Marcos: Provide truthful information to census questions
At A Glance
- According to the PSA, the 2024 POPCEN-CBMS is a nationwide data collection activity that aims to update the country's total population and the list of beneficiaries of the government's social protection programs. Enumeration will start on July 15.
President Marcos has urged the public to participate and truthfully answer the questions during the 2024 Population Census and Community-based Monitoring System (POPCEN-CBMS) from July to September 2024.

Marcos said this as he declared July 2024 “National Census and Community-based Monitoring System Month” to support the 2024 POPCEN-CBMS.
The POPCEN-CBMS is a nationwide government undertaking that involves the collection, compilation, evaluation, analysis, publication, and dissemination of data on population count, demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the population, housing statistics, and other relevant data from the barangay level up to the regional scope.
In the two-page Proclamation No. 627 signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on July 9, the President urged the public to participate in the census and provide truthful answers.
"All citizens and residents of the Philippines are encouraged to cooperate with the PSA and its census enumerators in the conduct of the 2024 POPCEN-CBMS, by providing truthful and complete information in response to census questions, subject to existing laws, rules, and regulations,” the proclamation read.
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), through the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), is tasked to lead, coordinate, and supervise the observance.
According to the PSA, the 2024 POPCEN-CBMS is a nationwide data collection activity that aims to update the country’s total population and the list of beneficiaries of the government’s social protection programs. Enumeration will start on July 15.
All national government agencies and instrumentalities, including government-owned or -controlled corporations (GOCCs) and state universities and colleges (SUCs), are directed to observe the celebration.
Local government units, non-government organizations, professional associations, and the private sector, are encouraged to support and assist the NEDA and PSA and participate in the observance of the National Census and CBMS Month.
Executive Order (EO) No. 352 (s. 1996) requires the conduct of nationwide censuses and surveys and the regular maintenance/processing of administrative-based records. These include the POPCEN every 10 years, and the mid-decade POPCEN every five years.