Natalia Gataullina: “Census survey is a unique data source”

The census survey will be held throughout the country from October 1 till October 31, 2020.

On October 1, 2020 the National population census will start on the territory of the Russian Federation. Subsidies in the amount of 60 million rubles will be received from the Federal budget for its holding in the Republic of Tatarstan. This was announced today during the briefing at the Cabinet of Ministers of Tatarstan by the head of Tatarstan statistics service Natalia Gataullina.

“In many aspects, the 2020 population census will be unique. The main focus will be on the use of new technologies: self-filling of electronic census forms by the residents of the Republic on a Public Services portal, the possibility to participate in the census at the multifunctional centers of state and municipal services (MFC), as well as the use of tablets instead of paper by the census takers. Thanks to innovations, the census process becomes more convenient”, - N.Gataullina noted.

Thus, from October 1 till October 25, 2020 any resident of the country who has an account in the Unified system of identification and authentication (USIA) will be able to individually respond the Internet census on the Public services portal. At the same time, the online census form can be filled for all family members. It will be possible to take part the Internet census at the multifunctional centers (MFC), using the guest computers with Internet access.

The census takers will begin the survey on October 4. They will conduct the census using tablet computers with the Russian operating platform. “Paper census survey forms can be used as a backup for the collecting information”, - the speaker added.

Besides, during the entire census period, from October 1 till October 31, stationary sites will operate, where it will also be possible to take part in the census.

Presently, the census information base is being formed – the list of addresses is being updated, the lists and boundaries of administrative-territorial units and municipalities are being specified, N.Gataullina told the journalists.

“The census survey is a unique data source of the population, household sector, marital status, education level, nationalities and others", - N.Gataullina said. On the basis of the collected data, program of the social and economic development of the country will be formed.

The previous National population census was conducted in 2010. According to its results, 1 million 143 thousand 535 people lived in Kazan at that time, of which 635 thousand 152 women and 508 thousand 383 men. In general, according to the census, 3 million 786 thousand 488 residents are registered in the Republic, among them 2 million 38 thousand 45 women and 1 million 748 thousand 443 men.

According to the Tatarstan statistics service, 2.7% of the population of the entire Russian Federation lives in the Republic. The population of Tatarstan by 2019 was 3 million 898.6 thousand people, of which 76.9% - urban population, 23.1% – rural.