census
nounUK /ˈsɛnsəs/
US /ˈsɛnsəs/
A census is a count of all the people in a place.
The government takes a census every ten years to find out how many people live in the country.
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2. An official count of things other than people, such as animals or houses.
The park rangers did a census of the deer in the forest.
3. The process of collecting and recording information about a group.
The school carried out a census of all the books in the library.
4. A record or list produced by such a count.
The old census shows how many families lived in the village long ago.