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CPS2147 Ezatul Nisha Abdul Rahman et al.

Digital transformation on Population and
Housing Census of Malaysia 2020
Ezatul Nisha Abdul Rahman, Hamka Ismail, Fatimah Az-Zahra Abdul Shukor,
Fatin Nabilah Sabri, Wan Nor Elina Wan Setapa
Population and Demographics Statistics Division, Department of Statistics Malaysia

Abstract
In preparation for Malaysia Population and Housing Census 2020 (MyCensus
2020), Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) aims to modernise and
improve the census implementation in 2020 through Malaysia Census
Transformation Program (MyCTP). This paper seeks to highlight and explain
the modernisation for Census 2020, and to compare and contrast it with
similar census transformation program implemented by other countries such
as the United Kingdom, United States of America, New Zealand and Australia.
MyCTP focuses on six elements of innovation which are modernising address
register integrating administrative data from other government agencies
(OGA), improving selfresponse rate, modernising census operation,
establishing one stop centre for data dissemination through Census Portal and
increasing census data security. This paper also discusses the strategy and
timeline of implementation for MyCTP, as well as the risks and benefits that
will be faced before, during and after MyCensus 2020.

Keywords
Census transformation, census methodology, population, administrative data,
integrated database

1. Introduction
Malaysia's population is projected to rise to 33.8 million by 2020,
compared to 28.6 million in 2010. Meanwhile, the number of dwellings is
projected to reach 9.9 million in 2020 compared to 7.4 million in 2010. The
Census 2020 will have ramifications by multiple environmental factors that
have the potential to impact its success such as changing of population profile,
extensive use of ICT, complex modus operandi and also dynamic and
demanding user. Hence, all these factors lead to the needs of Malaysia Census
Transformation Programme (MyCTP).
MyCTP is a transformation that encompasses six elements of innovation
in the implementation of the Population and Housing Census of Malaysia,
2020 which are modernisation of listing methods, integrating administrative
data, increasing self-response rate, modernisation in field work, census portal
as a one-stop centre and increasing data security.

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