Saudi Arabia calls for a general census

The general census department in Saudi Arabia called on the Saudi citizens abroad to take part in the general census which will be held in the mid of September through the Saudi diplomatic mission in all parts of the world.

A statement by the Census Committee quoted by the Saudi official news agency said that the Saudi citizens should contact representation offices and affiliated offices to get list and special information relating to population census before the beginning of the census process.

The Saudi minister of economy and planning Khaled al-Quseibi announced that the beginning of the census period for people and houses will be on September 15 and will continue for 15 days and this operation will be carried out by 40,000 researchers distributed on several supervising and executive sides.