The first census conducted by Augustus Caesar in Rome indicated there were approximately 350,000 males. Apparently females were not counted in this particular census.
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Caesar Augustus required the census
In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.
In the United States, a census is taken every ten years to renew numbers of the population along with other facts about the population. Other nations use some sort of census to also determine the size of their populations. Perhaps the census conducted by Caesar Augustus in the early days of the Roman Empire is the most famous one.
According to Luke's Gospel, Augustus Caesar had ordered a census of all the Roman Empire, for the taxation of its people. If there was such an empire-wide census during the time of Augustus, historians would expect to find mention of it from various sources throughout the empire, but there is nothing known. The author of Matthew's Gospel apparently knew nothing of the census, and the Jewish historian, Josephus, says that the census conducted in the year 6 CE under the Syrian governor Quirinius, was the first Roman census in the eastern Mediterranean area. This census was taken more than ten years after the death of King Herod.
Caesar Octavian/Augustus ruled at the time of Jesus Christ of Nazareth's birth. Octavian's stepson was Tiberius Caesar, whom ruled at Jesus' death. Jesus was executed under the Authority of Pontius Pilate, Roman Governor of Judea. Caesar Augustus ordered a census to be taken throughout the Roman Empire. (Luke 2:1) This census, although abhorrent to the Jews, forced Joseph to leave Nazareth and take Mary to Bethlehem (House of Bread).
The first census was conducted in 1957 in Kuwait
A number of countries conducted a census in 1901. Ireland conducted a census as did the United Kingdom. Most countries conduct a census every 10 years.
The first US Census was conducted in 1790 and every ten years thereafter.
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census is conducted after every 10 years
There never has been a worldwide census. The census in the US that was conducted in 2010 was a census of people living in the US and its possessions.