Statistical Center of Iran

SCI is the national body in charge of planning, performing and publishing national statistics on population and housing. The first nation-wide status belongs to 1955. Since then, SCI has run eight national statistics programs, including: • 1st National Population and Housing Census, 1956 • 2nd National Population and Housing Census, 1966 • 3rd National Population and Housing Census, 1976 • 4th National Population and Housing Census, 1986 • 4th-2 National Population and Housing Census, 1991 • 5th National Population and Housing Census, 1996 • 6th National Population and Housing Census, 2006 • 7th National Population and Housing Census, 2011 • 8th National Population and Housing Census, 2016 ==International cooperation==

During 2004-2007, the Statistical Center of Iran was selected as a member of the UN Statistical Commission. It was also selected as a member in the Governing Council of Statistical Institution for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) affiliated to ESCAP during 2005-2010. ==See also==