Table 2. Density of Source Data and Estimated Sample Sizes, by Country and Decade of Census

Density of Source Microdata (%)

Person Records in Sample (000s)

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Argentina

3

2

2

100

100

500

469

559

3,262

3,700

Bolivia

.

100

.

100

100

.

461

.

642

830

Brazil

25

25

25

12

10

7,028

9,252

11,752

14,205

17,000

Chile

1

5

100

100

100

88

443

1,133

1,335

1,520

Colombia

2

100

100

100

100

350

1,989

2,643

3,275

4,000

Costa Rica

6

100

100

.

100

82

187

242

.

360

Dominican Republic

7

7

8

100

100

203

272

476

761

840

Ecuador

3

17

100

100

100

136

924

835

965

1,260

El Salvador

1

5

.

100

100

26

176

.

512

630

Guatemala

5

5

5

100

100

210

290

302

833

1,270

Honduras

1

10

100

.

100

19

278

425

.

610

Mexico

1.5

1

n.a.

100

100

503

483

.

8,028

10,100

Nicaragua

n.a.

10

.

100

.

.

189

.

436

.

Panama

5

20

100

100

100

54

286

182

233

280

Paraguay

5

10

100

100

100

90

234

303

415

550

Peru

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

100

100

.

.

.

2,205

2,710

Puerto Rico

n.a. 

3

7

6

6

235

81

224

211

234

Uruguay

5

100

100

100

.

128

279

296

316

.

Venezuela

2

22

100

30

100

132

1,060

1,452

1,802

2,420

Total

9,784

17,353

20,824

39,436

48,314

. = No census taken in this decade; no sample possible.

n.a. = Microdata incomplete or missing, but census was taken.