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 resources 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Years out-of-date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 Resources
Index		 Registration of Births
%
Denmark 1 A 100.0 0 100.0 100.0%
Finland 2 A 99.3 0 99.9 100.0%
Norway 3 A 96.2 0 96.6 100.0%
Sweden 4 A 96.0 0 97.1 100.0%
Singapore 5 A 95.0 5 93.8 99.9%
Netherlands 6 A 94.8 4 99.5 100.0%
Australia 7 A 94.0 4 97.7 100.0%
Estonia 8 A 93.9 4 98.7 100.0%
Switzerland 9 A 93.6 1 87.4 100.0%
Germany 10 A 93.5 0 93.5 100.0%
New Zealand 11 A 93.5 2 85.4 100.0%
Luxembourg 12 A 93.2 4 89.2 100.0%
Iceland 13 A 92.1 0 85.4 100.0%
Canada 14 A 91.2 4 89.1 100.0%
Austria 15 A 90.9 0 93.6 100.0%
Japan 16 A 89.2 5 87.7 100.0%
Korea, Rep. 17 A 88.3 5 93.0 100.0%
Slovenia 18 A 88.3 4 97.0 100.0%
United States 19 A 88.2 5 91.5 100.0%
Ireland 20 A 88.0 17 89.4 100.0%
Belgium 21 A 87.6 4 82.5 100.0%
United Arab Emirates 22 A 87.4 2 80.8 100.0%
Portugal 23 A 86.9 3 94.2 100.0%
United Kingdom 24 A 86.8 4 76.7 100.0%
Poland 25 A 86.7 4 99.7 100.0%
Uruguay 26 A 86.7 2 67.6 99.8%
Spain 27 A 86.4 4 94.5 100.0%
Latvia 28 A 86.3 4 90.5 100.0%
Lithuania 29 B 85.8 4 83.0 100.0%
Czechia 30 B 85.3 4 90.3 100.0%
France 31 B 85.1 5 76.2 100.0%
Costa Rica 32 B 84.7 3 84.0 99.6%
Slovak Republic 33 B 84.7 4 97.1 100.0%
Saudi Arabia 34 B 84.1 3 80.3 99.2%
Chile 35 B 83.9 8 80.6 99.4%
Malaysia 36 B 83.5 5 92.2 100.0%
Taiwan 37 B 83.5 5 70.0 91.3%
Romania 38 B 83.3 3 94.0 100.0%
Italy 39 B 82.9 13 94.2 100.0%
Greece 40 B 82.4 4 87.5 100.0%
Oman 41 B 82.3 5 80.6 100.0%
Bulgaria 42 B 82.0 4 93.9 100.0%
Cabo Verde 43 B 81.4 4 66.8 91.4%
Israel 44 B 81.3 16 78.6 100.0%
Hungary 45 B 80.9 3 90.9 100.0%
Georgia 46 B 80.7 11 84.4 98.5%
Moldova 47 B 80.7 1 85.2 99.6%
Cyprus 48 B 80.6 14 83.7 100.0%
Hong Kong 49 B 80.4 4 47.2 100.0%
Botswana 50 B 79.8 3 65.7 87.5%
Qatar 51 B 79.7 5 65.1 100.0%
North Macedonia 52 B 79.4 4 87.3 99.8%
Serbia 53 B 79.2 3 91.8 99.9%
Malta 54 B 79.0 4 77.9 100.0%
Albania 55 B 78.7 2 79.7 98.4%
Brunei 56 B 78.0 14 68.2 99.9%
Kazakhstan 57 B 78.0 4 81.9 99.7%
Mongolia 58 B 77.9 5 91.6 99.6%
Croatia 59 B 77.6 14 83.2 100.0%
Colombia 60 B 77.1 7 83.3 96.8%
Mauritius 61 B 77.1 14 76.1 100.0%
Armenia 62 B 76.9 3 67.1 99.3%
Türkiye 63 B 76.7 3 83.0 98.4%
Mexico 64 B 76.6 5 95.6 97.0%
South Africa 65 B 76.5 3 73.2 88.6%
Kuwait 66 B 75.8 2 62.8 100.0%
Jamaica 67 B 75.5 3 65.4 98.0%
Belarus 68 B 75.3 6 82.7 100.0%
Thailand 69 B 75.3 5 80.1 99.8%
Tunisia 70 B 75.0 11 79.8 99.9%
Bahrain 71 B 74.9 15 66.0 100.0%
Ukraine 72 B 74.7 5 76.3 99.8%
Brazil 73 B 74.6 3 74.8 96.4%
Panama 74 B 73.8 5 75.4 96.7%
Argentina 75 B 73.6 3 66.7 99.7%
Sri Lanka 76 B 73.0 2 69.6 97.2%
Morocco 77 B 72.5 11 72.1 96.9%
Russia 78 C 71.3 4 78.5 100.0%
Egypt 79 C 71.1 8 72.1 99.4%
Guatemala 80 C 70.3 7 74.0 96.4%
Kyrgyzstan 81 C 69.6 2 65.3 98.9%
Algeria 82 C 69.2 7 57.9 99.6%
Suriname 83 C 69.2 13 57.5 98.3%
China 84 C 69.1 5 43.7 100.0%
El Salvador 85 C 68.6 18 74.3 91.2%
Trinidad and Tobago 86 C 67.8 14 52.0 96.5%
Uzbekistan 87 C 67.6 36 89.7 99.9%
India 88 C 67.3 14 53.6 89.1%
Jordan 89 C 67.0 10 83.5 98.0%
Nigeria 90 C 67.0 7 59.5 42.6%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 91 C 66.9 12 56.5 99.5%
Azerbaijan 92 C 65.6 16 70.1 93.6%
Philippines 93 C 64.3 5 87.2 91.8%
Ecuador 94 C 63.1 3 81.5 87.2%
Bahamas, The 95 C 62.0 15 48.6 100.0%
Peru 96 C 57.8 8 67.7 96.4%
Rwanda 97 C 57.3 3 75.9 85.6%
Bhutan 98 C 56.9 8 60.6 99.9%
Bolivia 99 C 56.7 13 73.1 91.9%
Guyana 100 C 56.5 13 58.0 98.1%
Paraguay 101 C 55.8 13 74.7 71.0%
Bangladesh 102 D 53.5 3 54.7 56.0%
Senegal 103 D 51.8 2 68.0 78.7%
Tajikistan 104 D 51.8 5 55.5 95.8%
Cote d'Ivoire 105 D 50.7 4 66.2 71.7%
Tanzania 106 D 49.8 3 66.7 26.4%
Ghana 107 D 49.7 4 65.8 70.6%
Indonesia 108 D 49.5 5 72.7 77.0%
Burkina Faso 109 D 48.3 6 64.0 76.9%
Zambia 110 D 48.2 3 62.8 14.0%
Benin 111 D 47.5 12 63.2 85.6%
Kenya 112 D 47.4 6 72.1 66.9%
Dominican Republic 113 D 47.0 15 76.4 92.2%
Namibia 114 D 47.0 14 58.3 78.1%
Vietnam 115 D 47.0 6 60.4 96.1%
Niger 116 D 45.6 13 71.2 63.9%
Malawi 117 D 45.2 7 61.9 67.2%
Uganda 118 D 45.2 1 65.3 32.2%
Nicaragua 119 D 45.0 20 53.1 84.7%
Sierra Leone 120 E 44.9 3 57.4 90.4%
Nepal 121 E 44.6 4 56.1 77.2%
Lesotho 122 E 43.9 9 55.5 44.5%
Gambia 123 E 43.4 12 55.7 59.0%
Laos 124 E 42.7 10 57.0 73.0%
Mali 125 E 42.2 6 58.1 86.7%
Mauritania 126 E 41.9 12 60.3 44.8%
Mozambique 127 E 41.9 8 61.9 55.0%
Zimbabwe 128 E 41.5 3 59.1 48.7%
Pakistan 129 E 41.1 2 48.5 42.2%
Angola 130 E 41.0 11 52.7 25.0%
Togo 131 E 40.9 15 57.2 82.9%
Cambodia 132 E 40.5 6 59.1 73.3%
Eswatini 133 E 40.1 8 52.1 53.5%
Guinea 134 E 39.3 11 51.1 62.0%
Madagascar 135 E 39.1 7 48.0 73.8%
Comoros 136 E 38.9 8 55.0 87.3%
Myanmar 137 E 37.9 11 61.0 81.3%
Ethiopia 138 E 37.8 18 41.8 2.7%
Cameroon 139 E 37.7 20 58.2 61.9%
Gabon 140 E 37.7 12 47.1 89.6%
Liberia 141 E 37.3 17 51.7 66.3%
Honduras 142 E 37.1 19 60.0 97.0%
Papua New Guinea 143 E 37.0 14 41.6 13.4%
Chad 144 E 36.4 16 54.6 25.7%
Central African Republic 145 E 35.6 22 54.8 44.8%
Guinea-Bissau 146 E 35.0 16 49.1 46.0%
Burundi 147 E 34.2 17 52.3 83.5%
Haiti 148 E 34.1 11 45.8 84.8%
Congo, Rep. 149 E 34.0 18 45.2 95.9%
Sudan 150 E 32.2 17 47.0 67.3%
Yemen, Rep. 151 E 29.5 21 43.7 30.7%
Turkmenistan 152 E 28.8 5 16.1 99.9%
Libya 153 E 28.5 19 37.4 99.0%
Congo, Dem. Rep 154 E 27.9 41 52.5 40.1%
Afghanistan 155 E 25.4 46 52.5 42.3%
Lebanon 156 E 17.4 82 58.0 98.9%


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

Statistical Resources 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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