1. To provide the Surinamese government, private sector, and scientific and & research community with up to date, accurate and comprehensive demographic, social, economic and cultural data which can be used for national and regional planning, as well as for research purposes.
2. To strengthen the national capacity in collecting, processing and analyzing data resulting from Population and Housing Censuses.
3. Plan and execute a General Population and Housing Census of Suriname and process, analyze and disseminate its final results within 21/4 years of enumeration.
4. Provide means to verify the adequacy of the continuous Population Register of the Civil Registry Office.

Census reference moment:

02 August 2004, 00.00 hour


Executing Agency:

Census Office of the General Bureau of Statistics (GBS), under the direction of the National Census Officer, also the Director of the GBS.


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“Statistical thinking will one day
be as necessary for efficient citizenship
as the ability to read and write”
(H.G. Wells)