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World of Warcraft (WoW), is in fact, a world of its own. It has different races and factions, groups and governments, but more important than the groups, each character in the game is controlled by an individual. This makes WoW an actual virtual world. And where any sufficient population rests, there has to be a census. This is no different with the virtual world. The World of Warcraft census has been around for a couple of years and has kept people up to date with facts and figures from WoW.

So let's first talk about how the census is made. If you are a player of WoW, you can contribute to the census by downloading the census addon. This will allow the game to track your information, and add it to the list. For this reason, Blizzard admits that its numbers may not be as high as they should be. Not everyone who plays uses the addon. But there are a good number of people who do.

Also, the World of Warcraft census makes clear of exactly what it's counting. They only count players who are level 10 or higher, and they only count players that have been recently active. That being said, here are some interesting facts from the World of Warcraft census:

Last year, there were reports of the WoW community growing past 12 million users. According to the World of Warcraft census, there are just under 8 million users. But again, you have to take into account that this does not count newbie players, or inactive players.

Out of the 8 million people who play WoW, 55% of them are Alliance players. The other 45% are Horde players.

You can also use the World of Warcraft census to find out information on different races, like dwarfs, night elfs, blood elfs, humans, trolls and gnomes. You can find out numbers on which races join the Alliance or the Horde. You can also find out what class of player everyone is.