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Years out-of-date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
%
Denmark 1 A 99.1 0 95.3 100.0%
Finland 2 A 99.0 0 95.1 100.0%
Sweden 3 A 98.9 0 94.4 100.0%
Norway 4 A 98.7 0 93.6 100.0%
Austria 5 A 98.5 0 92.6 100.0%
Germany 6 A 98.5 0 92.5 100.0%
Switzerland 7 A 98.1 0 90.3 100.0%
New Zealand 8 A 97.5 1 91.3 100.0%
Portugal 9 A 97.3 2 93.8 100.0%
Moldova 10 A 97.1 0 86.1 99.6%
Hungary 11 A 97.0 2 92.2 100.0%
Poland 12 A 96.7 3 94.7 100.0%
Netherlands 13 A 96.6 3 94.3 100.0%
Slovenia 14 A 96.6 3 94.2 100.0%
Spain 15 A 96.6 3 94.3 100.0%
Canada 16 A 96.5 3 93.5 100.0%
Estonia 17 A 96.3 3 92.8 100.0%
Iceland 18 A 96.3 0 81.7 100.0%
Romania 19 A 96.2 2 88.6 100.0%
Costa Rica 20 A 96.1 2 88.5 99.6%
Latvia 21 A 96.1 3 91.4 100.0%
Lithuania 22 A 96.1 3 91.5 100.0%
Albania 23 A 96.0 1 85.1 98.4%
Australia 24 A 96.0 3 90.9 100.0%
Czechia 25 A 96.0 3 91.0 100.0%
Belgium 26 A 95.9 3 90.5 100.0%
Greece 27 A 95.9 3 90.6 100.0%
Slovak Republic 28 A 95.7 3 89.8 100.0%
United States 29 A 95.7 4 93.4 100.0%
France 30 A 95.6 4 92.8 100.0%
Luxembourg 31 A 95.6 3 88.9 100.0%
United Kingdom 32 A 95.6 3 88.9 100.0%
Türkiye 33 B 95.5 2 86.7 98.4%
Armenia 34 B 95.4 2 85.0 99.3%
Bulgaria 35 B 95.4 3 88.4 100.0%
Serbia 36 B 95.4 2 84.4 99.9%
Uruguay 37 B 95.4 1 81.1 99.8%
Korea, Rep. 38 B 95.3 4 91.5 100.0%
Japan 39 B 95.2 4 90.9 100.0%
Mexico 40 B 94.8 4 91.6 97.0%
North Macedonia 41 B 94.8 3 85.3 99.8%
Singapore 42 B 94.8 4 88.8 99.9%
United Arab Emirates 43 B 94.8 1 77.6 100.0%
Malta 44 B 94.7 3 84.8 100.0%
Saudi Arabia 45 B 94.7 2 81.5 99.2%
Sri Lanka 46 B 94.7 1 80.2 97.2%
Argentina 47 B 94.4 2 79.5 99.7%
Kyrgyzstan 48 B 94.4 1 76.8 98.9%
Russia 49 B 94.4 3 82.9 100.0%
Brazil 50 B 93.9 2 80.6 96.4%
Taiwan 51 B 93.9 4 0.0 91.3%
Mongolia 52 B 93.8 4 84.0 99.6%
Kazakhstan 53 B 93.7 3 79.8 99.7%
Thailand 54 B 93.2 4 81.1 99.8%
Malaysia 55 B 93.1 4 80.4 100.0%
South Africa 56 B 92.7 2 82.4 88.6%
Ukraine 57 B 92.7 4 78.7 99.8%
Colombia 58 B 92.4 6 87.3 96.8%
Philippines 59 B 92.4 4 85.2 91.8%
Chile 60 B 92.1 7 86.8 99.4%
Belarus 61 B 92.0 5 78.7 100.0%
Ecuador 62 B 91.8 2 79.1 87.2%
Kuwait 63 B 91.7 1 62.4 100.0%
Jamaica 64 C 91.6 2 67.4 98.0%
Panama 65 C 90.8 4 72.3 96.7%
Egypt 66 C 90.7 7 80.1 99.4%
Qatar 67 C 90.4 4 66.8 100.0%
Senegal 68 C 90.4 1 77.2 78.7%
Rwanda 69 C 90.3 2 73.1 85.6%
Georgia 70 C 90.1 10 89.3 98.5%
Vietnam 71 C 90.0 5 72.3 96.1%
Italy 72 C 89.8 12 93.6 100.0%
Guatemala 73 C 89.7 6 74.3 96.4%
Peru 74 C 89.4 7 76.5 96.4%
Sierra Leone 75 C 89.0 2 61.8 90.4%
China 76 C 88.9 4 59.5 100.0%
Botswana 77 C 88.7 2 63.3 87.5%
Indonesia 78 C 88.7 4 81.4 77.0%
Oman 79 C 88.7 4 58.2 100.0%
Jordan 80 C 88.6 9 78.1 98.0%
Cabo Verde 81 C 88.2 3 60.5 91.4%
Algeria 82 C 88.0 6 62.7 99.6%
Cyprus 83 C 88.0 13 88.0 100.0%
Croatia 84 C 87.8 13 87.0 100.0%
Tunisia 85 C 87.7 10 75.8 99.9%
Bhutan 86 C 87.4 7 63.1 99.9%
Morocco 87 C 87.0 10 75.4 96.9%
Burkina Faso 88 C 86.5 5 74.3 76.9%
Israel 89 C 86.5 15 87.9 100.0%
Mali 90 C 86.2 5 63.0 86.7%
Ireland 91 C 86.0 16 89.4 100.0%
Mauritius 92 C 86.0 13 78.3 100.0%
Nepal 93 C 86.0 3 64.0 77.2%
Tajikistan 94 C 85.9 4 48.6 95.8%
Cote d'Ivoire 95 D 85.9 3 68.9 71.7%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 96 D 85.6 11 69.4 99.5%
Ghana 97 D 85.5 3 68.2 70.6%
Bolivia 98 D 84.0 12 72.5 91.9%
Cambodia 99 D 84.0 5 65.0 73.3%
Bangladesh 100 D 83.9 2 70.8 56.0%
Kenya 101 D 83.8 5 70.6 66.9%
Turkmenistan 102 D 83.2 4 30.7 99.9%
Brunei 103 D 83.0 13 63.2 99.9%
Dominican Republic 104 D 82.9 14 74.1 92.2%
India 105 D 82.9 13 73.6 89.1%
Benin 106 D 82.6 11 68.0 85.6%
Myanmar 107 D 82.6 10 68.6 81.3%
Guyana 108 D 82.3 12 58.1 98.1%
Suriname 109 D 82.2 12 57.2 98.3%
Zimbabwe 110 D 82.2 2 69.7 48.7%
Malawi 111 D 82.1 6 65.6 67.2%
Comoros 112 D 81.6 7 46.7 87.3%
Pakistan 113 D 81.4 1 68.6 42.2%
Azerbaijan 114 D 81.0 15 66.8 93.6%
Madagascar 115 D 81.0 6 53.4 73.8%
Trinidad and Tobago 116 D 80.9 13 56.1 96.5%
Uganda 117 D 80.8 0 72.0 32.2%
El Salvador 118 D 80.6 17 74.9 91.2%
Paraguay 119 D 80.4 12 75.6 71.0%
Laos 120 D 80.1 9 60.9 73.0%
Bahrain 121 D 79.9 14 51.6 100.0%
Bahamas, The 122 D 79.6 14 49.8 100.0%
Togo 123 D 79.4 14 66.1 82.9%
Honduras 124 D 79.2 18 65.8 97.0%
Gabon 125 D 79.1 11 46.8 89.6%
Mozambique 126 E 78.0 7 60.8 55.0%
Eswatini 127 E 77.8 7 61.2 53.5%
Hong Kong 128 E 77.8 3 0.0 100.0%
Tanzania 129 E 77.8 2 69.9 26.4%
Namibia 130 E 77.7 13 58.7 78.1%
Niger 131 E 77.7 12 68.9 63.9%
Haiti 132 E 77.5 10 39.6 84.8%
Gambia 133 E 77.2 11 67.9 59.0%
Nigeria 134 E 76.3 6 60.9 42.6%
Congo, Rep. 135 E 75.2 17 43.2 95.9%
Guinea 136 E 74.9 10 49.7 62.0%
Lesotho 137 E 74.6 8 58.0 44.5%
Liberia 138 E 74.4 16 65.1 66.3%
Burundi 139 E 74.3 16 47.3 83.5%
Zambia 140 E 73.8 2 62.5 14.0%
Nicaragua 141 E 73.6 19 53.6 84.7%
Mauritania 142 E 73.3 11 62.5 44.8%
Libya 143 E 73.1 18 33.1 99.0%
Sudan 144 E 70.6 16 44.7 67.3%
Uzbekistan 145 E 70.1 35 80.3 99.9%
Angola 146 E 70.0 10 62.3 25.0%
Cameroon 147 E 70.0 19 58.5 61.9%
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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