Demography

Demography refers to various statistics describing a population, such as size, rate of change, urbanisation, household size and family composition.

The key components of population change (fertility, mortality and migration) are measured separately.

Migration data captures the movement of people from one area to another. Migration can be measured by flow (arrivals, departures or net migration), type (international or internal) and nature (short-term, long-term or permanent). Data on labour migration is often captured separately.

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Kiribati Census Atlas

July 25, 2022

Kiribati Census Atlas provides insights into people and housing across the islands.

Taming the ever-evolving COVID-19 pandemic through the power of data in the Pacific Data Hub

March 11, 2021

Though less affected than some regions of the world, the Pacific has not been spared from COVID-19.

Pre-COVID-19 baseline indicators for 9 Pacific Island countries

December 14, 2020

As the world is facing an unprecedented crisis with the Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Pacific region has not been as affected as the rest of the world when it comes to infection rates, but the economic implication of the pandemic has been catastrophic across many of the 22 Pacific Island countries and territories.

Population Registers: A Key Resource for Producing Vital Statistics brief

October 28, 2020

Technological advances have increased the potential uses of population registers for producing statistics.

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Topic Dataflows

PDH.stat datasets

.statPopulation densities
Population densities for Pacific Island Countries and Territories based on mid-year population projections and available informaiton about land area.
.statPopulation projections
Population projections for Pacific Island Countries and territories from 1950 to 2050, by sex and by 5-years age groups.
.statHousehold counts, population and average household size
Household counts, population and average household size down to sub-national level 1 (when available) based on reported figures from census.

Key Reports

pdfNational assessment of the Solomon Islands food system
PDF | 8.96 MB | Farmery A.K.

pdfKiribati Census Atlas
PDF | 8.03 MB

pdfGuidelines for the harmonisation of census and survey microdata
PDF | 6.43 MB

pdfCovid-19 Cook Islands baseline metrics
PDF | 1.02 MB