recensement
census
noun ruh-sehns-MAHN Rare
Origin: From 'recenser' (to count), from Latin 'recensere' (to review).
Also means
count, tally
Usage Note
Recensement most often refers to the official population count — le recensement de la population — carried out in France by the INSEE every few years. It can also denote any systematic inventory or count, such as un recensement des espèces (a species survey).
Examples
"Le dernier recensement a compté soixante-sept millions d'habitants."
Natural Translation
The last census counted sixty-seven million inhabitants.

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