Ahmad Jawid Rasuli, the General Director of National Statistic and Information Organization, says that in 2018, the estimated population of the country was 31.6 million people.
Through creation of Afghan National Geographic Information Center (GIS), National Statistic and Information Organization paved the platform for Afghan portal which is an online and centralized geographic information system that provides the basis for sharing geographic information among government departments, Rasuli said in a news conference on Sunday in Kabul.
Mr. Rasuli added that the statistics organization has accelerated the collection of information and services by using contemporary technology and tools.
At the same time he said that conducting census of Kabul population and setting up of National Accident Prevention Committee for natural disaster are the important plans of the organization in current year.
