Cecrops, King of Athens: the First (?) Recorded Population Census in History

P>In 16th century B.C., Cecrops, the legendary first king of Athens, took a census of his subjects that had all the properties of a population census. Each person was commanded to cast a single stone and by counting the stones, it was found that they were twenty thousand inhabitants. With respect to the history of statistics, this Cecrops' census appears to be (?) the earliest real recorded population census ever reported.Resume Pendant le XVIe siecle avant J.C., Cecrops, le premier roi legendaire d'Athenes fit un recensement de ses sujets qui avait tous les caracteristiques d'un recensement de la population. Chaque personne etait ordonnee a jeter une seule pierre et en comptant les pierres, on trouva qu'il y avait vingt mille habitants. En ce qui concerne l'histoire de la statistique, ce recensement apparait (?) comme le premier recensement de population jamais enregistre.