Planning Ministry: The census's population growth indicators are comparatively low

INA-  Baghdad


The Ministry of Planning confirmed on Friday that the final results of the census are an important indicator for the housing sector and economic activity, explaining that the population growth indicators shown by the census are relatively low.

Deputy Minister of Planning for Technical Affairs Maher Hammad Johan told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "The population has increased, but the population growth rate on the census outputs is low, as it was read in previous periods at a rate of 3, followed by 2.7 and then 2.5," pointing out that "the population growth rate recorded by the census is 2.3, which is the beginning of a clear decline."


He added that "the indicators of the population pyramid that appeared in the first reading of the census recorded a decline in the growth rate of the stage within ten years, and this changes the population model in the future clearly," noting that "this does not mean that there is no increase in population on the general rates compared to the state of the region as a whole."

Johan explained that "the final figures that will appear will prove the size of the business or the size of the economically active people, who represent the demographic through which job opportunities are provided according to the appropriate mechanisms to deal with this increase," noting that "the job opportunities that are required will be visible in numbers and all current policies and procedures will be governed by the paths of change that appear in the final numbers."


Johan pointed out that "the third part of the census is related to the issue of housing, especially since the number of units that were in the census included all units, including random, to be read clearly, in order to guide the appropriate policies to solve the problems in the housing sector," pointing out that "the Ministry of Planning has developed a basic rule to deal with any variable in economic indicators."