On Sunday, Nestor Owomuhangi, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative in Iraq, announced the fund’s readiness to support the Iraqi government in carrying out the general population census. During his visit to the Ministry of Planning and a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning Mohammed Ali …
Read More »Iraq’s federal government approves a new population policy, sets a deadline for census
Iraq’s federal government on Thursday approved an “updated” document on population policies, the media office of Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani said in a press release. Al-Sudani, according to the press release, headed a meeting of the Higher Council of Population during which a population policy submitted by the ministerial …
Read More »Iraq witnessed +1.2 million births in 2020: official says
Iraq logged 1,258,028 Live births in the past year, 2020, according to a spokesperson for the Iraqi Ministry of Planning. The Ministry’s spokesperson, Abdul Zahra al-Hindawi, told Alghadeer News, “the Central Bureau of Statistics registered 224,279 deaths over the last year from a total population of 40,150,200.” “Males are 20,336,180 …
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