Representatives and specialists: The rate of population growth will be useful if there is political

[size=52]Representatives and specialists: The rate of population growth will be useful if there is political will توفر[/size]

[size=45]Representatives and specialists believe that the increase in births in Iraq contributes to the recovery of the workforce and the opening of new horizons for investment and reconstruction in the event that a study and mechanism are developed in line with the situation of the population, while they pointed out that the current increase is fully consistent with the living and economic situation in Iraq.[/size]
[size=45]But the representatives turned a blind eye to the extent of unemployment rampant in Iraq, according to observers.[/size]
[size=45]They stressed that Iraq has the ability to contain more than the current number of the population if the correct political "management" and "will" is available.[/size]
[size=45]Member of the Parliamentary Investment and Economy Committee, Nada Shaker Jawdat, said in an interview with (Al-Mada), that “Iraq is full of potential, but mismanagement prevents its investment,” noting that “poor planning and rampant corruption led us to a dire economic reality.”[/size]
[size=45]Jawdat added, "The qualifications are available, but they need a correct political will to manage the economic file, which in turn helps to increase births without worry."[/size]
[size=45]The member of the Parliamentary Economy indicated that "Iraq has the ability to contain more than the numbers of the current population, if there is a correct administration and political will."[/size]
[size=45]The representative of the Parliamentary Victory Bloc pointed out that "the rates of population growth in Iraq are normal so far," adding that "the potential of any country is measured by the economic situation in which it lives and is it commensurate with the population or not."[/size]
[size=45]In turn, economic affairs specialist Safwan Qusay told Al-Mada that "the population of Iraq is still at a rate consistent with the living situation of the country," adding that "the increase in births contributes to increasing the manpower that Iraq needs."[/size]
[size=45]Qusay believes that "despite the high rates of unemployment, there is a possibility to invest these youth energies," noting that "60 percent of the Iraqi people are young people." Last Monday, the Ministry of Planning revealed the details of Iraq's population and its division between males and females, indicating the importance of conducting a general population census.[/size]
[size=45]Ministry spokesman Abdul-Zahra Al-Hindawi said in a statement on the occasion of World Population Day received by Al-Mada, that "the Central Statistics Authority monitored, during the past year, the registration of (224) thousand (279) deaths out of the total population of (40) million (150) thousand (200) people,” explaining that “the number of male population reached (20) million (336) thousand and (180) people, while the number of female population reached (19) million and (784) thousand. According to population estimates prepared by the Central Bureau of Statistics.[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that "the number of the youth population for ages (15-24) reached (8) million and (100) thousand people for the year 2020, and they constituted (20%) of the total population," adding that "the age group (15-19) Years constituted (11%) of the total population, while the age group (20-24) years constituted (9%) of the total population.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Hindawi continued: “The Corona pandemic caused a stifling financial crisis, with which the Ministry of Planning was unable to implement the general population census, despite the national preparations by the ministry’s cadres in preparing special systems and programs to implement an electronic census that ensures the rapid construction of solid databases on the population of Iraq and their social and economic characteristics And population, urban and scientific,” noting that “the Ministry of Planning sees the necessity of implementing a general population census that adopts modern methodologies to keep pace with the world in implementing the census, electronically using tablet devices, and leaving paper forms and maps in completing data from families and individuals.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Hindawi added that “the process of building a digital database for all of Iraq’s population is the first stage of the population registry formation, as that base extracted by the census will be linked with the databases of the Ministry of Interior, which include the national card, housing and residence card, and the Ministry of Health - births and deaths data, and the Supreme Judicial Council - data on marriage and divorce, and the Ministry of Commerce - data on the ration card, to form a population register that will be updated simultaneously,” explaining that “this will reduce many of the activities that are adopted in subsequent censuses, including the huge budget required for the implementation of the census.”[/size]
[size=45]The specialist in economic affairs, Safwan Qusay, points out that "Iraq needs working hands for advancement and reconstruction in various sectors."[/size]
[size=45]Qusay called on the competent authorities to "study a mechanism that is consistent with the size of the population," noting that "Iraq has been late in obtaining a high population rate as a result of wars, displacement and migration (...)".[/size]
[size=45]The economic affairs specialist expects "the Iraqi economic situation will improve in the coming years if the tourism and economic aspect is invested through the establishment of projects, factories and others that contribute to the employment of large groups of young people."[/size]
[size=45]Qusay shows, that "the possibility of developing investment lies in the openness of Iraqi companies to work outside Iraq, as is the case with Chinese and Korean companies (...)".[/size]
[size=45]Last June, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, adviser to the Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, said that "the number of people in Iraq may reach 80 million in 2050."[/size]
[size=45]Saleh stated that "the population curve in Iraq still indicates a high growth of no less than 2.6 percent annually, which is the highest in the world," noting that "the current high national income, which is sourced from oil, whose imports represent 93 percent of the total revenues of the general budget. “It may not last.[/size]
[size=45]According to Saleh, there are 8 million Iraqis who receive salaries or grants from the state, meaning that “the recipients of the income guarantee the livelihood of five individuals almost completely.”[/size]
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