TheInstituto Nacional de Estatística orINE (Portuguese for 'National Institute for Statistics') is the government office for nationalstatistics ofPortugal. In the English language, it is also branded asStatistics Portugal.
The INE is one of the components of the Portuguese National Statistical System (SEN), which also includes the Higher Council of Statistics, theBank of Portugal and the regional statistical services the autonomous regions of the Azores and Madeira.
It was established in 1935, as the successor of theDirecão-Geral de Estatística ('Directorate-General for Statistics') which had been created in 1896.
The first population census known to be done in which is the Portugal of today was done in the year 1 AD by order of the Roman EmperorCaesar Augustus, covering the province ofLusitania. After the foundation of the independent Portugal, many censuses were conducted, one of the first relevant known being the Roll of the Crossbowmen done in the 13th century by order of KingAfonso III.
The first moderncensus in Portugal, done according to the scientific methodology established by theFirst International Statistical Congress, was carried out in 1864. A national census takes place every 10 years, the last one having been carried out in 2021 and the next one to be carried out in 2031.
The INE publishes theREVSTAT statistical journal.
The name "Instituto Nacional de Estatística" and the corresponding acronym "INE" is also used as the designation of the central statistical services of several other countries of theCommunity of Portuguese Language Countries, like those of Angola,Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique andSão Tomé and Príncipe.
INE is installed in anArt Deco building, designed specifically to serve as its headquarters by architectPorfírio Pardal Monteiro in 1931. Construction began in 1932, with the building opening in 1935. Being a landmark of early-20th-century Portuguese modern architecture, INE's headquarters was classified as a public interest monument in 2013.
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