|
|
Article: Iraqi population reaches about 27 million: official sources
- Article from:
- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- July 19, 2004
CopyrightCopyright 2004 Xinhua News Agency. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
Iraqi population reaches about 27 million: official sources
BAGHDAD, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Official sources announced Monday
that it is estimated that the Iraqi population reached about 27
million, local newspaper Al Taakhi reported.
Abdul Zahra Al Hindawi, the director of information in the
ministry of planning and cooperative development, said that the last
census was held in October, 1997, showing the population in Iraq was
25 million.
The preparatory body for the national conference would depend on
the new estimate to ...