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South Africa’s 2022 census may not be accurate enough for official use: demographers explain what went wrong
The 2022 South African census set an undesirable record: it is the census with the highest undercount among those where the undercount is measured and reported by the United Nations Population Division. The reported undercount of 31% is some 10 percentage …