The technical director of Statistics National Institute (INE), Diego Aboalpointed out that Flowers It was the first department of the Uruguay in completing 100% of the addresses of the 2023 Censusboth in rural and urban areas.
Aboal’s announcement on Tuesday the 15th took place at a press conference organized by the INE in the city of Trinitythe departmental capital.
For the total survey of this department, the one with the smallest population nationwide with around 26,500 inhabitants, 40 officials were needed who visited some 13,000 homes, of which almost 1,800 were located in the countryside.
Aboal described the day as “very important” because it is the first department that closes the field survey of the 2023 Censusat the same time that he thanked the local authorities and the census takers for the work carried out.
“We have some figures, but they still need to be validated before releasing them,” Aboal said. The director of the INE He maintained that it is not possible to advance figures either because the databases must be processed.
“Shortly we will have aggregate data at the country level, we believe that by the end of September or mid-October we will be able to advance some preliminary figure for the departments,” Aboal said.
When asked if the addresses in rural areas had generated organizational problems for the work of the INE, The state official maintained that “rural areas are the most difficult to advance, we have departments that are behind,” he added, as in the case of Black river and Soriano.
“We must congratulate the Police that has covered more than 1,800 points (in Flowers), and also has a very good job in the department,” he said.
Uruguay has less than 3.5 million inhabitants
Uruguay has less than 3.5 million inhabitants, according to the preliminary projections made by the INE as of the 2023 Census.
In the last days, aboal assured the press that the preliminary data show a “small” population growth in the Uruguay. “It is likely that we will not reach the population projections that were made in the previous census,” which “indicated that we should already be more than 3.5 million,” he said.
The last census, in 2011, recorded that in Uruguay about 3,286,314 people lived. On this occasion, the first data will be known in September, the detailed figures will be given during the first months of 2024, according to Telemundo.
Source: Ambito
