  8. Sampling (statistics) - Wikipedia

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    A visual representation of the sampling process. In statistics, quality assurance, and survey methodology, sampling is the selection of a subset or a statistical sample (termed sample for short) of individuals from within a statistical population to estimate characteristics of the whole population.

  9. Hinduism in India - Wikipedia

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    The Hindu population has tripled from 303,675,084 in 1951 to 966,257,353 in 2011, but the Hindu percentage share of total population has declined from 84.1% in 1951 to 79.8% in 2011. [21] [22] [23] When India achieved independence in 1947, Hindus formed roughly 85% of the total population and pre-Partition British India had about 73% of Hindus ...