GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY

  Population census is the physical counting of people living in an area or country every after years. Reasons / rationale for carrying out a population census To enable the calculation of per capita income so as to indicate the standard of living. The per capita income is the ratio of the total income to the total population of the country. To establish the size of a country's population so as to facilitate planning, example planning for employment, housing and educational facilities requires accurate population figures. To establish the distribution of the population. This focuses on age, gen: (sex), level of education and spatial distribution. This enables the government to allocate resources appropriately in the country. To establish the quality of the country's population. This mainly focuses on a level of education and the healthy status of the people in the country. This aids manpower planning in the country. To establish the size of the labourforce. The government wishe...

  what is the census? CENSUS is the process of collecting, compiling, and publishing demographic, economic, and social data pertaining to a specific time or times to all persons in the country or delineated territory. The following are the reasons why government of Tanzania should carry out population census: To determine total population . census involve counting all people who slept in the country on the day of the counting. census therefore is used to establish the number of people or total population at a particular point in time. for example total population of Tanzania for the 2010 census was 55 million people. To determine the trend of population over time. through periodic census one is able to determine how population has increasing or decreasing over time. for example through census tanzanian goverment have been able to determine that its population is increasing and the proportion of children and youth is also increasing To plan for basic facilities to help in distribu...