Population Data Quality - Rankings

The accuracy of population data varies widely across countries. In order to take account of the problems and to assess the relative accuracy of population estimates World Economics has produced a Population Data Quality Rating (PDQR). The ratings cover three factors: Census year, Statistical capacity and Registration of live births. Learn more...






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Country Rank
Order		 Grade
(A-E)		 World Economics Population Quality Index Census
Years out-of-date
 Satistical Capacity
Index		 Registration of Births
%
Switzerland 1 A 98.1 0 90.3 100.0%
Poland 2 A 96.7 3 94.7 100.0%
Slovenia 3 A 96.6 3 94.2 100.0%
Canada 4 A 96.5 3 93.5 100.0%
Ireland 5 A 96.4 2 89.4 100.0%
Estonia 6 A 96.3 3 92.8 100.0%
Lithuania 7 A 96.1 3 91.5 100.0%
Australia 8 A 96.0 3 90.9 100.0%
Slovak Republic 9 A 95.7 3 89.8 100.0%
United States 10 A 95.7 4 93.4 100.0%
France 11 A 95.6 4 92.8 100.0%
United Kingdom 12 A 95.6 3 88.9 100.0%
Armenia 13 A 95.4 2 85.0 99.3%
Korea, Rep. 14 A 95.3 4 91.5 100.0%
Japan 15 A 95.2 4 90.9 100.0%
Mexico 16 A 94.8 4 91.6 97.0%
North Macedonia 17 A 94.8 3 85.3 99.8%
Singapore 18 A 94.8 4 88.8 99.9%
Türkiye 19 A 94.8 3 86.7 98.4%
Malta 20 A 94.7 3 84.8 100.0%
Russia 21 A 94.4 3 82.9 100.0%
Mauritius 22 A 94.2 2 78.3 100.0%
Brazil 23 A 93.9 2 80.6 96.4%
Taiwan 24 A 93.9 4 0.0 91.3%
Mongolia 25 A 93.8 4 84.0 99.6%
New Zealand 26 A 93.8 6 91.3 100.0%
Kazakhstan 27 A 93.7 3 79.8 99.7%
Kyrgyzstan 28 A 93.7 2 76.8 98.9%
Saudi Arabia 29 A 93.2 4 81.5 99.2%
Thailand 30 A 93.2 4 81.1 99.8%
Malaysia 31 A 93.1 4 80.4 100.0%
Argentina 32 B 92.9 4 79.5 99.7%
Ukraine 33 B 92.7 4 78.7 99.8%
Colombia 34 B 92.4 6 87.3 96.8%
Philippines 35 B 92.4 4 85.2 91.8%
Chile 36 B 92.1 7 86.8 99.4%
Belarus 37 B 92.0 5 78.7 100.0%
Kuwait 38 B 91.0 2 62.4 100.0%
Panama 39 B 90.8 4 72.3 96.7%
Egypt 40 B 90.7 7 80.1 99.4%
Qatar 41 B 90.4 4 66.8 100.0%
Georgia 42 B 90.1 10 89.3 98.5%
Vietnam 43 B 90.0 5 72.3 96.1%
Italy 44 B 89.8 12 93.6 100.0%
Guatemala 45 B 89.7 6 74.3 96.4%
Moldova 46 B 89.7 10 86.1 99.6%
Denmark 47 B 89.4 13 95.3 100.0%
Peru 48 B 89.4 7 76.5 96.4%
Sweden 49 B 89.3 13 94.4 100.0%
Netherlands 50 B 89.2 13 94.3 100.0%
Spain 51 B 89.2 13 94.3 100.0%
Norway 52 B 89.1 13 93.6 100.0%
Portugal 53 B 89.1 13 93.8 100.0%
Austria 54 B 88.9 13 92.6 100.0%
China 55 B 88.9 4 59.5 100.0%
Germany 56 B 88.9 13 92.5 100.0%
Hungary 57 B 88.8 13 92.2 100.0%
Finland 58 B 88.7 14 95.1 100.0%
Indonesia 59 B 88.7 4 81.4 77.0%
Latvia 60 B 88.7 13 91.4 100.0%
Oman 61 B 88.7 4 58.2 100.0%
Czechia 62 B 88.6 13 91.0 100.0%
Jordan 63 C 88.6 9 78.1 98.0%
Belgium 64 C 88.5 13 90.5 100.0%
Greece 65 C 88.5 13 90.6 100.0%
Azerbaijan 66 C 88.4 5 66.8 93.6%
Cabo Verde 67 C 88.2 3 60.5 91.4%
Luxembourg 68 C 88.2 13 88.9 100.0%
Romania 69 C 88.1 13 88.6 100.0%
Algeria 70 C 88.0 6 62.7 99.6%
Bulgaria 71 C 88.0 13 88.4 100.0%
Costa Rica 72 C 88.0 13 88.5 99.6%
Cyprus 73 C 88.0 13 88.0 100.0%
Croatia 74 C 87.8 13 87.0 100.0%
Tunisia 75 C 87.7 10 75.8 99.9%
Bhutan 76 C 87.4 7 63.1 99.9%
Serbia 77 C 87.2 13 84.4 99.9%
Albania 78 C 87.1 13 85.1 98.4%
Morocco 79 C 87.0 10 75.4 96.9%
Iceland 80 C 86.7 13 81.7 100.0%
Sri Lanka 81 C 86.6 12 80.2 97.2%
Uruguay 82 C 86.6 13 81.1 99.8%
Israel 83 C 86.5 15 87.9 100.0%
Mali 84 C 86.2 5 63.0 86.7%
Tajikistan 85 C 85.9 4 48.6 95.8%
Burkina Faso 86 C 85.8 6 74.3 76.9%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 87 C 85.6 11 69.4 99.5%
Ghana 88 C 85.5 3 68.2 70.6%
United Arab Emirates 89 C 85.2 14 77.6 100.0%
South Africa 90 C 84.6 13 82.4 88.6%
Honduras 91 C 84.4 11 65.8 97.0%
Bolivia 92 C 84.0 12 72.5 91.9%
India 93 C 82.9 13 73.6 89.1%
Cambodia 94 D 84.0 5 65.0 73.3%
Kenya 95 D 83.8 5 70.6 66.9%
Sierra Leone 96 D 83.8 9 61.8 90.4%
Jamaica 97 D 83.4 13 67.4 98.0%
Turkmenistan 98 D 83.2 4 30.7 99.9%
Brunei 99 D 83.0 13 63.2 99.9%
Senegal 100 D 83.0 11 77.2 78.7%
Dominican Republic 101 D 82.9 14 74.1 92.2%
Ecuador 102 D 82.9 14 79.1 87.2%
Rwanda 103 D 82.9 12 73.1 85.6%
Benin 104 D 82.6 11 68.0 85.6%
Myanmar 105 D 82.6 10 68.6 81.3%
Guyana 106 D 82.3 12 58.1 98.1%
Suriname 107 D 82.2 12 57.2 98.3%
Malawi 108 D 82.1 6 65.6 67.2%
Comoros 109 D 81.6 7 46.7 87.3%
Madagascar 110 D 81.0 6 53.4 73.8%
Trinidad and Tobago 111 D 80.9 13 56.1 96.5%
Cote d'Ivoire 112 D 80.7 10 68.9 71.7%
El Salvador 113 D 80.6 17 74.9 91.2%
Botswana 114 D 80.5 13 63.3 87.5%
Paraguay 115 D 80.4 12 75.6 71.0%
Laos 116 D 80.1 9 60.9 73.0%
Bahrain 117 D 79.9 14 51.6 100.0%
Bahamas, The 118 D 79.6 14 49.8 100.0%
Togo 119 D 79.4 14 66.1 82.9%
Gabon 120 D 79.1 11 46.8 89.6%
Nepal 121 D 78.6 13 64.0 77.2%
Mozambique 122 D 78.0 7 60.8 55.0%
Eswatini 123 D 77.8 7 61.2 53.5%
Namibia 124 D 77.7 13 58.7 78.1%
Niger 125 E 77.7 12 68.9 63.9%
Gambia 126 E 77.2 11 67.9 59.0%
Pakistan 127 E 77.0 7 68.6 42.2%
Nigeria 128 E 76.3 6 60.9 42.6%
Bangladesh 129 E 75.7 13 70.8 56.0%
Congo, Rep. 130 E 75.2 17 43.2 95.9%
Guinea 131 E 74.9 10 49.7 62.0%
Zimbabwe 132 E 74.8 12 69.7 48.7%
Lesotho 133 E 74.6 8 58.0 44.5%
Liberia 134 E 74.4 16 65.1 66.3%
Burundi 135 E 74.3 16 47.3 83.5%
Hong Kong 136 E 74.1 8 0.0 100.0%
Nicaragua 137 E 73.6 19 53.6 84.7%
Uganda 138 E 73.4 10 72.0 32.2%
Mauritania 139 E 73.3 11 62.5 44.8%
Libya 140 E 73.1 18 33.1 99.0%
Zambia 141 E 72.3 4 62.5 14.0%
Sudan 142 E 70.6 16 44.7 67.3%
Tanzania 143 E 70.4 12 69.9 26.4%
Uzbekistan 144 E 70.1 35 80.3 99.9%
Angola 145 E 70.0 10 62.3 25.0%
Cameroon 146 E 70.0 19 58.5 61.9%
Haiti 147 E 69.3 21 39.6 84.8%
Guinea-Bissau 148 E 67.3 15 45.9 46.0%
Chad 149 E 65.3 15 56.4 25.7%
Central African Republic 150 E 62.9 21 47.3 44.8%
Papua New Guinea 151 E 62.2 13 45.9 13.4%
Ethiopia 152 E 60.1 17 60.7 2.7%
Yemen, Rep. 153 E 58.5 20 35.7 30.7%
Congo, Dem. Rep 154 E 48.9 40 52.4 40.1%
Afghanistan 155 E 46.5 45 57.1 42.3%
Lebanon 156 E 31.4 81 58.2 98.9%


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Key:
Data Quality Index numbers shown on a scale of 0-100.
         0 = Poor, 100 = Excelent.

Statistical Capacity Index numbers shown on a scale of 0-100.
         0 = Low level of resrouces, 100 = High level of resources.


Grade definitions:
         A: As good as it gets
         B: Good
         C: Use with caution
         D: Poor
         E: Extremely poor quality



Notes:
Switzerland: Since 2010 the census has been conducted annually by the FSO. Information is taken from the population registers and complemented with random samples.




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