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Years out-of-date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 100.0 0 99.9 100.0%
Sweden 3 A 99.4 0 97.1 100.0%
Norway 4 A 99.3 0 96.6 100.0%
Austria 5 A 98.7 0 93.6 100.0%
Germany 6 A 98.7 0 93.5 100.0%
Netherlands 7 A 97.7 3 99.5 100.0%
Poland 8 A 97.7 3 99.7 100.0%
Estonia 9 A 97.5 3 98.7 100.0%
Switzerland 10 A 97.5 0 87.4 100.0%
Portugal 11 A 97.4 2 94.2 100.0%
Australia 12 A 97.3 3 97.7 100.0%
Romania 13 A 97.3 2 94.0 100.0%
Slovak Republic 14 A 97.2 3 97.1 100.0%
Slovenia 15 A 97.2 3 97.0 100.0%
Iceland 16 A 97.1 0 85.4 100.0%
Moldova 17 A 97.0 0 85.2 99.6%
Serbia 18 A 96.9 2 91.8 99.9%
Hungary 19 A 96.7 2 90.9 100.0%
Spain 20 A 96.7 3 94.5 100.0%
Bulgaria 21 A 96.6 3 93.9 100.0%
New Zealand 22 A 96.3 1 85.4 100.0%
Latvia 23 A 95.9 3 90.5 100.0%
Czechia 24 A 95.8 3 90.3 100.0%
Singapore 25 A 95.8 4 93.8 99.9%
Canada 26 A 95.6 3 89.1 100.0%
Korea, Rep. 27 A 95.6 4 93.0 100.0%
Luxembourg 28 A 95.6 3 89.2 100.0%
Mexico 29 A 95.6 4 95.6 97.0%
Malaysia 30 A 95.5 4 92.2 100.0%
United Arab Emirates 31 A 95.4 1 80.8 100.0%
United States 32 A 95.3 4 91.5 100.0%
Greece 33 B 95.3 3 87.5 100.0%
Mongolia 34 B 95.3 4 91.6 99.6%
Costa Rica 35 B 95.2 2 84.0 99.6%
North Macedonia 36 B 95.2 3 87.3 99.8%
Albania 37 B 94.9 1 79.7 98.4%
Türkiye 38 B 94.8 2 83.0 98.4%
Japan 39 B 94.6 4 87.7 100.0%
Lithuania 40 B 94.4 3 83.0 100.0%
Saudi Arabia 41 B 94.4 2 80.3 99.2%
Belgium 42 B 94.3 3 82.5 100.0%
Kazakhstan 43 B 94.1 3 81.9 99.7%
Russia 44 B 93.5 3 78.5 100.0%
Malta 45 B 93.4 3 77.9 100.0%
Oman 46 B 93.2 4 80.6 100.0%
United Kingdom 47 B 93.1 3 76.7 100.0%
Thailand 48 B 93.0 4 80.1 99.8%
Belarus 49 B 92.8 5 82.7 100.0%
Brazil 50 B 92.8 2 74.8 96.4%
Philippines 51 B 92.8 4 87.2 91.8%
Uruguay 52 B 92.7 1 67.6 99.8%
Sri Lanka 53 B 92.6 1 69.6 97.2%
Ecuador 54 B 92.3 2 81.5 87.2%
France 55 B 92.3 4 76.2 100.0%
Ukraine 56 B 92.3 4 76.3 99.8%
Kyrgyzstan 57 B 92.1 1 65.3 98.9%
Argentina 58 B 91.8 2 66.7 99.7%
Armenia 59 B 91.8 2 67.1 99.3%
Kuwait 60 B 91.8 1 62.8 100.0%
Colombia 61 B 91.6 6 83.3 96.8%
Panama 62 B 91.5 4 75.4 96.7%
Jamaica 63 B 91.2 2 65.4 98.0%
South Africa 64 C 90.9 2 73.2 88.6%
Chile 65 C 90.8 7 80.6 99.4%
Rwanda 66 C 90.8 2 75.9 85.6%
Qatar 67 C 90.0 4 65.1 100.0%
Italy 68 C 89.9 12 94.2 100.0%
Guatemala 69 C 89.6 6 74.0 96.4%
Jordan 70 C 89.6 9 83.5 98.0%
Cabo Verde 71 C 89.4 3 66.8 91.4%
Taiwan 72 C 89.3 4 70.0 91.3%
Botswana 73 C 89.2 2 65.7 87.5%
Georgia 74 C 89.2 10 84.4 98.5%
Egypt 75 C 89.1 7 72.1 99.4%
Senegal 76 C 88.6 1 68.0 78.7%
Tunisia 77 C 88.5 10 79.8 99.9%
Sierra Leone 78 C 88.1 2 57.4 90.4%
Peru 79 C 87.6 7 67.7 96.4%
Vietnam 80 C 87.6 5 60.4 96.1%
Tajikistan 81 C 87.3 4 55.5 95.8%
Hong Kong 82 C 87.2 3 47.2 100.0%
Algeria 83 C 87.1 6 57.9 99.6%
Cyprus 84 C 87.1 13 83.7 100.0%
Croatia 85 C 87.0 13 83.2 100.0%
Indonesia 86 C 87.0 4 72.7 77.0%
Bhutan 87 C 86.9 7 60.6 99.9%
Morocco 88 C 86.4 10 72.1 96.9%
Ireland 89 C 86.0 16 89.4 100.0%
China 90 C 85.8 4 43.7 100.0%
Mauritius 91 C 85.6 13 76.1 100.0%
Cote d'Ivoire 92 C 85.3 3 66.2 71.7%
Mali 93 C 85.3 5 58.1 86.7%
Ghana 94 C 85.1 3 65.8 70.6%
Israel 95 D 84.6 15 78.6 100.0%
Burkina Faso 96 D 84.5 5 64.0 76.9%
Nepal 97 D 84.4 3 56.1 77.2%
Bolivia 98 D 84.1 12 73.1 91.9%
Kenya 99 D 84.1 5 72.1 66.9%
Brunei 100 D 84.0 13 68.2 99.9%
Dominican Republic 101 D 83.4 14 76.4 92.2%
Comoros 102 D 83.3 7 55.0 87.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 103 D 83.0 11 56.5 99.5%
Bahrain 104 D 82.8 14 66.0 100.0%
Cambodia 105 D 82.8 5 59.1 73.3%
Guyana 106 D 82.3 12 58.0 98.1%
Suriname 107 D 82.3 12 57.5 98.3%
Azerbaijan 108 D 81.6 15 70.1 93.6%
Benin 109 D 81.6 11 63.2 85.6%
Malawi 110 D 81.4 6 61.9 67.2%
Myanmar 111 D 81.1 10 61.0 81.3%
Bangladesh 112 D 80.7 2 54.7 56.0%
El Salvador 113 D 80.5 17 74.3 91.2%
Paraguay 114 D 80.2 12 74.7 71.0%
Turkmenistan 115 D 80.2 4 16.1 99.9%
Trinidad and Tobago 116 D 80.1 13 52.0 96.5%
Zimbabwe 117 D 80.1 2 59.1 48.7%
Madagascar 118 D 79.9 6 48.0 73.8%
Uganda 119 D 79.5 0 65.3 32.2%
Bahamas, The 120 D 79.4 14 48.6 100.0%
Laos 121 D 79.3 9 57.0 73.0%
Gabon 122 D 79.2 11 47.1 89.6%
India 123 D 78.9 13 53.6 89.1%
Haiti 124 D 78.7 10 45.8 84.8%
Mozambique 125 D 78.2 7 61.9 55.0%
Honduras 126 E 78.1 18 60.0 97.0%
Niger 127 E 78.1 12 71.2 63.9%
Namibia 128 E 77.7 13 58.3 78.1%
Togo 129 E 77.6 14 57.2 82.9%
Pakistan 130 E 77.4 1 48.5 42.2%
Tanzania 131 E 77.1 2 66.7 26.4%
Nigeria 132 E 76.0 6 59.5 42.6%
Eswatini 133 E 75.9 7 52.1 53.5%
Congo, Rep. 134 E 75.6 17 45.2 95.9%
Burundi 135 E 75.3 16 52.3 83.5%
Guinea 136 E 75.2 10 51.1 62.0%
Gambia 137 E 74.8 11 55.7 59.0%
Lesotho 138 E 74.1 8 55.5 44.5%
Libya 139 E 73.9 18 37.4 99.0%
Zambia 140 E 73.9 2 62.8 14.0%
Nicaragua 141 E 73.5 19 53.1 84.7%
Mauritania 142 E 72.9 11 60.3 44.8%
Uzbekistan 143 E 72.0 35 89.7 99.9%
Liberia 144 E 71.7 16 51.7 66.3%
Sudan 145 E 71.0 16 47.0 67.3%
Cameroon 146 E 69.9 19 58.2 61.9%
Angola 147 E 68.1 10 52.7 25.0%
Guinea-Bissau 148 E 67.9 15 49.1 46.0%
Chad 149 E 64.9 15 54.6 25.7%
Central African Republic 150 E 64.4 21 54.8 44.8%
Papua New Guinea 151 E 61.4 13 41.6 13.4%
Yemen, Rep. 152 E 60.1 20 43.7 30.7%
Ethiopia 153 E 56.3 17 41.8 2.7%
Congo, Dem. Rep 154 E 48.9 40 52.5 40.1%
Afghanistan 155 E 45.6 45 52.5 42.3%
Lebanon 156 E 31.4 81 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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