An official count of people in a group or area.
About Census
The registration and counting of people, usually for war or taxes. The Bible mentions a few censuses.
The first census was taken at Mount Sinai two years after the exodus. It counted Israelite males over 20 years old to assess military strength—603,550 in total (Numbers 1:1–3, 46). A special census of Levites, who served in the tabernacle instead of military duties, counted 22,000 males, with only 8,580 eligible for priestly service (Numbers 3:15, 39; 4:46–48).