The Ministry of Planning has asked officials to interview all farming households during the second decennial national agricultural census, which began on April 1, to gather clear and specific data for preparing policy guidelines.
The Ministry of Planning will announce the results of the Cambodia Agricultural Survey 2021 (CAS2021) early next year, while a working group will begin the 2022 agricultural survey in early October.
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Phnom Penh has the highest population density in the country with 3,361 people per square kilometre of land according to the census report. Yousos Apdoulrashim
Cambodia’s population hits 15.5M: Latest census
Tue, 26 January 2021
The National Committee for the General Population Census announced on January 26 that the Cambodian population had risen to 15.5 million, an increase of 16 per cent from the 2008 census figure of 13.4 million people.
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng, who is also chairman of the committee, said more than 50,000 census officials had contacted 3.5 million families to gather information across the country.
Officials from the Ministry of Planning’s National Institute of Statistics have revised and analysed data in collaboration with technical officials and international experts to complete the census on-time despite the challenges presented by the Covid-19 pandemic.