[Organization]

Al Jazeera

[Title]

‘I’ve never been counted’: DR Congo’s first census in 42 years 

[Overview]

The census in DR Congo will begin with a digital mapping exercise in which teams will identify inhabited areas before household data collection starts.

The DRC covers more than 2.3 million square kilometers (888,000 square miles), and many communities remain difficult to reach because of poor roads, limited infrastructure and insecurity.

Henri Marie Kazadi, technical coordinator of the Central Census Office at the National Institute of Statistics, said the exercise would rely on digital tools rather than paper forms.​ 

[URL]

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/8/ive-never-been-counted-dr-congos-first-census-in-42-years