Referring to countries you have studied, explain why it is difficult to gather accurate population data in developing world countries. (12)

Translation

Countries with many official languages have to translate their census forms

Enumerators, unofficial languages

Countries have to employ enumerators who can speak multiple languages. (1)

Nigeria has six major languages and hundreds of unofficial languages (1)

Literacy levels

Low literacy levels - people are unable to complete the forms (1)

Size of population

Size of the population - the sheer size of some populations makes it very difficult to conduct a census (1)

Conflict

Conflict can make it too dangerous for enumerators to enter (1)

Out of date data

Data can quickly become out-of-date due to the high death rate (1)

Illegal immigrants

Illegal immigrants wish to avoid detection, (1) for example Burmese migrants

in Thailand (1

Shanty towns

Many people in developing countries may be living in shanty towns so have no official address (1)

Hard to reach areas

Inaccessibility makes some areas very difficult to reach within the time frame. (1) For example, Indonesia has many islands spread over a large area (1)