PM attends conference to release main census findings

AMMAN — Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour on Monday said the 2015 population and housing census included several indicators that help researchers, students, politicians and planners make decisions based on facts.

Attending a conference to announce the main results of the census, Ensour highlighted the government’s keenness on accuracy, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.

The population density varies from area to area in the Kingdom, which requires planners to take this fact into consideration and adjust their decisions to match reality, Ensour added.

Planning and International Cooperation Minister Imad Fakhoury noted that the main results of the census became available to institutions and data users within a short period of time that did not exceed two months, Petra reported.

The census also provides a database and indicators on economic, demographic, social and infrastructure sectors, which would contribute to improving decision making in the public and private sectors and civil community institutions, the minister added.

These data were available at the London donor conference earlier this month and helped the Kingdom prepare special files on citizens, residents and refugees, Petra quoted Fakhoury as saying.