an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.

(in ancient Rome) the registration of citizens and their property, for purposes of taxation.

to take a census of (a country, city, etc.)

The entire nation is censused every 10 years.

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demographics , demography , enumeration , poll , population tally , statistics , statsnotes:a census is an official , periodic , count of the population; a consensus is an agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole , count , list , number , tally