Monrovia – Liberia’s next round of National Population and Housing Census is now all set for March 2021. The first four modern censuses in 1962, 1974, 1984 and 2008 revealed how the population had increased differently beginning at 1.1 million, 1.5, 2.1 and 3.5 million respectively. Tweah disclosed that so far the government has given US$1 million and it placed US$2 million in the 2019/2020 national budget, which will bring the total to US$3 million. According to the Minister, the amount is part of the US$6 million the government pledged toward the census process. The Census Project Document (CPD) was signed by Min.

Source: Front Page Africa October 09, 2019 00:11 UTC