A government data collection system in which the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of all or part of the population are continuously recorded. Denmark, Sweden, and Israel are among the countries that maintain universal registers for demographic purposes — recording the major events (birth, marriage, moves, death) that happen to each ind [..]

A list of people living in an area. Population registers were common in Belgium and the Netherlands.

A population register denotes a system of continuous registration in a country. In these registers, every member of the population or every family may be represented, and the register is maintained or [..]