MaximsNewsNetwork: TIMOR-LESTE CENSUS: UN POPULATION FUND (UNFPA)

MaximsNewsNetwork: 16 July 2010 - UNFPA: With financial support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Timor-Leste this week launched the second national census since independence in 2002. Among the first to be counted were President Jose Ramos Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. Census workers met them at their in the capital, Dili. Over the next two weeks, 4000 census staff will be working across the country with maps and GPS to make sure that everyone in this largely rural nation is counted. With un-seasonal rains making some roads impassable, the Australian International Stabilization Force (ISF) gave the support of one of their helicopters to help deliver census questionnaires to one of the border districts. The data collected during the 2010 census will help the government update the country’s demographics to facilitate better planning for the future. It will also help ascertain what progress has been made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and what still needs to be done. The first census in 2004 showed that Timor-Leste had a total population 923198. Given the high birth rate, the anticipated population growth of approximately 3.2 per cent, it is estimated that today's population exceeds 1.1 million people. The national census is being conducted by the Directorate of Statistics, under the Ministry of Finance, with technical and financial support from the United Nations Fund for Population (UNFPA). ..... ( UNITED NATIONS ...

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