Article 6SDCD Iraq holds first nationwide census in nearly four decades

Iraq holds first nationwide census in nearly four decades

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editors@theworld.org (Omar Duwaji)
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Over the past two days, Iraq held its first census in nearly four decades. The government has ordered a nationwide curfew in order to carry out the count. Iraq's population is expected to rise to 44 million people. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Hamzeh Hadad, a visiting fellow with the European Council on Foreign Relations, about the census and the ethnic and sectarian tensions surrounding it.

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