Censuses in the Dutch East Indies were censuses in the Dutch East Indies colony of the Netherlands.
The last census was conducted in 1930.
Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh, the former Commissioner-General of the Dutch Cape Colony, organized the first formal census of Java in 1795.
[1] Between 1880 and 1905, the Dutch East Indies conducted partial population counts every five years, with most of the data being limited to Java.
A third full census was planned for 1940 but was cancelled because of Japanese occupation of the Indies during World War II.