The SAMRC UHC/NHI Forum is an open meeting for those interested in developments, learning and plans related to the Universal Health Coverage and the National Health Insurance in South Africa and globally.

The results of the 2022 South African census were released in October 2023. It estimated the population of South Africa to be 62 million after allowing for an estimate that nearly a third of the population was not counted, at least a million more than a range of local and global predictions. In this webinar, we investigate the as yet incomplete dataset that has been placed in the public domain, and identify a number of implausibilities, inconsistencies and problems with the data. These call into question the utility of the data, without adjustment, for public policy and planning purposes. We consider the enumeration, the extent to which the count was adjusted to account for the undercount, the need for alternative estimates of the population numbers, as well as possible lessons to be learnt for future censuses.

Presentation

South Africa Census 2022 early findings, implausibilities and inconsistencies, presented by Prof Tom Moultrie and Prof Emeritus Rob Dorrington