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Population Data Quality - Rankings: 2026

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Years out-of-date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 98.2 0 92.8 100.0%
Finland 2 A 97.1 0 89.8 100.0%
Singapore 3 A 96.8 5 100.0 99.9%
Norway 4 A 95.1 0 91.0 100.0%
Switzerland 5 A 94.7 1 91.7 100.0%
Germany 6 A 93.2 0 88.6 100.0%
Canada 7 A 92.8 4 94.6 100.0%
New Zealand 8 A 92.3 2 82.3 100.0%
Australia 9 A 91.2 4 86.7 100.0%
Estonia 10 A 91.1 4 86.4 100.0%
Netherlands 11 A 90.9 4 82.9 100.0%
Iceland 12 A 90.8 0 79.0 100.0%
Austria 13 A 88.9 0 81.8 100.0%
Japan 14 A 88.9 5 85.4 100.0%
Luxembourg 15 A 88.9 4 74.8 100.0%
Belgium 16 A 87.6 4 81.7 100.0%
United States 17 A 87.6 5 89.6 100.0%
United Kingdom 18 A 87.2 4 78.7 100.0%
Lithuania 19 A 86.4 4 82.1 100.0%
Sweden 20 A 86.0 0 55.9 100.0%
Ireland 21 A 85.5 17 79.8 100.0%
Portugal 22 A 85.2 3 88.0 100.0%
Slovenia 23 A 85.1 4 86.0 100.0%
Korea, Rep. 24 A 85.0 5 80.4 100.0%
United Arab Emirates 25 A 84.9 2 68.4 100.0%
Poland 26 A 84.2 4 89.0 100.0%
Czechia 27 A 83.8 4 79.7 100.0%
Latvia 28 A 83.7 4 77.8 100.0%
Hong Kong 29 B 92.7 4 92.8 100.0%
Taiwan 30 B 88.2 5 86.4 91.3%
Uruguay 31 B 86.4 2 69.3 99.8%
France 32 B 85.7 5 79.0 100.0%
Saudi Arabia 33 B 85.2 3 86.6 99.2%
Chile 34 B 84.8 8 83.0 99.4%
Costa Rica 35 B 83.9 3 82.9 99.6%
Malta 36 B 82.9 4 89.1 100.0%
Israel 37 B 82.8 16 86.3 100.0%
Romania 38 B 82.1 3 89.9 100.0%
Italy 39 B 81.9 13 91.0 100.0%
Cabo Verde 40 B 81.7 4 67.4 91.4%
Malaysia 41 B 81.7 5 81.7 100.0%
Greece 42 B 81.3 4 81.4 100.0%
Slovak Republic 43 B 80.6 4 81.0 100.0%
Botswana 44 B 80.5 3 66.6 87.5%
Spain 45 B 80.4 4 71.3 100.0%
Georgia 46 B 79.5 11 82.8 98.5%
Hungary 47 B 79.5 3 86.3 100.0%
Cyprus 48 B 78.4 14 75.4 100.0%
Bulgaria 49 B 78.3 4 82.4 100.0%
North Macedonia 50 B 78.2 4 82.0 99.8%
Qatar 51 B 78.2 5 59.6 100.0%
Armenia 52 B 78.0 3 72.1 99.3%
Brazil 53 B 77.9 3 86.5 96.4%
Kazakhstan 54 B 77.4 4 81.7 99.7%
Colombia 55 B 76.9 7 84.4 96.8%
Oman 56 B 76.9 5 62.4 100.0%
Albania 57 B 76.7 2 75.2 98.4%
Mexico 58 B 76.2 5 92.3 97.0%
Croatia 59 B 76.1 14 76.8 100.0%
Moldova 60 B 76.1 1 67.4 99.6%
Kuwait 61 B 75.5 2 60.9 100.0%
Argentina 62 B 75.0 3 73.2 99.7%
Mongolia 63 B 75.0 5 82.6 99.6%
Brunei 64 B 74.8 14 50.5 99.9%
Sri Lanka 65 B 74.7 2 72.3 97.2%
Mauritius 66 B 73.9 14 66.7 100.0%
Panama 67 B 73.8 5 75.1 96.7%
Belarus 68 B 73.6 6 78.1 100.0%
Jamaica 69 B 73.6 3 57.3 98.0%
Bahrain 70 B 73.3 15 62.8 100.0%
Serbia 71 B 73.1 3 69.7 99.9%
Türkiye 72 B 73.0 3 72.2 98.4%
Thailand 73 B 71.8 5 66.9 99.8%
Tunisia 74 B 70.7 11 61.9 99.9%
Morocco 75 B 70.3 11 60.4 96.9%
Ukraine 76 B 70.1 5 56.2 99.8%
South Africa 77 B 60.2 3 7.7 88.6%
India 78 C 73.0 14 74.7 89.1%
Egypt 79 C 71.6 8 73.7 99.4%
Kyrgyzstan 80 C 71.4 2 70.8 98.9%
Guatemala 81 C 69.4 7 69.2 96.4%
Russia 82 C 67.8 4 64.1 100.0%
China 83 C 67.3 5 35.7 100.0%
Azerbaijan 84 C 67.1 16 65.5 93.6%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 85 C 65.9 12 50.5 99.5%
Algeria 86 C 64.7 7 39.9 99.6%
Jordan 87 C 64.6 10 71.8 98.0%
El Salvador 88 C 64.3 18 54.0 91.2%
Trinidad and Tobago 89 C 64.2 14 36.9 96.5%
Uzbekistan 90 C 61.9 36 67.7 99.9%
Nigeria 91 C 60.8 7 34.6 42.6%
Philippines 92 C 60.3 5 72.1 91.8%
Ecuador 93 C 57.7 3 58.2 87.2%
Bahamas, The 94 C 57.5 15 31.3 100.0%
Suriname 95 C 56.8 13 10.1 98.3%
Peru 96 C 56.1 8 62.0 96.4%
Bolivia 97 C 53.1 13 58.4 91.9%
Bhutan 98 C 52.6 8 43.9 99.9%
Paraguay 99 C 52.5 13 61.3 71.0%
Rwanda 100 C 52.4 3 53.9 85.6%
Guyana 101 C 49.3 13 27.5 98.1%
Bangladesh 102 D 56.7 3 66.0 56.0%
Tajikistan 103 D 52.5 5 58.0 95.8%
Senegal 104 D 49.1 2 55.4 78.7%
Ghana 105 D 47.2 4 54.4 70.6%
Tanzania 106 D 45.5 3 50.0 26.4%
Indonesia 107 D 44.6 5 56.7 77.0%
Burkina Faso 108 D 43.5 6 45.6 76.9%
Vietnam 109 D 43.5 6 44.4 96.1%
Benin 110 D 43.3 12 45.7 85.6%
Cote d'Ivoire 111 D 43.3 4 38.8 71.7%
Zambia 112 D 41.4 3 37.5 14.0%
Malawi 113 D 41.2 7 45.8 67.2%
Sierra Leone 114 D 40.2 3 36.8 90.4%
Nicaragua 115 D 39.8 20 32.4 84.7%
Namibia 116 D 39.5 14 31.6 78.1%
Kenya 117 D 39.0 6 41.0 66.9%
Dominican Republic 118 D 38.8 15 42.1 92.2%
Lesotho 119 E 42.9 9 50.8 44.5%
Nepal 120 E 41.3 4 42.4 77.2%
Pakistan 121 E 41.1 2 47.1 42.2%
Gambia 122 E 40.4 12 44.5 59.0%
Angola 123 E 39.1 11 44.9 25.0%
Laos 124 E 38.9 10 40.0 73.0%
Uganda 125 E 38.8 1 40.8 32.2%
Mali 126 E 37.8 6 38.7 86.7%
Togo 127 E 36.4 15 39.0 82.9%
Cambodia 128 E 36.1 6 42.5 73.3%
Niger 129 E 35.9 13 35.8 63.9%
Sudan 130 E 35.9 17 62.9 67.3%
Zimbabwe 131 E 35.7 3 34.6 48.7%
Mozambique 132 E 35.6 8 41.6 55.0%
Ethiopia 133 E 34.8 18 28.3 2.7%
Myanmar 134 E 34.8 11 48.9 81.3%
Madagascar 135 E 34.7 7 31.7 73.8%
Liberia 136 E 34.6 17 39.6 66.3%
Guinea 137 E 33.1 11 28.7 62.0%
Gabon 138 E 32.3 12 22.9 89.6%
Eswatini 139 E 32.0 8 24.6 53.5%
Cameroon 140 E 31.8 20 34.7 61.9%
Mauritania 141 E 31.4 12 18.0 44.8%
Honduras 142 E 30.0 19 31.3 97.0%
Chad 143 E 27.3 16 17.1 25.7%
Congo, Rep. 144 E 26.8 18 16.0 95.9%
Papua New Guinea 145 E 26.3 14 5.1 13.4%
Turkmenistan 146 E 25.9 5 4.4 99.9%
Guinea-Bissau 147 E 25.6 16 11.4 46.0%
Comoros 148 E 24.9 8 0.0 87.3%
Haiti 149 E 24.8 11 8.7 84.8%
Burundi 150 E 23.6 17 10.0 83.5%
Central African Republic 151 E 21.9 22 0.0 44.8%
Yemen, Rep. 152 E 21.6 21 12.1 30.7%
Libya 153 E 19.4 19 0.7 99.0%
Congo, Dem. Rep 154 E 19.0 41 16.6 40.1%
Afghanistan 155 E 15.0 46 12.3 42.3%
Lebanon 156 E 14.4 82 44.3 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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