Govt prepares to hold early census after clamour over last headcount
Ministerial panel to propose methods to conduct next enumeration on modern lines
ISLAMABAD:
The Centre has set up a committee with the view to remove “discrepancies” in the next population census after a ministerial body recommended accepting disputed results of the 6th national headcount in the “larger national interest” and hold the next census ahead of schedule.
Federal Minister for Planning Asad Umar constituted a five-member committee with the objective that the next census is not only “accurate but also inspires confidence amongst all stakeholders so that it is a true reflection of the population in all regions of the country”, according to a statement issued by Ministry of Planning on Wednesday.
Pandemic progress in Kenya
By the end of July 2020, Kenya had reported only 341 deaths and ∼20,000 cases of COVID-19. This is in marked contrast to the tens of thousands of deaths reported in many higher-income countries. The true extent of COVID-19 in the community was unknown and likely to be higher than reports indicated. Uyoga
et al. found an overall seroprevalence among blood donors of 4.3%, peaking in 35- to 44-year-old individuals (see the Perspective by Maeda and Nkengasong). The low mortality can be partly explained by the steep demographics in Kenya, where less than 4% of the population is 65 or older. These circumstances combine to result in Kenyan hospitals not currently being overwhelmed by patients with respiratory distress. However, the imposition of a strict lockdown in this country has shifted the disease burden to maternal and child deaths as a result of disruption to essential medical services.
A month-long readiness test survey of the Population and Housing Census will start on December 30 and will be carried out by Statistics Estonia. Approximately 2,000 people across the country will participate.
The test survey is divided into two parts: e-census (December 30, 2020 – January 15, 2021) and the interview census (January 20–31, 2021) where interviewers call people who did not participate in the e-census or did not fill in the questionnaire correctly.
Everyone who receives a notification can answer the test questionnaire in Statistics Estonia s electronic environment eSTAT (estat.stat.ee) starting from midnight on December 30.
Director General of Statistics Estonia Mart Mägi said Statistics Estonia s expectation is that at least 70 percent of participants respond online, as appropriate for an e-state .
Census puts Burkina Faso population at 20,487,979
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Burkina Faso population stands at 20,487,979, 51.7 per cent women and 48.3 per cent men, according to the report of the 5th Population and Housing Census (RGPH), conducted in 2019 and published on Tuesday.
The population of the country has almost doubled between 1996 and 2019, the report showed.
Between 2006 and 2019, the population of Burkina Faso increased from 14,017,262 to 20,487,979 people, representing a growth rate of 2.93 per cent.
Compared to the period 1996-2006, for which the growth rate was 3.12 per cent, the growth rate has slightly declined.
Population density has increased steadily over time, from 51.4 inhabitants/km2 in 2006 to 75.1 inhabitants/km2 in 2019.