The
Instituto Nacional de Estatistica
or
INE
(
Portuguese
for "National Institute for Statistics") is the government office for national
statistics
of
Portugal
. In the
English language
it is also branded as
Statistics Portugal
.
The INE is one of the components of the Portuguese National Statistical System (SEN), which also includes the Higher Council of Statistics, the
Bank of Portugal
and the regional statistical services the autonomous regions of the Azores and Madeira.
It was established in
1935
, as the successor of the
Direcao-Geral de Estatistica
(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 Emperor
Caesar Augustus
, covering the province of
Lusitania
. After the foundation of the independent Portugal, many census were done, one of the first relevant known being the Roll of the Crossbowmen done in the
13th century
by order of King
Afonso III
.
The first modern
census
in Portugal, done accordingly with the scientific methodology established by the
First International Statistical Congress
, was carried out in 1864. A national census takes place every 10 years, the last one being carried away in 2011 and the next one to be carried away in 2021.
The INE publishes the
REVSTAT - Statistical Journal
.
The name "Instituto Nacional de Estatistica" and the corresponding acronym "INE" is also used as the designation of the central statistical services of several other countries of the
Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries
, like those of Angola,
Cape Verde
, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and
Sao Tome and Principe
.
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INE is installed in an
Art Deco
building, designed specifically to serve as its headquarters by architect
Porfirio Pardal Monteiro
in 1931. The building started to be being built in 1932, being inaugurated in 1935. Being a landmark of the early 20th century Portuguese modern architecture, INE's headquarters was classified as a public interest monument in 2013.
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