POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS 2014 MAIN REPORT Tab1e 4.2 Population by region, sex and urban-rural residence, 2014 Region Total Male Female Urban Rural Northern 1,284,310 631,2O5 653,105 412,880 871,430 Central 2,106,944 1,039,517 1,067,427 1,203,118 903,826 Southern 98O,775 482,310 498,465 301,224 679,551 Eastern l,412,006 697,431 714,575 388,902 1,023,104 Total 5,784,035 2,850,463 2,933,572 2,306,124 3,477,911 Note: Figures exclude the institutional popu1ation enumerated separately. Source: National Statistical Organization, 2014 Population and Housing Census. ~~ 48 ~~ Tbe census night was 14 to 15 August 2014. Enumeration lasted twelve days in rural areas and ten days in urban areas. Households absent on the census nigbt were revisited twice before being recorded as not enumerated.