2009 Vanuatu Census

The 2009 Vanuatu Census refers to the census conducted in Vanuatu on 16 November 2009. The census revealed growth by an average of 2.3 percent since the last population survey in 1999.[1]

The 2009 census was "the first time the Vanuatu National Statistics Office (VNSO) extensively used geographic information system (GIS) technology for a household survey with the exact location of every household in Vanuatu captured through Global Positioning System (GPS) handsets" and "the first time the VNSO used scanning technology to capture the information from the questionnaires into the computer database."[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Vanuatu census shows urban growth of 3.5 percent". Radio New Zealand International. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "National Population and Housing Census" (PDF). Vanuatu National Statistics Office. Retrieved 23 Sep 2014.


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