Architectural Framework for An Integrated E-Demographic System Based on Browser-Server Structure: The Case of Nigeria

The advent of digital and information technologies has revolutionized demographic data collection, storage, and analysis processes, enabling more efficient and accurate information management systems. Globally, demographic data plays a crucial role in policy formulation, resource allocation, and health/socio-economic planning for national development. However, in Nigeria, the lack of synergies among the relevance agencies and the existing manual system of demographic data collection and processing presents numerous challenges, including inefficiencies, inaccuracies, security vulnerabilities and delays. This research paper proposes architectural framework for an integrated e-demographic system (IEDS) based on browser-server (B/S) structure to improve data accessibility, availability, security, and scalability. The system is designed to streamline demographic data collection, management, and analysis by utilizing a centralized server accessible via standard web browsers. This architecture doesn’t require any specialized software, is a user-friendly interface that allowing users to access the system from any device at any time with just an internet connectivity. The browser-server model ensures real-time data synchronization and facilitating up-to-date demographic analysis.