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The international road to new forms of data collection

CBS hosted two UNECE workshops in October, on data collection and statistics communication.

How data determine who are the people of Europe

How data determine who are the people of Europe

Big data in official statistics

The use of Big data in official statistics requires methodological innovations.

Statistical data confidentiality high on the agenda

Statistical data confidentiality high on the agenda

Census-taking in the Balkans

In Croatia, Bosnia and North Macedonia, the population census is still carried out in a traditional fashion, using pen and paper

EU mission visits Northern Cyprus statistical office

advice on the latest developments as well as the quality of statistics at the statistical office of Northern Cyprus

The international road to new forms of data collection

CBS hosted two UNECE workshops in October, on data collection and statistics communication.

Nearly half a million Dutch live elsewhere in Europe

Many Dutch people make use of the right of free movement of persons within Europe: at the start of 2011 nearly half a million Dutch people were living in other European countries. Belgium in particular is a popular country for the Dutch.

Dutch people in Europe: figures from the European census

Dutch census saves time and money

Population censuses have a centuries-long tradition.

Dutch Census 2011

The book “Dutch Census 2011” gives some key figures of the Netherlands, a global historical comparison with earlier Dutch Censuses, a comparison of some results with other European countries, information about foreigners in the Netherlands and Dutch people in Europe and a comparison of the Caribbean Netherlands with the Frisian Islands. Finally, new census methods are explained.

Arco van Strien of Statistics Netherlands has been awarded

The European Bird Census Council held its 19th congress Bird Numbers in Cluj, Romania on 16-21 September 2013. On the occasion of this congress, attended by some 250 participants form across Europe, Arco van Strien (Statistics Netherlands) presented a lecture on how bird censuses can be conducted and the possibilities of deriving Europe-wide trends from non-standardised data.

Statistics: an information source for everyone

Agricultural census; types of holdings, regional division, 1992 - 2000

Number of holdings, crops, cattle and workers by type of holding (dsus) and regions

The Dutch Virtual Census of 2001