The population census, which was conducted on November 20, is the first national survey conducted in Iraq More than three decades ago, which represents an important step for future planning and development.
Al-Sudani said in a speech during a press conference, followed by the Iraqi News Agency (INA): “We have accomplished a step that is the most prominent within the framework of planning, development and development, and I thank the citizen for adhering to the curfew and cooperating with the census teams. I also extend my thanks to the mobile census teams and the Statistics Authority.” And the staff of the Ministry of Planning, the Statistics Authority in the region, and our security forces, and sincere thanks to the Fund United Nations For the population to keep pace with the population census process and provide support and support, as well as religious authorities and leaders for the great role they played in urging and encouraging them to provide information to the census teams.”
He added, “The population census was a step postponed for many years, and the last comprehensive census was in 1987,” noting that “Population census In 1997, the Kurdistan region was not included.”
He pointed out that “our government has made a commitment to conduct the population census and to support all political forces and constitutional authorities,” stressing “to continue the wheel of development that targets the reality of our current generation and future generations towards sustainable development.”
He stated that, “In light of the completion of the public database in… Governorates of Iraq In all, the population of Iraq reached more than 45 million, 407 thousand and 895 people,” noting that “the proportion of the urban population reached 70.3 percent and the rural population 29.7 percent.”
He explained that “the number of families reached 7 million 898 thousand and 588 families, and the average size of the family was 5.3 individuals, while the number of males reached 22 million 784 thousand and 62 people, or 50.1 percent, while the number of females reached 22 million, 623 thousand and 833 people, or 49.8 percent. The number of females also reached 22 million, 623 thousand and 833 people, or 49.8 percent.” Households headed by women are 11.33 percent and those headed by men are 88.67 percent.
He continued, “The percentage of the population under the working age of less than 15 years was 36.1 percent, while the percentage of the population of working age from 15 to 64 years was 60.2 percent, and the percentage of the population over the working age of 65 and over was 3.7 percent.”
He stressed that “Iraq has entered the stage of the demographic boom with the population reaching the employment rate of 60 percent, and the population growth rate in Iraq has reached 2.3 percent.”
Before the census, the Ministry of Planning estimated the population at about 43 million people.
According to official statistics, the population at that time reached 19 million people, and officials estimated that another 3 million people lived in Kurdistan Region Iraq in the north.
