- In 3800 BCE, the Babylonian Empire took the world’s first known census – of farmgoods. They counted livestock and quantities of butter, honey, milk, wool, and vegetables.
- In 2 CE, China’s Han Dynasty took the oldest surviving census data, showing a population of 57.7 million people living in 12.4 million households. Chengdu, the largest city, had a population of 282,000.
- The first modern census in Britain in 1801 didn’t ask people to list their ages.
- The first census in the US in 1790 only cared about age if the person was a “free white male,” which was sorted by “16 years and upward” and “under 16 years.” All other categories were ageless.
- In 1853, Chile passed the first census law in South America.
- Britain’s attempt to take a census in India in 1871 was difficult because there were rumors that the goal of the count is to identify girls to be sent to England to fan Queen Victoria during a heatwave.
28 dezembro 2019
Census Fun Facts
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