The national bureau of statistics has decided to extend the ongoing census taking process till next Tuesday (September 30), reports local media.
While the process was complete in most atolls, the bureau explained that complete information had not been gathered from some households in the capital Malé.
Census takers were facing difficulties in meeting people after making appointments, the bureau noted.
The census taking was scheduled to take place from September 20 to 27 in the first time national data has been collected since 2006.
The last census was conducted in 2006 by the Ministry of Planning and Development, which found the population to be 298,968.
In March 2013, the now-defunct department of national planning announced that the census would be conducted in September 2014 under the slogan “count me in.”
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