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Census enumerators ask questions to a family member while collecting information to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Census enumerators ask questions to a family member while collecting information to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

A census enumerator, left, asks questions to a man in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 as the country holds a national census to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

A census enumerator, left, asks questions to a man in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 as the country holds a national census to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

A census enumerator asks questions to a family member while collecting information to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

A census enumerator asks questions to a family member while collecting information to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Census enumerators ask questions to family members while collecting information to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Census enumerators ask questions to family members while collecting information to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Myanmar census enumerators walk toward a neighborhood in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 as the country holds a national census to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Myanmar census enumerators walk toward a neighborhood in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 as the country holds a national census to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

A census enumerator, foreground right, asks questions to a family in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 as the country holds a national census to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

A census enumerator, foreground right, asks questions to a family in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 as the country holds a national census to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

A census enumerator puts sticker at entrance of a house after they collected information in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 as the country holds a national census to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

A census enumerator puts sticker at entrance of a house after they collected information in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 as the country holds a national census to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

A soldiers provides security to census enumerators who collect information in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 as the country holds a national census to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

A soldiers provides security to census enumerators who collect information in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 as the country holds a national census to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Census enumerators prepare to collect information from public in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 as the country holds a national census to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends. A sign at an administration office reads " Village maternal and children care association." (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Census enumerators prepare to collect information from public in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 as the country holds a national census to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends. A sign at an administration office reads " Village maternal and children care association." (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Census enumerators prepare to collect information from public in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 as the country holds a national census to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Census enumerators prepare to collect information from public in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 as the country holds a national census to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

A census enumerator puts sticker at entrance of a house after they collected information in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 as the country holds a national census to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

A census enumerator puts sticker at entrance of a house after they collected information in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 as the country holds a national census to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

A census enumerator, right, asks questions to a family in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 as the country holds a national census to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

A census enumerator, right, asks questions to a family in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 as the country holds a national census to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)