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I've visited Australia as a tourist (whom just conducted a census recently) and they count them, like WTF?! They don't even live in the country yet make it mandatory for them whilst they're physically present since they don't bind census data to citizenship, rather EVERYBODY who is on their turf from citizen to visitor.
In that case, tourists are given a form upon visiting a info center or by their hotel. If they're staying at an AirBnB or at relatives place: the landlord or property owner has to acknowledge that other occupants are present on their form. To Australia, it doesn't matter if you're a citizen or tourist: YOU must complete the census.
That's in stark contrast to the US: where census data is only collected from citizens omitting tourists.
Well, we count all persons residing in a state or territory of the US.
It’s about allocating resources (and votes in the electoral college and house of reps.)
So people who are undocumented are counted as well- or they try to, anyways. They’re not supposed to use census data for anything other than resource allocation, but with this current admin…. Uh… yeah.
That's how a census works. They're trying to understand how many people are in the country, including tourists. USA doesn't do that, but I hope you're not confusing the census for voting rights.
Non-citizen long-term residents are also included in the US.