Namibia's population has surpassed the three million mark.

This was announced by the Namibian Statistician General, Alex Shimuafeni, during the launch of the census preliminary report. 

The Namibian Statistics Agency (NSA) has finally completed its 2023 Population and Housing Census fieldwork.

The agency began the process on September 18, 2023, and concluded it with the post-enumeration survey, including the reconciliation field visit on February 14, 2023.

There is a need to manage and improve the availability, quality, and accessibility of data and statistics pertaining to agriculture and rural populations.

Officials from the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) will be returning to the households in February as part of the final phase of the Post-Enumeration Survey Reconciliation exercise.

Between 2018 and 2021, the death toll rose from 18939 to 24117.

The majority of these fatalities affected males, infants, and the elderly.

This is contained in the second series of mortality and causes of death reports launched by the Namibia Statistics Agency today.

There is a serious need to shorten time lags between the years of producing data.

This was highlighted in the second series of mortality and causes of death reports launched by the Namibia Statistics Agency today.

A lack of data is said to fuel policy blindness and affect national programmes.

The Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations, and Employment Creation and its partners are working together to find ways to simplify employment creation and effect broader change in the economy.

The Census enumeration officially closes today, while the Post-Enumeration Survey will start on Monday.

Statistician General Alex Shimuafeni shares more.

President Hage Geingob has appealed to citizens to cooperate with the Census enumerators and provide accurate data for national development purposes.

The Census exercise has not been a walk in the park, with enumerators being chased and/or harassed by the public.

News anchor Elago Shitaatala spoke to Statistician-General Alex Shimuafeni about the progress made so far.